Funders
The co-op has worked with a number of funding organizations since its inception. These organizations have been integral to the success of the co-op, and have enabled the co-op to grow into the organization it is today. Here’s an outline of the co-op’s grants and lines of credit, since 1998.
| 2012 |
- The Region of Waterloo, through its Community Environmental Fund, provided the co-op with $15,000 towards the purchase of an electric vehicle. In August 2012, the co-op’s Mitsubishi i-MiEV was introduced into the fleet, and is stationed at the Region of Waterloo’s administration building at 150 Frederick St., Kitchener.
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| 2011 |
- The City of Hamilton provided the co-op with a $150,000 line of credit for a term of ten years, to support the growth of carsharing in Hamilton.
- The Ontario Co-operative Association, through its Cooperative Internship and Experience Program, provided six months of wage funding, with which the co-op hired its fourth staff person and first full-time Hamilton position, a Hamilton Services Coordinator.
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| 2010 |
- The Ontario Co-operative Association, through its Technical Assistance Funding, provided $5,000 to the co-op for the re-development of its website.
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| 2009 |
- The City of Kitchener, through it’s Local Environmental Action Fund, provided $25,000 to the co-op to support a variety of marketing initiatives, including parking signage, brochures, and online marketing.
- Clean Air Hamilton provided $5,000 in funding to the newly-formed Hamilton CarShare, to help support start-up costs and marketing costs for the co-op’s newest service area. Green Venture also assisted the co-op in accessing this grant.
- The Ontario Co-operative Association, through its Cooperative Internship and Experience Program, provided six months of wage funding, with which the co-op hired its third staff person, a Member Services Coordinator.
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| 2008 |
- Transport Canada, through its Moving on Sustainable Transportation program, provided funding to complete a study about the feasibility of providing carsharing service in the rural communities surrounding Kitchener-Waterloo.
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| 2004-2006 – Moving to Sustainability: CarSharing in KW |
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| 2001-2002 – Moving to Cleaner Air |
- The Ontario Trillium Foundation, The Co-operators Development Fund, and the City of Kitchener Community Development Infrastructure Program provided funding for a business consultant to create business plan, and for a marketing and management/administration staff person.
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In 2002, the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, the City of Waterloo, and the City of Kitchener, each provided the co-op with a $30,000 line of credit, on a seven-year term. All three lines of credit were renewed in 2009 for an additional five-year term.
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| 2000 |
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The City of Waterloo endorsed the co-op and provided $1,800 worth of in-kind parking, the City of Kitchener endorsed the co-op and granted almost $9,000 towards the Moving to Cleaner Air project, and the Regional Municipality of Waterloo endorsed the co-op and included the promotion of carsharing in traffic-reduction plans.
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