FUNDING CRITERIA

We support the tireless efforts of those who work daily to help the members of our community who are most affected by poverty. 

While we welcome all applications for funding and are open to providing funding to all anti-poverty efforts in HRM, we tend to focus our limited resources on the following:

1. Youth who are experiencing or are at‐risk of homelessness. 
2. Single adults struggling with pervasive issues relating to mental health, addiction, violence, criminal justice, unemployment and/or physical illness;
3. Single mothers with young children who also may fall into the previous two categories;
4. Innovative programs designed to meet pervasive problems in promising new ways; and/or
5. Emergency funds to help meet the pressing unfunded basic needs of individual clients (including nutrition, heating, shelter, etc.).

We do not tend to fund salary or building costs.