Our Community Development Grants have two funding streams. The Operational stream assists organizations with operational costs, while the Programming stream helps organizations develop or sustain sports and recreational programming for kids aged 4-18 in financial need and youth with disabilities between the ages of 4-25.
Qualified organizations may apply for one or both streams throughout the year. While organizations can apply for both an Operational or Programming Grant within the same period, the requests must be clearly justified, and funding will be dependent on quality of the application and overall demand.
The Community Development Grant has two funding streams. Qualified organizations may apply for either stream or both within each period, however, the requests must be clearly justified, and funding will be dependent on overall demand.
Operational Support
Assists organizations to build capacity or to cover increased expenses to provide inclusive, safe sport participant experiences, such as but not limited to:
Build human resource capacity (program staff, coaches, volunteers), including hiring and training;
Hire subject matter expert for EDI training;
Increased rental costs or facility updates;
Organization development, including fundraising/revenue generation strategies and operational efficiencies; and
Rebuilding, expanding or starting a new organization.
Programming Support
Assists organizations with the costs of delivering sport and recreational programming, including but not limited to:
Program supervisors, instructors, coaches;
Facility costs;
Equipment costs; and
Transportation costs.
Jumpstart staff will be reviewing and scoring each application using a framework that was developed with input from a panel of industry experts. All applications will be evaluated and prioritized using an Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion score based on the applicant’s efforts to address systemic barriers to sport and recreation in the following communities:
Families in financial need,
Children with disabilities,
BIPOC children and youth, and
Girls and young women.
Eligible Organizations
To be eligible for a Community Development Grant, applicants must be qualified donees (as defined by the Canada Revenue Agency).
Prior to the pandemic, your organization should have engaged participants aged 4-18 from families in financial need, or 4-25 years old for programs primarily serving children and youth with disabilities.
Eligibility for Programming Support
Eligible programs must meet the following requirements:
Focus on engaging participants aged 4-18 from families in financial need, or 4-25 years old for programs primarily serving children and youth with disabilities.
Consist of at least 5 sessions and 5 hours.
Need Help?
If you are not sure if your organization qualifies for funding, please email jumpstart@cantire.com and provide the following information:
Organization name
Organization address
Contact name
Contact phone number
Type of Organization (e.g., Charity, Society, Government, Not for Profit, For Profit Business, Other)
Funding Timelines
Intake 1
Programs Starting Between:
January 1, 2023 - April 30, 2023
Application Opens:
October 17, 2022
Application Closes:
November 18, 2022 at 11:59 PM ET (8:59 PM PT)
Decisions Issued:
Starting December 19, 2022
Intake 2
Programs Starting Between:
May 1, 2023 - August 31, 2023
Application Opens:
February 13, 2023
Application Closes:
March 10, 2023 at 11:59 PM ET (8:59 PM PT)
Decisions Issued:
Starting April 17, 2023
Intake 3
Programs Starting Between:
September 1, 2023 - December 31, 2023
Application Opens:
June 12, 2023
Application Closes:
July 7, 2023 at 11:59 PM ET (8:59 PM PT)
Decisions Issued:
Starting August 28, 2023
Disbursement
Approved Programming and Operational applications will funds will be disbursed in two intervals for approved grants:
70% upon acceptance, prior to program start date.
30% upon submission of child data.
Reporting
All approved grants will be required to submit an Impact and Recognition Report.
Beginning in January 2023, a requirement of Jumpstart funding is that all program staff (employee or volunteer) involved in the direct delivery of the program, for all programs that are approved for funding from Jumpstart, are to have successfully completed the following training modules:
Respect in Sport Youth Activity Leader
Coaching Kids of All Abilities
Keeping Girls in Sports
To support this requirement Jumpstart will fund the cost of this training for successful grant applicants.
Jumpstart strongly encourages all approved grant applicant organizations to participate in the completion of this requirement this fall (September to December 2022) to prepare for the mandatory launch in 2023.
