Community Economic Development

Eligibility Criteria

All grants are allocated on a discretionary basis. Some of the criteria used to determine a project’s eligibility for funding include:

• Project is innovative and encourages new projects/economic development within Oxford County
• Project is cost-shared and has community support
• Community Futures Oxford’s funding will not normally exceed 50% of the total project costs
• The project should demonstrate self-sufficiency over time
• Project applicant demonstrates ability to carry out the project and to achieve proposed outcomes

The project applicant is one of the following:

• Charitable organization or registered charity
• Non-profit organization
• Service club
• Municipal Educational Institution
• Social service organization

A collaboration consisting of at least one eligible entity (Individuals, for-profit corporations, and foundations are NOT eligible). All grants are allocated on a discretionary basis. Preference is typically given to seed funding for new initiatives that will continue to have impact after the grant is expended. However, funding may be considered when existing projects are being expanded to include new features and/or benefits and the project addresses one or more of Community Futures Oxford’s Community Economic Development objectives.