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Organization: Canadian Heritage
Program: Cultural Capitals of Canada
Program description:
To celebrate and promote the arts and culture in Canadian municipalities through recognition of excellence and support for special activities. The program provides awards with matching contributions towards specific activities. These awards recognize past achievements of municipalities with an ongoing commitment to arts and culture. Through the Innovative Cultural Bridges Award, this program also supports initiatives submitted by communities to build partnerships or host reciprocal exchanges to share their communities' cultural identity.
Program eligibility:
Canadian municipalities, i.e. a town, city, regional municipality or district with a duly constituted government, including First Nations and Inuit equivalent governments, can apply for an award. For the Innovative Cultural Bridges Award, a group of two or more communities, located in at least two provinces or territories, must submit a joint application.
More information:
Further information on programs and eligibility available at: www.canadianheritage.gc.ca/progs/ccc/index_e.cfm
Organization: Canadian Heritage
Program: Community Memories Program
Program description:
Objectives: to create a national online portrait of Canada's history by connecting individual local histories; to stimulate community-museum partnerships in the development of online local history exhibits; to strengthen the capacity of smaller museums to create digital content for use on the World Wide Web and in local programming.
Program eligibility:
Public, not-for-profit museums that have demonstrated their commitment to work collaboratively with colleagues across the country by becoming basic or contributing members of the Canadian Heritage Information Network and the Virtual Museum of Canada. Institutions with no more than two full-time paid staff. (Institutions that are entirely volunteer-run or whose communities are not defined geographically are included in this criterion). Further eligibility requirements may apply.
More information:
Further information on programs and eligibility available at: Canadian Heritage Information Network (CHIN) Canadian Heritage Community Memories Program Tel.: (819) 994-1200 Toll-free: 1 800 520-2446 E-mail: service@chin.gc.ca Website: www.chin.gc.ca/English/Members/VMC_Memories/guidelines.html
Organization: Canadian Heritage
Program: Celebrate Canada! program
Program description:
Canadian Heritage's Celebrate Canada! program enhances pride in Canada by encouraging the participation of its citizens in Celebrate Canada! activities. Celebrate Canada activities are between June 21 and July 1. These dates include National Aboriginal Day on June 21, Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day on June 24, Canadian Multiculturalism Day on June 27, and Canada Day on July 1.
Program eligibility:
Non-governmental organizations, ad-hoc committees Community associations and charitable organizations, public and private corporations (except Crown corporations), municipal governments, public and private schools School boards, and other educational institutions such as colleges and universities. Further eligibility requirements may apply.
More information:
Further information on programs and eligibility available at: www.canadianheritage.gc.ca/canada
Organization: Community Arts Councils
Program description:
Local Community Arts Councils often act as local facilitators to granting programs. These agencies can also act as information sources for further information on arts and culture granting programs.
More information:
To locate an Arts Council in your community consult the Assembly of BC Arts Council’s website at: www.assemblybcartscouncils.ca
Organization: Community Foundations
Program description:
Community foundations make grants to support a wide range of local initiatives - from health, education and social services to arts, culture, recreation and the environment. Community foundations are only allowed to make grants to qualified donees including registered Canadian charities, registered Canadian amateur athletic associations and Canadian municipalities.
More information:
To check for a local community foundation please visit: www.community-fdn.ca
Organization: Historica Foundation
Program: Community Grants
Program description:
Objectives: in its efforts to promote history and heritage awareness and understanding, Historica aims to encourage communities - through charitable organizations - to develop initiatives that stimulate local history and heritage appreciation.
Program eligibility:
To be eligible to receive a Historica community grant, an applicant must be a Canadian Registered Charity and possess a charitable Business Number (BN) / Registration number. Please note that these must be nationally registered charitable organizations (provincial non-profit organizations do not qualify), and that, as a general rule, charitable BN registration numbers end in RR0001. A Historica grant can be made only to a charitable organization, not to an individual or to a business. Further eligibility requirements may apply
More information:
Further information on programs and eligibility available at: www.histori.ca
