Endow Manitoba Program 2024 Grants (Oct 1 2024 – Sept 30 2025)

Grants and funds available to community foundations in Manitoba

* New grants available soon.

If you have questions or would like more information about any of the grants please contact the Endow Manitoba team.

*Admin Fund Growth Grant

Available January 2025
 
Endow MB will stretch community foundations’ contributions to their Admin Fund held at TWF at a 5:1 ration, to an annual limit of $2000 in stretch. 

More information to come.

*Capacity Building Grants

Available October 2025
 
Up to $5000 per foundation for initiatives undertaken by the CF, based on grant intake. Can access one per year. 
 

Conferences and Networking Grant

Grants provided to attend Endow Conference, Endow regional meetings, CFC conference. 

*Community Fund Building

Available January 2025
 
Support the creation of community funds, in communities with no current community foundation, through stretch dollars. Allows the community fund to participate in the Giving Challenge.

Community Outreach Grant

Endow Manitoba Program members have access to a $500 grant to support their ongoing outreach in their communities. This is including, but not limited to, newspaper ads, sponsorships, community events, etc.

Endow Manitoba Grant

Every community foundation in Manitoba is eligible to receive $1,500 grant. (Formerly known as Administrative Support Grant.) To receive the grant, community foundations must provide information about their foundation’s activities for the past year.

The grant application form is posted online in August and must be submitted by September 30 of each year.

Information Technology Enhancement Program

In Summer 2020, all community foundations in Manitoba will be eligible to receive a new laptop and software designed to support their local community foundation activities.

This program will enable the network of community foundations in Manitoba to communicate and support each other in new ways, creating efficiencies and opportunities that will enhance our collective efforts. This program will be sustained by a 4-year evergreen (replacement) policy and robust training program supported through investments from the Manitoba government.

The new IT Enhancement program will begin in October 2025.

Marketing Support Grant

Support the community foundation promotion within its community.

Professional Development Grants

All community foundations will be eligible to apply for support to cover travel and registration costs of the 2022 Endow Manitoba Community Foundation Conference.

  • $200/delegate, distributed on a first come, first served basis 

Sustainability and Growth Grant

Designed to build sustainability and encourage intentional growth of the community foundation movement, each affiliated community foundation is eligible to receive a grant of up to $2000. Grant amount will be based on a transparent “common business mode” scorecard.

*Thomas Sill Manitoba Grant

Available January 2025
 
An annual grant provided through the Thomas Sill Manitoba Fund. Flow through to be granted to community initiatives that year.