Community Foundation of the Kootenay Rockies Launches 2024 Grant Application Process

Elkford, Sparwood, Fernie, and Cranbrook, BC (Jan. 3, 2024) – The Community Foundation of the Kootenay Rockies is excited to launch its 2024 granting process. This includes CFKR’s community funds in Elkford, Sparwood, and Fernie, as well as its endowment funds for Cranbrook and area, including the South Country. CFKR welcomes applications from eligible non-profit organizations from January 1^st to February 15^th, 2024.

Interested non-profits are invited to visit www.cfkrockies.ca/grants/ to review and download CFKR’s 2024 grant application guidelines and fillable pdf application form.

According to Lynnette Wray, CFKR Executive Director, “Thanks to the generosity of our donors and their commitment to sustainable charitable giving through permanently invested endowment funds, we have over $130,000 available for granting in 2024.”

To be eligible to apply, an organization must be a CRA qualified donee, such as a registered charity, or, if the organization is not a qualified donee, enter into an agency agreement with a qualified donee. Grant applications need to clearly demonstrate a direct, positive benefit to local residents.

Most CFKR annual grants range from a few hundred dollars up to $2,000 and support local non-profits in making our communities even better places to live, work, and play.

Since 2003, thanks to the income earned from its endowment funds, as well as external project funding, CFKR has granted a total of over $1 million to more than 300 local non-profit projects in the communities of Elkford, Sparwood, Fernie, Cranbrook, and the surrounding rural areas.

The Community Foundation of the Kootenay Rockies (CFKR) provides grants to a wide range of projects: Animal Welfare; Arts, Culture, and Heritage; Education; Environment; Mental Health and Addictions; Outdoor Recreation, Physical Activity, and Sports; Seniors’ Programs; and Social/Health Services. For examples of the wide variety of projects funded by CFKR, please see the successful applicants from 2023.

For more information, local non-profits are invited to connect with their local community contact person, listed at www.cfkrockies.ca/grants/.

Photos from our 2023 grants:

Wildsight Elkford Eco-Stewards: Bat House Project

Elkford Public Library: Photo Printer

Elkford Search and Rescue: Meeting Room Furniture

Fernie and District Arts Council: Cleansing Art Workshops

Wildsight-Elk Valley: Power of Produce Club – Fernie

Cranbrook Minor Hockey Association: U13 Female Provincial Hockey Tournament

Key City Theatre: Faces of Pride Photography Exhibit

Canadian Mental Health Association – Kootenays: Mental Health First Aid Training

Cranbrook Food Bank: Addressing Homelessness Outreach Project — care packages

ANKORS: Addressing Homelessness — Supporting Vulnerable Populations Project

Wildsight: Cranbrook Eco-Stewards

Living Lakes Canada: Groundwater Project

Cranbrook Community Theatre: Work Smarter Project

Cranbrook Food Bank: Meat Slicer

Cranbrook History Centre: Safety & Accessibility Project

Active Cranbrook: Pre-School Activity Kits