Healthy Community Grants

Neighbourhood Grant

Neighbourhood grants are short-term grants to assist individuals and community groups to connect and engage residents though health and wellness activities — because change happens one step at a time.

• Award Range: $500 – $10,000
• Time frame: Up to 1 year
• Budget cannot include salary or overhead costs (program-specific staff wages are eligible)
• Final report required
• Cannot apply if you hold an open grant with us

Please email amycross@pahfoundation.ca for a Neighbourhood Grant application. A new online form will be created as part of a later phase.

Community Grant

Help build a better tomorrow. Community grants are multi-year, big-picture projects to assist in shaping the “healthiest community possible”. This grant values innovation, collaboration, and out-of-the-box thinking from community organizations looking to implement large scale projects.

• Award Range: $10,001 – $100,000
• Time frame: 1 – 3 year term
• Operating and overhead costs cannot exceed 5% of budget (program specific staff wages eligible)
• Annual and final reports required
• Cannot apply if you hold an open grant with us

Do you have a project that exceeds the parameters outlined above? If so, please contact Amy Cross by email or phone 604.535.4520.

To be eligible for Healthy Community Grants funding, programs must support and promote community health and wellness:

Applications must:

• Be compatible with PAHF mission and vision
• Have high health and medical merit
• Have high probability of a successful outcome
• Have high potential to create lasting change within the community
• Have the intended outcome of being self-sustaining (with support plan in application)
• Provide proof of collaboration with other community groups/service providers
• Be located in, or service the White Rock/South Surrey area
• And must fall within at least one of the following:
  • Special one-time project
  • Start-up project
  • Public Health Education
  • Innovations in health care
  • Innovations in community health

Funding is not normally awarded for:

• For-profit businesses
• Activities of religious organizations that serve primarily their membership and/or their direct religious purposes
• Projects longer than three years in length
• Project expenses that have been incurred prior to the application date
• Bursaries, scholarships or awards within projects
• An organizations operating expenses
• Travel to and/or attendance at conferences, competitions, symposiums or annual events
• Debt retirement or deficits
• Awards and scholarships
• Large scale public infrastructure projects (*Capital construction expenses of a project up to 25% and capital equipment will be considered at the discretion of the committee on an application basis.) 
• Repeat project applications, unless there is a proven significant change to the project
• Research Projects

Individuals/Organizations with an Active Grant

Individuals/organizations may apply for grant funding if they have an open grant with PAH Foundation, as long as the current grant will conclude within six months of the next intake. If successful, subsequent funding will not be disbursed until satisfaction of current grant requirements are.

1. Before you begin, download and review the Eligibility Checklist and Grant Guidelines to ensure your project meets the requirements of the granting program.

2. Download the Letter of Intent Prep Guide to assist you in preparing your LOI and Grant Application.

3. Click the Apply Now button and complete the online application form.

4. Complete full application (by invitation only).

Review Process
Applications are formally reviewed by PAHF staff and the PAHF Healthy Community Grants Committee using a standardized evaluation rubric. Applicants may be asked to answer additional questions about their application, and/or may be asked to present to the HCG Committee. The committee’s recommendations are sent to the PAHF Board of Directors for final approval.

Questions?
Questions about the application process? Contact our Community Engagement Officer, Amy Cross by email or at 604.535.4520.