External Funding Sources

Designed to support Albertans in their return to sport, physical activity, and recreation programming, this grant has two streams: Stream for child and youth, and Stream for Organizations. To assist with the registration costs for sport programs across Alberta, and to support community level organizations in the delivery of sport, physical activity, and recreation programming, respectively.

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Alberta Culture Days funding assistance is designed to support Alberta Culture Days activities, events and promotions that engage public participation and inspire future involvement.

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The Healthy Communities Initiative is a $31 million investment from the Government of Canada to transform public spaces in response to COVID-19.

Public spaces are the glue to our communities: they enable a feeling of belonging, of social cohesion and encourage our sense of collective identity. COVID-19 has seriously constrained our access and use of these spaces in communities across Canada. Impacts of the virus have also been extraordinarily uneven, underscoring inequalities across communities and disproportionately impacting those who are already experiencing vulnerability as a result of systemic inequalities. 

In the face of these challenges, communities have been extraordinarily resourceful and resilient in improvising temporary and longer-lasting solutions to the challenges of COVID-19. Many are undertaking work for immediate needs but also thinking about how to build pandemic-resilient spaces for the future. We are seeing new digital solutions, that allow people and communities to feel connected, safe and healthy all while respecting public health measures and norms such as physical distancing and mask-wearing.

The Healthy Communities Initiative will provide funding to a broad range of organizations, including local governments, charities, Indigenous communities and nonprofits, for projects, programming and services that help communities : 

• create safe and vibrant public spaces, 
• improve mobility options and 
• provide innovative digital solutions to connect people and improve health. 

Applications for Round 1 are now closed. We have received a significant volume of applications for the first round of the Healthy Communities Initiative. Reviews are currently underway and the timeline has been extended to ensure that all applications are given due consideration. 

All applicants will receive results by May 14, 2021. 

The application portal will reopen on May 14, 2021, at 9:00 AM AST for Round 2 and applications must be submitted by June 25, 2021, at 5:00 PM PST.

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Search engine for open grants across Canada.

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Funding for kids in recreation and sports, there are four different grants available with different deadlines and criteria.

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We’re InMotion Network. We connect agencies and organizations with people promoting and facilitating girls and women in sport and physical activity. We are the only organization dedicated exclusively to sport and physical activity needs of girls and women of all ages in the province of Alberta.

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The Home Depot Canada Foundation is committed to supporting charities that work to prevent and end youth Homelessness in Canada. We provide 3 grant programs for registered charities to apply to: Community Impact Grants, The Orange Door Project Grants and Orange Door Awards.

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Provides funding for the following Canadian hertiage celebration days: National Indigenous Peoples Day, Saint-Jean-Bapiste Day, Canadian Multiculturalism Day and Canada Day.

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Delivered directly to schools, the grants are designed to bring more of the local harvest into schools where it is featured in a salad bar meal service, using the Farm to School Approach. The goal? To see more students and school communities engaged in: Growing; Purchasing; Harvesting; Cooking; Serving; Learning about, and eating.

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Offers both grants and loans at a competitive rate. Multiple different areas for grant funding (can modify search by topic, type and audience).

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Funding for sustainability and environmental projects.

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We know that writing a grant application or proposal can seem overwhelming at first, so we’ve compiled some information and other ‘quick tips’ that we hope you’ll find useful! There are many other grant and proposal writing tips that could be shared, but our goal in creating this handbook is to respond to some of the questions we’ve heard and to get you started by showing you some basic examples.

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A variety of health care related grant funding opportunities to improve Canada’s health care system

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Community-based events that support, recognize and celebrate diverse cultures or faiths as recognized by Parliment. Applications are accepted on a continual basis but needs to be submitted at least 18 weeks prior to the proposed event start date

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Funding for different infrastructure projects. Many of the opportunities have closed for the current funding round.

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Learn about writing grants, plus the activities that accompany the actual grant-writing, and increase your overall rate of proposal-writing success.

