Eligibility Requirements

Bursary grants are provided to registered charities, not directly to individual staff or volunteers. Eligible charities include:

• social service organizations in Alberta and Saskatchewan; and
• early childhood education and care organizations in Alberta and Saskatchewan.

The staff member or key volunteer who will attend must be identified before the charity applies for funding.  Courses, workshops or programs must be offered by an educational institution, a non-profit organization or a registered charity.   

Ineligibility: Groups that are not registered charities or those which have, as their main purpose religion, education, health or the arts may not apply.  Also, those agencies that are primarily funded through the tax base such as school boards, universities or colleges, health authorities and child-welfare authorities or band councils may not apply.