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Grants

Spring granting deadline – April 30

Fall granting deadline – October 31

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Grant Application

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A: ORGANIZATION INFORMATION

Organization *

Phone *

Contact *

Email *

Mailing Address: *

No. of employees *

Charitable Tax # *

General description of agency, including population directly served and principal geographic area of service. *

Attachments required: *

A list of the organization’s executive and directors.
A copy of the organization’s budget for the current year.
A copy of the organization’s latest financial statement for the one year.
A copy of the current project plan (if available) for which this grant is being sought.

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B: GRANT REQUEST

Amount requested: *

Total project cost: "When projects that have been approved for a grant come in under the total project cost indicated on your grant application, the Altona Community Foundation will reduce the grant by the per cent that the project was reduced. Volunteer labour is to be excluded from total project costs." *

Project start date: *

Estimated completion date: *

C: PROJECT INFORMATION

Have you approached other sources for support? *

Yes
No

Describe the projects purpose and how it relates to the overall mission of the organization. *

Cite evidence of the need for the project and tell us how the project will benefit the local community. Describe any consultations with government or other agencies that relate to this project. *

How you will measure the success of the project? *

Describe the capability of your organization to conduct the project and note special staff qualifications. *

If the project is successful, what financial resources will be available for its continuation? *

How will the Altona Community Foundation be recognized for their contributions to this project? *

Has this request been authorized by your organization’ s board? *

Yes
No

This application must be signed by the President or another officer of the organization’s governing board.

Name *

Title *

Signature *

Name of individual from whom further information may be obtained:

Name *

Title *

Email *

Please note that all successful grant applicants will have their picture posted on the Altona Community Foundation website

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Guidelines

Please review the following guidelines before submitting a grant application to the Altona Community Foundation:

Only charities registered with CCRA are eligible for grants from The Altona Community Foundation. Your charitable registration number is a nine-digit number followed by RR0001. If a second party organization is providing access to a charitable number, a letter documenting permission for this usage must be provided by the applicant. This letter must accompany the application form. There must be an affiliation between the registrant and the applicant if a second party charitable number is utilized.

The applicant must carry out its activities in The Altona Community Foundation geographic granting area. This area is to include the Town of Altona, Town of Gretna, Village of Rosenfeld, and the area around Altona generally consisting of the Municipality of Rhineland (excluding the Town of Plum Coulee).

The applicant must make services and access available without discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex, age, marital status, or handicap.

Applications will be considered for capital projects, project start-ups, new organization start-ups or human resource development.

Definition of capital project:

Long-term investment project requiring relatively large sums to acquire, develop improve, and/or maintain a capital asset (such as land, buildings, dike, roads).
Capital project is defined to include acquisition of capital assets or improvements and additions to these, construction and initial equipment, reconstruction, significant demolition, major alteration of any capital asset and major maintenance projects.
A capital project does not include: preventative maintenance consisting of normal upkeep or repairs to keep capital assets and their attached fixtures in their present condition or state of usefulness, to prevent their deterioration.
Major maintenance means the maintenance or repair of capital assets that are not needed on an annual or biennial basis or are not the function of the permanent maintenance staff of the agency.

The availability of other sources of funding/granting/fundraising must be in place. The Altona Community Foundation will not fund 100% of any project.

Volunteer labour is to be excluded from project costs.

The Altona Community Foundation may choose to initiate a response to a need in the community by seeking out leaders.

Preference is given to projects which:

benefit the whole community
encourage more efficient use of community resources
demonstrate new approaches and techniques in the solution of community problems
address the underlying causes of problems in our society
promote efficient and coordinated use of community resources, both human and financial
promote volunteer participation

Grants are not made to or for:

individuals
annual fund drives
pay down mortgages or reduce deficits
support operating expenses
projects already completed
political activities
direct religious activities of religious groups or organization
– except when community access is available
– unless the community-at-large will benefit significantly

Policy & Procedures

A formal procedure is to be established to deal with grant application and awards.

1. Application

Applications must be made on an Altona Community Foundation application form. All required information must accompany the application form in order for the application to be considered. Grant applications are called for twice annually – in April and October.

2. Review

The application will be reviewed by a Granting Committee of the Board. A recommendation to grant or deny is made to the Board for approval. Grant applications will be reviewed and selected based primarily on qualifying factors as per Grant Guidelines.

3. Awards procedure and recording system

Grants will be awarded to successful applications. Some type of appropriate public announcement will accompany a grant to increase awareness of and to promote the work of the Altona Community Foundation. Grants awarded will be recorded in the minutes.

4. Grant monitoring

All grants are subject to review by the Board. Proof of expenditures must be submitted within one year of the date of grant approval, in order for grant funds to be disbursed. If funds have not been requested in the one-year period, the grant is null and void. The Board will review projects granted in the previous year after the one-year period has elapsed to ensure that all guideline requirements have been met.

When projects that have been approved for a grant come in under the total project cost indicated on the grant application, the Altona Community Foundation will reduce the grant by the per cent that the project was reduced.

Volunteer labour is to be excluded from total project costs.

2023 Fall Grant Recipients

Access Field
Altona & District Family Resource Centre
Altona & District Archives
Altona Girls Softball
Altona Minor Baseball

Blue Sky Opportunities
Gretna Prairie Centre
Gretna Stars Rec Hockey
Kiddie Sunshine Centre
MB Mennonite Historical Society

Neubergthal Heritage Foundation
Pembina Valley Humane Society
The Community Exchange
The Gardens on Tenth
Youth for Christ – Altona