Community Grants

Community Grants

The Regional District of Nanaimo provides community grant funding in order to assist registered non-profit organizations to provide social programs and services that serve a local community or provide a regional benefit.

The organization must provide a social enrichment service and demonstrate that the service fills a need in the community. It is the desire of the Regional District that organizations strive for financial independence, therefore financial need must be demonstrated and an application must be submitted in the form approved. Continuing support should not be anticipated.

The Community Grants Committee is composed of three RDN directors from the RDN Board who meet one time per year, in the Spring, to evaluate applications and provide recommendations to the RDN Board.

Click here for the list of the 2023 grant recipients
Click here for the list of the 2022 grant recipients
Click here for the list of the 2021 grant recipients

To obtain an application and complete criteria information, please click on the links below or contact the Regional District Office listed below.

The deadline for submitting completed applications is the last Friday in April each year.

Submit completed applications to:
Finance Department
Regional District of Nanaimo
6300 Hammond Bay Road, Nanaimo, BC V9T 6N2
Telephone: 250-390-4111 or 1-877-607-4111
Email: inquiries [at] rdn.bc.ca (inquiries[at]rdn[dot]bc[dot]ca)