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Canadian Tire Jumpstart deadline Feb 16th, 2024

March 16

Stronger Communities. Stronger Canada.

Our Community Development Grants have two funding streams: Program Support and Operational Support. Grants must help organizations develop or sustain sports and recreation programming for kids between the ages of 4-18 in financial need or youth with disabilities between the ages of 4-25.

Programming Support: Grants are awarded to help organizations develop or sustain the delivery of sport or physical activity-based programs.

Operational Support: Grants are awarded to help organizations build their capacity to provide more inclusive, equitable, safe sport participant experiences.

While organizations can apply more than once within the same application intake period, the requests must be clearly justified and not be dependent on funding from another Jumpstart Community Development Grant application. Funding is determined on the quality of each application and overall demand.

Funding Streams

Programming Support

Assists organizations with the costs of delivering sport and recreational programming, including but not limited to:

  • Program leaders, instructors, and coaches;
  • Facility rentals;
  • Equipment needs;
  • Transportation needs.

Operational Support

Where an organization’s mandate is to provide sport and recreation programming to marginalized children and youth, build capacity to provide more inclusive, equitable, safe sport participant experiences, including but not limited to:

  • Build staff and/or volunteer experience/expertise through training and education
  • Organization intersectionality approaches to reduce or eliminate systemic barriers to participation (i.e., policies, programs, practices, and spaces);
  • Costs related to rebuilding or expanding organizational program offerings.

Eligibility

Eligible Organizations

To be eligible for a Community Development Grant, applicants must be qualified donees (as defined by the Canada Revenue Agency).

Eligibility for Operational Support

Your organization should focus on engaging participants aged 4-18 from families in financial need, or 4-25 years of age for programs primarily serving children and youth with disabilities.

Eligibility for Programming Support

To be considered for program funding, applications must:

  • Focus on engaging participants aged 4-18 from families in financial need, or 4-25 years of age for programs primarily serving children and youth with disabilities; and
  • Consist of at least 5 sessions and 5 hours.

Need Help?

If you are not sure if your organization qualifies for funding, please email jumpstart@cantire.com and provide the following information:

  • Organization name
  • Organization address
  • Contact name
  • Contact phone number
  • Type of Organization (e.g., Charity, Society, Government, Not for Profit, For Profit Business, Other)

Apply here