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Community grants, sponsorships and prize donations

We’re proud to support organizations that build stronger, more inclusive communities. Through grants and sponsorships, we help your work make a lasting impacts.

Healthy, vibrant and diverse communities don't just happen—they're created over time by people, organizations and businesses continuously working together for the common good. 

We're glad to contribute our skills and resources

Our grants and sponsorships program contributes to organizations that help build community, under these three pillars:

  • Community inclusion for marginalized people;
  • Environmental sustainability; and
  • Community enterprise development (community-minded co-ops and social businesses)

 

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Limitations and conditions

  • ACU will only sponsor one grant, one sponsorship and one prize per organization per year.
  • All applicants must submit an online application for each request.
  • For general inquiries, please email sponsorships@acu.ca.
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Grants

Funding that supports community impact

Community grants are reviewed by ACU’s community grants committee. We accept applications twice a year, in spring and fall.

 

ACU will consider grant requests under one of four categories.

  • Equipment (computer upgrades, office furniture, secure storage facilities).
  • Planning (strategic and feasibility plans, community consultations).
  • Public awareness (website design, video production, information and display materials).
  • Professional development (training, retreats, conferences and workshops).

 

We do not provide community grants for:

  • Individuals or private businesses;
  • Ongoing programs;
  • Political parties or affiliated activities;
  • Religious activities;
  • Organizations working outside Manitoba;
  • Health care organizations; or
  • Competitive sports organizations.

 

Important information:

  • The majority of your project cannot have happened before the grant deadline.
  • The project cannot have been completed before the grant deadline.
  • Organizations submitting new requests must submit outstanding ACU grants reports before applying.
  • National organizations may apply if they have a Manitoba chapter, which needs to be clearly stated in the application. Projects need to be carried out entirely in Manitoba. 

 

Required documentation for grant applications

Supporting documents checklist

All supporting documentation must be included with your application or it will not be considered. All applications must include the following:

  1. Project budget (include confirmed or pending funding from other funding bodies)
  2. List of current board directors (if applicable) and year appointed
    Most recent annual report (if applicable)
  3. Year-end financial statements
  4. Documentation related to the project costs (e.g. estimates, quotes, consultant's resume, information about training program) – OPTIONAL

All documentation must be provided before the grant deadline.

For general grant inquiries, email sponsorships@acu.ca

Grant applications are now closed.

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We are accepting 2025 grant applications!

Spring grant deadline: Monday, April 28
Fall grant deadline: Tuesday, October 14

 

Recent community grants recipients

2025 community grants recipients

Organization name

Project description

Amount awarded

Evermore Gather Grow Lead Inc.

Strengthening Governance & Leadership: Enhancing Evermore’s Board for Success

$5,000.00

Manitoba Interfaith Immigration Council (MIIC) Inc. / Welcome Place

Welcome Place - Celebrating 80 Years of Welcome!

$5,000.00

Chalmers Neighbourhood Renewal

Chalmers Neighbourhood Renewal Corner

$5,000.00

Turning Leaf Support Services Inc. (Turning Leaf)

Evolving Support Through Advancing Employee Education

$5,000.00

Manitoba Children’s Museum

2025 LED Project - Phase 2

$5,000.00

The Legal Help Centre of Winnipeg Inc. (LHC)

Growing our Audience: LHC’s Visibility and Accessibility Project

$5,000.00

IMMIGRANT CENTRE MANITOBA INC (ICM)

PUBLIC AWARENESS - WEBSITE REDESIGN

$5,000.00

John Howard Society of Manitoba (JHSM)

Rooftop patio as safe outdoor space for individuals on parole

$5,000.00

Mentoring Artists for Women's Art (MAWA)

"Art Alive" promotional videos

$5,000.00

St.Amant Foundation

Rights Training Website for Manitobans with Disabilities

$5,000.00

Wolseley Residents Association/Greenspace c'tee/Tree Committee

Save Our Elms

$5,000.00

WinnServ Inc.

Leadership Capacity Building

$5,000.00

Continuity Care Inc. (Continuity Care) 

Continuity Care's new Strategic Plan - Our Roadmap to the Future

$5,000.00

Theatre Projects Manitoba (TPM) 

TPM Organizational Development Training

$5,000.00

Zoongizi Odé Inc.

Zoongizi Odé’s 5-year Strategic Planning (2026-2031)

$5,000.00

Pollock's Hardware Co-operative

Pollock's Brand and Building Refresh project

$5,000.00

Spence Neighbourhood Association Inc.

Who We Are

$4,995.00

NorWest Co-op Community Health Centre, Inc.

Blake Expansion Planning - Phase 2

$4,200.00

National Farmers Union - Manitoba (NFU-MB)

NFU-MB Core Strategy Development

$4,000.00

Teen Stop Jeunesse Inc. 

