The City of Canby is excited to announce the 2024 Business Enhancement Grant Program.
Donor Name: City of Canby
State: Oregon
City: Canby
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/06/2024
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The program was created to assist local, Canby businesses. The grant can be spent on projects, programs, and events which improve and enrich Canby.
Local businesses seeking funding from the Business Enhancement Grant program must be located within Canby city limits and the funding must be put toward a project that supports and engages the Canby community. Grant applications should focus on capacity building, program creation, investments in equipment, innovative or expansion programming.
Any and all changes to projects, programs, or events funded by the Business Enhancement Grant must be approved by City of Canby Economic Development staff. If the scope of the grant-funded work is changed without approval from the Economic Development department, the applicant may not be eligible to apply for the Business Enhancement Grant in the future.
Funding Information
The City of Canby has budgeted $50,000 for the Business Enhancement Grant in the 2023-2024 fiscal year. Eligible applicants will be able to apply for up to $2,500 for projects, programs, or events.
Event, Program, and Project Eligibility Criteria
The following criteria is to be used as a guide for applicants for the types of activities funded by the Business Enhancement Grant program. The Review Committee will consider the uniqueness and overall quality of each request.
Events, programs, and projects will be considered eligible provided it:

Builds capacity, encourages innovation or expansion, creates new programming, or investments in equipment; and,
Enhances and supports Canby’s unique history, culture, education, diversity, arts, needed services, or community involvement with and/or for the benefit of Canby;
Encourages and fosters advances in civic engagement or community leadership;
Promotes community involvement with diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging at the forefront to ensure all of Canby’s unique and diverse residents benefit from the projects funded by the Canby Business Enhancement Grants.

Eligibility Criteria

Applicant must be an authorized representative of a local business located within Canby city limits.
An applicant will only be eligible to apply for a grant if any previously awarded grant projects (which would have been funded in 2023 as part of the Community Enhancement Grant) complied with all grant procedures including submitting final grant report.
Canby’s Business Enhancement Grants may not be used for costs associated with salaries or operations.

For more information, visit City of Canby.