Submissions open for ImpactWX Genesis Grant (Canada)

ImpactWX is a social impact fund with a mission to enable organizations that, through scientific understanding and public awareness, work to improve people’s response and safety during severe weather events. They are proud to have experience partnering with world-class organizations that actively move the needle on their understanding of severe weather and are thrilled to introduce a new stream of community-oriented funding through its Genesis Grant.

Aligned with their mission, this fund seeks to support initiatives that can improve people’s response and safety during severe weather events. The ImpactWX Genesis Grant has a specific interest in initiatives that promote innovation, creativity and opportunities, as aligned with their core principles.

Focus Areas

• Create Opportunities:
  • Create opportunities for community and public engagement
  • Enable educational and learning experiences
• Promote Innovation:
  • Promote human-centred innovation and design
  • Develops and tests new concepts and ideas

Eligible Activities

• Grant can cover:
  • Operational and staff costs of directly delivering the project, core activities and/or ongoing work
  • Research development
  • Planning, public consultation, and community outreach
  • Capital costs
  • Programming and event costs
  • Honorariums to people directly associated with implementing the project
  • Website development or online activities

Ineligible Activities

• Grant will not fund:
  • Previously incurred costs
  • Contributions to a general fundraising campaign
  • Activities or projects that duplicate existing work

Geographical Location

• Applicant must be located in Canada; impacts must be felt in Canada.

Eligibility Criteria

• They invite applications from individuals, groups and collaborators such as local community groups, researchers, artists, collectives, non-profits, public sector agencies and registered charities. If you are not already a charity, you must include a Canadian charitable trustee as a partner. A charitable trustee is required to administer funds, but it is not necessary to be a programming partner in the project. Private for-profit businesses may not be the sole applicant but can be part of an application as a partner.

For more information, visit ImpactWX.