Get Involved: Grants and Funding
Turning great ideas and plans into reality requires funds to to get the job done. The Erie Canalway offers references for grant opportunities and limited funding for projects that help to achieve the goals set forth in our Preservation and Management Plan.
 
Funding Sources
 

• Erie Canalway Event and Festival Sponsorships
  Application Deadine : February 3, 2012
  Are you planning an event that could use a boost of financial support? We offer a limited number of $500 sponsorships for events or festivals taking place along the Canalway Corridor.
   
  Qualifying events must reinforce the Canalway Corridor's distinctive "sense of place" by promoting or celebrating historic, cultural, scenic, or recreational resources. Events for New York Heritage Weekend and Canal Splash! are especially encouraged to apply.
   
  2012 Event and Festival Application >
   
• Erie Canalway Grant Program
  $43,700 Awarded in 2012
  This competitive grant program makes awards ranging from $2,000 to $7,000 and is aimed at funding projects that serve to advance the goals and strategies of the Erie Canalway Preservation and Management Plan. Awards must be matched dollar for dollar.
   
  The program is administered by the Erie Canalway Heritage Fund, in partnership with the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor Commission.
   
  2012 Grant awards >
   
• Federal, State, Foundation Grants List
  Check our list of upcoming federal, state, and foundation grant opportunities. The grants offer funding for programs and projects that follow some of the targeted areas of the Erie Canalway Preservation and Management Plan.
   
  Download List- updated 1/24/12 [PDF] >
   
• New York Consolidated Funding Awards (CFA)
  Award Announcement: December 8, 2011
  Consolidated Funding Awards announced by Governor Andrew Cuomo as part of his Regional Economic Development Council Initiative directed nearly $30 million to preservation, parks, and waterfront improvement projects in the Canalway Corridor. Two canal regions, Western New York and Central New York, were among the top four regional winners of the competition for the Best Strategic Plan and accompanying financial incentives of over $100 million apiece.
   
  Download the Canalway Corridor List >
   
  Link to the Full List of CFA Projects >>