MattersCommunityFirst seen Feb 28, 2024
2024 community grant requests
Local organizations requested $115,350 in grants, while the program budget was $80,000. The committee recommended $91,850 in grants and proposed covering the amount above budget from Council Contingency.
Where it stands: Committee recommended grants and contingency funding Feb 28, 2024; Council decision not provided.
Timeline
Every time this matter appeared in council records, newest first.
February 28, 2024· Advisory Committee
Committee recommended $91,850 in community grants
Committee recommended Council approve a set of 2024 grant-in-aid awards and to fund amounts exceeding the $80,000 budget from Council Contingency; several individual grant approvals and conflicts of interest were recorded.
Decision: Approved grants totalling $91,850 for various local organizations.
Passed
Decision: Recommended Council approve grants and fund amounts over $80,000 from Council Contingency.
Passed
Decision: Approved funding for Bilston Watershed $1,000 and Open Gate Church $5,000.
Passed
Decision: Approved Bear Mountain Community Association funding of $1,500.
Passed
Decision: Directed staff to research other local governments' best practices for Community Association grants for 2025.
Passed
Documents
- Staff Report to Community Advisory Committee — 2024 Funding Requests
- 2024 Grant Requests Listing
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of Victoria — Funding Application (Langford)
- Bilston Watershed Habitat Protection Association — Funding Request
- Bear Mountain Community Association — Grant-in-Aid Application
- Capital Bike — Grant-in-Aid Supporting Documents (Everyone Rides Grades 4 & 5 / ERG45)
- City of Langford Pipe Band (Castle Cary Pipes and Drums) — Request for Funding
- Goats Queer Climbing — Funding Request (events/drag shows / community programming)
- Juan de Fuca Lacrosse Association — Funding Request
- GIA Package — Remaining funding request letters and supporting attachments (remaining pages)