Farm Credit Canada is now accepting applications from registered charities, non-profit organizations and First Nations, Métis or Inuit governments/communities in rural Canada for the FCC AgriSpirit Fund. The fund will award $1.5 million in funding this year.
Acording to a media release, “the application deadline is May 15, 2023 and FCC will announce the selected projects in September. Applicants can view the eligibility requirements, past projects and apply online by visiting https://www.fcc-fac.ca/en/community/giving-back/agrispirit-fund.html
For the past 19 years, FCC has awarded rural community groups between $5,000 and $25,000 in FCC AgriSpirit funding for various community improvement initiatives. This year, the fund will once again support capital projects that enrich the lives of residents in cities, towns or Indigenous communities with fewer than 150,000 people.
Examples include refrigeration and equipment to support food waste reduction and recovery, construction of community buildings or improvements/upgrades that reduce a building’s energy footprint, greenhouses and community gardens and various other agriculture and food-related initiatives in rural communities.
Since inception of the FCC AgriSpirit Fund in 2004, FCC has supported 1,529 capital projects in rural Canada totaling $19.5 million in donations.”
