Funding Update: Seven Charities Building a Regenerative Economy to Receive a Boost with United Way’s Sustainable Recovery Grant.
Kamloops Resilience and Recovery Grant
The grant sponsors social enterprises to participate in the Resilience & Recovery Program, a 6-12 month entrepreneurial coaching program. The program helps organizations build sustainability and resilience in four key areas: revenue, operations, people, and impact
Who Should Apply
Kamloops social enterprise and social purpose organizations who are looking for entrepreneurial coaching and are dedicated to advancing a social, cultural or environmental mission.
Deadline: August 23 5:00 PM PDT
Social Enterprise & Scaling Impact Streams
Innoweave provides funded coaching access for organizations looking to expand a program or implement a new approach or deepen their social impact. Yes, Purppl can help provide the coaching.
Who Should Apply
Any organization with a clear and shared definition of the impact they seek to achieve.
Maximum Amount: $10,000
Deadlines: August 15, December 15, April 15
Apply Now: https://innoweave.ca/coaching-streams/apply-for-support/
Tourism Relief Fund (TRF)
Supports tourism businesses and organizations adapt their operations to meet public health requirements while investing in products and services to facilitate their future growth.
Who Should Apply
Non-profit and for profit tourism operators.
Maximum Amount: $100,000 in grants or $500,000 in financing.
Deadlines: Not specified.
Apply Now: https://www.wd-deo.gc.ca/eng/20180.asp
Telus Friendly Future Foundation
Due to the global pandemic, funding will be focused on critically important community-based health programs, including mental health and well-being programs, supporting at-risk populations.
Who Should Apply
- Organizations must have charitable status and be registered by the Canada Revenue Agency
- Organizations who have a local focus and operate in a TELUS Community Board region
- Single-year programs should focus on public health and technology
Maximum Amount: $20,000
Deadlines:
- Thompson Okanagan – January 17, April 24, September 11
- Vancouver – January 31, May 1, July 31, September 30
Apply Now: https://www.friendlyfuture.com/en/foundation/apply-for-funding
First Peoples’ Cultural Council (FPCC)
All the programs they fund support the vitality of Indigenous languages, arts and cultural heritage, with an aim to rebuild cultural systems impacted by colonization and support Indigenous self-determination.
Who Should Apply
Many grants available with varying application criteria.
Maximum Amount: n/a
Deadlines: 2021 and 2022 deadlines
Apply Now: https://fpcf.ca/grant-programs/
Indigenous Growth Fund
The Indigenous Growth Fund (IGF) is a new $150M investment fund that will provide access to the capital that Indigenous small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have long sought and lacked. Indigenous entrepreneurs across all industries, including emergent exporters and food and agriculture related businesses, will be able to access the Fund via business loans from a network of Aboriginal Financial Institutions (AFIs) throughout the country.
Who Should Apply
Indigenous small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across the country.
Maximum Amount: Not provided (loan)
Deadlines: Not provided.
Black Entrepreneurship Loan Fund
With an investment of up to $350.8 million over four years, it will help Black Canadian business owners and entrepreneurs grow their businesses and succeed now and into the future.
Who Should Apply
Black business owners and entrepreneurs across the country.
Maximum Amount: $250,000 (loan)
Deadlines: Not provided.
Apply Now: http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/150.nsf/eng/h_00000.html
Impact Investment Fund
If your organization needs a loan for a credible business opportunity, but isn’t able to secure conventional financing, this fund may be able to help.
Who Should Apply
The Impact Investment Fund provides loans to First Nations organizations, social enterprises, non-profits and businesses that are not able to secure conventional financing to support credible investment opportunities which have significant positive and measurable community benefits.
Maximum Amount: Not provided.
Deadline: Not applicable.
Apply Now: https://ourtrust.org/grants-and-programs-directory/impact-investment-fund/
Vancity Unity Women Entrepreneurs Program
Vancity and Women’s Enterprise Centre give women, and anyone who identifies as women or non-binary, more access to the funds they need, more networking opportunities with like-minded people, and more advice from experienced mentors.
Who Should Apply
Start-up and growth stage businesses that are majority woman-owned and controlled, and struggling to meet working capital needs due to COVID-19.
Maximum Amount: Not provided.
Deadline: Not provided.
Apply Now: https://join.vancity.com/unity-women-entrepreneurs-program/
Kelowna Organization Development Grants
This program aims to provide assistance to non-profit sport, event, social service and cultural organizations for the purpose of undertaking activities or initiatives which develop the organization’s capacity and sustainability.
Who Should Apply
Kelowna-based, established, non-profit society or a registered charity with a sport, event, social service or cultural mandate.
Maximum Amount: Funding can be used to cover 100% of the consulting or tuition/registration costs, to a maximum of $5,000.
Deadline: Open in-take
Community Gaming Grants
Community Gaming Grants funding enhances community life through supporting programs that: provide opportunities for enrichment through participation in sport and the arts, enhance and protect our local environment, improve quality of life for community members; and, enhance and support the safety of our communities.
Who Should Apply
Not-for-profit organizations providing programs or services of direct benefit to the broader community.
Maximum Amount: $250,000
Deadlines:
- Arts & Culture: Apply between February 1 and April 30
- Sport: Apply between March 1 and May 31
- Public Safety: Apply between July 1 and August 31
- Environment: Apply between July 1 and August 31
- Human and Social Services: Apply between June 1 and November 30
Venture Internship Program
Internships for post-secondary students across Canada. Dynamic, aspirational young people find their way to the Venture for Canada community. We select the ones with the character traits Canadian startups and SMEs say they need and we train them to stick a landing.
- 75% subsidy
- Each funding round can cover up to 20 weeks of employment
- Employers can participate in multiple semesters, and even hire the same eligible student for up to two consecutive semesters
Who Should Apply
- < 500 employees
- Any industry, offering an entrepreneurial role
- Located in BC, AB, MB, SK, NB, NS, PEI or NL
Maximum Amount: Up to $2,800
Deadline: Not provided.
Apply Now: https://ventureforcanada.ca/employers
