Volunteer Services Funding
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~ Active Halifax Communities - Good Ideas Funding Program
ACTIVE Halifax Communities has funds available to support local groups and organizations to increase the number of “active” opportunities available in the Halifax Regional Municipality to address physical inactivity of children and youth, and work together to build vibrant, healthy communities.
Contact Info:
Mail: Physical Activity Coordinator
Findlay Community Centre
26 Elliot Street
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
B2Y 2X7
Email: active@halifax.ca

~ HRM Festival & Event Grants - Click to view more information

~ 4Cs Foundation
4Cs Foundation provides grants for community arts projects and works to support, train and connect people interested in community arts. Contact:
Mail: Suite 204, 5663 Cornwallis Street
Halifax, NS B3K 1B6
email: info@4csfoundation.com
tel: (902)422-4805
fax: (902)425-9560

~ Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA) is a federal government agency. Headquartered in the Atlantic Region, ACOA's goal is to improve the economy of Atlantic Canadian communities through the successful development of business and job opportunities.

~ Charity Village
Charity Village links an online database and directory of funding agencies and foundations of interest to Canadian individuals and organizations, plus online tools and resources of value to those involved in prospect research. and other areas of fundraising
phone: 416-977-7227 or 1-888-977-7640
email: help@charityvillage.com

~ Community Health Board Community Development Fund Grants
The main goal of the Fund is to encourage building local projects that address the local health needs in their specific region. By creating partnerships with other local groups, we create local solutions for healthier communities. The fund is accessed through each area’s Health Board:

Chebucto West Community Health Board
Mail: 3825 Joseph Howe Drive
Halifax, Nova Scotia
B3L 4R6
Phone: (902) 424-3390
Fax: (902) 424-5159

Cobequid Community Health Board
Mail: 40 Freer Lane, Room 3225
Lower Sackville NS B4C 0A2

Eastern Shore - Musquodoboit Community Health Board
Mail: Room 137, Twin Oaks Hospital
7704 Highway #7
Musquodoboit Harbour, Nova Scotia B0J 2L0
Phone: (902) 889-4118
Fax: (902) 889-2470

Dartmouth Community Health Board
Mail: Belmont House
33 Alderney Drive, Room 545
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
B2Y 4N4
Phone: (902) 460-6869
Fax: (902) 460-6847

Southeastern Community Health Board
Mail: 33 Alderney Drive
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia B2Y 2N4
Phone: (902) 460-6888
Fax: (902) 460-6847

Halifax Peninsula
Mail: 3825 Joseph Howe Drive
Halifax, Nova Scotia B3L 4R6
Phone: (902) 424-3390
Fax: (902) 424-5159

~ Halifax Regional Municipality Grants Committee
The HRM Grants Program is a portfolio which allows the Municipality to provide tax assistance and grants to homeowners and registered non-profit organizations throughout the region. The portfolio is administered by staff of HRM Financial Services and a standing Committee of Regional Council, the HRM Grants Committee.

Phone: 490-5469

~ Let Them Be Kids
The Let Them Be Kids Initiative is a first of its kind, nation-wide program that helps communities build playgrounds in areas of need, while also building community capacity amongst citizens and laying a strong foundation for a brighter tomorrow.
Mail: PO Box 278
Blind River ON
P0R 1B0
Phone: 705-356-2112
Fax: 705-356-6701

~ Gambling Awareness Nova Scotia

The time has come: the Nova Scotia Gaming Foundation is now officially Gambling Awareness Nova Scotia (GANS)!
The name ‘Gambling Awareness Nova Scotia’ is a more adequate reflection of who we are and what we do.

We also have a new virtual home: www.TogetherWeCanWin.ca. This new web address speaks to our commitment to support collaboration and build community capacity to reduce gambling harm in Nova Scotia. We cherish the relationships we have established, and we strongly believe in the strength of ongoing, informed dialogue with our stakeholders and community - together, we can win!

To help encourage online discussion with and among stakeholders, we established a Gambling Awareness Nova Scotia Facebook page. Social media is a great tool to connect organizations and individuals that share common goals, and it is an excellent instrument to ignite collaboration. We hope that you will ‘like’ our page –as individuals and organizations. Together, we can help raise awareness of gambling harm in our real and virtual communities!

~ PAINTS (Professional Artists in the Schools)
PAINTS is a program that helps schools throughout Nova Scotia to bring professional artists (both in visual arts and fine crafts) into their classrooms. Artists may be members of both Visual Arts Nova Scotia (VANS) and the Nova Scotia Designer Crafts Council (NSDCC).
Mail: c/o Visual Arts Nova Scotia
1113 Marginal Road
Halifax, NS B3H 4P7
Phone: 423-4694 or 1-866-225-8267
email: paints@visualarts.ns.ca

~ Starbucks Youth Action Grants
Supporting community organizations The Starbucks Foundation funds local programs that serve low-income, at-risk youth through its Youth Leadership Grant Program. Grants range from $5,000 to $20,000 and are given in two areas: Arts and Literacy or Environmental Literacy.

~ United Way Youth Grants

Youth Grants! WURD.

Want to make a difference? Get something started? Need some money and support to make that happen? You my friend, have come to the right place.

United Way wants to see how you take your passion, interests and skills, and combine them into a project that will be fun and help the community. We are excited to hear about your way to have fun and make a difference! Check out a Google Map of all of the Youth Grants that went down in 2010! 

The 2011 Youth Grants criteria:

1. The projects must be youth initiated and youth led
2. Youth must be 25 years or younger
3. The project must partner with a registered charity (we can help you find one if you don’t have one!)
4. The projects must take place in HRM
5. The grant amounts can go up to $500

Download the application form HERE!

Summer deadline: July 4th, 2011
Fall deadline: Sept. 29th, 2011

The United Way likes to see projects that:

• Build on the skills of youth (Asset-Based)
  We like projects that value youth’s skills and talents, not projects that are designed just to ‘keep youth out of trouble’.
• Help youth increase their skills and develop new abilities (Capacity Building)
  Tell us what youth are learning from participating in and organizing this project.
• Can show what they have accomplished (Making a Measurable Difference)
  What’s important about the project? How will you measure it?
• Work with different people and form new connections (Collaboration)
  Are you partnering with other youth projects, organizations, or schools? If you are then make sure you say so!
• Show that they will use the money in the most effective way (Stewardship)
  If you can show that you got materials donated or you borrowed items to make the project happen, include that in the application as well. It shows us that you are making the most happen with a small amount of money!

Questions? Contact Emma Cooper by email or
message her on Facebook Emma Helsinki Cooper. I'm here to help out!

~ Young Canada Works in Heritage Organizations - Canadian Heritage
Young Canada Works (YCW) provides wage subsidies to help secondary and post-secondary students access summer work experience in key cultural and heritage sectors. Employers are organizations working in the cultural heritage sector, including national, provincial/territorial, municipal or community level not-for-profit museums, archives, libraries and other related organizations or educational institutions, businesses.
Phone: 1 800 935-5555