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Funding is for projects between $25,000-150,000. Projects must align with recreation, environmental conservation or urban agriculture. Non-profit organizations partnered with their municipal government who will accept funding and issue receipts on their behalf.

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Funding to support projects that build stronger communities and improve social inclusion.

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Save money by reducing energy use and greenhouse gas emissions from your municipality’s recreation facilities. Why participate? Recreation facilities typically use more energy and produce more greenhouse gas emissions than other municipal facilities. Implementing energy efficiency retrofits will:
– Identify energy-saving opportunities,
– implement energy-saving projects, and
– shape healthier lives in your community.

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Every day, non-profit and charitable organizations in Alberta help to make a positive difference for so many people. Whether it is through after-school care, recreation programs or assistance for new immigrants, these organizations are at the heart of healthy and strong communities. The government of Alberta has several grant programs and foundations that assist these groups in their efforts.

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Funding for seniors’ organizations and municipalities is available from a variety of sources, including through grants and fundraising.

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Multiple different grants available through the Government of Alberta. Lists available grant opportunities as well as general information about grants

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Government of Alberta supports for local infrastructure, eligible projects include roads, bridges, public transit, emergency services, water/ wastewater systems, solid waste management, regional/community airports, municipal buildings, capacity building activities, municipal services, planning activities, assistance to non-profit organizations

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The CIP, Project-Based grant stream supports projects that enhance and enrich communities throughout Alberta by providing assistance to non-profit organizations for: new programs / enhancement to an existing program, community events, gender equity projects, technology, and portable equipment

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United Way improves lives by investing in local programs and collaborations in the areas of poverty, kids, and communities. We support more than 100 local community agencies and 56 collaborative initiatives to impact the lives of more than 150,000 individuals every year.

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We will move beyond managing the symptoms and work toward ending poverty. No other organization offers a broader range of solutions, impact and results. The best part? It’s 100% local.

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The United Way is a coluntary organization whose mission is to acquire and coordinate resources to improve the quality of life for people in need.

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United Way has been engaging community support for critical programs throughout Central Alberta for more than 50 years. We believe that the best opportunity to change lives rests in three priority areas; Education, income and wellness.

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The United Way of Fort McMurray provides funding to numerous social profit agencies in Wood Buffalo that deliver over 70 programs.

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Funding priorities include Poverty to Posibility, Healthy People Strong Communities, and All That Kids Can Be.

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Funding priorities include Poverty to Posibility, Healthy People Strong Communities, and All That Kids Can Be.

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A healthy school community embeds a culture of wellness for the entire school community using a comprehensive school health (CSH) framework to create an inclusive, collaborative and connected environment.

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Areas of focus: Hunger relief, food access and healthy eating, disaster preparedness and relief, community engagement.

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Lloydminster & District United Way is a Non-Profit Organization that raises monies in order to distribute funds to their Member Agencies in support of their programs and services.

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Servus has four priority areas: children and youth, education, social services and poverty, and local community initiatives and events.

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Organizations looking to apply for A.S.E.S.S. Funding must be based in Alberta and their social enterprise must provide social impact to Albertans.

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Funded by the TELUS Friendly Future Foundation®, our Community Boards support initiatives from Canadian registered charities and qualified donees that focus on local, grassroots community-based health and education programs that help youth reach their full potential.

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The Foundation supports a wide range of environmental initiatives, with a primary focus on environmental education and green space programs.

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Endeavours in RM of Wood Buffalo and Edmonton that improve education, environment, health and safety, science and technology, Aboriginal and community development, arts and culture, and recreation

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Suncor provides support in a variety of forms including sponsorships to non-profits, donations to registered Canadian charities and support for employees giving back to their communities.

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Shell provides support in a variety of forms including funding to not for profit and local community organizations, donations to charitable organizations and grants to employees, retirees and retailer/agents giving back to their communities.

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We look for partnerships that bring people together, support communities and save people money, especially our members! Community Investment partnerships that help shape member financial fitness fall into these three areas: Free community events, community access, financial literacy

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Funding priorities include; Access to Finance, Financial Knowledge, Diversity and Inclusion, Investing in Young People, Climate Change, Responsible Financing, and Maintaining Trust.

