Value
Core funding: up to $75,000 (annually); Enhanced Capacity Building funding: up to $150,000 (annually)Description
The Enhanced Capacity Advancement Program (ECAP) helps to advance and strengthen the non-profit/voluntary sector, by providing multi-year operational funding for up to 3 years to Alberta-based non-profit organizations that have a primary mandate and proven ability to:
- build the capacity of other non-profit organizations in Alberta
- strengthen and advance the capacity of Alberta’s non-profit/voluntary sector as a whole
Eligible Applicants
Organizations must have:
- a primary mandate and proven ability to:
- build the capacity of other non-profit organizations in Alberta
- strengthen and advance the capacity of Alberta’s non-profit/voluntary sector as a whole
- the ability to demonstrate:
- proven ability to deliver on its mandate
- sufficient community support for its mandate, which includes ongoing financial support from a range of sources
- broad accessibility and use of programs and services
- registration as a non-profit organization, in good standing, under one of the following acts:
- Societies Act
- Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act with a registration in Alberta under the Business Corporations Act
- Companies Act, Part 9 (Non-profit Companies)
- Special Act of the Alberta Legislature
- Part 21 of the Business Corporations Act – Extra-Provincial Corporations*
*must have an Alberta-based address that is regularly monitored by an active member of the organization
- a history of operating in Alberta for at least one year
Eligible Expenses
The ECAP provides ongoing operational funding for the following eligible expenses:
- human resources
- training
- sector services
- office operations
- advertising, public awareness and marketing
- communications
- travel and meetings
- small capital purchases (for example, office equipment and furnishings)
- community engagements
- workshops and conferences
- sector research
- evaluation
- advocacy
- costs related to participation in the ECAP
- other ongoing operating pressures as identified by the applicant
Deadline Date
The 2022-23 application period is now closed. The next multi-year funding cycle intake is anticipated for fall 2025. The updated guidelines, application form and submission instructions will be provided at the beginning of the application period.Contact
Contact Name: Enhanced Capacity Advancement Program
E-mail Address: ecap@gov.ab.ca
Website: https://www.alberta.ca/enhanced-capacity-advancement-program.aspx