Description: Hamilton Athletic Trust
sports (13879) outdoor (5120) soccer (3255) baseball (2854) hockey (2689) indoor (1080) grants (880) grant (465) trustees (78) goverment grant (1)
NOTE: Due to the Covid-19 Pandemic, the Trustees will not be meeting this Spring, however applications for Grants will continue to be reviewed and processed by the Trust. The Fall meeting for the Trust will proceed as scheduled. We wish everyone a safe and hopefully joyful summer. Trish Chant-Sehl – Chair.
The Hamilton Tiger-Cat Athletic Trust (operating as the Hamilton Athletic Trust) is one of the two Trusts established in perpetuity when the Hamilton Tiger-Cat Football Club passed into private hands. In the initial Agreement, money and securities were used to set-up the Hamilton Tiger-Cat Football Trust Fund that was devoted specifically to supporting amateur football interests in the community. The remaining surplus ($222,429.00 – roughly one half the total surplus) was relegated to the Hamilton Tiger-Cat
The principle responsibilities set out in the Athletic Trust Agreement of 1961 directs the Trustees to: 1. Hold in trust and invest the capital funds at their disposal with a view toward keeping the principal intact, while making available the yearly earned investment income for charitable purposes, namely, amateur sport. 2. Invite self-sustaining amateur sports clubs, teams, organizations and associations to apply on a yearly basis to the Trust for financial aid in support of their competitive/developmenta