Amanda Cathcart, Leisure Services Manager
Phone (204) 476-7614 | Email: leisure@wcgwave.ca

GRANTS & COMMUNITY RESOURCES
For further information researching or assistance in applying for grants, please contact 476-7614 or leisure@wcgwave.ca
Please visit the Westman Regional Update page for grants that are currently accepting applications.


• Change Canada Foundation (National)
The Change Canada Charitable Foundation's purpose is to provide the country's charities with new sources of funding. The foundation focuses on providing funding for charitable projects in four areas including public education, the environment, youth and seniors as well health/social service issues.
http://www.changecanada.ca/
• CIBC World Markets Children's Miracle Foundation (National: Toronto, ON)
Foundation programs have three key objectives: raise the quality of life for children in the communities served by CIBC World Markets; demonstrate our dedication in helping to prepare Canadian children for future success; encourage volunteerism and foster community involvement on the part of our employees.
http://www.cibcwmmiracleday.com/Canada/en/index.html
• Community Arts Council Grants
provides operating and programming assistance to rural Community Arts Councils.
http://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/grants/arts_grants.html
• Community Festival Support Programs
Provides financial assistance to rural and northern community festivals in Manitoba
http://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/grants/arts_grants.html
• Community Places Grants
Manitoba Culture, Heritage, Tourism & Sport
http://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/grants/cpp.html
• Cultural Spaces Canada Program
http://www.pch.gc.ca/progs/ecc-csp/index_e.cfm
•   Dreamcatcher Fund (National: Ohsweken, ON)
The Dreamcatcher Fund enhances First Nations communities and its people through contributions that will be of benefit socially, culturally, healthfully, and economically in a wholistic manner. The foundation accepts grant applications in the areas of sports and recreation, educational support, arts and culture, and health support.
http://www.dcfund.ca/home.html
• Environmental Youth Corps
Offers Manitoba’s young people and opportunity to prepare for the environmental challenges of tomorrow by helping them gain valuable education and experience today. To receive funding support, projects must address concerns relating to environmental protection, enhancement, rehabilitation, conservation and/or resource management.
• Forzani Group Foundation (National: Calgary, AB and Laval, PQ)
Provides financial support to other registered charities, Canadian amateur athletic associations and other qualified donees whose activities involve the promotion of physical fitness, health and wellness, the prevention and relief of sickness and disability, or the participation and education in sports across Canada.
http://www.forzanigroup.com/
• The Heritage Grants Program
Developed to assist MB's in identifying, protecting and interpreting the Province's human and natural heritage.
• Hometown Manitoba
Projects initiated by local communities, organizations, cooperatives and business and enhance "main street" public places and building exteriors.
• Imperial Oil Charitable Foundation (National: Toronto, ON)
Our desire is to make a difference in those communities where we have a significant presence. Our emphasis is on children and education, with about two-thirds of Imperial's donations going to programs that enrich the lives of children under the umbrella of the Esso Kids Program.
http://www.imperialoil.ca/Canada-English/ThisIs/Community/TI_C_Community.asp
• J.W. McConnell Family Foundation (National: Montreal, QC)
The foundation is a private family foundation that funds initiatives of national significance which address challenges for Canadian society by engaging people, by building resilient communities, and by developing a strong knowledge base for the work that the foundation supports.
http://www.mcconnellfoundation.ca
• Laidlaw Foundation (National: Toronto, ON)
This organization concentrates on a new youth organizing for change program; the strengthening of core capacity of youth led organizations; helping non-youth organizations become more inclusive to youth; building a youth social infrastructure through multi-year funding of intermediary support groups; helping in the convening of agents interested in exploring issues related, to youth engagement; and commissioning research, position papers and policy analysis.
http://www.laidlawfdn.org
• Light Houses
Designed to support recreational, educational and social programs after hours for Manitobans. Light houses make use of schools, music and other activities identified and organized by local youth and community stakeholders.
• Manitoba Community Services
http://www.mbcsc.ca/
• Manitoba Community Foundations
http://www.manitobacommunityfoundations.ca/index.htm
These 39 independent, volunteer-driven, charitable organizations aim to strengthen their communities by facilitating philanthropy, by partnering with donors to build permanent endowments and other funds from which they support community projects, and provide leadership on issues of broad community concern.
