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Tourism, Parks Culture, Sport and Related Agencies Grant and Tax Credit Opportunities List

A list of grant opportunities relating to tourism, parks, culture, sport and related agencies has been compiled for your convenience. This is a great quick reference guide to funding opportunities offered by SPRA, TPCS, SaskCulture, SaskSport and other relevant organizations. 

The Enabling Accessibility Fund (EAF) - The Small Project Component

EAF Supports community-based projects across Canada that improve accessibility, remove barriers, and enable Canadians with disabilities to participate in and contribute to their communities.

The Small Project Component of the Enabling Accessibility Fund Provides grants of up to $75,000 for projects to improve the built environment through renovation, construction and retrofitting of buildings; modification of vehicles for community use; and make information and communication technologies more accessible.

Click here for additional information.

Aboriginal

Urban Aboriginal Community Grant Program
Application Deadline: Contact Local Municipality

 Provides grants for projects that will increase access to and assist in the development of sport, culture and recreation programs and leadership opportunities for First Nations and Métis people in designated urban centers. There are 14 communities participating in this program based on their high urban Aboriginal population. The municipalities offering the program are: Regina, Saskatoon, Yorkton, Prince Albert, Moose Jaw, Lloydminster, North Battleford, Battleford, Melfort, Nipawin, Estevan, Kamsack, Meadow Lake and Fort Qu' Appelle.

Click here for additional information.

Funds for Native People throughout the Americas
Application Deadlines: March 1, June 1, September 1 (annually)

The Seventh Generation Fund for Indian Development is dedicated to promoting and maintaining the uniqueness of Native peoples throughout the Americas. The Fund's grant categories include: Arts and Cultural Expression, Environmental Health and Justice, Indigenous Peoples of the Americas, Sacred Earth, Sustainable Communities, and Intergenerational Leadership Initiative. General Support and Training and Technical Assistance grant requests are reviewed quarterly. Mini-Grant applications may be submitted at any time.

Click here for detailed descriptions of each grant category.

N7 Fund

The N7 Fund provides product donations and grants to Native American and Aboriginal communities in support of sports and physical activity programs for youth. Our goal is to help unleash a child's potential through the power of sport. The fund strives to make accessible sport and physical activity opportunities for Aboriginal communities in Canada.

Click here for more information about the N7 Fund.

Aboriginal Funding Tool

The Aboriginal Funding Tool will help you find different types of funding available specifically for Aboriginal peoples in Canada. This interactive tool allows you to access over 350 funding opportunities which you can narrow down by source, location or area of interest. Click here for additional information.

Physical Activity

Heart & Stroke - My Healthy Community Grant
Application deadline: December 20, 2011

Grants of up to $4000 are available to Saskatchewan groups and organizations, to develop projects that will make a healthy difference, with a particular focus on children, youth and families. Any program whose goal is to improve opportunities for physical activity, healthy eating or to reduce tobacco misuse, could be considered for funding. The program is offered through the Heart and Stroke Foundation’s Heart Healthy Children & Youth initiative.

Learn more at www.heartandstroke.sk.ca/communities

CWF Girls’ Fund Grants 2012

The Canadian Women’s Foundation (CWF) is pleased to announce the call for proposals for initiatives working with girls aged 9 to 13. Funding will be available for 25 – 28 grants and will include both program grants and network grants. These are multi-year grants for a period of 4 years.

a) Girls Program
CWF will select approximately 25 programs focused on delivering programs to girls between the ages of 9 and 13, that are using one or more of the following approaches: leadership/empowerment; physical activities/sports; science/math/technology; media literacy; financial literacy; and/or Aboriginal culture and teachings.

Aboriginal culture and teaching is being added this year as an approach that will be considered for the girls programs. This decision is based on our learnings from the past grant cycle. Previous evaluations demonstrated a positive impact on the lives of the Aboriginal girls in those programs that integrated cultural teachings into their programming.

All of these approaches are ways to engage girls in programs that will help build protective factors, such as confidence, connectedness, and critical thinking skills. These protective factors can mitigate the challenging environments girls may face and help them make positive choices along the way and avoid risky behavior.

