About ICBC

Community grants program

Our community grants program helps make a difference in the lives of people in British Columbia by supporting the road safety, injury recovery and disability support initiatives of community organizations.

Road safety

With special consideration for those that support ICBC’s road safety improvement program and campaigns, we consider initiatives that:

  • Make drivers and roads safer for all road users, including children, pedestrians and cyclists

  • Help young people learn to become responsible drivers

  • Provide resources to support seniors transitioning away from driving

Injury recovery and disability support

For injury-disability initiatives, we consider initiatives that are accessible to people injured in a motor vehicle crash that:

  • Will help both our injured customers and other people living in B.C.

  • Assist with recovery for an injury or living with a disability

  • Enables people to live healthy, active and productive lives

ICBC’s Community Grants Program has given $1,000 to $30,000 each to organizations such as BC Conservation Foundation, Disability Alliance of BC, MADD Metro Vancouver and VGH Trauma Services.

Applying for a community grant

Eligibility

To be eligible for grant funding, your initiative must:

  • Focus on (or enable ICBC’s promotion of) road safety, injury recovery and/or disability support

  • Support one or more communities in B.C.

  • Be planned and delivered from an office in B.C.

  • Benefit a significant number of people living in B.C.

Most grant recipients are non-profit community organizations, although we in some cases partner on or support the initiatives of other types of organizations.

Ineligibility

The following are not eligible for funding:

  • Individuals (or a small number of specific individuals)

  • Initiatives outside of B.C.

  • Religious or political organizations

  • Lobbyists or special interest groups

  • Road safety infrastructure

  • Transportation services, including shuttles and volunteer driver programs

For infrastructure improvements related to road safety, please contact your municipality and/or the B.C. Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure, either of which can submit an application to ICBC’s Road Improvement Program.

Submitting an application

Our annual call for community grant proposals is now closed. Applications for 2027 will open in December.

To apply for a grant for a local initiative, please use the Community Grants Program application form pdf. You can also learn about local road safety resources by connecting with the ICBC Road Safety & Community Coordinator pdf for your region.

Questions

You can learn more about the terms of the program at Community Grants Program Terms. If you have any questions, please email ​[email protected].