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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.05pt;background:white"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"inherit","serif";color:#494949"><a href="http://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/sports-culture/gambling-fundraising/gaming-grants/capital-project-grants">http://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/sports-culture/gambling-fundraising/gaming-grants/capital-project-grants</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.05pt;background:white"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"inherit","serif";color:#494949">Capital Project Grants<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Myriad-Pro;color:#494949">The Community Gaming Grants program distributes $5 million per year to capital projects with a total cost of more than $20,000 undertaken by eligible not-for-profit
organizations—these include museums, galleries, heritage sites and cultural centres.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a name="one" id="one"></a><span lang="EN" style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"inherit","serif";color:#494949">Overview<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Myriad-Pro;color:#494949">Information on Capital Project Grants is provided here:
<a href="https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2017CSCD0063-000986">https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2017CSCD0063-000986</a>
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<p style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Myriad-Pro;color:#494949"> Detailed eligibility criteria will be released in the summer of 2017.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><strong><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Myriad-Pro;color:#494949">Organization Eligibility</span></strong><b><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Myriad-Pro;color:#494949"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Myriad-Pro;color:#494949">Not-for-profit organizations providing programs or services of direct benefit to the broader community.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Eligibility<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Myriad-Pro;color:#494949">Viable capital projects that are primarily for community benefit and are accessible to the public will be considered in three categories:
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<span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Myriad-Pro">Facilities: construction, renovation or maintenance of facilities.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#494949;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Myriad-Pro">Community infrastructure: public amenities such as docks, parks or playgrounds.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#494949;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Myriad-Pro">Acquisitions: the purchase of fixed capital assets for long-term use, including vehicles. <o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Myriad-Pro;color:#494949">Financial Eligibility<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Myriad-Pro;color:#494949">Applicants must have matching funds. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><strong><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Myriad-Pro;color:#494949">Grant Amount</span></strong><b><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Myriad-Pro;color:#494949"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Myriad-Pro;color:#494949">Up to $250,000 per project, for up to 50 per cent of total project costs. <br>
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A maximum of one Capital Project Grant will be awarded per project. Successful applicants are ineligible to re-apply for additional funding for the same project in subsequent years.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Myriad-Pro;color:#494949">One application per organization per year.<br>
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An organization may apply<strong><span style="font-family:Myriad-Pro"> </span></strong>for both a Capital Project Grant and a Community Gaming Grant/PAC & DPAC Grant in the same year. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><strong><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Myriad-Pro;color:#494949">Application Period</span></strong><b><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Myriad-Pro;color:#494949"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Myriad-Pro;color:#494949">Apply from Aug 1 to Sept 30<br>
Final notification*: Dec 31<br>
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*Final notification date is the latest date that applicants will be notified about the result of their application.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><strong><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Myriad-Pro;color:#494949">Processing Fee</span></strong><b><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Myriad-Pro;color:#494949"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Myriad-Pro;color:#494949">None<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><strong><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Myriad-Pro;color:#494949">Processing Time</span></strong><b><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Myriad-Pro;color:#494949"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Myriad-Pro;color:#494949">Applicants will be notified by the appropriate final notification date (see above).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:#003366"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"inherit","serif";color:white">Online Service<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Myriad-Pro;color:#494949">Apply for a gambling event licence or gaming grant, check your application status, or report gambling wrongdoing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Myriad-Pro"><a href="http://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/sports-culture/gambling-fundraising/gambling-in-bc/online-service" target="_self">Online Service</a><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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