This year Community Grants-In-Aid Program received over $84,000 in grant applications and with only $58,000 available, the SCF’s Grant Review Committee was faced with some difficult decisions on how to award the available funds. The Committee was pleased to announce that 19 groups out of 19 applicants were approved and have received funds.
The Community Grants-In-Aid Program is funded annually by the City of Salmon Arm to support voluntary non-profit organizations. This program is administered by the Shuswap Community Foundation (SCF) to receive and review grant applications and distribute the grants.
This year the program received over $84,000 in grant applications and with only $58,000 available, the SCF’s Grant Review Committee was faced with difficult decisions on how to award the available funds. The Committee was pleased to announce that 19 groups out of 19 applicants were approved and have received funds.
2023-2024 – Grants-In-Aid Program Grant Recipients:
The Canadian Red Cross Society – Red Cross HELP Service Facilities Support Request
Columbia Shuswap Selkirks Swim Club Society – Askews Shuswap Splash Swim Meet 2024
Literacy Alliance of the Shuswap Society – Unplug & Play
RCAC 222 Shuswap Squadron – Starlink Mobile Internet
Rise Up Indigenous Wellness Society – Rise Up Space
The Salmon Arm & Shuswap Lake Agricultural Association – Water, Sewer and Frontage Tax
Salmon Arm Bay Nature Enhancement Society – SABNES Nature Intreter (student position)
Salmon Arm Museum and Heritage Association – Addressing the elephant in the room. Where’s Haney’s residential district?
Shuswap Association for Community Living – Expansion of Customized Employment Work Truck
Shuswap Association of Writers – SAW’s Young Writers Programme
Shuswap Creative Makerspace Society – Shuswap Makerspace Youth Inclusion Program 2024
Shuswap District Arts Council – Wednesday on the Wharf 2024
Shuswap Food Action (2018) Society – Supporting Food Security in Salmon Arm
Shuswap Hospice Society – Dancing with the Shuswap Stars 2024
Shuswap Music Festival – The 2024 Shuswap Music Festival
Shuswap Naturalist Club – Salmon Arm Wildlife Tracking Station
Shuswap Theatre Society – Shuswap Theatre upgraded Mac Computer and Operating System
Special Olympics BC Salmon Arm Local 2F – Special Olympics Competitive Bowling Program 2024
Voice of the Shuswap Broadcast Society – 2024 Tower fund
To learn more about how SCF works with donors and organizations in the Shuswap, please contact Roger Parenteau, Executive Director of the Shuswap Community Foundation, at 250-832-5428 or ed@shuswapfoundation.ca.
