Community Grants Program
SGI and the Acquired Brain Injury Partnership Project are proud to offer the Community Grants Program to help offset the costs of traffic safety and brain injury prevention programs for local organizations.
By applying for a community grant with your idea for a great traffic safety or brain injury prevention program, you have an opportunity to access the funding needed to get your initiative started.
Grant amounts
Project ideas
Proposal requirements and objectives
Application form and deadlines
Grant decisions
Contact info
Grant amount
There is $100,000 available annually with the average grant amount about $1,000. Approximately 80 applications are approved each year.
Project ideas
The grant program is looking for ideas on these priority areas:
- SGI traffic safety priorities: impaired driving, seatbelt and child restraint use, pedestrian safety, bicycle safety, snowmobile safety, senior drivers and young drivers, high collision sites
- ABI priorities: sport and recreation injury prevention, workplace safety and fall-related brain-injury prevention
Proposal requirements and objectives
Project proposals that meet the following requirements and objectives will be given preference:
- Includes a well-defined action plan with specific measurable, deliverable and relevant objectives
- Develops and implements educational and technical injury prevention strategies
- Builds or strengthens involvement and support for community groups
- Develops local information strategies that support injury prevention efforts
- Collaborates with various community groups
- Is cost effective and cost shared
- Has potential to be repeated or expanded in the future
- Offers a structure that can be used for other traffic safety and injury prevention initiatives
- Is helpful and useable in other communities
- Avoids a conflict of interest
- Addresses a demonstrated need in the community
- Does not duplicate existing community or provincial programs
- Responds to one of the identified priority areas
The proposals should not include expenses for existing salaries, activities that have already been completed or administrative functions that are part of ongoing business. Funding for physical improvements or capital expenditures that are not integral to the project will not be considered.
Application form and deadlines
To apply for short-term project grants, please fill out the Community Grants application form.
There are two application deadlines. Deadlines for short-term project grants are Oct. 31 and Feb. 28 of each year.
Late applications will not be considered. Completed applications should be submitted to:
SGI Traffic Safety Promotion
5104 Donnely Crescent
P.O. Box 1580
Regina, SK S4P 3C4
Email: sgivideolibrary@sgi.sk.ca
Fax: 306-359-0312
Grant decisions
All applications will be evaluated by a review committee comprising of representatives from SGI Traffic Safety, the ABI Partnership Project and other groups as required.
The short-term project grants will be awarded by April 30 for the February deadline and by Dec. 31 for the October deadline.
Contact info
For more information, contact the Community Grants Administrator at:
Phone: 1-800-667-8015 extension 6179, or in Regina at 775-6179
Email: sgivideolibrary@sgi.sk.ca
Fax: 306-359-0312
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