Community Enrichment Program

Blackcomb at dusk

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 2024 CEP funding will be required to make a presentation to Council on Tuesday, March 5, 2024, 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, 2024.

Important dates for the 2024 CEP process: 

Thursday, January 25, 2024

Application period opens.

Thursday, February 15, 2024

Application period closes at 4:00 p.m.

Tuesday, March 5, 2024

Committee of the Whole meeting. Applicants’ presentations to Council.

Tuesday, April 23, 2024

Council approves and announces the 2024 CEP funding to be awarded at Regular Council meeting.

Friday, April 26, 2024

CEP funds are issued by the end of April 2024.

Sunday, December 1, 2024

CEP Grant Reporting Forms deadline for all 2024 recipients.

Tuesday, December 17, 2024

Presentations to Council at Regular Council meeting by organizations that received $10,000 or more.

2023 Recipients

Council allocated the grant funding for the annual Community Enrichment Program for the 2023 year as follows:

  • Whistler Community Foundation $3,000.00
  • Howe Sound Women Centre – PEACE $8,000.00
  • Howe Sound Women Centre – Whistler Women’s Centre – Drop-in $13,000.00
  • Pathways Serious Mental Illness Society $5,000.00
  • Sea to Sky Community Services Society – Whistler Playgroup $5,000.00
  • Whistler Community Services Society – Counselling Assistance Program $15,400.00
  • Girls Guides of Canada $1,000.00
  • Whistler Institute of Learning Society $2,500.00
  • Whistler Multicultural Society – Multicultural Community Kitchen $5,000.00
  • Whistler Multicultural Society – Resilience Whistler $3,500.00
  • Zero Ceiling Society of Canada $6,000.00
  • Whistler Farmers Market $3,500.00
  • School District 48 $5,000.00
  • Whistler Independent Supported Housing Society $1,000.00
  • Association of Whistler Area Residents for the Environment (AWARE) $3,300.00
  • Whistler Naturalists Society $3,913.00
  • Whistler Lakes Conservation Association $2,000.00
  • BC Luge Association $2,000.00
  • Sea to Sky Nordics $3,000.00
  • Whistler Adaptive Sports Program $7,000.00
  • Whistler Blackcomb Freestyle Ski Club $2,000.00
  • Whistler Gymnastics Club $3,000.00
  • Whistler Minor Hockey Association $4,500.00
  • Whistler Mountain Ski Club $3,000.00
  • Whistler Nordics Ski Club $4,000.00
  • Whistler Sailing Association $3,000.00
  • Whistler Sea Wolves Swim Club  $3,000.00
  • Whistler Skating Club $4,000.00
  • Whistler Slo Pitch Association $3,000.00
  • Whistler Sport Legacies Society- Active After School Club $10,000.00
  • Whistler Youth Soccer Club $5,000.00
  • Axemen Rugby $1,500.00
  • Whistler Field Hockey Club $3,000.00
  • Yoga Buggy $1,500.00
  • The Point Artist-Run Centre Society $4,000.00
  • The Whistler Writing Society $2,500.00
  • Whistler Singers $1,500.00
  • Whistler Valley Quilters’ Guild Society $2,500.00
  • Whistler Chamber Music Society $2,000.00

Contact

Legislative Services Department
Community Enrichment Program