Ontario Moving to District Model in 2017

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Originally Posted by Christopher149

FIM Grant information

$7500 for rookies, $5000 for 2nd year teams, $2500 for older teams. Plus $1500 coach stipends.

To add this this, the funding is distributed on an "as available" basis, prioritizing newer teams. Meaning that if the funding runs out early (as it did this year) teams either don't get as much or don't get anything at all. This year I believe FiM/Michigan cut the grants that normally payed for teams registrations for the State Championships (and/or possibly also World Championships, though I don't remember which it was) because the program ran out of money due to the large number of teams.

Government funding is great, but it shouldn't be your only funding source if you can avoid it. Don't put all eggs in one basket.