FUND ALLOCATION

Funding is awarded to Italian-Canadian community groups of Quebec based on the following criteria:

The organization must be a registered charity/not-for-profit organization.
The organization’s field of interest must be in one or more of the following domains:
- Health & services, Italian Language, Youth, Seniors, Italian-Canadian Culture and Heritage.
The organization must be accountable to the community through a locally elected Board of Directors.

FCCI generally does not consider requests:

For research, unless linked directly to activities in the areas of Health services, Italian Language, Youth, Seniors, Italian-Canadian Culture and Heritage.
From privately owned institutions or individuals;
Involving partisan political activities;oInvolving religious purposes or activities, although this does not exclude giving to churches or religion-based foundations.

DONATION TYPE

General Support Grants

To help finance the full range of an organization’s day to day activities

FCCI will support organizations that:

help the local Italian-Canadian community in one of the following areas: Health services, Italian Language, Youth, Seniors, Italian-Canadian Culture and Heritage.
provide vital programs and services to the local Italian-Canadian community in need.

Project Grants

To enable community groups to implement new initiatives that will help them increase their ability to respond to community

FCCI will give priority to projects that:

respond to an identified challenge, issue or unaddressed need;
are developed, implemented and measurable within a specific time period;
enable the purchase of equipment needed for project success.
will increase organizations’ ability to respond to community issues as they arise.

Sponsorships

Related to funding events or activities planned by a local Italian-Canadian community organization

FCCI may sponsor events and activities that:

will benefit organizations that fulfill the needs of the local Italian-Canadian community
were held with the goal of raising funds for a local Italian-Canadian community organization.