Community Gaming Grants BC
Community Gaming Grants provide $140 million annually to not-for-profit organizations throughout B.C., to support their delivery of ongoing programs and services that meet the needs of their communities. This page includes information about these grants, including eligibility criteria, grant amounts, how and when to apply and more.
Grant Deadline
2025-02-01
Funding Amount
$250,000
Type of Grant
Grant
Sectors
Arts & Culture, Film, Music, Entertainment
Demographics
Incorporation
For Profit
Perks
Region Restriction
This grant is restricted to whole of Canada
Keywords
Age Restriction
This grant is age restricted from 18 to 100
Eligibility and Requirements
Eligible Organizations
An organization may be eligible for a Community Gaming Grant if it meets all of the following criteria:
- Is not-for-profit (including designated Community Service Cooperatives1).
- Organization’s primary purpose is to operate for community benefit.
- Provides programs that benefit the community and not solely its members’ interest.
- Has a membership that is inclusive and reasonably open to anyone with an interest in the organization and its programs. Members are involved in the management and control of the organization and participate in democratic voting processes as part of decision making for the organization.
- Restrictions on who is able to become a member are permitted only
- in instances where there is a defensible rationale (e.g., to ensure representation of an underrepresented group or organization or to fulfil bona fide operational requirement).
- Has a voting membership that is more than double the number of board members.
- The voting membership is comprised of no more than one-third of organizations or members representing for-profit interests.
- Engages volunteers in the operation of the organization and/or program(s).
- Delivers programs that fall within one of the six sectors outlined in Section 2.2.
- Has a minimum of two-thirds of its board members democratically elected by its voting membership.
- Board positions are periodically contested by election and are open to the organization’s entire membership. Permanent board positions are not permitted.
- Restrictions on who is able to hold board positions and board appointments are permitted only in instances where there is a defensible rationale (e.g., to ensure representation of an underrepresented group or organization or to fulfil bona fide operational requirement).
- The board has at least two-thirds of its members residing in B.C. (with exceptions described in Section 3.4.)
- The board is comprised of no more than one-third of organizations or members representing for-profit interests.
- Has a board whose members do not receive remuneration or other financial benefit for their services while acting in their capacity as board members2.
- 1 An asset locked Community Service Cooperative designated as such under Part 11 of the Cooperative Associations Act.
2 As set out in the Societies Act, organizations must report the remuneration of directors who received remuneration for being a director or acting in another capacity, as a note in the financial statements.
Not-for-profit organizations are not required to be provincially or federally incorporated. However, provincially incorporated not-for-profit organizations must be in good standing with the B.C. Registries and Online Services.
Extra-provincial non-share corporations3 must be in good standing with B.C. Registries and Online Services. Federally incorporated extra-provincial non-share corporations are also required to be in good standing with Corporations Canada. For additional information regarding extra-provincial non-share corporations, please see Section 3.4.
Eligible Programming
Applications must be submitted on a program basis. This means that applicants must provide a program description and program level financial information for each program for which funding is requested. An organization may request funding for one or more eligible programs in an application.
To remain relevant or adapt to a community’s needs, a program may have minor components that change (e.g., annual topic or a switch to online programming); however, the core or essential components of an established program should remain the same from year to year.
Community or agricultural fairs, exhibitions, festivals and cultural celebrations may be eligible, if they are held on a recurring (i.e., minimum annual) basis.
Organizations and their employees must have and conform with the training, certifications, licences, authorities and other regulatory requirements necessary to deliver the programs for which funding is requested.
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