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The Alva Foundation, established in 1965, is a private foundation based in Toronto, Canada. | ||
What Do We Support? | The Alva Foundation funds registered charitable organizations (with a CRA charitable registration number) conducting research and/or developing services that address significant risk factors in early childhood development, prenatal through four years of age. It is our philosophy that healthy childhood development sets in place many mental, physical, and social attributes that determine the ability to develop into a healthy adult. We are interested in helping organizations that work in the areas of prevention. | |
Preferred Funding |
Research, pilot, or demonstration projects.
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Granting Regions | Donations are made only within Canada. Applications for research will be considered from institutions across Canada. Preference will be given to applications for pilot or demonstration project funding from within the greater Toronto and Montreal regions and Eastern Townships of Quebec. | |
Recent Grants | Some examples of recent donations can be seen HERE. | |
Restrictions | Grants will not be made to individuals, or for emergency or deficit funding. | |
How to Apply for Funding |
Full proposals will only be accepted after review of an initial letter of inquiry (LOI), not to exceed three pages. The letter of inquiry should include the following;
For more guidelines of what to include in your LOI, please consult our Alva Foundation LOI Guidance document. |
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Application Deadlines |
The deadline for letters of inquiry will be Tuesday March 6, 2018.
Although this is our
deadline, we would greatly appreciate LOIs before then to allow time for clarifiction and/or feedback.
Electronic submission of LOIs is preferred. Please send to info@alva.ca. |
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Mailing Address |
The Foundation has no permanent office address, but can be contacted at:
Please Note: The Foundation does not accept telephone calls. |
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Who Are We? |
The Foundation is run by volunteers, with no full time staff. The Foundation is governed by a Board of Directors and Corporate Officers:
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Member's Login | Members may login here. |