Cooperation with the Community Sector — Community Life

• Application form – Official Languages Support Programs.
• Letter of Intent form for regional project funding applications in the two-step process.
• Documents of incorporation or the application for incorporation, if in progress.
• Articles and by-laws.
• Most recent financial statements, audited if available, and proof of authority and delegation of signing authority.

Who is eligible?

• Canadian non-profit organizations, duly registered.
• Associations, institutions, or Canadian foundations.
• Canadian for-profit organizations, for non-profit activities only.
• Government entities, only when they are the only organization able to manage a school community center.

Who is not eligible

• Individuals.
• Government organizations, except government organizations that are the only organization able to manage a school community center.
• Universities.
• Schools and school boards.
• Foreign institutions and organizations.

Eligible expenses

• Costs to set up, deliver and monitor programs, services, activities and projects, including cultural activities programs, volunteer training programs, recreation, cultural services, and community communication services.
• Costs related to studies or analyses carried out to develop programs, services or activities essential to the development of official-language minority communities.
• Administrative costs, including auditing and evaluation costs and other administrative overhead related to funded activities.

Ineligible Costs and Activities

• Expenses related to international activities.
• Expenses incurred before the application is received.

• Funding decisions are based on the number and quality of applications received for each deadline.
• Priority is given to projects or programming that address current issues.
• Priority is given to projects or programming that are innovative.
• Priority is given to projects or programming with a lasting effect that strengthen relations between community stakeholders.
• Applications in line with the Official Languages mandate or initiatives that contribute to reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples may also be considered.

• Read the Application Guidelines in their entirety before completing your application.
• Complete and sign the Application form – Official Languages Support Programs, select the Cooperation with the Community Sector subcomponent, date it, and attach all required supporting documents.
• Submit the complete funding application package by email to dglo-olsp@pch.gc.ca for national applications.
• For regional applications, consult the list of regional offices to submit the complete funding application package by email.
• For regional project funding applications in Atlantic, Ontario, Quebec and Western regions, contact the regional office to request a Letter of Intent form, complete and submit it by email, indicate the name of your organization and the name of the project in the email subject line, and if the proposal is retained, submit the complete funding application.

• For regional project applications, receipt of the Letter of Intent form will be acknowledged within 10 business days.
• If no acknowledgement is received within 10 business days, the applicant must contact the program.
• The project proposal will be assessed and the result communicated within 20 business days of receipt.
• Only organizations whose project proposals are retained will be invited to submit a complete funding application.
• Incomplete applications will be rejected.