Giving Guidelines

We exist to help fuel the quality of life in our communities

We direct our community investments to communities that fall within our service areas, across Ontario, Ohio, Utah, Wyoming, Idaho, North Carolina, and Wexpro. Like many organizations, we receive numerous funding requests and in order to make a significant impact on our communities, we have a focused giving program.

Focus areas

We invest in qualified organizations and programs that promote:

Safety

Emergency response readiness: Supporting emergency response organizations in communities within our service areas through the Safe Community First Responder Program. This includes essential equipment, professional training, and critical services such as firehoses, "jaws-of-life" hydraulic extrication tools, automated external defibrillators (AEDs), emergency vehicles, and air ambulance services.
Safety planning and education: Initiatives that support community safety planning, preparedness, and awareness, including crime prevention programs, youth safety camps, AEDs in public spaces, and community safety education.
Disaster and crisis relief: Supporting communities impacted by natural disasters and crises through emergency relief, recovery efforts and longer-term resilience.

Vibrancy

Empowering people to achieve their full potential: Programs and projects that are inclusive, build capacity and support people in their time of need, helping them to achieve their full potential.
Building potential in youth: Youth initiatives and programs that empower young people and are focused on education, leadership, life skills and capacity development.
Celebrating culture and community: Initiatives and programs that enable communities to celebrate culture, tradition, arts, and community.
Honoring Indigenous Peoples and Cultures: Initiatives and programs that recognize Enbridge’s role in reconciliation and support the sharing and preservation of cultural customs and traditions.

Sustainability

Environmental education: Organizations that provide educational outreach programs that focus on conserving natural resources and protecting biodiversity.
Habitat conservation and remediation: Investments that make a positive contribution to the resilience of an ecosystem.
Supporting energy transition: Initiatives and programs that provide education, awareness and work to increase energy efficiency of our partners and their operations.

We are committed to helping improve the quality of life across the utilities we serve.

Building Strong Communities: Investment Criteria

Enbridge Gas’ community investments are guided by a core set of criteria. We consider donation and sponsorship opportunities in the communities within our operational footprint:

Of prime importance to the community
Beneficial to the greatest possible number of people
Significant to the long-term interests of the community
Supportive of one of our three core areas that we view as integral for a sustainable community

Please note: Meeting Enbridge Gas' core set of community investment criteria does not guarantee funding. Despite our significant investment in communities, we are unable to support all worthy, well-qualified organizations. Criteria may vary by location.

Enbridge Gas does not support the following types of organizations or requests:

Organizations discriminating on the basis of race, religion, gender, or sexual orientation
Requests that directly benefit individuals, including wages/salaries
Religious, political organizations or special interest groups
Recreation or sports organizations and events
Advertising, memberships, ticket sales, or lotteries
Mass-mailed or non-addressed solicitation
Endowment programs or funds
Crowd-sourced funding campaigns such as GoFundMe
Memorial campaigns
Project, program or any property recognizing or named for an individual
Statues or monuments
Travel-related costs
Operational costs, including salaries or wages

How to apply

Before submitting your request, please carefully read the qualifications and other considerations outlined above. Organizations are required to apply within our Benevity application. Please ensure your organization is registered with Benevity and has Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) set up as a disbursement option.

Our online application form will guide you through the questions you need to answer for us to make a decision.

Apply for a donation or sponsorship

Resources

Requests will be reviewed, and you will be notified within 60 days of our decision. Please note that funds are limited and, unfortunately, we are unable to support all requests.

Choose Your Province/State of Service

Choose Your Province/State of Service

Choose Your Province/State of Service

Choose Your Province/State of Service

We exist to help fuel the quality of life in our communities