Community Grants

Eligibility

Community grants support non-profit volunteer community organizations and registered charities.

To be considered, your organization must:

• Initiate or deliver programs and services to the citizens of Port Hope;
• Provide events of Municipal, Provincial or National significance, which could be expected to bring economic, and/or public relations benefit to the Municipality;
• Provide programs and services to address any urgent and pressing events and natural disasters (i.e., fire, flood, earthquake);
• Initiate programs or services for individuals, groups or teams who require assistance to participate in recognized regional, provincial, national or international championships; and
• Organizations must be either a non-profit organization or a registered charity.

In order to receive the grant, your organization must request funds for:

• General operating and capital expenses including administrative costs and program-related expenses;
• Activities/functions generally occurring within the Municipality of Port Hope boundaries; and
• Programs/activities/functions addressing a community need, responding to an underserviced demand or contributing to the positive image of the Municipality.

Application guidelines

Staff will provide the applications to Finance Committee for their review. Finance Committee will review and determine successful applicants. Finance Committee will use the application requirements as conditions when screening each application to distinguish whether the application meets the requirements set out in the Community Grant Policy and should be considered for funding. Finance Committee will determine the community grant budget amount for each stream and how this budget amount is to be divided across successful applicants.

Please ensure your application has met these guidelines before submitting: 

1.  All applicants must read the Community Grant Policy before completing their organization’s community grant application form and financial information (see below for options to submit either online or by hard copy)
2. Responses are required to be provided for all the application questions. Staff are only required to provide Finance Committee application forms completed in full, meeting all application requirements, and legible for the Committee’s consideration each year.
3. Applications must be submitted to the Finance Department no later than Wednesday September 25, 2024 by 4:30 p.m., as shown on the time stamp in the Municipal Office. Applications can be submitted online or as a hard copy. You can mail or drop off hard copy documents at Town Hall 56 Queen Street Port Hope Ontario L1A 3Z9. Please note that applications submitted through mail must be received by the Municipality by the deadline as outlined.

 Application submission checklist 

• I have read the Community Grant Policy
  
• I have completed Community Grant Application with full answers for all questions (either online or by hard copy)

• I have collected the required signature for the Signed Attestation as part of the Community Grant Application

Late submissions

Applications received on the due date, are considered on time. Any applications received after the due date will be considered late.

Please note that complete applications that are late may be considered for the grant at the discretion of the Finance Committee. Late submissions that are incomplete will not be considered.