Grant Information

Mission Community Foundation Grants

We offer grants to qualified charitable organizations in Mission, British Columbia, Canada. See the information below to determine of your organization is eligible for funding.

Grants

The purpose of the Mission Community Foundation’s Grant Program is to provide monies to qualified charitable organizations based on availability and need to assist them in improving the Community of Mission.

There will be two grant cycles in 2022 with a deadline of 4:30 pm. The Deadline for application is: May 1 and October 1

Who Can Apply

We are restricted by Canada Revenue Agency to assisting registered charities within the Mission, BC, Canada catchment area. Requests from outside this area will automatically be disqualified.

Mission Community Foundation is mandated by the Canadian Revenue Agencies Income Tax Act. In general it lists four types of Charitable Organizations eligible for funding:

Relief of Poverty
Relief of Social Need
Advancement of Education
Activities Beneficial to the Community

The basic intent of these four types is that they apply to a significant portion of the General Public.

Who Is Eligible

Registered* Charitable Organizations who provide services which directly benefit:

the citizens of Mission District Area 2
the Public School District Area
the citizens of the Fraser Valley (where partnership or leveraging of funds benefits citizens of Mission, grant considerations will be given to applicants within the Fraser Valley)

(*Applicant Organization must have a Charitable Registration Number, or have written permission from sponsoring organization.)

Applying organizations must make services available without discrimination because of race, color, creed, sex, age, marital status or handicap.

The Foundation gives preference to projects that:

benefit the whole community;
promote recreational activities and the conservation of human, heritage or natural resources;
encourage more efficient use of community resources;
demonstrate new approaches and techniques in the solution of community problems;
address the underlying problems in our society;
promote cooperation and sharing among organizations, eliminate duplication of services;
participation of other funding bodies through matching or challenge grants;
promote volunteer participation; and
strengthen agencies management capabilities;

Grants Will Not Be Approved

to charities outside of the Mission BC catchment area;
to individuals; or for salaries, contract wages and / or honorariums;
for annual fund drives;
to establish or add to endowment funds;
to pay down mortgages or reduce deficits;
for projects already completed;
for political activities;
to religious organizations;
to private schools, including church supported;
for costs of seminars, conferences, symposia or annual events;
for travel expenses;
for operating expenses of established agencies or programs;
for sabbatical leaves or student exchanges.

Grant Application Form

Click the link below to download the Mission Community Foundation Grant Application Form:

Fillable PDF version: MCF Grant Application Form

Word Version: MCF Grant app in MS word

Application Approval Process

All applications are reviewed by the Mission Community Foundations Distribution Committee and upon review by members of the committee, you may or may not be contacted for further information regarding your project.

The Distribution Committee then meets to consider all grant applications and makes their recommendations to the Board of Directors. All grant applications will receive written notification of the Board’s decision. Applications will receive a Grant Agreement Form whereby they agree that they have the authorization to request funds and that they will use the funding as prescribed in their grant application; this form must be duly signed and returned to our office to complete the application process. They will also receive additional forms for request of payment and final reporting.

All approved grants will be authorized in effect for 6 months from the date of notification and unless acted upon within that time may be cancelled automatically.

PLEASE NOTE: Any changes to the project must be forwarded to Mission Community Foundation Distribution Committee for review and re-approval.

After You’ve Received Your Grant

You will be requested to submit a final report that includes:

a report on the project when it’s completed, indicating the success of the project/impact on participant;
a financial breakdown of how the funds were spent; and,
public recognition of the support received from Mission Community Foundation, which may include photographs of grant recipients.

Past Grant Recipients

Click to view and download a PDF of all Mission Community Foundation Grants awarded from 1988 to Present (2016).

Grants Awarded 1988 to Current MASTER