Girls’ program grants will range from $25,000 to $40,000 annually for a 4 year period.

b) Enhanced Mentoring Component
Mentoring has been recognized as a best practice in promoting strengths and resilience and has always been an expectation in the funded girls programs; however in this grants cycle CWF is providing additional resources for organizations to create intentional, comprehensive group mentoring initiatives to complement their girls program. This is an opportunity to develop, implement and test a comprehensive group mentoring program that will reinforce the protective factors developed in the girls programs.

Group mentoring involves matching groups of girls with one or more adults, older youth or Elders, in a supportive environment where they participate in group activities and ongoing intentional relationships are formed. Generally in group mentoring there should not be more than four mentees per mentor, and most groups where there are a team of mentors involved includes three mentors for a group of ten girls.

Grants for enhanced mentoring component will only be awarded in conjunction with girls’ program grants (that is you cannot receive an enhanced mentoring grant by itself). A total of eighteen organizations will be selected to receive funding to develop and implement an enhanced group mentoring component of their girls program. Organizations will receive two years of funding for their group mentoring component, with smaller amounts in the other two years. Some organizations will start their full enhanced mentoring component in year one and others in year three.

For those organizations selected for funding to implement their group mentoring component, an additional $25,000 to $40,000 annually will be available for two years, and smaller amounts or supports in the other two years.

Network Development Grants
CWF will make up to three grants to organizations that are working to build the capacity of girl-serving organizations and to strengthen connections between programs and organizations working with girls in the above noted program areas.

Network grants selected will be awarded a maximum of $40,000 annually for a 4 year period.

Viterra Community Support Program
Application deadline – ongoing

Viterra Community Support Program is committed to contributing to positive social outcomes in the communities where Viterra has operations and its employees live, work and play. In order to align these positive outcomes with business value, Viterra provides support in the following two areas:

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  • Promoting good nutrition and healthy lifestyles
  • Supporting agriculture and associated activities

Community Initiatives Fund - Physical Activity Grant Program
Application Deadlines: November 1 and February 1

The CIF Physical Activity Grant Program supports strategic projects and initiatives that will advance the physical activity movement in Saskatchewan and increase the level of physical activity of Saskatchewan people. The program aims to engage and mobilize physical activity sector partners to foster collective will and leadership and increase community capacity through enhanced cross-sectoral cooperation.

To access the application package, please visit http://www.cifsask.org/programs/physical-activity-grant-program

For more information on the CIF Physical Activity Grant Program contact:

CIF Administrator, Rhonda Newton
1870 Lorne Street
Regina, Saskatchewan
S4P 2L7

Phone: (306) 780-9308
Fax: (306) 781-6021
Email: rnewton@sasksport.sk.ca

SPRA Physical Activity Consultant (Wendy McKellar)
Phone: (306) 780-9470
Email: wmckellar@spra.sk.ca

Molson Community Cheer Program

Through the Molson Community Cheer Program, Molson Coors Canada is donating $1 million in support of a minimum of 20 projects, programs and initiatives that promote active lifestyles across Canadian communities. The call submissions is open until January 6, 2012. For program details, visit http://www.ourcommunitycheer.com/homePage.aspx.

Children and Youth

The Canadian Tire Jumpstart Program

The Canadian Tire Jumpstart Program specifically focuses on helping individual children become involved in organized sports and recreational activities, to help them develop a healthier lifestyle in their younger years. The program assists financially disadvantaged families in getting their individual children aged 4 - 18 involved in sports and recreation programs.  Grants are available for the Spring/Summer season and the Fall/Winter season.

School Ground Greening Grants

Toyota Evergreen Learning Grounds School Ground Greening Grants help schools create outdoor classrooms, to provide students with a healthy place to play, learn and develop a genuine respect for nature. Offering between
$500 to $3,500 for schools and $500 to $3,500 for daycares, the grant can help beautify your outdoor space.

Click here for applications and guidelines.

For additional information, contact Alix Aylen, Grant Administrator, at 1-888-426-3138 (ext. 312), or by email.

RCMP Foundation

The RCMP Foundation raises funds to develop local community programs in support of Canada’s youth at-risk in areas such as community policing, child safety, drug awareness, crime prevention, anti bullying literacy, internet safety and victim services. The Foundation has supported projects such as:

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  • Improvements to Maple Creek Playground (2009)
  • Fort Qu’Appelle Skate Park Project (2006)
  • Various Citizens on Patrol Programs

Royal Bank of Canada

RBC After School Grants support programs offer a range of structured, supervised activities that encourage social skills and self-esteem.

