CMHC Seed Funding Program Details
The successful development of housing requires appropriate skills, expertise and commitment. Proponents need to be organized, and must know how to evaluate housing need and demand in their community, and how to obtain the money and other resources to make their proposed housing project a reality. CMHC Seed Funding provides proponents with financial assistance to carry out these initial activities. Click here for more details.
 
CMHC Proposal Development Funding (PDF)
Proposal Development Funding (PDF) loans help with the up-front expenses incurred during the process of developing an affordable housing project proposal. A PDF loan enables housing proponents to carry out the activities required to bring their proposal to the point where they can apply for mortgage financing. Click here for more details.

Enabling Accessibility Fund
The Call For Applications is now open: http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/eng/disability_issues/eaf/cfp/index.shtml
Small Project Component of the Enabling Accessibility Fund provides grants of up to $75,000 for projects to renovate, construct and retrofit buildings; modify vehicles for community use; and provide accessible information or communication technologies. All projects funded through this component must create or enhance accessibility for people with disabilities within Canada. Deadline: September 10, 2010
If you have any questions about the Enabling Accessibility Fund, please call 1-866-268-2502 or send an email to eafcall-appelfa@hrsdc-rhdcc.gc.ca.

Home Depot Canada Foundation Affordable Housing Grant Program
The next cycle of The Home Depot Canada Foundation’s Affordable Housing Grant program is fast approaching. The program is open to Canadian Registered charities completing affordable housing projects that incorporate sustainable (energy efficient) building materials and/or practices and that will get underway before December 31, 2010. The maximum grant issued through this program is $25,000. Please review the Affordable Housing Grants Application Guide found at http://www.homedepot.ca/foundation/html/en/how-to-apply.html. Application deadline is AUGUST 20. All Affordable Housing Grants Program applicants will receive a response within three months of the deadline date.

The Law Foundation
The Law Foundation has established a total Small Projects budget of up to $150,000 for small, one-time projects for 2011. To be eligible for funding, a project must fall within one or more of the five program objectives of the Law Foundation: legal aid; legal education; legal research; law reform; and law libraries. The Law Foundation encourages applications from organizations that are interested in implementing projects of a smaller scale. Click here for more information.

United Way Public Policy Institute
Be Part of BC’s first Public Policy Institute – Now Accepting Applications! Advance your organization’s critical policy issues. Increase your insight into the policy process.  Develop the key strategies that influence decision making. Led by former premier Mike Harcourt, the United Way Public Policy Institute offers innovative, real world skills and knowledge. Targeted to senior managers grappling with dynamic challenges in social and health services, participants will learn how they can help change the future by shaping public policy. Taught by a faculty of leading policy experts, and targeted to today’s complex issues, successful applicants will be mentored on a policy project relevant to their organizations.

Designed to accommodate busy non-profit leaders, sessions will be delivered over 12 days from January to June 2011. Open to participants from across the province, bursaries will be provided to cover tuition, accommodation and travel. Space is limited. Apply now. Deadline for receiving application is Sept. 15, 2010. To learn more about this first of its kind institute in BC, contact Yves Trudel at ppi@uwlm.ca

Vancity Capital
Click here to view a list of the latest funding opportunities, courtesy of Vancity Capital.

Vancity Community Foundation
Each year, Vancity provides Leadership Bursary grants to social enterprises. The Social Enterprise Leadership Bursary Fund is designed to enhance the success of social enterprises and to strengthen the social enterprise sector by supporting professional development and capacity building of social enterprise leaders and managers. The Fund provides financial assistance to support social enterprise leaders and managers to build their knowledge and skills related to the operation, management and growth of social enterprises.

The fund is open to individuals from organizations that have received funding or financing for social enterprise activities from Vancity and/or the Enterprising Non-profits Program (enp) and are currently engaged in the operations and ongoing development of a social enterprise. 
(Grants are disbursed to the organization, not the individual). Please see the attached for further information. Application deadline is September 30th. The next application round will be held in late February 2011. For more information, contact: Annie White, Administration Coordinator, Vancity Community Foundation T 604.877.6580  F. 604.709.6909

Vancouver Foundation: Youth Homelessness Call for Proposals
Announcing the third year of granting for Vancouver Foundation’s Youth Homelessness Initiative. This program provides grants to organizations that are targeting the complex issue of youth homelessness in Metro Vancouver. We are specifically looking for initiatives that increase access to, and maintenance of, housing for youth at risk of homelessness who are transitioning to independence. You are invited to review the Call for Proposals, which includes further information on the program’s background, goals, criteria, application and selection process. Early in the development of your proposals, interested applicants are asked to contact Nicole MacLellan (nicolem@vancouverfoundation.ca) to arrange a time to discuss your initiative with Catharine Hume, Director, or Vi Nguyen, Manager. Once a fit has been established with Vancouver Foundation staff, organizations will be invited to submit a full proposal due September 15, 2010.