The deadline for heritage organizations to apply for Operational funding is October 6, 2023. Contact grants@edmontonheritage.ca or fire@edmontonheritage.ca to learn more about HCIP and FIRE respectively.
Deadline: October 6, 2023
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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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: TBA
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: Rolling intake (apply anytime for 2024 funds)
Change Capital Project Grant
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 Grant
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
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: TBA
Project Accelerator Grant
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: TBA
Research & Planning Grant
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: TBA
Documents and Downloads
- Grant Writing Tips (PDF)
- Grants Glossary (PDF)
- Final Report - Financial Template (download xls file)
- Sample Budget Form with Notes (PDF)
- City of Edmonton Community Archives Guidelines (PDF)
- Logo Usage Guidelines for Grant Recipients (PDF)
- Edmonton Heritage Council Logos
- City of Edmonton Logos
- COVID-19 FAQs
Success Stories
Our grants help illuminate Edmonton’s heritage… here are some of our success stories:
Edmonton Culinary Heritage Episode 1: Raquel’s Story (Supported by HCIP Funding)
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.
Adriana Davies: Inaugural Recipient of Heritage Writers’ Reserve Award
The Edmonton Heritage Council (EHC) announces Adriana Davies as the inaugural recipient of the Heritage Writers’ Reserve award.
Virtual AGM
EHC members are invited to celebrate an extraordinary year of Edmonton heritage