The North Face Co.

North Face Explore Fund - supports organizations that encourage youth outdoor participation, focusing primarily on creating more connections of children to nature, increasing access to both front & backcountry recreation, as well as providing education for both personal & environmental health.

General Mills Canada

General Mills Canada - Champions For Healthy Kids Grant Program encourages communities across Canada to improve the eating and physical activity patterns of young people ages 2 - 20. 25 grants of up to $5,000 are awarded annually.

Facilities and Playgrounds

Saskatchewan Infrastructure Growth Initiative (SIGI) Recreation Pilot Program
Application deadline: May 31, 2011

The Ministry of Municipal Affairs has recently announced the Saskatchewan Infrastructure Growth Initiative (SIGI) Recreation Pilot Program for the 2011-12 fiscal year, to provide municipalities with interest rate subsidies for up to five years on $12.5 million of municipal borrowing.

The pilot program will assist municipalities in developing recreational infrastructure to meet the demand associated with growth in the community and surrounding area. Projects must commence on or after April 1, 2011 (if some costs are incurred prior to this, application may be made but the grant will exclude those costs); borrowing must occur by Sept. 30, 2011.

Let Them Be Kids Initiative

The intiative acts as a catalyst to help build community capacity on the grassroots level, while building playgrounds, skate parks and fitness parks across Canada. Click here to find out how your community can get involved.

ParticipACTION and GreenGym

ParticipACTION is encouraging municipalities, schools, community organizations and businesses to install easy-to-use, weather resistant outdoor fitness and gym equipment in parks, school yards, office grounds and public spaces to help their communities get active and stay healthy. Through its new partnership with GreenGym, ParticipACTION will provide a grant equivalent to 10 percent of the purchase price back to the communities that install GreenGym outdoor fitness equipment.

Click here for additional information.

Community Demonstration Grant
Application Deadline: May 30 annually

The Saskatchewan Scrap Tire Corporation (SSTC) has established a Community Demonstration Grant Program as a way to encourage communities to undertake projects that make use of recycled tire products. This program helps to fund "pilot projects" that serve as examples to other communities across the province, and also enables SSTC to give back to the people of Saskatchewan who have helped SSTC become one of the most successful tire recycling programs in Canada.

Click here for additional information.

NHL Players Association Goals and Dreams Fund
Application Deadline: Not specified

Launched in 1999 as a way for the players to give something back to the game they love, Goals & Dreams has donated full sets of equipment to over 9,000 underprivileged children in 17 countries. In addition, over 75 ice re-surfacers and more than 110 sets of boards and glass were provided to community arenas in small towns in Europe and North America. Funds were allocated on a pro-rated basis according to the nationalities of the NHLPA's membership.

Click here for additional information.

New Horizons for Seniors - Capital Assistance Fund
Application Deadline: Bi-annually

Funding for upgrading community facilities and equipment related to existing programs for seniors.

Click here for additional information.

Expand Municipal Energy Efficiency Initiative
Application Deadline: Unspecified

Click here for additional information.

Office of Energy Efficiency (OEE) - Grants and Incentives
Application Deadline: ongoing

Natural Resources Canada's Office of Energy Efficiency offers a financial incentive to help organizations implement energy-saving projects.

Click here for additional information.

Parks, Trails and Open Spaces

Trail Building Grant
Application Deadline: March 15 and October 31

The Government of Saskatchewan, in partnership with the Saskatchewan Parks and Recreation Association and Saskatchewan Trails Association (STA), has dedicated funding for the development of trails in the Province of Saskatchewan.

Only STA members are eligible for this grant, which is designed to help individuals and groups develop trails either within or between communities in Saskatchewan. Up to 60% of the trails overall costs to a maximum of $3,500 can be covered by the grant, with at least 40% of the total costs being raised by the applicant.

For additonal information, visit the SaskTrails website, or contact the STA by email at info@sasktrails.ca.

Home Depot Canada Foundation - Community Grants 

Offers a maximum of $5,000 to neighbourhood improvement projects, including beautification and conservation programs/projects.

