Overview
The McLean Foundation is committed to supporting work that is not as likely to be funded by others, but that can make a positive difference. We look for projects that show promise of improving the wellbeing of people, communities, and our environment which may initially lack broad public appeal.
Areas of Interest:
We support work within and across sectors including: Arts, Environment, Education, Social Welfare and Health.
We are flexible in the types of funding we provide. You can apply for a specific project, an existing program, or general operations. Our grants tend to be up to
$15 000. We also provide larger grants and/or multi-year funding. These types of grants often emerge from previous funding relationships.
To Apply for Funding
- Applications are only accepted through our online application portal.
- The first step is to submit an Expression of Interest (Organization Introduction). The Foundation will review these to determine if more information is needed.
- The Expression of Interest should be brief. There are several questions to answer and the character counts are generous as a default. You are not expected to use the full character count.
- The Foundation will generally only review one application per organization per year.
Eligibility
- Canadian registered charities, and organizations recognized as qualified donees by Revenue Canada are eligible to apply for funding. Grants are not made to individuals.
- The Foundation receives applications from a large number of organizations, and the funding available only enables the Foundation to assist a small portion of these. The Directors endeavor to maintain a flexible policy, with particular emphasis on projects showing promise of general social benefit but which may initially lack broad public appeal.
Ineligible Requests
As a general rule, the Foundation does not fund the following:
- Capital campaigns; renovations; equipment
- Sponsorship of events/conferences
- General fundraising campaigns
- Endowments
- Scholarships
- Projects involving strictly religious purposes or activities
- Projects involving partisan political activities
- Projects or organizations outside of Canada
- International development projects
- Purely academic or basic research
- Reduction of accumulated capital or operating deficits
- Operating requests for umbrella organizations
Note
We are a small team and receive a large amount of applications each year. Unfortunately, we are not generally able to meet to discuss your application or provide advice by email before you apply.
Contact Information: info@mcleanfoundation.ca