ScotiaRISE Community Investment Grants asks you 48 questions, 5 of them written answers. 5 carry the funder’s own length limit, for example “mission or purpose” (250 words) and “description” (750 characters). It asks for 5 documents with the application. Every question below is quoted from Scotiabank’s own documents, saved on September 10, 2026.
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Request type and eligibility 5
1Type of support
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Please select the type of support required for this request:Scotiabank · saved September 10, 2026
2Donation support required
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For your donation request, please select the below support required:Scotiabank · saved September 10, 2026
3Eligibility Check: organization status
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Is your organization a registered charity, a not for profit organization, or a public institution in the interests of making a positive social impact?Scotiabank · saved September 10, 2026
4Eligibility Check: countries
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Please select the country where your organization is registered:Scotiabank · saved September 10, 2026
5Eligibility Check: excluded requests
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Is your request in support of any of the following:Scotiabank · saved September 10, 2026
Contacts 2
6Contact Information: primary contact
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Please provide details of the primary contact for this request. This individual will receive all automatic notifications and status updates relating to this request.Scotiabank · saved September 10, 2026
7Contact Information: secondary contact
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Please provide contact details for a secondary contactScotiabank · saved September 10, 2026
Organization 16
8Details: organization lookup
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Organization Details: organization lookupScotiabank · saved September 10, 2026
9mission or purpose
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Please tell us about your organization's mission or purpose (250 word limit)Scotiabank · saved September 10, 2026
Limit: 250 words. The funder’s own limit.
10Year founded
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In what year was this organization founded or incorporated?Scotiabank · saved September 10, 2026
11category
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Which of the below best categorizes your organization?Scotiabank · saved September 10, 2026
12Program category
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Does the program you are trying to deliver belong to the same category as your organizationScotiabank · saved September 10, 2026
13Relationship with Scotiabank
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Is Scotiabank your organization's main bank?Scotiabank · saved September 10, 2026
14Previous Scotiabank grants
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Has your organization received a Scotiabank grant previously?Scotiabank · saved September 10, 2026
15Overhead percentage
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What percentage of funds go to overhead cost vs beneficiaries for your organization (not for this particular event)?Scotiabank · saved September 10, 2026
16Online / social media presence
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Would you like to provide us with details on your Online / Social Media presence? (optional)Scotiabank · saved September 10, 2026
17Governance and Process Details: board
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Do you have a board of governance / board of directors?Scotiabank · saved September 10, 2026
18Annual revenue, last three years
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Please provide the last three years of annual revenue so we can better understand the health of your organization?Scotiabank · saved September 10, 2026
19Legal incidents
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Has your organization had any legal incidents within the past 5 years?Scotiabank · saved September 10, 2026
20Risk and inclusion policies
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Do you have processes and policies related to managing financial risk?Scotiabank · saved September 10, 2026
21Program artefacts (theory of change, logic model, process maps, audit, feedback)
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Please attach the theory of change below:Scotiabank · saved September 10, 2026
22Data collection and privacy
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Do you have data collection / management approach and privacy policy?Scotiabank · saved September 10, 2026
23Impact measurement
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Please select all of the statements below that accurately describes your impact measurement:Scotiabank · saved September 10, 2026
Project 21
24name
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Please provide a name for this project or initiative, for reference purposes.Scotiabank · saved September 10, 2026
25description
The form’s words
Please describe your project. Outline to us in simple terms the project description, the community need which you are addressing, and how this project will be delivered.Scotiabank · saved September 10, 2026
Limit: 750 characters (about 125 words). The funder’s own limit.
26Sponsorship request description (Sponsorship stream only)
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Please describe your sponsorship request. Tell us about your plans and the impact this initiative will have.Scotiabank · saved September 10, 2026
Limit: 750 characters (about 125 words). The funder’s own limit.
27How the community need was identified
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What research method was used to identify a need for this project in your community?Scotiabank · saved September 10, 2026
28Explanation of a new or emergent need
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The form's label is exactly 'Please explain: (500 word limit)' (a textarea, maxWords=500), shown when 'New/Emergent Phenomena' is chosen as the need-identification method. Marked verbatim:false only because every clause is shorter than the validator's 25-character trace minimum; the wording is taken directly from S4b.Scotiabank · saved September 10, 2026
Limit: 500 words. The funder’s own limit.
