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The City of Edmonton Community Investment Operating Grant (CIOG) program provides operating assistance to Edmonton's not-for-profit organizations working towards increasing social inclusion and equitable access to participation in social services and active recreation/amateur sport.
The 2024 CIOG application intake is closed. Applications for the year 2025 will open in November 2024.
The organizations’ primary mandate must be 1 of the following:
March 13
Application deadline
March 13-April 10
Review of applications
By End of April
Applicants will be notified of funding decisions
Note: These timelines are subject to change.
Please review all information before you apply.
To be eligible for the Grant, the applicant must:
Please note:
Funding cannot be used for the following:
Note: Financial statements must be signed by 2 Board members. Additionally, financial statements that are not presented either as a notice to reader, a review or an audit must include a bank reconciliation and bank statement at the fiscal year-end.
Applications are now closed.
Please note: this application requires a Google account. If you do not have one, contact Grants@edmonton.ca for more information about applying.
Applications are assessed based on the following criteria:
Grant awards are determined by a formula based on this criteria and the number of eligible applications.
Successful applicants will be responsible for reporting on how operating dollars supported them in advancing their mandate and the:
Financial reporting is required in the form of financial statements. These will be included in the application for the grant.
A number of resources have been created to assist your organizations with collecting outcome data:
Provides an overview of the CIOG outcome reporting requirements as well as an item bank with questions you can use to collect data on demographics, financial assistance and outcome data.
Provides example tools you can use to collect important information from your program participants.
Provides key definitions for different measurement and evaluation terms as well as definitions for a variety of demographic terms.
These documents will continue to evolve as we receive feedback from the CIOG community. If there is anything you’d like to see added, if you require assistance or have any questions regarding the outcome data collection process, please feel free to contact us.