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Supports the capital costs of construction and renovations related to improving physical accessibility and safety for people with disabilities in Canadian communities.

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Enables the inclusion of seniors through the sharing of knowledge, volunteerism, mentorship, social participation, and capital assistance.

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Through our community and organizational support pillar we provide financial assistance to non-profit organizations for Participation and Leadership opportunities that align with InMotion Network’s mission and vision.

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KidSport provides financial support, to a maximum amount per eligible child (maximum amount varies by chapter), per calendar year towards sport registration fees for children and youth 18 years and under.

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The Edmonton Oilers Community Foundation accepts applications for three different kinds of grants each year.
Spring Funding: Requests in excess of $5,000, which must be submitted by April 1.
Christmas Funding: Requests up to $5,000, which must be submitted by November 1.
Legacy Funding: Applications for Legacy Funding are accepted on a continuous basis and include transformational, sustainable and often multi-year projects that will make a significant contribution to the community.
The Edmonton Oilers Community Foundation offers support through in-kind donations to registered charitable organization in Northern and Central Alberta, whose programs support education, health and wellness for youth.

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PC® Children’s Charity Community Fund grants up to $5,000 for local, not-for-profit organizations to provide higher quality nutrition for children and youth and empower them to be their own good food champion. Community Fund Grants can be used to purchase food, consumable supplies needed to serve and eat food, nutrition educational materials, and food focused field trips. Children’s Charity PC®school grants provide funding to educate and empower communities to deliver school-based student nutrition programs across Canada, helping children and youth realize their full potential in life.

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The Red Deer & District Community Foundation supports community building through philanthropy, and our annual grant program is one of the creative ways we do that. Every year, we offer central Alberta non-profits an opportunity to access grant funding that supports community improvement in the arts and culture, health and wellness, human services, recreation, sport, education, and environmental sectors.

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Rotary is a worldwide organization that has been in existence for 110 years and currently has membership of more than 1.2 million members. Members of Rotary, known as Rotarians, provided humanitarian service, support education, grow local economies and help build good will and peace in the world. There are 35,000+ Rotary clubs in more than 200 countries and geographical areas. Clubs are non-political, non-religious and open to all cultures, races and creed. As signified by Rotary’s motto Service above Self, Rotary’s main objective is service, in the community and throughout the world.

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Grants include RBC’s Commitment to Young People, RBC Blue Water Project, Financial Literacy, Footprint Reduction, Coporate Citizenship Reporting, RBC Generator.

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S’Cool supports DREAMS – Drama, Recreation, Extra-Curricular, Arts, Music, or Sports.

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For non-profits serving the greater Edmonton area. Funding can be applied to programs, projects, equipment purchases, renovations, etc.

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Three grant opportunities: Community Priorities, H.S. Varley Fund for Rural Life, and Youth in Action.

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Supports a wide variety of innovative projects and organizations that are changing people’s lives, helping create more vibrant, liveable communities.

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We distribute funds to all areas including human services, health, education, justice, environment, arts, culture, recreation, and community development. Our grants are dispersed twice a year.

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Supports community initiatives that align with the company’s core values. These include: signature programs (water and biodiversity stewardship), local contributions, and employee giving progams.

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The mission of the Drayton Valley Community Foundation is to build and manage resources to enhance our community. The “Community” encompasses the Town of Drayton Valley, Brazeau County and the surrounding area.

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Funding for projects of young Edmonton and area residents.

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The Edmonton Eskimos have put particular emphasis on playing a positive role in the community. The tradition lives on as Eskimos players do their part to address social causes that will make our community a better place. Through the TELUS Champions in the Community program, Eskimos players, coaches, staff and cheer team members support community initiatives that strive to:
support amateur football in Northern Alberta
educate youth on the importance of nutrition and an active lifestyle
share powerful messages on anti-bullying
encourage children to stay in school

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Contributing to organizations that offer programs and services aligned with FortisAlberta’s business focuses: safety, education, the environment, and wellness.

