Charities can apply for these grants |
charities and informal groups can apply: |
Community Grants |
Neighbour Grants |
Small Grants |
Organization Development & Transformation Grants |
Stepping Stones Grants |
Semi-annual intake March and September, to support initiatives that respond to emerging community issues and evolving priorities |
Continuous intake, to support resident-led projects that help create and strengthen the ordinary bonds of neighbourliness |
Continuous intake, limited in number and size, to support organizations to take advantage of unique opportunities to advance their work |
Continuous intake,
fixed amounts for specific types of initiatives that support organizations in times of transition toward sustaining the long term impact of their work- i.e. communications, strategic, transition or business planning, Board development, or facilitation to explore collaborations and mergers |
Continuous intake, to encourage active citizenship by helping residents undertake small creative projects -neighbourly first steps - that benefit their local community |
With only a few exceptions, charities cannot apply for these grants |
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Individuals may apply |
Proactive Grants & Initiatives |
Designated |
Donor-Advised |
Charitable Organization Funds |
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Student Awards |
Foundation initiated grants and services to support innovative approaches or responses to current or future community needs, often acting as a catalyst to bring organizations and individuals together to collectively meet a need |
Distributed annually, typically in perpetuity, to designated charities based on the guidelines outlined when the Fund is established |
Distributed annually, based on the Fund representative's recommendations to The Calgary Foundation
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• Annual Grants from permanently endowed Funds that are established to support a specific charitable organization
• Managed Funds that are owned by a charity and managed by The Calgary Foundation |
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Bursaries and scholarships encourage and support students at all educational levels, recognize excellence, and inspire community leadership and citizenship. Deadlines and criteria vary, please consult student awards web-page. |
