[Alberta-wide] Community Facility Enhancement Program Large (deadline: July 30)

The Community Facility Enhancement Program (CFEP) Large provides over $125,000 to $1 million in financial assistance to upgrade, expand, purchase or build arts, cultural, heritage, recreational, sport or other related public-use community facilities.

CFEP has 2 funding streams. If you would like to apply for financial assistance under $125,000, please refer to the CFEP Small webpage.

Expression of Interest (EOI)

Filling out the Expression of Interest (EOI) is the first stage in applying for the CFEP Large funding. Through the EOI, projects will be evaluated against CFEP Large criteria to ensure project eligibility, readiness, viability, and organizational capacity before requiring a full application.

As of April 2024, CFEP Large has moved to a 2-step application process:

• Step 1: EOI to determine the project eligibility and readiness
• Step 2: Application invite for those projects that have met the EOI criteria

There are no additional documents required with the EOI. Only applicants that move to the application process will be required to submit supporting documentation. Invitation to submit a full application does not guarantee funding.

Applicants invited to submit a full application package will be required to confirm or expand on the information provided in the EOI. Full applications are evaluated against program criteria which includes (see section 4.2 in the guidelines for detailed information on each criteria area):

• organizational capacity
• project viability and financial stability
• project benefits
• economic impact
• accessibility
• community need or urgency
• large-scale impact among other considerations 

How to apply

Follow these steps to ensure your application is complete.

Community Grants is updating the way we are accepting applications. This program has transitioned to Front Office, our new, secure, online application portal.

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