Community Enrichment Program

The 2023 Community Enrichment Program (CEP) application period is now closed.

Each year, the Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) financially supports local not-for-profit organizations or societies that benefit the resort municipality and move the community closer to its Vision through the Community Enrichment Program (CEP) and Fee for Service agreements.

To qualify for a grant through the CEP, applicants must operate in one of the following categories: Environment, Social Service, Community Service, Recreation and Sport, or Arts and Culture.

The amount provided to each selected organization varies but can only be up to 50 per cent of a program's total cost.

Funding will be evaluated by Council in accordance with Council Policy A-7 Community Enrichment Program and funding must contribute to the general interest and advantage of the Whistler Community.

Organizations applying for the 2023 CEP funding will be required to make a presentation to Council on Tuesday, March 7, 2023, at the Committee of the Whole.

Organizations will be expected to submit a complete CEP Grant Reporting Form to the Legislative Services Department by December 1, 2023.

Important dates for the 2023 CEP process: 

For more information, view the 2022 CEP applications as published in the Committee of the Whole package of March 22, 2022.

Council may provide Community Enrichment funding to any not-for-profit organization or society pursuant to Section 8 of the Community Charter.

Grants are issued on an annual basis and are subject to the availability of funds in the RMOW's current year's budget. Approval of a funding application in any year does not imply or suggest that approval will be received in subsequent years.

2022 Recipients

Council allocated the grant funding for the annual Community Enrichment Program for the 2022 year as follows:

• Community Foundation of Whistler ($3,250)
• Howe Sound Women’s Centre - PEACE ($8,000)
• Howe Sound Women’s Centre - Whistler Women's Centre - Drop-in ($13,000)
• Pathways Serious Mental Illness Society ($5,000)
• Sea to Sky Community Services Society - Better at Home ($4,500)
• Sea to Sky Community Services Society - Whistler Playgroup  ($5,000)
• Whistler Community Services Society - Counselling Assistance Program ($14,000)
• Whistler Institute of Learning Society ($2,500)
• Whistler Mature Action Community ($2,000)
• Whistler Multicultural Society - Multicultural Community Kitchen ($6,273.78)
• Whistler Multicultural Society - Resilience BC Anti-Racism Network ($3,000)
• Zero Ceiling Society of Canada ($6,000)
• Association of Whistler Area Residents for the Environment (AWARE) ($3,000)
• Whistler Farmer's Market – partnership with AWARE ($3,000)
• Whistler Naturalists Society ($3,276)
• BC Luge Association ($2,000)
• Sea to Sky Nordics ($3,000)
• Whistler Adaptive Sports Program ($7,000)
• Whistler Blackcomb Freestyle Ski Club ($4,000)
• Whistler Gymnastics Club ($2,500)
• Whistler Minor Hockey Association ($4,000)
• Whistler Mountain Ski Club ($3,000)
• Whistler Nordics Ski Club ($3,000)
• Whistler Sailing Association ($2,500)
• Whistler Sea Wolves Swim Club ($3,000)
• Whistler Skating Club ($4,000)
• Whistler Slo Pitch Association ($2,500)
• Whistler Sport Legacies Society ($2,000)
• Whistler Youth Soccer Club ($5,000)
• Axemen Rugby ($1,250)
• Whistler Field Hockey Club ($3,100)
• Yoga Buggy ($1,000)
• The Point Artist-Run Centre Society ($4,000)
• The Whistler Writing Society ($2,500)
• Whistler Singers ($1,650)
• Whistler Valley Quilters' Guild Society ($2,000)
• Whistler Chamber Music Society ($1,000)
• Whistler Secondary School Scholarship ($6,000)

Contact

Legislative Services Department

Community Enrichment Program

• Tel: 604-932-5535
• Email: corporate@whistler.ca