True Sport Community Fund
If you are interested in providing opportunities for children and youth to participate in sports in your community, the True Sport Community Fund can help you.
True Sport and the J.W. McConnell Family Foundation believe in the power of sport power of sport to unite and build stronger communities. We also believe that people like you want to make it as simple as possible for all children and youth to participate. In 2007, we partnered to offer the True Sport Community Fund, a four year $1.89 million community investment program. In 2009, we will continue to provide communities with funds to support sport programs that create opportunities for children and youth from low income, Aboriginal and new Canadian families.
The True Sport Community Sport Fund grants will range from $5,000 to a maximum of $50,000 and will be awarded to groups and organizations to increase access and participation in sport for children and youth, aged four to seventeen, from low income, Aboriginal and new Canadian families. Although all communities are eligible, greater priority will be given to those in Yukon, North West Territories, Nunavut, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland & Labrador.
The True Sport Community Fund application process has several stages and deadlines. For program details and information on how to apply, please review the 2010 True Sport Community Fund Guidelines.
Applicants must describe in detail how the True Sport Community Fund grant will be used to build a stronger community through sport and positively impact sport participants from low income, Aboriginal and new Canadian families by offering an inclusive, accessible and welcoming environment.
There are countless ways that a True Sport Community Fund grant could positively impact your community and provide a lasting legacy for your children and youth. Examples of possible initiatives include, but are not limited to,
- Creating new or expanding existing sport programs that address common barriers to participation such as accessibility to equipment, facilities, and transportation or language and financial issues,
- Creating a sport program that offers a safe and welcoming environment and an alternative to less desirable lifestyle choices such as inactivity, poor nutrition,gang-related activity and/or alcohol and drug abuse,
- Creating sport opportunities that may have a broader appeal to Aboriginal or new Canadian children and youth such as cricket, rugby, wrestling, archery, soccer, etc.,
- Providing volunteer, coach and official training and certification to engage parents and adults within the community,
- Improving and creating new playing surfaces in communities that may not otherwise have such facilities or where children and youth traditionally have to travel extensively to access sport.
For examples of how the grant could be used, see the True Sport Community Fund Sample Grant Application Scenarios.
To apply, applicants must complete an expression of interest form online!
Still have questions? See the True Sport Community Fund FAQ.
The True Sport Community Fund is administered by the True Sport Foundation, Canada’s leading charitable organization committed to the belief that values-driven sport makes a powerful, positive contribution to the development of individuals, communities and Canadian society. True Sport is a Canadian movement that celebrates the sport Canadians want: a sport built on values that bring out the best in people. True Sport is about athletes, parents, coaches and officials across the country giving voice to the great good that sport can do not only for individuals and their teams but also for the neighbourhoods, the cities, and the towns they live in.
For more information or to learn how you can join the True Sport Movement, please visit the True Sport Movement web site.
