Port Coquitlam community groups can apply for grants to help them serve the city’s residents — and the March 1 deadline is approaching quickly.
The PoCo Community Foundation (PCCF) 2016 granting cycle includes two grant opportunities and a new bursary. The foundation will be awarding more than $20,000 in grants in 2016, the largest amount it has ever distributed. Each year, the Foundation selects non-profit charitable organizations in the areas of youth, seniors’ health and wellness, homelessness, arts and culture, and organized sports to fund through its grant program. The Foundation focuses on projects that take an innovative approach to serving PoCo citizens.
This year, the foundation is introducing a new grant and a new bursary: the Performing Arts-Based Community Grant, open to performing arts organizations in the Tri-Cities; and the Performing Arts Bursary, awarded to two individuals pursuing a performing arts program in an accredited post-secondary institution.
The Performing Arts-Based grant awards up to $10,000 annually to performing arts organizations that support and encourage the development, enhancement, innovation and mentorship of a diverse variety of inclusive performing arts.
The bursary awards $2,000 each to two individuals who have graduated from a Tri-City secondary school and are enrolled in an accredited post-secondary institution (second year or higher) in a formal performing arts program anywhere in the world.
For more information, visit www.pocofoundation.com.