New Computers for YOUTH

$3,500.00

Friends of the Cuban Arts Inc. (FCA)

Organization’s Development: Office Equipment & Website Redesign

$3,500.00

Winnipeg Newcomer Sport Academy (WNSA)

Equipment and Training

$3,500.00

Legacy 100 CUAC and SINCLAIR PARK

LEGACY 100 - CUAC AND SINCLAIR PARK 1925-2025

$3,162.86

Y.E.S. Manitoba Inc.

Leadership Growth and Development

$3,150.00

The Fort Whyte Foundation Inc. o/a FortWhyte Farms

FortWhyte Farms - summer market expansion

$3,000.00

Opportunities for Employment Inc. (OFE)

OFE Leadership and Staff Development Event

$2,500.00

Hood and Dagger Productions Inc.

Storage Shed and Theatre Makeup Kit

$2,100.00

Arts AccessAbilty Network Manitoba

AANM Board Training and Retreat

$1,500.00

LiteracyWORKS Inc

Windows 11 Pro Update

$1,375.00

ArlingtonHaus Inc.

ArlingtonHaus Entertainment Enhancement

$1,067.14

Southwest Community Options Inc

Marketing Project

$825.00

Grant reporting form

 Grant recipients must complete the grant reporting form within 60 days of completion of their project and submit it by email to sponsorships@acu.ca.

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Sponsorships

Support that helps connect, celebrate, and inspires

Sponsorships are accepted and reviewed year-round. Applications must be submitted at least six (6) weeks prior to the event.

ACU will sponsor:

  • Community fundraisers (ACU members only. This support is to help with efforts to raise funds and is not a donation)

  • Arts and cultural events in Manitoba (to support Manitoba’s artistic community)

  • Community festivals, celebrations and awards (to encourage community connections and pride, and celebrate the diversity of our community)

 

We're sorry but we cannot help:

  • Individuals
  • Political parties and affiliated activities
  • Religious activities
  • Third-party fundraisers
  • Health care organizations; medical research, services or equipment
  • Sports teams and sporting events
  • Major capital projects (except for fundraising events above)

For further sponsorships inquiries, please email sponsorships@acu.ca

Recent community sponsorship recipients

2024 community sponsorship recipients

 

Organization name

Project description

Amount awarded

Bravestone Centre

SUNDAY BRUNCH

$1,000.00

Dead of Winter (formerly Camerata Nova)

TRANSFORMATION

$1,500.00

Harvest Moon Society

BLDG RELATIONSHIPS FARM TOFORK

$250.00

The Historical Museum Association of St. James-Assiniboia Inc.

CELEBRATION DAY

$1,000.00

Manito Ahbee Festival Inc.

THE MANITO AHBEE FESTIVAL

$3,000.00

The Manitoba Indigenous Cultural Education Centre Inc.

MICEC 34TH ANN HOCKEY TOURN

$3,000.00

Regenesis Centre for Recovery

SPICY SPEED DATING

$1,500.00

STORYLINEFX Inc. Opearting as Freeze Frame

FREEZE FRAME INT'L FILM FEST

$1,000.00

Sustainable Building Manitoba

MYTH BUSTING & SUST KNOWLEDGE

$4,000.00

The Village Conservatory Inc

INHIBITION EXHIBITION

$4,000.00

Vision Quest Conferences Inc.

VISION QUEST CONF & TRADE SHOW

$2,500.00

West Broadway Community Organization

SNOBALL WINTER CARNIVAL 2024

$750.00

Winnipeg International Children's Festival Inc.

42ND ANNUAL KIDSFEST

$2,500.00

Winnipeg Studio Theatre

MENTORING WOMEN

$500.00

Women's Health Clinic

FETE DE FEM

$2,500.00

Credit Union Young Leaders of Manitoba

CUYLM CONFERENCE

$2,000.00

Winnipeg Film Group Inc.

Cabin Fever-Free films for kid

$1,750.00

Co-operative Housing Federation of Canada

Diversity Scholoarship, Feb/24

$3,000.00

Development Assistance International Inc.

Multicultural Dinner, Feb/24

$2,000.00

Mamingwey Burn Society Inc.

Go For the Burn Run, Feb/24

$1,000.00

Mentoring Artists for Women's Art (MAWA)

Art Auction & Cupcake Party

$650.00

Red River Basin Commission NC

RRBC Annl Fish Dinner

$350.00

Artbeat Studio

Art from the Heart Sponsorship

$2,000.00

Manitoba Theatre for Young People

The Pa'akal We Bring Spnsrshp

$4,000.00

Manitoba Underground Opera Inc.

MB Underground Opera

$500.00

Canadian Muslim Women's Institute

Empoering Our Story Fundraisi

$600.00

Fort Garry Women's Resource Centre

One Night, Show, Cause, Mar/24

$500.00

The Jubilee Fund Inc

Champagne Brunch, Mar/24

$3,500.00

Ka Ni Kanichihk Inc.

