The Prince Edward Island (PEI) Alliance Mental Well-Being is inviting applications for the Stream 3 (Creating Connections Grant) of Positive Change Grant Program.
The purpose of a funded connection/relationship is to generate, assess, and scale up effective upstream (preventive) approaches to building resilience and improving mental well-being across the lifespan and across generations.
Funding Information
Up to $250,000 total is available in 2022-2023 for this funding stream.
PEI-based not-for-profit organizations can apply for Creating Connections Grants that provide up to $50,000 in one-time funding for projects of up to 18-months that develop new, or strengthen existing, connections and relationships across sectors (including but not limited to, not-for-profit, health, social services, justice, education, faith institutions, the community, municipalities, business, academia).
Eligibility Criteria
A PEI-based not-for-profit organization (lead “Applicant Organization”), from any region and sector throughout the province, in partnership with at least one other PEI-based organizational co-applicant from any region and sector of PEI.
Partner organizations can include, but are not limited to, not-for-profit entities, businesses, publicly funded entities such as municipalities, schools, and post-secondary institutions, health units, etc.
To be eligible to apply, the co-applicants must be PEI-based organizations from at least two different sectors.
The Applicant Organization is the not-for-profit organization that will hold the grant funds.
The Project Lead is the main contact from the Applicant Organization who will lead the project.
Individuals are not eligible to apply.
Eligibility is restricted to organizations operating within PEI.
As the lead Applicant Organization, a not-for-profit organization may submit only one application in a funding cycle , and up to two per year (the Alliance offers two funding cycles per year, one in the summer and one in the winter).
