The program began in March 1985<\/a> as a way to help fund non-proft sport and recreation groups taking on capital projects, like community centres and arenas, at a time when the city couldn’t afford to do so, according to official minutes. The program started with a $600,000 budget, and councillors could approve one-time grants to organizations to cover up to 25% of the project’s total cost, to a maximum of $100,000. <\/p>\nIn May 1994, councillors voted to amend funding rules to cover up to 50% of a project’s cost, to a maximum of $250,000.<\/p>\n
In July 2003, councillors voted to amend eligibility criteria from strictly sport and recreation groups to include any “non-profit organization that contributes to the health and well-being of the community through development of a sport or recreation capital project.” In a review, city administrators noted the importance of keeping the intent of the program intact to fund community sport and rec facilities.<\/p>\n
In July 2012, councillors vote to further amend eligibility criteria to any non-profit organization contributing to the “health and well-being of the community,” removing emphasis on sport facilities. The vote also expands the list of eligible projects to include capital assets such as tractors or snowblowers.<\/p>\n
The change follows a somewhat controversial move by St. Norbert Coun. Justin Swandel to use $10,000 of CIG funds to move a piece of artwork from the old airport terminal to the University of Manitoba. That funding was ultimately approved by city council.<\/p>\n
The following map offers a glimpse at where councillors are spending their budgets. Councillors can spend the money wherever they please, though a majority does go to projects in their respective wards. Clicking on the project title and funding amounts will lead to monthly minutes where the grants were approved or denied.<\/p>\n
matt.preprost@canstarnews.com<\/strong><\/p>\nGreen <\/span>markers = sport\/recreation and playground projects approved for funding<\/p>\n Yellow <\/span>markers = Cultural\/religious\/other projects approved for funding<\/p>\nRed <\/span>markers = Applications approved for funding but received none<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":115003391,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"_classifai_error":"","_classifai_text_to_speech_error":"","apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,11,12,13,14],"tags":[],"education-subject":[],"media-literacy-topic":[],"post_topic":[],"content_type":[24],"class_list":["post-208343781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-herald","category-lance","category-metro","category-souwester","category-times"],"acf":{"short_title":"","seo_title":"","deck":"","story_tag":"","byline":"Matt Preprost","updates":null},"apple_news_notices":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/winnipegfreepress.com\/our-communities\/herald\/2013\/05\/21\/interactive-map-city-of-winnipeg-community-incentive-grant-spending-2013","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"INTERACTIVE MAP: City of Winnipeg Community Incentive Grant spending 2013","url":"http:\/\/www.winnipegfreepress.com\/our-communities\/herald\/2013\/05\/21\/interactive-map-city-of-winnipeg-community-incentive-grant-spending-2013","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/www.winnipegfreepress.com\/our-communities\/herald\/2013\/05\/21\/interactive-map-city-of-winnipeg-community-incentive-grant-spending-2013"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.winnipegfreepress.com\/our-communities\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/04\/mp-grant-map.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.winnipegfreepress.com\/our-communities\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/04\/mp-grant-map.jpg"},"articleSection":"The Herald","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"feedloaderapi"}],"creator":["feedloaderapi"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Our Communities","logo":""},"keywords":[],"dateCreated":"2013-05-21T16:29:00Z","datePublished":"2013-05-21T16:29:00Z","dateModified":"2013-05-22T18:59:59Z"},"rendered":"