Keeping the Fires Burning

$3,500.00

Polish School of Dance Sokol

Sokol Folk Adventure Social

$500.00

Art City Inc.

SkyBall Fundraising Party

$2,000.00

Bike Week Winnipeg

BikeWeek & BikeToWork Day

$2,000.00

Canadian Institute for the Study of Antisemitism

Annual Fundraiser 2024

$1,000.00

Fireweed Food Co-op

VeggieVanMobileMarket, Apr/24

$1,500.00

Theatre Projects Manitoba

End of the Line, Apr/24

$1,500.00

OurToba Film Network Inc

OurToba Film Fest, Apr/24

$500.00

Indigenomics Institute

Indigenomics, SHE, Apr/24

$800.00

DASCH Foundation Inc.

DASCH Possibilities Gala, Apr

$5,000.00

Prairie Comics Festival Inc.

Prairie COmics Festival 2024

$500.00

Plume Winnipeg Inc.

Writers of SPring, Plume Wpg

$1,000.00

Young Lungs Dance Exchange (YDLE)

SerpentineWhispersResearchResi

$500.00

Agassiz Music Inc.

Sounding THunder: Song of Fran

$1,500.00

Green Action Centre

Commuter Challenge, May/24

$3,000.00

Islamic Social Services Association Inc Canada

ISSA 25 Anniversary Fundraisin

$500.00

Manitoba Non-Profit Housing Association

Building Partnerships Conferen

$5,000.00

Pollock's Hardware Cooperative

Summer Community Market

$2,250.00

Shakespeare in the Ruins, Inc

SSIR 2024 Season

$1,500.00

Winnipeg Chinese Senior Association (WCSA)

Canada Day Celebration (WCSA)

$250.00

Council of South Sudanese Communities of MB

South Sudan Festival

$1,000.00

Grands 'n' More Winnipeg

Art from the Attic, May/24

$750.00

Hood and Dagger Productions Inc.

JourneyCentreEarth, RadioPlay

$500.00

Manitoba Arts Network

MB Rural & Northern Juried Art

$1,000.00

Nickel Days Inc

Nickel Days, May/24

$1,000.00

North End Women's Centre

NEWC 40th Ann, Concert & Feast

$1,000.00

The Rainbow Harmony Project Inc.

CONNECT: 25 yrs Celebration

$1,000.00

Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra

Tomson Highway Presentations

$2,000.00

The Canadian CED Network-Manitoba

TheGatheringOfCommunityBuilder

$3,000.00

Indspire

NationalGathForIndigenousEduca

$2,500.00

Agape Table Inc.

Agape Table Golf Tournament

$2,000.00

Manitoba Choral Association Inc.

GATHER Outdoor Choral Festival

$500.00

National Screen Institute - Canada (NSI)

CBCNewIndigenousVoices20thAniv

$300.00

North Point Douglas Women's Centre

Austin Street Festival 2024

$1,000.00

Rainbow Stage (1993) Inc.

Rainbow Stage Season Sponsor

$2,000.00

West End Cultural Centre

Ellice Street Festival

$1,500.00

Seeds of Life Alliance Community Service Co-op

SOLAFest-AFamilyWelnessWeekend

$500.00

Social Planning Council of Winnipeg/Immigration Partnership Wpg

NewCmerWlcmFair&MulticulDay/24

$500.00

Winnipeg Arts Council

Mayor's Luncheon for the Arts

$455.00

Aboriginal Music Manitoba Inc.

Sakihiwe Festival 2024

$2,500.00

Contemporary Verse 2

The2024 2-DayPoemContest

$250.00

India School of Dance, Music, & Theatre Inc.

Recital XLII

$600.00

Manitoba Cooperative Association (MCA)

2024 Co-op Awards Banquet

$1,000.00

Rainbow Resource Centre

Rainbow's Edge Gala

$3,000.00

Harvest Manitoba

Harvest MB Gala 2024

$2,500.00

LITE-Local Investment Toward Employment

LITE, Annl PancakeBfast

$5,000.00

WRENCH-Winnipeg Repair & Cycling Hub

Wrench, Cycle of Giving

$550.00

Acorn Family Place

AcornWinter Celebrtn, Dec

$1,500.00

Technical Vocational High School

Tec-Voc Holiday Hampers

$445.00

 

Prize donations

ACU welcomes opportunities to support local events, fundraisers, festivals, celebrations or award ceremonies that have a positive impact on our communities.

ACU will donate branded prizes for:

  • Fundraisers
  • Arts and cultural events in Manitoba
  • Community festivals, celebrations and awards
  • Sports events

Note: Prize donations requests must be submitted at least three (3) weeks prior to your event.

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