The Community Foundation of Canada is seeking applications for its Healthy
Communities Initiative to support communities as they create and adapt public
spaces, and programming and services for public spaces to respond to ongoing
needs arising from COVID-19 over the next two years.
The Healthy Communities Initiative encourages community-level
innovation and improvements in the quality of life for residents. As local
communities continue to adapt to COVID-19, local governments and community
partners across the country in urban, rural and remote communities are
discovering new ways to keep residents safe and healthy, support economic
recovery and rebuild communities to be pandemic-resilient.
Thematic Areas
- Safe and vibrant public spaces
- Improved mobility options
- Digital solutions
Funding Information
- The minimum funding amount for
projects is $5,000 and the maximum funding amount is $250,000 for each
project.
Eligibility Criteria
- The Healthy Communities
Initiative supports communities as they create and adapt public spaces,
and programming and services for public spaces to respond to ongoing needs
arising from COVID-19 over the next two years.
- Eligible organizations include:
- Municipalities and local or
regional governments
- Municipally-owned corporations
(e.g. water management, public transit, economic development, tourism
agencies, etc.);
- Indigenous governing bodies
including, but not limited to:
- A band council within the
meaning of section 2 of the Indian Act;
- A First Nation, Inuit or
Métis government or authority established under a Self-Government
Agreement or a Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement;
- A First Nation, Inuit or
Métis government that are established by or under legislation whether
federal or provincial or territorial that incorporates a governance
structure;
- Tribal councils,
provincial/territorial bodies
- A provincial or territorial
organization delivering municipal services (e.g., public utilities
(electricity, water, telecoms, broadband, etc.), community health
services, economic development bodies, local service districts, etc.)
- Federally or provincially
incorporated not for profits, including:
- local economic development
groups including business improvement associations/areas;
- relevant not-for-profit
professional associations (e.g. urban planners, architects);
- federally or provincially
incorporated not for profits/local community, non-profit, voluntary
organizations;
- registered charities;
- Indigenous organizations and
organizations whose central mandate is to improve Indigenous outcomes on
or off-reserve;
- research institutes;
- not-for-profit residents
associations;
- post-secondary educational
institutions; and,
- Indigenous development corporations
- Ineligible organizations are
any not listed above, including but not limited to for-profit
corporations, for-profit social enterprises, provincial and territorial
governments, individuals, the Government of Canada (federal government),
non-Canadian or internationally-based organizations; the Crown; and the
United Nations.
Post Date - 12-Feb-2021