29Evidence the program meets the need (optional)
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Please attach any supporting documents that provides evidence this program will meet the community need. (Optional)Scotiabank · saved September 10, 2026
30Where the program has greatest impact
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Where in Canada will your program have the greatest impact?Scotiabank · saved September 10, 2026
31Amount requested and project term
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Please enter the total amount you are requesting over the project term (in CAD):Scotiabank · saved September 10, 2026
32budget upload (donation)
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Please attach your project budget:Scotiabank · saved September 10, 2026
33Sponsorship level and benefits (Sponsorship stream only)
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What sponsorship level is requested? What are the benefits for the requested sponsorship level?Scotiabank · saved September 10, 2026
Limit: 250 words. The funder’s own limit.
34Focus area
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Please identify the focus area aligned with your request:Scotiabank · saved September 10, 2026
35Participants
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Please indicate how many participants will engage in your programScotiabank · saved September 10, 2026
36Pillar KPIs
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Please identify which additional measurement(s) you would like to report on:Scotiabank · saved September 10, 2026
37Other funders
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Are there any other funders or sponsors involved in this project or initiative?Scotiabank · saved September 10, 2026
38Program experience
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Which of the below statements best explains the experience of this program:Scotiabank · saved September 10, 2026
39Evidence for the intervention model
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Which of the below statements best describes the evidence about this intervention model?Scotiabank · saved September 10, 2026
40Team experience with the population
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How much experience does your project team have working directly with the population being served?Scotiabank · saved September 10, 2026
41Scotiabank volunteering opportunity
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Is there an opportunity for Scotiabank to support your initiative through volunteering?Scotiabank · saved September 10, 2026
42Population most impacted
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Please select the population (Gender Identity) most impacted as a result of this project (choose one):Scotiabank · saved September 10, 2026
43Prior conversation with Scotiabank
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Have you spoken to anyone at Scotiabank about this opportunity?Scotiabank · saved September 10, 2026
44Further supporting documents (optional)
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Please attach any further supporting documents required to support the application (optional):Scotiabank · saved September 10, 2026
Event details 1
45(Sponsorship stream only)
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Is there an event associated with this application?Scotiabank · saved September 10, 2026
Budget and financials 2
46Project Budget Details
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Please provide us with all of the estimated expenses related to the project (for the entire term of the project) using the categories below:Scotiabank · saved September 10, 2026
47Financial statements
The form’s words
Does your organization have its financial statements reviewed by a certified Auditor?Scotiabank · saved September 10, 2026
Verification 1
48
The form’s words
All information contained herein is true and accurate to the best of my knowledge.Scotiabank · saved September 10, 2026
What the reviewers are deciding
- Does the project match ScotiaRISE priorities?
What to showPick the one focus-area pillar the project advances, then tie the project description and KPI counts to that pillar in Scotiabank's own words.
- Will the program measurably change lives?
- Is the organization financially healthy?
- Can Scotiabank trust and engage them?
What to show for the other 3, the funder’s criteria behind each question, and what reviewers weigh in every answer are in Premium.
Where applications go wrong
- All requested information on the online application form is mandatory, unless otherwise specified as optional.
- Please allow at least 90 days for a response
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Where these questions come from
- Funding Guidelines and Application (ScotiaRISE)www.scotiabank.com
- Start or update an existing applicationwww.scotiabank.com
- Scotiabank Donations & Community Sponsorships (policy, February 2025)www.scotiabank.com
- Scotiabank - Donations & Sponsorship Form (Benevity page shell)forms.benevity.org
- Scotiabank - Donations & Sponsorship Form (formio definition, version ecbb6c6c-32d5-4c12-9c88-10890b2bdb1e)forms.benevity.org
- ScotiaRISE hubwww.scotiabank.com
Saved from Scotiabank on September 10, 2026. Funders revise forms: open the current version before you submit. Eligibility, amounts and deadlines: ScotiaRISE Community Investment Grants programme profile.
Questions people ask
What does the ScotiaRISE Community Investment Grants application ask?
48 questions in total, including 5 written answers. The first ones: Type of support; Donation support required; Eligibility Check: organization status. The full list, in the funder’s words, is on this page.
Is there a word or character limit?
5 questions carry a limit set by Scotiabank, for example “mission or purpose” (250 words) and “description” (750 characters).
What documents does the application need?
Scotiabank asks for 5 documents with the application. The list is in Premium, with the full form drafted for you.