Community Cash Grants

Operating grants are:

• Ongoing costs that support day-to-day working of your organization
• Growing or expanding your programs and/or copying an existing program in another location, or at another time
• Programs funded as a project in a past year

Examples of operating grants are: rent, insurance, telephone and Internet service, equipment for core services/community programs, salaries for staff or services, volunteer recruitment, training and office supplies/equipment. 

Project grants are:

• One time, temporary projects with a specific objective
• Are completed in a set timeframe with a clear beginning and end
• Do not take longer than a year
• They must differ from your core services or programs 

Examples of projects grants are events or activities.

• Others (see text field entitled "Additional Eligibility Criteria" for clarification)