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Community Environmental Fund - 2023

To be eligible for consideration, a project proposal to the Community Environmental Fund must be implemented within the Waterloo Region and fall within one of the categories of either the Stewardship or Sustainability streams.

Stewardship grants are for projects focused on:

Enhancement and restoration of natural areas
Naturalization of landscapes
Acquisition of ecologically significant natural areas
Public education/awareness initiatives related to environmental stewardship
Research related to environmental stewardship

Sustainability grants are for:

Demonstration Projects that
- Reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) and/or air emissions
- Increase energy conservation or efficiency and/or
- Reduce or divert waste
Public education/awareness initiatives which promote long term behavioural change related to environmental sustainabiliy
Research related to environmental sustainability

Note: The Region will not fund projects that generate profit for an individual/organization, or activities that are political or discriminatory in nature.

Some general information about this application form:

Navigate through the form using the mouse or TAB key. If you hit ENTER after a response, the form will attempt to be submitted and you will receive an ERROR message indicating that you have left entries unfilled or that you must select a file to upload. If this occurs, you can simply continue where you left off entering information into the form.

If you are unable to complete the application in one sitting, or if you want to work on this application with others, click the "save" button at the end. You will be given a prompt to e-mail the link to others, or you can bookmark the link and return to the form later. Your form will not be submitted until you click the Submit button.

There is also an option to clear all of the entered responses should you desire to start over.

For additional information about completing this application form, or if you have any questions, please contact Albert Hovingh at 519-510-9505 or e-mail: AHovingh@regionofwaterloo.ca

SUBMISSION DEADLINE for Grant Application is 4:30 p.m., Friday, April 21, 2023.

Community Environmental Fund (2023) Application

Please note: All questions with an asterisk (*) must be completed in order to submit the application.

Project Title

Part 1. Applicant Information

Name of applicant (individual or organization)

Mailing Address1

Mailing address2

City

Province

Postal Code

Phone number

Extension

2nd phone number

Extension

Email:

Website address (if applicable)

If applicant is part of a collaborative, please list partners below. Attach collaborative agreement below (Section 9).

Applicant Type

Part 2. Selection of Grant Stream and Project Category and Criteria.

In this section of the application, you will be taken through a series of questions designed to correctly classify your project. Each selection you make will trigger a set of follow-up options until your project is fully described by Stream, Category and specific criteria.

After you make each selection, please give the interactive form some time to respond with the proper follow-up question(s).

If you make an error you can go back to a previous question with a single selection option and change the selection which will cause this section of the form to reset.

Please review the descriptions of the Stewardship and Sustainability streams and then indicate whether you are applying for a Stewardship Grant or a Sustainability Grant.

Stewardship Grant

Sustainability Grant

Part 3. Additional Criteria

In addition to the project specific criteria, this project/research will:

Involve community stakeholders, such as youth, schools, community/neighbourhood associations, service clubs, or naturalist groups.

Provide opportunities for public education and/or research, to increase local knowledge and expertise of environmental stewardship, naturalization, and/or sustainability.

Seek endorsement and/or support from community stakeholder groups, such as: an Environmental Advisory Committee, an Environmentally Sensitive Landscape Public Liaison Committee, the Kissing Bridge Trailway Advisory Board and/or an Area Municipal trail advisory committee.

Attract matching funds from other funding organizations or in-kind contributions from partners.

Part 4. Project Description

4.1. Briefly describe the reason for the project and the anticipated benefits (please also indicate who will benefit from this project).

4.2. Is your proposal part of a larger project? If yes, briefly describe the project’s previous (if any) and future phases below.

Part 5. Project Plan

5.1. General timeline with milestones for progress

Part 6. Acknowledgement of support

7.1 List how you plan to acknowledge the Region’s support (e.g. posters, interviews, signage).

Part 7. Budget

7.1. Materials and Services Costs. Please summarize the estimated cost of material and services you will need to acquire or purchase.

The form will automatically calculate the total costs and the amount you are requesting from the CEF.

Note: In addition to completing this section, please also attach a detailed budget to your application (Section 8). The budget can be in the form of an Excel spreadsheet, Word document or pdf file.

Materials

Materials cost

CEF request

Services (consultant, contractor etc.)

Services cost

CEF request

Other

Other costs

CEF request

Total (Autofilled)

7.2. In-kind contributions

Here you can indicate the in-kind contributions that will add to the value of your project. Please select any or all of the categories that apply and provide an estimate, to the best of your ability, of the volunteer hours or the cost of donated materials.

Student volunteers

Yes

Estimated hours

Adult volunteers

Yes

Estimated hours

Specialized or skilled volunteers

Yes

Estimated hours

Donations. Check all that apply.

Materials

Services

Other

Estimated $ value

7.3. Project Summary

The total dollar value of your project will be calculated using your estimated costs for the project and the dollar value of the in-kind donations. We will track the volunteer hours for internal use only.

The amount you are requesting from the Community Environmental Fund is also automatically filled in from the values you supplied previously.

Project total (autofilled)

CEF Request

Do you have additional sources of funding not reflected above?

Yes (if selected, provide amount when box appears)

Part 8. Attachments.

Please attach any required and/or additional files here, e.g. collaborative agreements, budget, figures.

Select files you wish to upload using the "Browse" button, then use the "Upload" button

Browse…

Allowed extensions pdf, doc, docx, xls, xlsx, jpg, jpeg, gif, png, tif

Part 9. Submit application

Last Name:

First Name:

Date submitted