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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