Dedicated Fund for the English-Speaking Communities of Quebec – Community Life

• Letter of Intent form
• Application form – Official Languages Support Programs (Cooperation with the Community Sector subcomponent)
• Organization's documents of incorporation or application for incorporation
• 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 (solely for non-profit activities)

Who is not eligible

• Individuals
• Government organizations
• Universities
• Schools and school boards
• Foreign institutions and organizations

Eligible expenses

• Program or project delivery and monitoring costs (for services, activities, and projects)
• Studies or analyses to develop essential programs, services, or activities
• Administrative costs (including auditing, evaluation, and overhead related to funded activities)
• Eligible expense items may include rent/room rentals, utilities, phone/Internet, office supplies, salaries and benefits, professional fees, equipment/software, venue rentals/permits/insurance, promotion/communications, training, and travel (meals and accommodation)

Ineligible Costs and Activities

• Expenses related to international activities
• Expenses incurred before Canadian Heritage receives the application
• Budget items listed as “Other” without identifying their nature (deemed ineligible)

• Consistency with the objectives of the Cooperation with the Community Sector subcomponent
• Relevance of the issues to community vitality
• Relevance of proposed activities to the situation and development priorities (where applicable)
• Expected outcomes and performance measurement relevance (including impact on target clientele)
• Partner quality/variety and diversified funding sources

• Review the Application Guidelines — Community Life component — Cooperation with the Community Sector subcomponent.
• Contact the regional Quebec office of the Official Languages Support Programs of the Department of Canadian Heritage to request the Letter of Intent form.
• Complete and submit the Letter of Intent form by email to the regional Quebec office.
• If your project proposal is selected and you are invited to submit a complete funding application, complete and sign the Application form – Official Languages Support Programs (PDF format) for the Cooperation with the Community Sector subcomponent and submit the required documentation.

• Receipt of the Letter of Intent form is acknowledged within 10 business days after reception.
• If you do not receive an acknowledgement of receipt within 10 business days, you must contact us.
• You will be contacted within 20 business days of receipt of the Letter of Intent form to inform you of the results of the evaluation of your project proposal.
• Only organizations whose project proposals are retained will be invited to present a complete funding application.
• Presenting an application form does not guarantee funding.

• Meeting eligibility criteria does not guarantee funding.
• Incomplete applications will be rejected.
• Expenses incurred before the application is received are not eligible; spending before written approval is at the applicant’s risk.
• If funded, recipients must publicly acknowledge Government of Canada support in English and French.