Community Spirit Program
The goal of the Community Spirit Program is to increase individual charitable giving to help support Alberta's non-profit and charitable organizations. The program is donor-driven, meaning it recognizes and encourages Albertans to support their favourite organizations. Monies received from Albertans stay in Alberta to support Alberta-based non-profit and charitable organizations. The program is made up of two components - the enhanced charitable tax credit and the donation grant.
Program Toolkit:
The Community Spirit Program Toolkit is a resource provided to assist non-profit and charitable organizations with their ongoing efforts to raise funds to support their mission, programs and services. The Toolkit contains information on the provincial enhanced charitable tax credit, as well as the donation grant.
2009-10 Grant Process:
The 2009-10 grant process is open. The application deadline is December 31, 2009. Submit your application at your earliest opportunity.
Information Sessions will be held throughout the province from mid-September to early November. Click here (Information Sessions) for further information.
The grant application contains interactive form fields and is best viewed with the most recent version of Adobe Acrobat Reader, a free download from Adobe.
NEW FOR 2009-10:
Online Application - Organizations are invited to submit an application using the online application form. See above links to the 'high-speed' version of the application.
Grant Agreement - Applicants will be required to submit an originally signed Grant Agreement. A Statutory Declaration will no longer be required.
2009-10 Final Report Timeframe - Grant recipients must submit a final report outlining how the grant was spent by May 1 of the following year after receipt of the grant cheque. (For example: For the 2009-10 grant year, assuming grant cheques will be issued in early May, 2010 the final report will be due by May 1, 2011.)
Final Report Declaration - An originally signed 'Declaration' will be required in 2009-10 rather than a Statutory Declaration. NOTE: For the 2008-09 grant year, a signed Statutory Declaration is still required.
2008-09 Final Report:
All recipients of the Community Spirit Program grant are required to complete a Final Report. Refer to your original application, and in particular the 'Statement of Intent'. If the 'Statement of Intent' has changed, please contact the program office - 780-644-8604, toll-free by dialing 310-0000. Please complete the template below and submit it by September 15, 2009.
NOTE: For funding acknowledgements, please include a short written statement in your newsletter, brochure, website, etc. when acknowledging the grant or contact the program office for other options including the use of the Government of Alberta (GOA) logo.
The Final Report contains interactive form fields and is best viewed with the most recent version of Adobe Acrobat Reader, a free download from Adobe.
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Contact:
Community Spirit Program
Alberta Culture and Community Spirit
9th Floor, Standard Life Building
10405 Jasper Avenue
Edmonton, AB T5J 4R7
community.spirit@gov.ab.ca
780-644-8604
