The Town of Whitby has two community development funds designed to help support our local initiatives:
If you are selected, you must submit a final report within 30 days after you complete your event. In this report, please state the outcome of the initiative or event and how the grant was used. This helps us evaluate your initiative and if the grant made an impact for your event and strengthened the quality of life for our community.
Your applications are evaluated based on their relative merit and funding in one year. It does not guarantee that you will receive funding for a similar initiative or event in the following year.
This is a competitive process as overall funding is limited and funding requested by organizations may be decreased or declined.
If you're a part of a larger organization that reaches beyond the Whitby community, we recommend that you seek similar proportionate grants from other benefitting sources. Periodically, special consideration for an individual or group within Whitby may be required and the Committee has the ability to consider this based on the above criteria.
Copies of receipts for grant-related expenses are not required to be submitted, but per CRA requirements they should be kept for your own records. You may be requested to re-pay funds if the actual expenses are less than the approved grant.
The Grants Review Committee reviews applications for both MCDF and PACDF and is responsible for awarding grants based on criteria and available funds. The Committee consists of five members of public appointed by Council, the Mayor and a supported staff advisor.
To make sure the funding is distributed in a fair and transparent way, we have created policies and procedures for the MCDF and PACDF.
To keep track of how our community development funds are impacting the community each year, we provide annual reports to document funding updates and recommendations.
Contact us for a copy of older reports.
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