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.

• Please note that the 2024 CEP application project is closed. Grants were approved by Council on April 23 (see below).

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 made presentations to Council on Tuesday, March 5, 2024 at the Committee of the Whole.

Organizations who are successful are 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.

2024 Recipients

Council allocated the grant funding for the annual Community Enrichment Program for the 2024 year as follows:

• PearlSpace Support Services Society – $9,000.00
• PearlSpace Support Services Society – Whistler Drop-in Centre – $15,000.00
• Pathways Serious Mental Illness Society – $5,000.00
• The Crisis Intervention and suicide Prevention Centre of BC – $5,000.00
• Sea to Sky Community Services Society – $5,000.00
• Whistler Community Services Society – $25,000
• Whistler Mature Action Community – $2,000
• Whistler Multicultural Society – Multicultural Community Kitchen – $5,000
• Whistler Multicultural Society – Resilience Whistler – $4,000
• Zero Ceiling Society of Canada – Work 2 Live Program – $2,000
• Whistler Farmers Market – $4,000
• Whistler Independent Supported Housing Society – $2,000
• Association of Whistler Area Residents for the Environment (AWARE) – $5,500
• Whistler Naturalists – Bioblitz – $3,500
• Whistler Naturalists – Fungus Among Us – $3,500
• Whistler Naturalists – Bird Studies – $1,000
• BC Luge Association – $1,100
• Sea to Sky Nordics – $4,000
• Whistler Adaptive Sports Program Society – $7,500
• Whistler Blackcomb Freestyle Ski Club – $4,625
• Whistler Gymnastics Club – $3,060
• Whistler Mountain Ski Club – $2,300
• Whistler Nordics Ski Club – $4,000
• Whistler Sailing Association – $4,300
• Whistler Sea Wolves Swim Club – $2,500
• Whistler Skating Club – $5,000
• Whistler Slo Pitch Association – $2,000
• Whistler 2010 Sport Legacies Society – $5,000
• Whistler Youth Soccer Club – $6,000
• Axemen Rugby Club – $2,400
• Whistler Field Hockey Club – $1,700
• Whistler Wolves Rugby League Football Club – $1,500
• Whistler Youth Baseball Club – $1,200
• Yoga Buggy – $1,500
• The Point Artist-Run Centre Society – $4,000
• The Whistler Writing Society – $3,000
• Whistler Singers – $2,000
• Whistler Valley Quilters’ Guild Society – $2,000
• Whistler Chamber Music Society – $2,000

Contact

Legislative Services Department
Community Enrichment Program

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