The Heritage Community Investment Program (HCIP) is not currently accepting applications to any grant streams. As applications open up, we will post all updates to this page.
Deadline: TBA
The Heritage Community Investment Program invests funds—provided by the City of Edmonton—into the stabilization, increased professionalism and innovation of heritage in Edmonton, for Edmontonians.
New to the Edmonton Heritage Council’s grants?
Don’t know where to start? We can help.
Operational Grant
Provides operating funds to museums, archives, and other organizations so they can research, preserve and interpret Edmonton’s heritage.
Deadline: TBA
Project Grant
Provides assistance for a heritage project carried out by a registered, non-profit heritage or community organization.
Deadline: TBA
Project Accelerator Grant
Project Accelerator grants are designed to support individuals and organizations undertaking small scale heritage projects that tell Edmonton stories in unique or innovative ways.
Deadline: TBA
*NEW* Online Learning Grant (Travel On Hold)
In light of current restrictions on travel, HCIP has instituted an Online Learning grant stream to temporarily take the place of the Travel grant. These funds provide assistance for individuals to participate in online courses, workshops, or virtual conferences to gain new skills to support the development of heritage work in Edmonton.
Deadline: TBA
Documents and Downloads
Success Stories
Our grants help illuminate Edmonton’s heritage… here are some of our success stories:
Guest Post: Edmonton Heritage Council & interVivos 2019 Mentorship Program
The blog post below was contributed on June 3, 2020 by Soni Dasmohapatra, Zohreh Saher, and Larissa Kho. Why an Edmonton Heritage Council (EHC) mentorship program In the summer of 2019, while coordinating the Heritage Community Investment Program during a maternity leave coverage, Soni Dasmohapatra initiated a mentorship pilot project. This initiative brought to life… Read more »
Meet the HCIP Fall 2019 Grant Recipients!
The Heritage Community Investment Program (HCIP) invests funds (provided by the City of Edmonton) into the stabilization, increased professionalism and innovation of heritage in Edmonton, for Edmontonians.
Happy Birthday to EHC!
On November 19, 2009, the Edmonton Heritage Council held its founding meeting in the Empire Ballroom of the Hotel Macdonald. Ten years later, we find ourselves in a moment familiar to all in the heritage sector: the intersection of past and future.