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Community Grant in Aid

Non-profit or registered charitable organizations providing community programs in the areas of health, social and cultural services, events and festivals, and youth activities are eligible for Sechelt’s Grant-in-Aid program.  The application form and additional program information is available for download.

Ensure you submit all the requested information, including financial statements, organization/project budget and a list of Board members/officers, so that your application can be properly considered.

General Principles and Criteria

These principles are not Council policy but will provide applicants with a general outline of how the District of Sechelt has dealt with Grants in previous years.

The District supports the enhancement of a positive quality of life for all of its residents and one means of helping to achieve this goal is through an annual grants-in-aid program.

Consideration for the award of grants will be given to non-profit or registered charitable organizations and/or groups which:
  • offer projects, programs, services or events which have a demonstrated need in the community and which provide benefits to Sechelt residents;exercise co-ordination, co-operation and collaboration with other groups to prevent duplication of projects, programs, services or events;
  • are guided by a strong and committed board, dedicated to fiscal responsibility, professionalism and effectiveness;
  • seek and receive funding from a variety of sources so as not to be solely dependent on the District for funding;
  • promote volunteer participation and citizen involvement;
  • use new approaches and techniques in the solution of community needs.
  • Funding may be considered for occasional and extraordinary service or function requests that have community support and would improve the quality of life in the District.
  • Not all organizations meeting the basic criteria will automatically receive a grant.
Approval of a grant by the District one year does not ensure that grant requests in subsequent years will be successful.

 

Exclusions From Eligibility for District Grant

The following are specifically excluded from funding under the District's grants-in-aid program:

  • Applications from individuals
  • Religious organizations that serve primarily their membership and/or their direct religious purposes
  • Activities of ethno-cultural organizations that serve primarily their membership and/or their specific ethnic promotion
  • Annual fund-raising campaigns, form letter requests or telephone campaigns
  • Building funds or capital construction campaigns
  • Aid to endowment funds
  • Debt retirement or reserves

Reporting Requirements

For accountability purposes, all District of Sechelt grant recipients are required to complete an Annual Report on Grant Funding or they may be ineligible for future grants from the District of Sechelt. To simplifiy this process a Annual Report on Grant Funding Form is available for download here.

Traffic Fine Revenue Grants

Organizations providing community programs in the areas of public safety and crime prevention are eligible to apply for funding under the Traffic Fine Revenue Sharing program.

The application form is available for download from the Sechelt Public Document Library.  Ensure you submit all the requested information, including financial statements and organization/project budget so that your application can be properly considered.

Ensure you submit all the requested information, including your project/event budget and a list of Board members/officers, so that your application can be properly considered.

The Traffic Fine Revenue Review Committee will review the applications in February and forward their recommendations to Council.   An announcement of the successful applicants and the level of funding granted will be made in the Spring.

Policy


The Traffic Fine Review Committee must comply with District of Sechelt Traffic Fine Revenue Policy which is available for download from the Sechelt Public Document Library.  

This policy states that traffic fine funds can be used Coastwide for programs such as:

  • care for victims of crime
  • reduce traffic fatalities and education
  • groups dedicated to working with youth and/or dedicated to reducing the level of crime reduction of property damage from vandalism (youth issues)
  • increase police abilities to deal with problems with drugs
  • increase community awareness of criminal activity

Guidelines For Allocation Of Funds

Here are some guidelines used by the Traffic Fine Revenue Review Committee when reviewing Grant Applications and recommending disbursement of traffic fine revenue to the District of Sechelt Committee of the Whole.

  • The Province of British Columbia provides these funds with the expectation municipalities will utilize the traffic fine revenue funds in areas of policing, crime prevention and other initiatives to make our communities safer.  Instructions were received from the Ministry that the funds are not to be used for increasing policing strength.
  • The Traffic Fine Revenues are distributed to those municipalities who pay for policing costs.   We do not receive the same amount each year.
  • The amount we receive varies as it is based on a formula factoring Sechelt policing costs with total municipal policing cost
  • Traffic Fine Revenue funds are not guaranteed and may be discontinued by the Province of British Columbia anytime.

Reporting Requirements

For accountability purposes, all District of Sechelt grant recipients are required to complete an Annual Report on Grant Funding or they may be ineligible for future grants from the District of Sechelt.   To simplify this process an Annual Report on Grant Funding Form is available for download.