Stepping Stones Grants

Stepping Stones encourages active citizenship by helping grassroots community groups undertake small creative projects that build a sense of inclusive belonging in local communities. We offer grant support of up to $1,000 for project expenses.

Stepping Stones supports projects that:

Build connections between people and their local neighbourhoods and communities.
Celebrate the importance of knowing neighbours – through the joys and struggles of regular daily life and in times of community stress.
Are driven by people in their own neighbourhoods and communities. The projects are slightly different than programs provided by organizations to communities because community members themselves must play a meaningful leadership role.

Projects we support tend to be projects where people:

Engage people in creative ways to build connections and/or to address shared concerns
Foster a sense of pride and presence
Give people the chance to get involved in community life
Think inclusively about their community’s composition and work creatively to involve people from whom involvement is difficult

In response to the COVID-19 health crisis, Calgary Foundation has broadened the scope of the Stepping Stones program, sped up our response time, and increased the maximum grant amount to $1,000. In this time of COVID-19 physical isolation, we will accept costs associated with virtual community gatherings and local response activities that help neighbours help neighbours as well as, where possible, in-person activities and events. All projects must abide by the latest public health regulations.

Connect with a vibrant local network of people learning together how to build communities and neighbourhoods.

Learn about public health regulations.