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The Application Process

In order to streamline the application and approval process, grant requests to the Honda Canada Foundation will be administered through this Web site, allowing a review of each application based on its own merits and in a fair and consistent manner.

Once the application to the Honda Canada Foundation has been completed and submitted, it is subject to a comprehensive review process. Your organization will be notified of its application status in Phase 1 by email and Phase 2 and 3 via telephone.

There are three steps in the application process:

Phase 1: Online Grant Application Form
The application form takes approximately 30 to 45 minutes to complete.
 
Phase 2:   Detailed Application Form + Income Statement
This can take from two to five hours to complete; it's dependent on how much information you include, the status of available documents within your organization and the number of documents that can be utilized from historical grant application submissions.

Please note that in addition to the detailed application form, required documents include:
  1. Audited financial statements for the last two years
  2. Copy of your most recent form filed with the CRA
  3. Three to five year plan for the organization
  4. A one year, full budget for the project, program or organization
Phase 3:   On-site Visit
Within two weeks of submitting the detailed application form and income statement, candidates that have successfully completed Phase 1 and 2, will complete Phase 3, the final phase in the application process.

A Honda Canada Foundation staff representative will visit the charity location to interview staff. The total time of the visit varies, and it is recommended to set aside three hours. If the charity is applying for a specific program, arrangements are to be made for the representative to visit the program and observe it in operation.

Please note that Phase 3 also includes brief phone interviews with select Board Members and funding partners of the charity. These phone interviews will take place with the staff representative within the week following the site visit.

The Honda Canada Foundation will grant twice annually. The granting dates for 2009, 2010 and 2011 are indicated below:
 
   
Deadline for Applications Granting Dates
  August 1, 2009   November 2009
  February 1, 2010   May 2010
  August 1, 2010   November 2010
  February 1, 2011   May 2011


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