The Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF) is offering Community Building Fund – Capital Stream to provide
support for non-profits, Indigenous communities and Municipalities in the
community sport and recreation sectors.
The fund will help strengthen communities by
supporting the repair, renovation or retrofitting of existing sport and
recreation facilities to address:
- local community need by
extending the life and maximizing the use of existing facilities (e.g.
playgrounds, splashpads, etc.) OR
- COVID-19 related public health
requirements now that support future preparedness
Definitions
For the purpose of this
fund, the following definitions are used:
- Recreation: Physical activities engaged in for the purpose of
health, well-being or enjoyment with the primary focus on human activity.
- Sport: Regulated and organized form of physical activity
between two or more participants. Such activity may be in the form of a
game, match, race, or other form of event.
- Repair: Fixing or restoring a facility to increase its useful
life.
- Renovation:Updating the functionality of a facility to improve its
usefulness.
- Retrofit: Adding new features or parts to improve the
functionality or efficiency of a facility.
Funding Information
- Organizations can apply for up
to 100% of their total project cost up to a maximum of $500,000, with the
exception of Municipalities with a population over 20,000 that can only
apply for up to 80% of their total project cost.
- Eligible project costs will be
supported up to a maximum of $500,000.
- Minimum request amount is
$10,000.
Eligibility Criteria
Organizations applying
to the Community Building Fund – Capital stream need to operate or manage sport
and recreation facilities in Ontario that serve the public at-large, and must
be one of the following:
- A charitable organization or
public foundation registered as a charity by the Canada Revenue Agency
- An organization incorporated as
a not-for-profit corporation without share capital in a Canadian
jurisdiction
- A First Nation / Métis / Inuit
or other Indigenous community
- A Municipality
Post Date: 01-Sep-2021