We have launched a new online grants portal, streamlining applications and enhancing accessibility for heritage funding programs. Explore opportunities and apply with ease at https://ehc.smapply.ca.
Deadline: October 2024
The Edmonton Heritage Council administers multiple grant streams including the Heritage Community Investment Program (HCIP) and Funding Indigenous Resurgence in Edmonton (FIRE). The funds from these grants enable the stabilization, increased professionalism and innovation of heritage in Edmonton, for Edmontonians.
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FIRE Grants
The FIRE Grant program (Funding Indigenous Resurgence in Edmonton) provides funding assistance—up to $10,000—to Indigenous (First Nations, Métis, and Inuit) individuals and organizations to support projects that help tell important stories about our community.
Deadline: October 23, 2024
HCIP – Operational Grant
Provides operating funds to museums, archives, and other heritage organizations so they can research, preserve, and interpret Edmonton’s heritage. Please carefully review the complete guidelines, as they have changed.
Deadline: Intake currently closed
HCIP – Community Impact Project Grant
Community Impact Project Grants provide financial support up to $20,000 for projects that preserve, research, document, interpret, celebrate, and raise awareness of the history and heritage of Edmonton. Projects may include a range of activities and are intended to result in diverse ways of presenting Edmonton’s stories for the benefit of all Edmontonians. If you have questions about our grants, we encourage you to reach out to EHC Grants Staff at grants@edmontonheritage.ca.
Deadline: Intake currently closed
HCIP – Project Accelerator Grant
Project Accelerator grants provide financial support up to $10,000 to individuals and organizations undertaking small-scale heritage projects that tell Edmonton stories. If you have questions about our grants, we encourage you to reach out to EHC Grants Staff at grants@edmontonheritage.ca.
Deadline: Intake currently closed
HCIP – Research & Planning Grant
Research & Planning grants provide financial support (up to $5,000) to individuals and organizations to complete preliminary research or planning towards a larger heritage project. If you have questions about our grants, we encourage you to reach out to EHC Grants Staff at grants@edmontonheritage.ca.
Deadline: Intake currently closed
HCIP – Career Development
The Career Development stream replaces previous HCIP streams Online Learning and Travel. The Career Development Grant provides funding assistance for individual heritage practitioners to gain new skills and knowledge to support the development of heritage work in Edmonton. All grant forms for this stream are now available.
Deadline: Intake currently closed
HCIP – Change Capital Project Grant
The Change Capital Project Grant of the Heritage Community Investment Program (HCIP) provides funding (up to $20,000) to heritage organizations to undertake projects that develop internal capacity and new strategies that build resilience within the heritage sector.
Deadline: Expression of Interest - November 15, 2024
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