Funding Bulletin (January 20, 2013)
1. Home Depot Canada Foundation
2. Alberta Tourism, Parks and Recreation for festivals and events
3. Indigo Love of Reading Foundation Grant
4. RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers
5. Canadian Women's Foundation Grants
6. Bell Let's Talk Community Fund
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1. Home Depot Canada Foundation community grant
The organization believes that good neighbours make great neighbourhoods. Grants for small-scale affordable housing initiatives and neighbourhood improvement projects that serve Canadians in need and encourage hands-on service through volunteer engagement.
2. Festivals and Events Tourism Growth
Alberta Tourism, Parks and Recreation is inviting organizations to submit applications to the Festivals and Events Tourism Growth Program. The program aims to assist festivals and events in Alberta reach their tourism potential.
3. Indigo Love of Reading Foundation Grant
For schools united in a common goal—to inspire a life-long love of reading. The schools are all very different from the outside—but once you step inside, you can see and feel what draws these schools together into a powerful force that will change our country's future. Inside, libraries at Love of Reading schools are open and full of students. Shelves are filled with new and interesting books to explore.
http://librarypathwaysandfootprints.blogspot.ca/2013/01/indigo-love-of-reading-foundation-grant.html
4. RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers
The prize for 2013 will be given for the best work of poetry.
5. Canadian Women's Foundation Grants
Support women's organizations and programs in Canada that help women and children rebuild their lives after the crisis of experiencing violence, such as healing and support for women who have been victims of sexual assault, or children who have been exposed to violence or for improved access to second stage housing. Support collaborative projects at a regional, provincial, territorial or national level that build the sector by coordinating / sharing resources, addressing systemic barriers, or developing women's leadership in addressing issues.
6. Bell Let's Talk Community Fund
The 2013 Bell Let's Talk Community Fund will provide grants of $5,000 to $50,000 to organizations, hospitals and agencies focused on improving access to mental health care and making a positive impact in their communities from coast-to-coast-to-coast.
Preference will be given to capacity building projects aimed at creating or expanding programs that provide front-line support and/or reduce the stigma for those impacted by mental health issues.
http://librarypathwaysandfootprints.blogspot.ca/2013/01/bell-lets-talk-community-fund-will.html
Read more at
http://librarypathwaysandfootprints.blogspot.ca/2013/01/funding-bulletin-january-10-2013_11.html