Winnipeg Foundation (Regional: Winnipeg, MB)
The Winnipeg Foundation, Canada's first community foundation, is a collection of permanent endowment funds, pooled and invested, with the income distributed as grants to local charitable organizations. The grants support a wide range of community projects-from arts, heritage and education to health, culture, and the environment.
• Manitoba Hydro's Forest Enhancement Program
Provides funding for tree planting activities, public forest education and innovative forest projects throughout rural Manitoba.
http://www.hydro.mb.ca/environment/forest_enhancement/index.shtml
• Manitoba In Motion
http://www.sportmanitoba.ca/communitysports/grants.php
MB Culture, Heritage, Tourism & Sport
Manitoba in motion grants are designed to provide funding to help communitis and workplaces plan and implement ways to increase regular physical activity among Manitobans of all ages.
•McLean Foundation (National: Toronto, ON)
The foundation makes grants in a wide range of areas, including arts, conservation, education, health and welfare. It maintains a flexible policy, with particular emphasis on projects showing promise of general social benefit but which may initially lack broad public appeal.
http://mcleanfoundation.ca/
• The Manitoba Millennium Trail Development Program (MMTDP)
Designed to support the physical development of recreational trails, including the Trans Canada Trail in Manitoba.
• Manitoba Conservation
Funding for the development, implementation and promotion of environmental innovation and sustainable development projects. Financial support is provided for regional waste management, environmental technology innovation and demonstration, sustainable community development, sustainable agricultural practices, ecosystem conservation and understanding our environment, eco tourism and water.
•   Max Bell Foundation (Calgary, AB)
The foundation reflects the spirit of its founder by challenging Canadians to use private sector initiative and entrepreneurship to improve their society. Current program priorities include health, education and communication.
http://www.maxbell.org
• Mike Weir Foundation (National: Sarnia, ON)
The Mike Weir Foundation is dedicated to advancing the physical, emotional and educational welfare of children in all communities across Canada.
http://www.themikeweirfoundation.com/
• Mounted Police Foundation (The) (National: Ottawa, ON)
By investing in community and youth development the MPF helps support RCMP community policing. It funds youth-based community groups in their efforts to support community policing and instilling national pride, ultimately creating safer communities.
http://www.rcmp-f.ca/
• Service Canada
- Summer Career Placement: Wage subsidy that enables public, private and non profit employers to create career related summer jobs for post secondary students. (Youth ages 15 - 30)
- Summer Work Experience: Wage subsidy that enables public, private and non profit employers to create summer jobs for post secondary students.
-Hometown Green Team Program: Wage subsidy that enables public, private and non profit employers to create summer jobs for post secondary students to initiate a variety of community development projects that will improve neighborhoods and help build young leaders.
• Shell Environmental Fund
Any Canadian resident can apply for their own, or on behalf of a service club, charitable or volunteer organization. Financial assistance to projects that propose to improve or protect the Canadian environment. The project must yield an environmental benefit.
http://www.shell.ca/home/content/ca-en/society_environmentenvironment/protect/support/environment_fund/dir_sef.html
• Sport Manitoba Grants
http://www.sportmanitoba.ca/communitysports/grants.php
- Sport Development Grants: facilitating the delivery of sport by providing standardized athlete, coaches, officials and community development programs and grants that promote participation, sport development and provide direct support to all levels of sport.
- Hosting Grants: provides assistance to community sport partners who are working in partnership with a provincial sport organization in hosting community/regional sport skill development clinics/camps for youth athletes.
-Travel Grants: provides financial assistance to youth athletes trying out for a provincial team. Provides financial assistance to youth athlete/ teams participating in a provincial sport. Provides financial assistance to athletes/teams participating in Manitoba High School Athletic Association sanctioned by provincial championship.
- Community Development Grants: introduction of a new sport to community, bingo grants, coach officals travel assistance.
- Manitoba Foundation For Sport: administers scholarships to young athletes, who continue to participate in amateur sport while pursuing a post secondary education.
-Coaching Manitoba/Hosting NCCP Theory Clinic: these clinics are open to coaches from all sports. They cover topics such as ethical decisions, nutrition, planning a practise, designing a sport program, mental preparation, sport safety and skill development and analysis. Provides funding towards organziations wanting to host specific coaches or official certification clinic in their community or district.