UFA Agricultural Community Foundation: Rural Communities Grant (Canada)

Deadline: 31-Aug-24

The UFA Agricultural Community Foundation is pleased to present the 2024 Rural Communities Grant, formerly offered by the Rural Communities Foundation.

The UFA Agricultural Communities Foundation (“ACF”) was established to improve the wellbeing of farmers and ranchers by improving access to funding for educational, recreational and cultural facilities and programs in their communities.

Funding Information

• Communities are encouraged to apply for a minimum of $10,000, up to a total of $100,000 for projects that support recreational, educational and cultural facilities and programs.

Eligible Projects

• To be considered for the Grant, an Applicant must propose a capital project that enriches the rural life of agricultural, farming and ranching community members who live within 200km of a UFA location (the “Project”) and:
  • aims to provide benefits to community members in one of the three categories of “Recreational”, “Educational Events and Activities” or “Cultural Facilities and Programs”;
  • will be completed within two (2) years from the date of receipt of the Grant;
  • will have a positive impact within the community and be available to and inclusively benefit members of the community;
  • for which the Applicant can demonstrate a need within the community; and
  • is not duplicative of existing services within the community.
• Proposed Projects located in communities that have been awarded significant funding from ACF in the previous five (5) years may be excluded in the ACF’s sole discretion.

Eligibility Criteria

• In order to be eligible to apply for the Grant, an applicant (the “Applicant”) must fall within one of the following four categories:
  • a federal charitable organization registered with the Canada Revenue Agency and having a valid registration number;
  • non-profit entities formed under the Alberta Society Act, The Non-profit Corporations Act, Saskatchewan, Societies Act, BC or similar legislation;
  • a Canadian-based non-profit organization partnered with a Canadian municipal government that will accept the Grant on the Applicant’s behalf; or
  • a community service-oriented co-operative formed under the Cooperatives Act (Alberta) or similar legislation.

Ineligible

• Notwithstanding the above, groups that are not eligible to apply for the Grant include:
  • religious or politically-affiliated organizations;
  • those that do not inclusively benefit members of their community;
  • those promoting projects that will have adverse environmental impacts, to be determined by ACF in its sole discretion; and
  • third-party fundraising campaigns and professional solicitors.

For more information, visit UFA Agricultural Community Foundation.