Ethno-Cultural Organization Assistance Programs

The City of St. Catharines offers a financial assistance program to non-profit ethno-cultural organizations. The program covers 50 per cent of the City's portion of your organization's property tax payment.

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Eligibility

To register for the ethno-cultural assistance program, your organization must meet the following eligibility criteria:

• Be a registered charity or non-profit organization
• Own and operate the property as an ethno-cultural centre
• Be based and active in St. Catharines
• Demonstrate sound financial and organizational management practices
• Have a mandate to promote public understanding and awareness of ethno-cultural traditions, legacies, language, arts and trade
• Provide programming or services that are open to the public and publicized city-wide
• Be up to date with the payment of current property taxes

To be considered a charity in good standing, you must have a registration number issued by the Canada Revenue Agency.