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.
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The next FIRE deadline is April 21, 2023. The next deadline for HCIP grants is September 15, 2023 for the Project Accelerator or Research & Planning streams. Contact grants@edmontonheritage.ca or fire@edmontonheritage.ca to learn more about HCIP and FIRE respectively.
Deadline: April 21, 2023
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: April 21, 2023
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: Rolling intake (apply anytime for 2023 funds)
Now known as Change Capital Project Grants, this stream provides funding to heritage organizations – up to $20,000, with no matching requirement – to undertake projects that develop internal capacity and new strategies that build resilience within the heritage sector. All grant forms for this stream are now available.
Deadline: Rolling intake (apply anytime for 2023 funds)
Community Impact Project Grants are designed to provide assistance—to a maximum of $20,000—for individuals or non-profit organizations to undertake projects that preserve, research, document, interpret, celebrate, and raise awareness of the history and heritage of Edmonton.
Deadline: TBD
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: October 6, 2023
Project Accelerator grants provide funding support to individuals and organizations undertaking small-scale heritage projects that tell Edmonton stories. Some aspects of this grant stream have recently been updated. All grant forms for this stream are now available.
Deadline: September 15, 2023
Research and Planning grants provide funding support to individuals and organizations to complete preliminary research or planning towards a larger heritage project. This stream replaces Individual Seed funding. All grant forms for this stream are now available.
Deadline: September 15, 2023
Our grants help illuminate Edmonton’s heritage… here are some of our success stories:
Richard Wood and Joshua Nhan were awarded a Research & Planning grant from EHC’s Heritage Community Investment Program (HCIP) in 2021 to embark on the Edmonton Culinary Heritage Project.
The Edmonton Heritage Council (EHC) announces Adriana Davies as the inaugural recipient of the Heritage Writers’ Reserve award.
EHC members are invited to celebrate an extraordinary year of Edmonton heritage