The CRFC is an excellent funding partner, whether you are a private broadcaster, government agency, or private donor. Our founders and volunteers have worked to create an accountable and meaningful fund, one that both our stations and funders can trust. Contributing to the impact that the community-oriented broadcasting sector has on its listenership and communities, the CRFC will provide stations with the resources needed to continue providing local programming and community access, as well as for the development and enrichment of this vital component of the Canadian broadcasting system. This support will focus on those areas that are both essential and often very difficult to fund from other sources.

The CRFC can create a wide variety of funding programs under the following program areas:

1. Spoken Word Programming: Local news, public affairs, arts, and community access and outreach programming, including training and production.
2. Music Programming: Programming and projects that contribute to Canadian talent development and promote artists from emerging, under-represented, and diverse genres.
3. Emerging Distribution Technologies: Planning and implementation of systems to support emerging programming distribution technologies, including digital, satellite, Internet, and wireless network delivery.
4. Capacity: Sustainability and capacity-building activities, including such core competencies as governance, management, programming, volunteer support, community relations, technical infrastructure, and fundraising.

As the CRFC and its stations are committed to such principles as localism and access, respect for and promotion of the official languages of Canada, diversity and multiculturalism, social justice, and high quality programming and innovation, we can create programs that are relevant for both funder and recipient station.

Are you a private broadcaster? The CRFC is certified as an eligible recipient for Canadian Content Development (CCD) Contributions. Private broadcasters contribute to CCD when they apply for and renew licences as well as when there is a transfer of ownership and control. The CRFC is an ideal partner when it comes to managing CCD contributions, and we work with the CRTC directly in areas of reporting and accountability.