City provides $643,000 in community grants as part of Budget 2024

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As part of the City of Fredericton’s 2024 Budget, a total of $643,000 in grants will be provided to support local groups. The amount covers the existing Strategic Partner Capital Grant and Community Grant categories and the new Climate Change Action Grant category.

The breakdown is as follows:

  • Strategic Partner Capital Grants - $245,000
  • Community Grants - $368,000
  • Climate Change Action Grants - $30,000

Grant Recipients:

Strategic Partner Capital Grants

  • Beaverbrook Art Gallery Capital Campaign - $50,000 (20-year commitment from 2012-2031 for a total of $1,000,000)
  • Greener Village (THRIVE Campaign) - $50,000
  • Theatre NB - $50,000
  • York Sunbury Historical Society - $50,000
  • Fredericton Loyalist Rugby Club- 45,000

Community Grants

  • Bard in the Barracks - $7,500
  • Beaverbrook Art Gallery - $27,500
  • Canada Day (Fredericton Civic Pride Committee): $52,500
  • Centre Communautaire Sainte-Anne - $12,000
  • Charlotte Street Arts Centre - $15,000
  • Christ Church Cathedral - $6,500
  • Fierté F’ton Pride Festival - $10,000
  • Flourish Festival - $7,000
  • Fredericton Outdoor Summer Theatre (Calithumpians) - $8,000
  • Harvest Music Festival - $67,000
  • Living Roots Music Festival - $5,000
  • Multicultural Association - $6,500
  • NB Highland Games & Scottish Festival - $36,000
  • New Brunswick Summer Music Festival - $6,000
  • Notable Acts Theatre Company - $5,000
  • RVC Winter Bike (River Valley Cycling Inc.) - $6,500
  • Shivering Songs (Capital Arts Support) - $8,000
  • Sistema NB (NB Youth Orchestra) - $23,500
  • Summer Soulsa (Star Light Entertainment Assoc.) - $7,500
  • Theatre NB - $12,000
  • WinterFrolic - $12,000
  • York Sunbury Historical Society / Museum - $27,000

Climate Change Action Grants

  • Beaverbrook Art Gallery - $7,000
  • The Gaia Project - $7,000
  • Nature NB - $4,000
  • Fredericton Climate Justice, Climate Reality Hub Canada - $5,000
  • NC Community Harvest Gardens (Rainwater Collection) - $1,500
  • Nashwaak Watershed - $5,000
  • NB Community Harvest Gardens (Compost Site) - $500

Recipients of community grants for event organization will receive half the funding up front and half upon completion of the event. For complete details on the City’s 2024 Budget, click here

A total of $3.5M in grants and contributions to community organizations have been approved, including the $643,000 in Community Grants to support strategic partners, community efforts, and the new category related to climate change action.