Grants and Past Recipients

2019 Grants

Applications for 2019 grants are now being accepted. To apply, please click on “Apply for a Grant” in the menu. A decision on the recipients will occur after the September 15th, 2019 application deadline.

Please click on Apply for a Grant to apply.

In 2019, the fund is in a position to award grant money of approximately $18,000.

If you have addition questions, please email: info@calgarychinookfund.ca

Past Grant Recipients

Since 2001 examples of past recipients include Calgary Outlink (formerly GLCSA), the Fairytales Presentation Society and the Calgary Birth Control Association. With your support we will increase our level of support to these and other organizations.

Past grant recipients were:

2018 Grant Recipients:

The YWCA’s DBT Skills Group The Chinook Fund is proud to announce that our one of the two 2018 grants has been awarded to the YWCA’s DBT Skills Group assisting with counselling and programming for LGBTQ+ youth.	The Calgary Queer Arts Society The Chinook Fund is proud to announce our second 2018 grant has been awarded to the Calgary Queer Arts Society to help fund its LGBTQ2S+ Health & Wellness Conference

2017 Grant Recipients:

Bullying Ends Here Bullying Ends Here is a highly effective program of school presentations and providing information to eliminate bullying and it’s horrible results, including suicide.	Calgary Sexual Health Centre Calgary Sexual Health Centre has a wide variety of programs including the one our grant went to, that being to establish a support group for parents and guardians of transgender youth.

2016 Grant Recipients:

Calgary Outlink Program for LGBT Seniors	Boys & Girls Club Program for LGBT Youth	Theatre Outre Funding for the Arts

• Calgary Boys and Girls Clubs, For the LGBTQ2S+ Working Group Training Program, Transgender, Resource and Curriculum Development for Sexually and Gender Diverse Children under 12.
• Calgary Outlink’s Pilot Development of an LGBTQ Seniors Project
• Lethbridge’s Theatre Outre and Theatre BSMT for a production next year of the play The Curing Room.

2015 Grant Recipients:

Fairytales Diversity Education Program	Boys & Girls Club Program for LGBT Youth	Third Street Theatre Play Development

• Calgary Boys and Girls Clubs, For the LGBTQ2S+ Working Group Training Program
• Fairytales Presentation Society, Outreels Diversity Education Ambassador Program
• Third Street Theatre, Play Development, based on the Calgary Gay History Project

2014 Grant Recipients:

Calgary Outlink Beyond Borders Program	Calgary Sexual Health Centre Gay Straight Alliance development

• Calgary Outlink’s Beyond Borders Program
• The Calgary Sexual Health Centre, For Gay Straight Alliance resource development.

2013 Grant Recipients:

Calgay Outlink Beyond Borders Program	Fairytales Queer Media Program	Third Street Theatre Play Development

• Calgary Outlink Beyond Borders Program
• Fairytales Presentation Society’s Queer Media Program Alberta Playwrights’ Network
• Third Street Theatre Development of 2 play scripts

2012 Grant Recipients:

Calgay Outlink Inside Out Youth Group	Camp Fyrefly Inaugural camp for Calgary

• Calgary Outlink Inside Out Youth Group
• Camp fYreFly Calgary, The 2013 camp was the inaugural camp for Calgary.

2011 Grant Recipients:

Fairytales Anti-homophobia/bullying campaign	Calgary Sexual Health Centre Anti-homophobia/bullying campaign

 

• The Fairytales Presentation Society
• The Calgary Sexual Health Centre, Both organizations committed their funds to anti-homophobia/bullying campaigns.

Thank you to the Many Donors and Volunteers

More than 150 donations have ensured these grants could occur. Thanks to all of you!!