Community Services Recovery Fund

Applications are now CLOSED for the Community Services Recovery Fund.

Deadline: February 21, 2023
Watch for an announcement of the successful grant recipients in June 2023.

Now more than ever, charities and non-profits are playing a key role in addressing persistent and complex social problems faced by all Canadians. The Community Services Recovery Fund is a $400 million investment from the Government of Canada to support charities and non-profits as they focus on how to adapt their organizations for pandemic recovery.

Campbellford/Seymour Community Foundation is proud to be working with community foundations across Canada as part of the Community Services Recovery Fund. This fund is a collaboration between Canadian Red Cross, Community Foundations of Canada, and United Way Centraide Canada to provide funding to Community Service Organizations including non-profit organizations, Indigenous Governing Bodies and Registered Charities located in Canada. The Community Services Recovery Fund responds to what charities and non-profits need right now and supports organizations as they adapt to the long-term impacts of the pandemic.

Locally, the Campbellford/Seymour Community Foundation will be working with United Way Northumberland and the Canadian Red Cross, Sudbury to deliver the program.

Projects funded under the Community Services Recovery Fund will work within one of the Project Focus Areas below:

Investing in People

Funding will support one-time projects that focus on how organizations recruit, retain, engage and support their personnel, including staff, volunteers and boards of directors. Delivered by the Canadian Red Cross.

Examples of projects primarily focused on People may include:

Human and volunteer resource structures and policies
Recruitment and retention strategies for staff, volunteers and/or board members
Mental health supports for staff, volunteers and/or board members
Supports and training for staff, volunteers and/or board members
Diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives
Other activities to help your staff, volunteers and/or boards, modernize or adapt

Investing in Systems and Processes

Funding will support one-time projects that invest in the systems and processes involved in creating the internal workings of an organization’s overall structure. Delivered by Community Foundations of Canada.

Examples of projects primarily focused on Systems and Processes may include:

Investment in contact management systems
Implementation of a new communications plan
Enhancement of a new accounting system
Development, implementation, or adaptation of a new fundraising strategy
A governance review through the lens of organizational resilience
Exploring a merger or amalgamation amongst one or more Community Service Organizations
Development or adaptation of a data/privacy strategy or plan
Other activities to help your systems and processes modernize or adapt

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Investing in Program and Service Innovation and Redesign

Funding will support one-time projects primarily focused on program and service innovation and redesign using information gained during the COVID-19 pandemic. Delivered by United Way Centraide Canada.

Examples of projects primarily focused on Program and Service Innovation and Redesign may include:

Exploring the adaptation of a program, service, or service delivery system using information gained during the COVID-19 pandemic
Testing or piloting a program, service or service delivery system that was redesigned or adapted during the COVID-19 pandemic
Purchasing equipment or other program materials to facilitate the adaptation of a program and/or service using information gained during the COVID-19 pandemic
Evaluating or analyzing the adaptation or redesign of a program, service, or service delivery system that was implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic
Other activities to help your organization modernize or adapt its program and services