Community Funding & Grant Programs
CEF Communities, Culture & Heritage Program
Contact Us
Grants Coordinator
Call 289-260-8119
Email [email protected]
Funding Principles Review
Requests and Funding Map
Use the interactive web maps to review the 2024 requests and total funding by ward, program area, and funding streams.
City Enrichment Fund
2025 City Enrichment Fund
Intake period: Open from October 1 at 9 am until November 15 at 4 pm.
About Communities, Culture & Heritage Program
To support organizations activities, programming, events, and projects that engage the public in strengthening and celebrating community identity – the people, places and things that make up Hamilton.
All programs funded through the Communities, Culture & Heritage Program will support Hamilton’s community vision, Our Future Hamilton.
Events & Established Activity
To support public participation in the celebration of community identity through related activities (e.g. programs and events) delivered by cultural organizations that provide reoccurring experiences, which have merit, impact and viability.
The Communities, Culture & Heritage – Events & Established Activities stream supports the planning and delivery of a variety of established activities (programs and events) that create opportunities for participation in and the celebration of community identity – the people, places and things that make up Hamilton.
In order to be eligible for funding, activities must have general appeal, a theme of interest, a public profile and public access on a free and / or paid basis. Events & Activities may occur on a reoccurring basis (e.g. annual, seasonally, etc).
Activities requesting more than $5,000 in funding should have a city-wide appeal. Activities requesting less than $5,000 can have impact on a smaller geographic or cultural group.
Multi-year Funding Eligible
Eligibility
Incorporated not-for-profit organization, charities, or an unincorporated group with not-for-profit goals and governance structure.
Maximum Funding
- Small Requests: $15,000
- Large Requests: $15,001 - $100,000
Events & Established Handbook
New Projects
To support new projects from cultural organizations that increase public access to cultural experiences, expressions, and content.
The Communities, Culture & Heritage – New Projects funding supports activities that are about community identity - the unique people, places and things that make up the city of Hamilton.
Project themes can honour Hamilton’s past, celebrate its present and/or envision its future. Themes can be city-wide or focus on a specific geographic or cultural group. Applicants must demonstrate how the public will interact with the project.
Project funding is for new, not previously offered, activities with a defined time frame. The project must occur within a single year. A project may be funded up to three times over multiple years in this category.
A project that has occurred three times will be considered as an Established Activity and is not eligible as a New Project (or at the discretion of the Program Manager).
Eligibility
Project funding is for new, not previously offered, activities with a defined time frame. The project must occur within a single year. A project may be funded up to three times over multiple years in this category.
A project that has occurred three times will be considered as an Established Activity and is not eligible as a New Project (or at the discretion of the Program Manager).
Maximum Funding: $15,000
New Projects Handbook
Capacity Building
To strengthen the relevance, responsiveness, effectiveness and resilience of Hamilton’s arts organizations.
This funding stream provides project grants to incorporated arts organizations to support capacity building strategies, organizational development projects and professional development initiatives to build administrative and management capacity in the arts.
Eligibility
- Not-for-profit cultural organizations
- Groups of two or more cultural organizations facing similar organizational challenges are encouraged to collaborate on a capacity
Maximum Funding: $25,000
Capacity Building Handbook
Information Sessions
Communities, Culture & Heritage – Virtual
October 9, 12 noon to 1 pm
This session will introduce the City Enrichment Fund and provide an overview of the three Funding Streams that are available to not-for-profit Cultural Organizations: Events and Established Activities, New Projects, and Capacity Building for Cultural Organizations. The presentation is intended for new and returning applicants, and will review submission requirements, the application process, introduce the new Multi-Year Funding pilot framework, and conclude with a Q&A.
Communities, Culture & Heritage Program Manager Contact Information and Registration
Kristina Durka
Email [email protected]
Office 905-546-2424 ext.1947
Cell 905-979-8026
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