Before you apply: What information is needed?

For your application:
You may wish to prepare the attachments that will be requested prior to starting the application process, such as:

1. Proof of charitable status
2. Proof of mailing address
3. Redacted bank statement
4. Financial statement

For your Agent’s Agreement:

Use this section to ensure your project aligns with the Canada Foundation’s charitable purposes before completing your Agent’s Agreement.

Your project must align with at least one of C&Y Canada’s charitable purposes:

1. To relieve poverty by providing basic necessities of life, including food, clean water, clothing and/or shelter to people who are poor, of low income, or in need.
2. To advance education by providing formal training to advance the mind, providing books, equipment and educational aids to students, and/or providing scholarships and awards to students.
3. To advance education through conducting research on subjects with educational value and publicly disseminating the results of such research.
4. To advance religion by advancing the teachings and religious tenets, doctrines and observances of recognized religious faiths.
5. To receive and maintain a fund or funds and to apply all or part of the principal and income therefrom, from time to time, to qualified donees as defined in subsection 149.1(1) of the Income Tax Act (Canada).
6. To do all such things as are incidental and ancillary to the attainment of the above purposes.

If your work involves sustainability initiatives, describe them in a way that links to education, research, or poverty relief, for example: “training local communities in sustainable farming” rather than “protecting biodiversity”.