Osprey Community Foundation

Osprey Grant

Sheba Seniors Grants

The 2023 Sheba Seniors Grants are now closed. Check back in Winter 2024 for opening dates.

Sheba Seniors Grants (Formerly known as Friends of Nelson Elders in Care (FONE) Grants)

For many years FONE administered a grants program using a portion of generated income from the Osprey’s Sheba Fund. This spring, after consulting with its membership, FONE announced that it was no longer able to administer the grants program. Osprey has now assumed administration of the program.

Sheba Seniors grants primary purpose is to support the physical and mental well-being of senior citizens, through funding of programs and services in Nelson and RDCK Areas E and F.
Osprey Community Foundation defines seniors to be individuals over 65 years of age.

2023 SUBMISSIONS
For 2023, $30,000 is available for Seniors’ granting. In 2022, grant amounts ranged from $200 – $5000.
Deadline for applications is October 31st, 2023. Grants will be awarded by mid December. Grant recipients will normally have 12 months to complete their projects.
To apply complete the online form on our website. First time visitors will need to register.
While online grant applications are preferred and will ensure that all the information we require is received and processed accurately, Osprey still accepts manual applications. Contact us at admin@ospreycommunityfoundation.ca for an application.

Key Considerations in Preparing Your Application

• Under federal law, Osprey can provide grants only to registered charities or other qualified donees (see Important Note at the end)
• Projects that qualify for Osprey grants serve residents of the City of Nelson and RDCK Areas E and F.
• In the budget section under revenues, include all donors to whom you have applied to for funding or from whom you have already received funding for this project. Osprey may share summary information about your grant application with other local granting bodies.

Low Priority Activities:
We do not want organizations to become dependent on Osprey for their operational sustainability. However we will consider grants for strategic projects that will boost an organization’s operational capacity, or for the launch of new organizations providing programs in emerging and high priority service areas of specific interest to the Foundation, if there is evidence these programs can be sustained.

Activities of religious organizations that primarily serve their membership and/or their direct religious purposes, unless the community at large will benefit significantly.

Other Low Priority Activities:

Retroactive funding	Deficit reduction
Exclusively travel focused activities	Fund-raising campaigns
Scholarships	Academic and scientific research

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IMPORTANT NOTE:
Under federal law, the Osprey Community Foundation can only accept applications from qualified donees as defined by Revenue Canada. Qualified donees include:

• registered charities (including registered national arts service organizations);
• registered Canadian amateur athletic associations;
• listed housing corporations resident in Canada constituted exclusively to provide low-cost housing for the aged;
• listed Canadian municipalities;
• listed municipal or public bodies performing a function of government in Canada.

Such organizations will have a Revenue Canada Charitable Registration Number. Applicants must either have their own number or be sponsored by another group/organization with one. Feel free to call the Osprey Community Foundation if you would like more information on how to do that.

ONLINE
Applications are accepted on our online application system. First time visitors will need to register. Click here to preview the 2023 application.

MANUAL APPLICATIONS
While online grant applications are preferred and will ensure that all the information we require is received and processed accurately, Osprey still accepts manual applications. Contact us at admin@ospreycommunityfoundation.ca for an application.