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Community Facility Enhancement Program (CFEP) Large │Government of Alberta

Open to applications

Value

Financial assistance over $125,000 and up to $1 million.

Description

The Community Facility Enhancement Program (CFEP) Large provides over $125,000 to $1 million in financial assistance to upgrade, expand, purchase or build arts, cultural, heritage, recreational, sport or other related public-use community facilities.

Eligible Applicants

The following organizations are eligible to apply for funding under the CFEP Large:

Community non-profit organizations who have been registered for a minimum of two years (and are currently in good standing) under one of the following Acts:

  • Provincial Legislation
    • Agriculture Societies Act
    • Part 21 of the Business Corporations Act – Extra-Provincial Corporations*
    • Companies Act, Part 9 (Non-profit Companies)
    • Libraries Act
    • Societies Act of Alberta
    • Special Act of the Alberta Legislature
    • Métis Settlements
  • Federal Legislation
    • Special Act of the Parliament of Canada (and operating in the Province of Alberta)
    • Income Tax Act (of Canada and operating in the Province of Alberta (Charities))
    • First Nations

* Must have an Alberta based address, which must be regularly monitored by an active member of the organization.

Eligible Expenses

CFEP Large funding provides financial assistance to:

  • renew or expand an existing public-use community facility:
    • retrofit, redevelop, convert, arrange or rearrange existing spaces based on evolving needs.
    • restore, refurbish, upgrade, or other initiatives to improve the general conditions of a facility to extend its useful life span (regular repairs and upkeep required to maintain and operate the facility are excluded).
  • purchase an existing facility:
    • acquire a facility to deliver new or existing programs and/or services.
  • construct a new public-use community facility:
    • build a facility for the provision of a new or existing programs and/or services.

 

NOTE: The project can include equipment purchases integral to supporting a public use community facility as part of the project, including unlicensed motorized vehicles, appliances, and furniture. The project budget can include costs for a review engagement report or audited financials as part of the reporting requirements for successful grant recipients.

Deadline Date

EOI deadline: May 15; Call for application: June 15; Application closing date: July 30

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