THUNDER BAY -- About $2.5 million in grants is heading to city council Monday night.
Council will be asked to include this year's Community, Youth and Cultural funding program in the upcoming budget, which funds everything from Shelter House to the Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra.
About 19 organizations are looking for approval this year.
The two largest recipients this year would be the Thunder Bay Community Auditorium, $716,770, and the Thunder Bay Historical Museum, $400,181.
A report to council also says that the orchestra could receive 50 per cent of its community funding grant this year before the city budget is approved, rather than the 25 per cent organizations usually receive in January.
That will only happen once administration review's the orchestra's financial situation and deems it necessary.
The full list of funding is below:
Sustaining Grants Community Funding
- Regional Food Distribution Association $90,000
- Thunder Bay Emergency Shelter (Shelter House) $319,000
Youth Funding
- Boys & Girls Clubs of Thunder Bay $51,765
- Children’s Aid Society (Outreach Program) $68,005
Cultural Funding
- Definitely Superior Art Gallery $67,500
- Magnus Theatre Company Northwest $134,683
- Northwestern Ontario Sports Hall of Fame and Museum $69,020
- Thunder Bay Art Gallery $262,475
- Thunder Bay Community Auditorium $716,770
- Thunder Bay Historical Museum $400,181
- Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra $294,650
Operating Grants Community Funding
- Community Clothing Assistance $15,000
- Lakehead Social Planning Council $30,990
- New Directions Workers Resource Centre $12,250
- Northwestern Ontario Women’s Centre $4,500 (Good Food Box Program)
Youth Funding
- Evergreen a United Neighbourhood $20,300
- Roots to Harvest $14,000 Cultural Funding
- Bay Street Film Festival $8,000
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Community Arts and Heritage Education Project (CAHEP) $15,200
