Deadline: 17-Sep-21
Applications are now open for the Alberta Ecotrust’s Environmental Major Grant Program to support more comprehensive projects that have the potential to result in substantial environmental benefit.
Priorities
- Water – Protection and conservation of water and/or the maintenance of water quality
- Land Use – Protection or enhancement of ecological function of native and developed landscapes, including biodiversity, wildlife habitat and land use management.
- Climate Change – Protection of the atmosphere, greenhouse gas and emissions reductions, and energy conservation.
Funding Information
- Maximum grant is $30,000
Eligibility Criteria
- Alberta Ecotrust grants enable Alberta ENGOs to more effectively deliver programs, projects and results that advance their environmental missions within ttheir issue priorities.
- Public interest charities operating in Alberta whose vision and mission primarily focus on protecting the environment
- Qualified First Nations
- The following criteria must be met to be eligible for funding:
- Project must take place in Alberta
- Address one or more of their environmental priorities
- Applicants must provide additional 25% of project funding as a matching contribution
- Matching contribution can be either cash or in-kind
- Project end date is a maximum of 12 months after the start date<
- Please note the following activities will not be eligible for funding:
- Conferences
- Projects mandated by any order of government
- Political lobbying
- Litigation
Ineligible
The following organizations are not eligible to receive funding from Alberta Ecotrust:
- Private sector organizations, for-profit businesses
- Business associations
- Educational institutions
- Municipal, provincial/territorial and federal governments
- Government agencies
- For-profit cooperatives
- Individuals
- Political parties.
For more information, visit https://albertaecotrust.com/what-we-do/environmental-grants/