Heritage Grants Program (Manitoba)

Overview of the Heritage Grants Program (Manitoba) program:

The Heritage Grants Program has been developed to assist Manitobans in identifying, protecting and interpreting the province’s human and natural heritage.

Benefits of the Heritage Grants Program (Manitoba) program:

• Grants are approved up to a maximum amount but based on actual costs.
• Approved project expenses must be a minimum of $1,000.00, and allocation cannot be less than $500.00.

Eligibility criteria of the Heritage Grants Program (Manitoba) program:

• Application for funding under this program is open to any not-for-profit, incorporated community organization, local government, university or First Nation seeking to identify, protect or interpret Manitobas human and natural heritage.
• The organization must have been in existence for at least
• One year.
• Individuals or unincorporated groups may apply under the endorsement of an eligible organization. The organization endorsing the applicant must provide a letter of support for the project. The results of the project must be publicly
• Accessible on a not-for-profit basis.
• Federal and Provincial government departments are ineligible. Municipal
• Organizations are encouraged to apply through their Municipal Heritage Advisory Committees.
• WHAT KIND OF PROJECTS ARE ELIGIBLE?
• Collections Management
• Conservation
• Exhibitions
• Programs
• Interpretive Signs
• Research: Archaeological/Audio Visual/
• Historical/Oral Histories
• Special Initiatives