Prince George administration will recommend which limited-duration grant applications city council should approve for 2025 at a Wednesday, March 5 meeting of the committee of the whole.
A report attached to the agenda for the meeting states that Prince George received 36 applications for two-year grant funding by its Jan. 31 deadline.
The city offers grants worth up to 30 per cent of an applicant’s annual operating budget up to a maximum of $30,000.
To qualify, applicants must be registered not-for-profit societies that have operated for at least two years, must operate within Prince George for the benefit of local residential, their operations must align with the city’s strategic goals, must demonstrate financial need and must provide other sources of confirmed funding.
Applicants that have received other city grants within the last five year must have completed all their reporting relating to that funding. Though groups that have previously received funding through this stream can apply again, the city prioritizes new applicants.
The funding cannot be used to pay down debt, property taxes owed to the city or make major capital purchases.
Of the received applications for 2025, nine were said to not have met the eligibility requirements. That leaves 27 applications worth $664,734.42 to choose from.
With the 2025 budget for these grants set at $131,576, administration has recommended grants be given to 14 applicants:
- Alban Classical Artists Society: $5,000 in 2025 and 2026
- The Exploration Place: $10,000 in both 2025 and 2026 (original request was for $30,000)
- Omineca Arts Centre: $10,000 in 2025 and 2026 (original request was for $30,000)
- Prince George Conservatory of Music: $7,500 in 2025 and 2026
- Prince George & District Music Festival $7,076 in 2025 and 2026 (original request was for $10,833)
- Trinity United Church — Knox Performance Centre: $10,000 in 2025 and 2026 (original request was for $30,000)
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northern BC: $10,000 in 2025 and 2026 (original request was for $30,000)
- Carney Hill Neighbourhood Centre Society: $20,000 in 2025 and 2026 (original request was for $30,000)
- Northern Community Counselling Centre Society: $15,000 in 2025 and 2026 (original request was for $30,000)
- Prince George & District Senior Citizens Activity Centre Society: $10,000 in 2025 and 2026 (original request was for $28,900)
- Engage Sport North: $5,000 in 2025 and 2026 (original request was for $30,000)
- Hart Highlands Winter Club: $10,000 in 2025 and 2026 (original request was for $30,000)
- Prince George Agricultural and Historical Association: $5,000 in 2025 and 2026 (original request was for $30,000)
- Prince George Recycling & Environmental Action Planning Society: $7,000 in 2025 and 2026 (original request was for $17,000)
Administration is recommending that these 13 funding requests be rejected:
- Prince George Tapestry Singers: $16,200
- Prince George Sexual Assault Centre: $30,000
- Northern Women’s Centre: $10,000
- Mennonite Central Committee British Columbia: $30,000
- Prince George Figure Skating Club: $29,301.42
- Canadian Mental Health Association of Northern BC: $30,000
- Aboriginal Housing Society of Prince George: $30,000
- Pacific Autism Family Network — Prince George Spoke: $30,000
- The POUNDS Project Society: $30,000
- Method Dance Society: $20,000
- Prince George Minor Hockey: $30,000
- British Columbia Schizophrenia Society Prince George Branch: $10,000
- All-Stages Education Foundation: $30,000
The meeting starts at 2 p.m. on March 5 in council chambers at the second floor of Prince George city hall at 1100 Patricia Blvd.
A meeting of Prince George’s Standing Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs scheduled for the previous day, March 4, has been cancelled.
