A heap of Swift Current non-profit organizations will be receiving some critical funding in the near future.

On Monday night Swift Current city council agreed to divvy up $114,900, provided by Saskatchewan Lotteries, to 58 local organizations/programs that provide sport, culture, and recreation.

With the dollar figure provided, the City was able to ensure all 58 organizations that applied for funding ($163,511 was asked for), received a piece of the pie.

"There's a lot of the groups that didn't get the total amount that they'd requested," Jim Jones, Swift Current's general manager of Community Services, said. "We tried to make it so that everybody got something... A good example might be if an organization was going to show a larger profit then they would get less."

After the City receives applications from organizations, they sift through them to make sure they meet the local and provincial criteria.

"Is the organization from Swift Current? Are 75 per cent of the recipients from Swift Current? Does the application meet the guidelines set out by Saskatchewan Lotteries? Will there be a profit for the organization? Has the organization adopted Safe Places? Have previous follow up reports been completed?" - Jones said.

The funding given to the City must be then split between two groups. At least 30 per cent has to be allocated for the target component and the remaining goes to the base component.

"Target populations include groups such as indigenous people, seniors, women, youth-at-risk, economically disadvantaged, identifiable minorities, persons with a disability, and single-parent families," he explained.

The Saskatchewan Lotteries Community Grant Program has given the City the same amount of funding for the last several years because their formula is population-based.

"Every since I've been on council, we've been receiving this money," third-term councillor Pat Friesen said. "When you think about it, we've received well over $1-million... That has gone straight back into our community organizations... It's so good to see such a vast variety of groups and projects on this list."

The City's Parks Play program received the largest amount at $26,420. The full list of recipients can be seen below.