PROJECT APPLICATION FORM
CSU COMMUNITY ACTION FUND

The mandate of the CSU Community Action Fund is to:

• Grant funding to initiatives or organizations aligned with the CSU Position Book
• Accommodate costs needed by a Concordia University undergraduate student association in case of a binding strike mandate voted by said association.

The purpose of this Fund is to finance both on and off-campus initiatives and organizations. Special attention shall be made to prioritize funding to:

• Initiatives organized by black, indigenous, people of colour, and other marginalized groups;
• Organizations advocating for black, indigenous, people of colour, and other marginalized groups.
• Initiatives and organizations having scarce access to funding.

This application form is only for PROJECTS:

• If your application concerns a strike mandate voted by a student association, please fill the Strike Application Form.
• If your application concerns general funding for an organization having scarce access to funding, please fill the Operational Grant Application Form.

To be considered, all applications must include the following:

• A detailed budget, including projected expenses and revenues;
• The minutes of the meeting where the strike resolution was passed;
• [If a previous allocation was granted during this academic year] An updated budget including actual expenses (as opposed to projected ones);
• Any relevant supporting document.

Please have the documents listed above saved onto your device so they may be uploaded when necessary.

Please note that according to the CSU Standing Regulations, the CSU Community Action Fund committee must meet within 5 business days of the reception of your application.

Project Applications to the CSU Community Action Fund are subjected to a maximum of $3,000. Any application over this amount may be granted only in extraordinary circumstances.

The Community Action Fund has a mandate to fund community project which have scarce access to funding. As such, if you apply on behalf of a student club or a student association, or for a project which is part of your program of study, you must prioritize other funding channels, and the Community Action Fund will not review your application before you have shown that you have exhausted these.

For example, CSU Clubs have access to Club SPF, Arts and Science student associations and students have access to ASFA’s Special Project Funding, and so on.

For a list of project funds available to on-campus groups, please visit the CSU's Funding Directory.

PROJECT APPLICATION FORM
CSU COMMUNITY ACTION FUND

GENERAL INFORMATION

PROJECT APPLICATION FORM
CSU COMMUNITY ACTION FUND

THE PROJECT

PROJECT APPLICATION FORM
CSU COMMUNITY ACTION FUND

FINANCES

Please provide a detailed overall budget for your project. This budget must include:

• A breakdown of the projected expenses, as well as the total cost of the project;
• A breakdown of your projected sources of revenue, as well as whether they have been confirmed or not at the time of your application
• Sample budgets can be found here

If your association already received funding from the Community Action Fund during this academic year, please include an updated budget with the actuals of this previous allocation.

Please note that:

• The CSU encourages all the organizations it partners with to offer a living wage for labour. You can consult the updated amount for a living wage (salaire viable) on the website of the Institut de recherche et d’informations socioéconomiques (IRIS): iris-recherche.qc.ca;
• Expenses must conform to the CSU Sustainability Policy (for any question regarding this policy, please email sustainability@csu.qc.ca): Ethics-and-Sustainability-Policy.pdf.