Apply
The 2-part application form is available for download at the bottom of this page.
Before requesting funding, please review the eligibility criteria to make sure your project is a good fit.
If you submit your application by the Friday before our monthly PVR meeting,
you can expect to hear back from us with a decision within the week following our meeting.
Our board meetings are open to the public and typically held on the 1st Monday of each month.
Check the schedule on our meetings page.
If you're interested in attending our meetings in person, kindly email us in advance to confirm location and timing details.
We look forward to welcoming you!
CONTACT
[email protected]
Please submit completed application forms electronically (via email).
Before requesting funding, please review the eligibility criteria to make sure your project is a good fit.
If you submit your application by the Friday before our monthly PVR meeting,
you can expect to hear back from us with a decision within the week following our meeting.
Our board meetings are open to the public and typically held on the 1st Monday of each month.
Check the schedule on our meetings page.
If you're interested in attending our meetings in person, kindly email us in advance to confirm location and timing details.
We look forward to welcoming you!
CONTACT
[email protected]
Please submit completed application forms electronically (via email).
Request for funding assistance: Criteria
Who Can Apply:
What applications will not be considered:
Improve the odds of being approved. Include details on:
Important Information
- Registered organizations with specific project plans.
- Projects that would otherwise be funded by tax dollars may be considered only for partial funding, with the Police Village of Russell Trust (PVR) as a community partner.
- Religious organization projects are only considered if there is a proven wider community impact.
What applications will not be considered:
- Political parties or organizations.
- Applications outside of the village core boundary (see MAP below) that cannot demonstrate a benefit, in part or in full, to the residents of the village proper of Russell.
- Applications for events where the end goal is to redirect funds to a charity.
Improve the odds of being approved. Include details on:
- The estimated number of Russell Village residents benefiting from your project or event.
- The percentage of your project within the boundaries of the PVR (see map below).
- Shared funding with other organizations (building a community partnership).
- Measurable project milestones.
- Volunteer labour and/or in-kind donations.
- Local paid labour and materials (if available and applicable).
- Lower dollar amounts requested.
Important Information
- If your project involves any township property, please have confirmed Russell Township Council approval for your proposed project or event before applying for funding.
- Total funding available is contingent on: the PVR investment portfolio (i.e., market performance) and the goal to keep the fund above the $1 million principal investment level.
- If the funding requested in this application is approved, the funds are to be spent entirely for the project or event, as described in this application. Any significant changes to the budget or activities as described in this application are to be reported to the Police Village of Russell Board for reconsideration.
- Funds not spent by the completion date indicated in this application or upon cancellation of your project are to be returned to the PVR.
- If your project is revenue-generating, the PVR funding may consider acting as a stop-gap measure, with the original funding amount to be returned to the PVR for re-investment in other community projects.
- If follow-up budget and summary reports are not submitted by your organization, requests for additional funds will not be considered for future projects.
- We reserve the right to make public any funding support provided.
