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# Grants
The Regional Municipality of Waterloo offers a variety of funding and grant opportunities to support a vibrant and thriving community for current and future generations.
## Arts Fund
**The Region of Waterloo Arts Fund** provides funding to support artistic projects within our community. This funding aims to benefit individual artists, collectives, and arts organizations that contribute to the vibrant culture of Waterloo Region.
## Community Environmental Fund
The Community Environmental Fund provides financial support to community environmental stewardship projects. Community members and organizations can apply for funding to carry out projects that protect, promote and enhance our natural environment.
## Cultural Drivers of Tourism Incentive
This incentive program aims to develop Waterloo Region's cultural assets that create local distinctiveness in an increasingly competitive tourism marketplace. The grant provides one-time funding to arts, cultural and heritage organizations in recognition of their role in attracting and extending tourist stays to Waterloo Region.
## Key Cultural Institutions
The Region of Waterloo and area municipalities of Kitchener and Waterloo provide financial support to Key Cultural Institutions that are recognized as unique and intrinsic to the cultural, artistic, social and economic vitality of the region.
Major Arts and Culture Organizations
The grant program provides one-time operating funding to support the vibrancy and resiliency of Arts and Culture Organizations. This support ensures stability and accessibility for artistic and cultural programming presented in public facilities for the benefit of our growing community.
## Upstream Fund
the Region launched the upstream funding model with the transformational intent of shifting power and resources to the community. These funds support community-led initiatives that align with the Community Safety and Wellbeing Plan (CSWP).
## Waterloo Heritage Foundation
The Waterloo Region Heritage Foundation offers funding for investment in heritage-related initiatives through an annual per capita allocation from the Region of Waterloo. Grants are available for projects/events, buildings and publications.
Contact Us
**Region of Waterloo HQ**150 Frederick St.
Kitchener, Ontario N2G 4J3
Telephone: 519-575-4400
Fax: 519-575-4481
**For general inquiries:
[email protected]**
**Other Main Region Locations**
**Cambridge Main Office**
150 Main St.
Cambridge, ON N1R 6P9
**Waterloo Main Office**
99 Regina St. S.
Waterloo, ON N2J 4V3
**City of Cambridge**
**City of Kitchener**
**City of Waterloo**
**Township of North Dumfries**
**Township of Wellesley**
**Township of Wilmot**
**Township of Woolwich**