2009 FCC AgriSpirit Fund Eligibility Guidelines
This year, the FCC AgriSpirit Fund will offer $1,000,000 to fund rural capital projects. Funding amounts range from between $5,000 and $25,000 per project.
What qualifies?
For your project to be considered for funding, your organization must:
- be a registered charity with the Canada Revenue Agency or
- be an agricultural society or
- be a municipality or partner with a municipal government who agrees to receive the money contributed and issue official tax receipts in the municipality's 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 2011
- be located in rural Canada
- benefit a rural community with a population less than 100,000 people
- allow FCC to put up a permanent sign
Farm Credit Canada prefers to partner with organizations that:
- benefit more than one community
- encourage volunteerism
- offer recognition for FCC involvement
- have a focus on agriculture
- do not already receive funding from the United Way
FCC will not support projects or activities that:
- take place outside of Canada
- have received support from the FCC AgriSpirit Fund in the past four years (2005-2008)
- are being implemented to contribute to operating budgets or debt reduction campaigns
- are undertaken by private foundations or third parties raising funds for a charity (Lion's Club, Rotary Club, Knights of Columbus, etc)
- are taking place in support of individual endeavours
- only provide benefit to members of a particular religion, political party or social organization
- benefit private schools
- are undertaken by organizations whose primary focus is advocating a particular religious, social, moral, political or economic point of view
- are likely to have a significant adverse environmental effect
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.
