Community Initiatives Program

Overview

The Community Initiatives Program (CIP) provides funding for organizations that create opportunities for Albertans to engage with and help develop their communities.

CIP outcomes are to:

strengthen leadership and organizational capacity of community organizations
support community-driven goals that have a public benefit

Funding streams

CIP has 3 distinct funding streams:

Project-Based
Operating
Major Cultural and Sport Events

Funding streams at a glance

	Project-Based	Operating	Major Cultural and Sport Events
Web page	Project-Based	Operating	Major Cultural and Sport Events
Funding	Up to $75,000	Up to $75,000	Up to $250,000
Application deadlines	January 15 May 15 September 15	January 15 May 15 September 15	April 1 October 1
Project completion timeframe	18 months from date of cheque	30 months from date of receipt of payment	18 months from the start of the term of the grant agreement
Stream priorities	Local community projects	Ongoing programs and services	Sanctioned national and international events

Multiple applications

Organizations can apply for one capital and one non-capital grant per government fiscal year (April 1 to March 31).

Non-capital grant requests can be accessed through any one of the Community Initiatives Program (CIP) grant streams (Project-Based, Operating, or Major Cultural and Sport Events).
Capital grant requests can be accessed under CFEP and capital equipment grant requests can be accessed through CIP Project-Based.

Principles

CIP is guided by a set of principles that help guide decision-making and administration of the grant program. These principles are:

community-driven public benefit
transparency
equity
accountability
flexibility
simplicity

Contact

Connect with the Community Grants office:

Phone: 780-422-9598
Toll free: 1-800-642-3855
Email: [email protected]

Address:
Community Initiatives Program
Alberta Culture
212, 17205 106A Avenue
Edmonton, Alberta T5S 1M7

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