Deadline: 14-May-21
The Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation is inviting proposals for the Public Conservation Assistance Fund (PCAF) to provide small grants to organizations and individuals who need financial help to implement a conservation project.
The Province of BC and the Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation provide approximately $150,000 each year to help implement on-the-ground conservation work, with a particular focus on hands-on, community-based, and public awareness initiatives.
Preferred PCAF projects are those that:
- have long-range benefits,
- involve as many volunteers as possible,
- offer opportunities for organizational capacity building, and
- raise community awareness and involvement in conservation
Funding Information
- PCAF will fund eligible expenses up to $10,000 in any one year.
- You must match the requested funds by contributing a combination of volunteer labour (credited at $15 per hour), materials, or other allowable donations.
- At least half of your matching funds must be made up of volunteer labour.
- To assist as many groups as possible PCAF grants are modest, averaging about $2,500 each.
- The maximum total amount available over the life of a PCAF project is $20,000.
Eligibility Criteria
Projects must be of a conservation nature, with priority given to projects that focus on activities that maintain, conserve or restore native (indigenous) freshwater fish and wildlife species and their habitats.
Some examples of PCAF projects and activities that they have funded include:
- building and installing bird nest boxes
- planting shrubs
- tagging / monitoring animals
- restoring riparian areas
- restoring grasslands
- building waterfowl nesting floats and boxes
- fencing to protect sensitive or restored areas
- improving habitat for freshwater fishes
- replanting forage species for ungulates to improve winter range.
For more information, visit https://hctf.ca/grants/pcaf-grants/#overview