Enhance Your Community Program

Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation (NOHFC) Northern Ontario

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Funding amount

up to $2,000,000

Deadline

Rolling, apply anytime

Region

Northern Ontario

Funder type

Crown Corporation

For

Nonprofits & businesses

Eligible organizations

Municipalities, Indigenous communities, Not-for-profit organizations, Local Services Boards, Social enterprises (cooperatives and Indigenous community-owned for-profit entities meeting specific criteria)

Sectors

Economic development, Community development, Infrastructure, Tourism

About this program

Supports priorities of northern communities and organizations that contribute to a healthy and strong community through conditional contributions up to 50% of eligible project costs. Eligible projects include incremental improvements, repairs, renovations, economic development initiatives, business retention and attraction strategies, and capital asset construction/renovation that support community economic development.

What this program funds

The Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation, a Crown Corporation, administers the Enhance Your Community Program to support priorities of northern communities and organizations. The program provides conditional contributions up to 50 percent of eligible project costs, with a maximum of 2 million dollars per project.

Eligible applicants include municipalities, Indigenous communities, not-for-profit organizations, Local Services Boards, and social enterprises such as cooperatives and Indigenous community-owned for-profit entities that meet specific criteria. The program funds incremental improvements, repairs, renovations, economic development initiatives, business retention and attraction strategies, and capital asset construction or renovation that support community economic development. Eligible sectors are economic development, community development, infrastructure, tourism, and business retention and attraction.

The program operates on a rolling intake, accepting applications on an ongoing basis.

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