2011 FCC AgriSpirit Fund Eligibility Guidelines
What qualifies?
For your project to be considered for funding, your organization must be at least one of the following:
- a registered charity with the Canada Revenue Agency
- a municipal body – a municipal body can include a town, city under 100,000 people, a rural municipality or a First Nations band
- a non profit organization that will partner with a municipal body who agrees to receive the money contributed and issue a receipt in their name
and your project must:
- enhance the quality of life for people who live in rural communities
- be a capital project (equipment, building funds, etc.)
- be completed by December 2013
- be located in rural Canada
- benefit a rural community with a population less than 100,000 people
- recognize FCC’s contribution and allow FCC to put up a permanent sign
FCC will not support organizations or projects that:
- take place outside Canada or do not benefit residents of Canada
- have received support from the FCC AgriSpirit Fund in the past four years (2007 through 2010)
- contribute primarily to operating budgets or debt reduction campaigns
- raise funds for a charity through private foundations or third parties (Lion's Club, Rotary Club, Knights of Columbus, etc.)
- are taking place in support of individual endeavors
- only provide benefits to members of a particular religion, political party or social organization whose primary focus is advocating a particular religious, social, moral, political or economic point of view
- only benefit private schools
- are likely to adversely impact the environment
Additional information
- FCC employees and their immediate family members are not eligible to complete the application for AgriSpirit funding
- only online applications will be evaluated
- the completion of an environmental assessment may be required as part of the evaluation process
- selected projects will be required to provide proof of project completion