Environmental

EcoAction Community Funding Program
Application deadline: November 1, 2011

EcoAction Community Funding Program focuses on projects that will protect, rehabilitate or enhance the natural environment and build the capacity of communities to sustain these activities into the future. The program supports projects that address:

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  • Clean air: to reduce emissions that contribute to air pollutants
  • Clean water: to divert and reduce substances that negatively affect water quality or to focus on water conservation and efficiency
  • Climate change: to reduce greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to climate change or to deal with the impacts of climate change
  • Nature: to reduce biodiversity loss, protect wildlife and plants, and protect and improve the habitat where they live

Click here for additional information.

 TD Green Streets (supported by the TD Friends of the Environment Foundation)

The program encourages and supports the adoption of leading-edge practices in municipal forestry including:

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  • Innovative urban forest planning
  • Single tree and forest stand innovation demonstration projects
  • Policy and best management practices workshops
  • Outreach and educational activities on innovative practices including arboricultural practices
  • Innovative management tools to protect and maintain the urban forest
  • Innovative urban design which showcases "green infrastructure"
  • Innovative planting techniques

Canadian municipalities and First Nations communities are eligible to apply for up to $15,000 per project.

Shell Fuelling Change
Application Deadline: February 28 and September 30 annually

The fund recognizes projects that propose innovative, action-oriented ways of improving and protecting the Canadian Environment.

Click here for additional information.

TD Friends of the Environment Foundation
Providing environmental funding to nonprofit organizations across Canada, the TD Friends of the Environment Foundation is accepting applications for your community projects. Nonprofits, schools, municipalities and First Nations groups are encouraged to submit applications for projects and initiatives that focus on:

• Protecting and preserving the Canadian Environment
• Assisting young Canadians in understanding and participating in Environmental activities
• Supporting urban renewal such as environmental projects to rejuvenate smaller or at-risk neighbourhoods and "main streets"
• Enhancing cooperation among Environmental organizations

Royal Bank of Canada

RBC Blue Water Project is a grant program supporting not-for-profit organizations that protect watersheds and provide or ensure access to clean drinking water.

World Wildlife Fund

Green CommUnity School Grants Program is offered by the WWF-Canada. The grants will help reduce a community's impact on the environment, increase understanding of environmental issues and solutions, stimulate environmental leadership, and inspire students and communities to take action.

General

Saskatchewan Heritage Foundation
Application Deadline: January 15 and August 14 each calendar year

The Saskatchewan Heritage Foundation has established a major support agency for heritage conservation and development. To this end, the Foundation has developed a series of heritage grant programs which complement the commitments of individuals, municipalities, and agencies across Saskatchewan.

Click here for additional information.

Community Vitality Program
Application Deadline: October 1 and April 1 annually

Through the Community Initiatives Fund, the Community Vitality Program supports small capital projects that:

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  • Improve the quality, accessibility, and use of facilities in communities
  • Support projects and events that build community pride, and encourage volunteerism and community involvement
  • Engage Aboriginal people and young people as leaders in their communities

Eligible applicants include: Saskatchewan charitable and non-profit organizations, municipalities, health regions, schools or school divisions engaging in community-led projects and initiatives.  Youth groups, Aboriginal groups, smaller centres, rural communities, and northern communities are encouraged to apply.

Community Grant Program
Application Deadline: annually

Annual grants are for projects that will be delivered throughout the year. Summer grants assist community organizations in providing summer projects between May and September.

Funding is available to an incorporated Saskatchewan non-profit corporation and/or a community-based or voluntary Saskatchewan group that is endorsed by a recognized partner organization such as a municipality, school, school division or health region.

The program supports about 350 projects annually in areas of education, health, justice, social services, sport, culture and recreation.

Click here for additional information.

Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association
Application Deadline: Various

What grants are available for your municipality? Check out this list!  SUMA has compiled all of the major provincial and federal grants into several easy to use tables alphabetically and by grant type.

Click here to find your funding.

Fundraising and Research Questions?

The SPRA Resource Centre has several resources to aid in your search for grant opportunities.  Among these are subscriptions to databases and directories such as the Canadian Directory to Foundations and Corporations which are not available to the public. 

For assistance in searching grant directories or other resources, please complete the Research Request Form, or contact us today at (306)780-9439.