Farm Credit Canada is now accepting applications from registered charities and non-profit organizations in rural Canada for the FCC AgriSpirit Fund.

The fund will award $1.5 million this year.

The application deadline is March 29, 2019 and FCC will announce the selected projects in August.

Rural community groups can view the eligibility requirements, past projects and apply online by visiting www.fccagrispiritfund.ca.

For the past 15 years, FCC has awarded rural community groups between $5,000 and $25,000 in FCC AgriSpirit funding for various community improvement initiatives.

Since inception of the FCC AgriSpirit Fund in 2004, FCC has supported over 1,170 capital projects in rural Canada totaling $13.5 million in donations.