RBC After-School Grants Project calls for grant applications
Deadline to apply is February 26, 2010
TORONTO, January 15, 2010— The RBC After-School
Grants Project today announced its call for grant applications
for the 2010-2011 school year. In its 12th year, RBC is offering
more than $2.5 million in grants to fund first-time and renewed
grant recipients.
The grants are awarded by regional community panels made
up of experts in the fields of youth and education. Each organization
should have a mandate to keep students in grades K-12 safe
as well as positively engaged through an enriched curriculum
after their classes end each day. RBC After-School grants
of up to $40,000 are provided by the RBC Foundation to programs
in at-risk or underserved communities. The deadline for funding
applications is February 26, 2010, and grant recipients will
be advised by June 2010.
"Through our RBC After-School Grants Project we are
looking to continue to fund the best after school programs
in Canada that focus on giving kids the 3S's— safety,
social skills and self esteem," said Shari Austin, executive
director, RBC Foundation. "Currently RBC is funding 90
programs in 53 cities and we are hoping to expand this network
in 2010."
To qualify for a grant, after-school programs should offer
structured, supervised activities five days a week and focus
on offering a variety of activities, such as, computer instruction,
sports, literacy tutoring, music and art lessons, nutrition
guidance, and help with homework.
RBC has been funding after-school programs since 1999, with
almost $20 million via 656 grants to 198 different organizations
that have helped almost 20,000 children. RBC After-School
Grant applications can be downloaded from www.rbc.com/afterschool.
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Media contact:
Chethan Lakshman, RBC, (416) 974-9463, chethan.lakshman@rbc.com
Charities wishing information about RBC's After-School Grants
program may contact Frances Bedford-Jones at
(416) 974-2176, frances.bedford-jones@rbc.com
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