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FCC supports projects that make positive changes in the communities where we live and work across Canada. Our three main funds are FCC AgriSpirit, FCC Indigenous Student Empowerment, and FCC 4-H Club funds.

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Provides financial assistance to be used towards renovations, upgrades, repairs, purchasing or expanding public community facilities.

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Children’s Services provides conditional, one-year grants to community-based service providers. They must offer a project or activity that furthers the Ministry’s core programs, services, goals and priorities supporting at risk youth and youth in government care.

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Funds for initiatives that enhance and enrich communities throughout Alberta. Projects such as equipment purchases, facility construction/renovation, hosting/travel/special events, new programs, or special funding.

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This grant program provides funding to non-profit recreation and physical activity organizations to support their operational needs.

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For projects that result in a positive environmental impact.

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Our Built Together program helps Albertans build spaces for active living in their community. Whether it be a skate park, playground, outdoor gym or sports court, we’re giving back to Albertans and helping them live their best lives.

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For projects that address environmental issues. Issue priorities include water, land use, and climate change.

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Supports Alberta’s young people (aged 25 and under) in their environmental efforts. Alberta Emerald Foundation provides micro-grants of up to $500 to youth-led and youth-targeted environmental projects and initiatives. Over 100 Youth Environmental Engagement Grants available each year.

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Alberta Innovates provides funding in the areas of agroculture, food and forest sector, health research and innovation, clean energy technologies, Post-Secondary Investments and Entrepreneurial Invenstments.

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Available to municipalities, First Nation and Métis Settlements, schools, and registered non-profit community associations to purchase recycled tire products for community projects.

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ATB supports organizations, charities, and causes that keep Alberta strong. They look for opportunities that prove a measurable positive impact for Albertans.

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Canopy or portable barbiques available to borrow. Grants available as well. To be eligible for ATCO Gas sponsorship or donations, your community group needs to be a registered charity or not-for-profit community service organization, association or society and operate in and benefit an ATCO Gas community.

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The Aviva Community Fund offers three levels of funding:
Small ideas: $50,000 and under
Large ideas: $50,000 – $100,000
Community Legacy ideas: $150,000 (one prize only)

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Grants are made only to organizations recognized as “qualified donees” by the Canada Revenue Agency. This includes registered charities and municipalities. If you are not certain if you qualify, please call the Community Foundation. Organizations seeking funds must demonstrate a strong and committed volunteer board of directors, fiscal responsibility, and effective management of resources.

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The Calgary Flames Foundation has several annual commitments in supports of Education, Health and Wellness, and Amateur and Grassroots Sports. The Calgary Flames Foundation distributed over $3.8 million to annual projects and to donations to southern Alberta charities in need in 2018-19!

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Helps make Calgary and area a great place to live by strengthening all parts of the charitable sector and engaging citizens in building their communities.

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Applications from registered charities, school programs, or community organizations are invited for funding of projects that benefit children.

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CIBC will consider funding for:
Canadian registered charities or non-profit organizations, that use funds within Canada
Projects aligned to our commitment to cancer and persons with disabilities
Projects that include planned outcomes, supported by a measurement and evaluation process
Organizations with audited financial statements, sound financial practices and a sustainable funding model

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We consider providing sponsorship or donations to registered charities, not-for-profit organizations, post-secondary institutions and municipalities that deliver benefit in a community where CWB Financial Group has a business presence: Calgary, Edmonton, Grande Prairie, Leduc, Lethbridge, Medicine Hat, Red Deer, Sherwood Park, St. Albert

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Focus on health, education and training, and community capacity-building – programs that address a community’s ability to build and sustain long-term economic development.

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City of Edmonton grants and sponsorships for not-for-profit, Edmonton-based organizations in the areas of arts, festivals, major parades, community leagues, multicultural, recreation/amateur sport.

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Lloydminster & District United Way is a Non-Profit Organization that raises monies in order to distribute funds to their Member Agencies in support of their programs and services.

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