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Eligibility Criteria

Applicants for the EDC Community Environment Fund must be affiliated with a not-for-profit organization or school in Ontario. To be eligible for a grant, a project must

• Be a registered not-for-profit or charitable organization, volunteer group or school
• Be open to the public
• Have a strong volunteer involvement component
• Engage the local community
• Be located on publicly accessible property
• Have a plan to be sustainable beyond the life of the grant
• Demonstrate quantified benefits and achievements to the environment
• Have signed approval of the school’s principal if it is a school application
• Be completed within one year of receipt of the grant.

The following would not be eligible to receive grants from the Fund

• Requests from for-profit organizations or individuals
• Requests from for-profit educational institutions
• Fundraising initiatives
• Scholarships, grants or bursaries
• Projects outside of Ontario
• Projects completed before the application review
• Technical or scientific studies and reports
• Lobbying or political organizations
• Government agencies or crown corporations
• Any organization whose activities or core values are inconsistent with the core values of Sobeys and Earth Day Canada.