City of North Vancouver announces Community Grants – Canada
Deadline: 15-Sep-21
The City of North Vancouver has announced the applications for the Community Grants to support not-for-profit organizations serving North Vancouver residents.
North Vancouver municipalities provide community grants to assist with the delivery of services for groups that work to reduce social, economic or physical disadvantage, and/or which improve the quality of life for residents.
Purposes
North Vancouver Municipal Community Grants are intended to support not-for-profit organizations serving North Vancouver (both City and District) residents. The City and District of North Vancouver provide these grants in order to:
To provide local government endorsement to better attract funding from more senior levels of government, donors, and foundations;
To assist groups with the delivery of services which work to reduce social, economic or physical disadvantage; and/or which improve the quality of life for residents;
To serve vulnerable and hard to reach populations in areas where the municipalities do not provide services;
To effect positive social change;
To provide seed money to enable quick responses to changing and / or unmet community needs.
Funding Information
The District of North Vancouver has no limit to the amount of money an organization may request. The maximum grant available from the City of North Vancouver is $15,000.
The term of a North Vancouver Municipal Community Grant is one year.
Eligibility Criteria
Eligible Organizations
The organization applying for a grant must be:
A not-for-profit with a BC Society No. and/or Charitable Registration No.
Providing services to residents of the municipality(ies) from which funding is requested.
Seeking sources of funding other than North Vancouver Municipal Community Grants.
Able to provide proof of financial responsibility (latest financial statement).
Eligible Expenses
Special projects and events: e.g. hosting a workshop or producing resource material.
Operating costs: e.g. ongoing operating costs such as rent, utilities, fixed costs.
New projects: e.g. a new program to serve a particular group. A program typically has distinct resources committed to the operation of that specific program such as staff costs and other expenses related to that program.
Capital costs: e.g. the purchase of office equipment.
NOTE: Only the City of North Vancouver, the District of North Vancouver does not fund capital costs.
For more information, visit https://www.cnv.org/city-services/planning-and-policies/grants-and-funding/community-grants