Brant Community Foundation reveals list of 2024 Community Grant winners

The County has released the names of organizations that received Community Grant funding in 2024

The County of Brant Community Grants Program is an important funding tool to assist various nonprofit and charitable organizations in the County deliver vital services and amenities to the community. Grants were available under the categories of operational grants (to a maximum of $5,000), event grants (to a maximum of $5,000) and capital project grants (to a maximum of $10,000)

In 2023, County of Brant Council approved entering into a partnership with the Brant Community Foundation (BCF) for the delivery of the Community Grants Program, starting this year. BCF undertook the application intake, review, evaluation and award processes, with electronic fund transfers being completed through the County’s Finance Department

County of Brant and Brant Community Foundation staff worked closely to ensure a smooth transition, reaching out and working with applicants who had questions or required assistance in making their submissions.

A total of 107 grant applications were received in 2024, totaling $558,341.77 in funding requests.

Of these, 20 applications were deemed late, incomplete or otherwise ineligible for funding through the County of Brant Grants process.

The remaining applications underwent the Foundation’s adjudication process, resulting in the award of 74 grants, totaling $300,000. There were several applications that made it to adjudication, which for reasons relating to the information in their applications and/or the viability of their projects with partial funding, did not receive a grant award.

This year’s grant requests represented approximately a 19% increase in number of requests compared to 2023.

County of Brant staff had an opportunity to observe and serve as a resource for the Foundation’s Adjudication Committee meeting to review the grants

Because it was a transition year, the 2024 Community Grants application window did not open until early March and closed late March. Now that the necessary approvals and agreements are in place, it is anticipated that the 2025 application window will open earlier in the calendar year. To enhance the program in 2025, staff is investigating the adoption of an online intake application and transferring the refund process from County staff to the Brant Community Foundation.

*Information derived from Staff Report RPT-0333-24 “2024 Community Grants Program Results” as part of the July Administration and Operations Committee meeting

Here’s the list of recipients, separated by category

Capital and Seed Stream$121,334

*Ayr Paris Band $4,000 *Bethel Stone United Church $6,500

*Brant Historical Society $4,000

*Brantford Native Housing $6,500

*Brantford Pride $1,902 *Burford School Parent Council $10,000

*Circle Square Ranch $8,500

*Crossing All Bridges Centre

$8,000 *Five Oaks Centre $7,000 * FWIC Homestead $7,167

*Oakland Scot. Parent Council

$10,000

*Organized Kaos