Grants & Awards

The Community Recognition awards, formally, Unsung Hero Awards are meant to acknowledge those individuals who go above and beyond to help build and shape their community. This includes helping bolster the work of social groups and organizations that offer recreational, cultural, or charitable services to the community.

• Past Award Winners (PDF)

Recreation & Culture | 506-460-2020 | recreation@fredericton.ca

The Arts, Culture and Heritage Funding Program of the City of Fredericton is designed to encourage new projects or activities in the creative arts, culture and heritage sectors through the provision of small grants to eligible organizations. A total of $107, 900 is available for 2027, and Grants are awarded through a jury process.

Please read the Funding Application Guidelines (PDF) before completing the Application Form.

• Application Form: PDF / Word (DOC)
• Final Report Form: PDF / Word (DOC)
• Last Year's Allocation

Applications open on September 1, 2026 and the deadline to apply is Friday, October 9, 2026, at 4:30 pm. Recommendations related to the grants will be considered during the City’s 2027 Budget process. 

The focus of the Community Funding Grants is to encourage the growth and stability of non-profit organizations in the city whose purpose and activities align to achieve the outcomes of a more livable and economically viable community.  

Funding may be made available for festivals & events; educational & cultural development; recreation & tourism program support; arts, culture & heritage; as well as festival & event innovation and greening.

The grant must be applied to a specific program or service or used as capital funding for the construction of facilities or the purchase of equipment that will benefit to the community at large.

Past applicants are reminded that successful applications received under any of the grant categories for the same purpose or event are only considered once and limited to one annual grant from the City of Fredericton.

The City’s Municipal Finance and Corporate Administration has approved, in principle, an amount of $322,400 for the 2027 Community Funding Grants. 

Application information and previous allocations: 

• Application form 
• Last year's allocation

Applications open on September 1, 2026 and the deadline to apply is Friday, October 9, 2026, at 4:30 pm. Recommendations related to the grants will be considered during the City’s 2027 Budget process. 

Questions may be directed to the Office of the City Clerk at 506-460-2020 or cityclerk@fredericton.ca.  
 

Strategic Partner Capital Grants are intended to encourage the growth and stability of strong, sustainable non-profit organizations whose purpose and services fit within the City’s municipal mandate. 

Funding will support significant physical infrastructure capital projects, which must align with the City’s Municipal Plan and help achieve the outcomes of the City’s eight program result areas:  Corporate, Economic Vitality, Environmental Stewardship, Governance & Civic Engagement, Livable Community, Mobility, Public Safety, and Sustainable Infrastructure.

A total of $312,450 is available for 2027, from which City Council has previously committed $50,000 per year in funding to the Beaverbrook Art Gallery Capital Campaign. 

Application information and previous allocations: 

• Application Form 
• Last year's allocation

Applications open on September 1, 2026 and the deadline to apply is Friday, October 9, 2026, at 4:30 pm. Recommendations related to the grants will be considered during the City’s 2027 Budget process. 

Questions may be directed to the Office of the City Clerk at 506-460-2020 or cityclerk@fredericton.ca.  

A total of $32,400 is available for 2026 in Climate Change Action Grants to support non-profit organizations in carrying out projects, programs, or activities that align with actions in the City’s Community Energy and Emissions Plan or Climate Change Adaptation Plan.  

Eligible initiatives should fall under one of the following categories:

• Energy efficiency or energy source shift in buildings initiatives
• Transportation mode shift (active transportation, public transit, e-mobility) initiatives
• Waste reduction or circular economy initiatives
• Climate change adaptation – education & outreach initiatives
• Climate change adaptation – capital project

Application information and previous allocations: 

• Application Form
• Last year's allocation 

Applications open on September 1, 2026 and the deadline to apply is Friday, October 9, 2026, at 4:30 pm.  Recommendations related to the grants will be considered during the City’s 2027 Budget process. 

Questions may be directed to the Office of the City Clerk at 506-460-2020 or cityclerk@fredericton.ca.