Helen McCrea Peacock Foundation

Application Deadline: Tuesday, May 1, 2012

The Helen McCrea Peacock Foundation supports environmental organizations whose work and initiatives have a positive impact on the environment with a focus on remediation.

Funding is provided to registered Canadian charitable organizations whose mandates and missions are to work on environmental initiatives that are carried out in Ontario. Successful applications must have a well-developed program or project for which they are seeking funds, and they must be able to articulate clear and specific objectives, outcomes and impact.

Grant Restrictions
The Helen McCrea Peacock Foundation does not support:

• Operating deficits
• Capital campaigns
• 100% staff salaries
• Attendance at conferences
• Endowment funds
• Political or religious activities
• Event or fundraising sponsorships

The Helen McCrea Peacock Foundation does support programming that helps to remediate an environmental concern. Past grants have been made to work in the following areas:
Land

• Conservation and protection
• Tree planting and stewardship
• Naturalization and restoration

Wildlife

• Biodiversity and environmental education
• Wildlife rehabilitation

Food

• Agriculture and environmental education
• Land use planning

Watershed

• Land and shore restoration
• Conservation, protection and naturalization

How to Apply
The application form is available below. The document can be filled-in and saved on your computer and printed off, signed, and sent in. Proposals must be sent in both hard copy as well as by email to the address below.

The Helen McCrea Peacock Foundation accepts grant applications once per year. The deadline for applications is May 1, 2012, with final decisions made in the summer. Faxed proposals will not be accepted. Proposals should be signed by a senior officer (Executive Director or Chair of the Board) of the organization. Incomplete submissions will be declined.

Staff at the Toronto Community Foundation will review all proposals and only those which most closely meet the Helen McCrea Peacock Foundation's priorities will be considered by the Foundation's directors.

Application Form & Deadline
Application Forms and Guidelines will be posted here in early April 2012
Applications are due to the Community Foundation by Tuesday, May 1, 2012.

Contact
Nadien V. Godkewitsch, Program Officer
Helen McCrea Peacock Foundation
c/o Toronto Community Foundation
33 Bloor Street East, Suite 1603
Toronto ON  M4W 3H1
T: 416.921.2035 ext. 204   E: ngodkewitsch@tcf.ca