Deadline: 2-May-23
The First Peoples’ Cultural Council is seeking applications for the Heritage Infrastructure Program (HIP) to support projects that conserve, repair, or develop Indigenous cultural heritage infrastructure.
Aims
This includes:
- Historical and cultural places, archives, and cultural heritage collections that are of collective value to an Indigenous community.
- Physical infrastructure such as buildings, trails, and structures that support public and community access to the:
- Stories of historic places and the places themselves.
- Transmission of community memory and traditional practices, crafts, and trades.
- Cultural materials that support telling the stories of historic sites and the transmission of community memory and traditional practices, arts, and trades.
Funding Information
- Applicants can apply for between $100,000 and $250,000 for their proposed project.
- Project activities to begin on or after June 04, 2023
- Interim reports due by: December 4, 2023
- Projects completed by: May 28, 2024
Eligible Projects
Examples of eligible projects include, but are not limited to:
- Repairs and upgrades to museum, archive, and community collections storage and environmental quality management
- Upgrades to collections shelving and storage
- Upgrades to building infrastructure including doors, windows, and lighting
- Construction of repository and archival spaces
- Installation of accessibility aids, such as ramps and docks
- Development and maintenance of culturally significant trails
- Construction and upgrades to longhouses, bighouses, carving sheds, community meat freezers, and meat processing stations.
Eligibility Criteria
- B.C.-based organizations that have a mandate or focus that includes First Nations’ heritage. Eligible applicants include:
- B.C. First Nations bands or Tribal Councils
- Not-for-profit societies registered in B.C. in good standing and governed by B.C. First Nations individuals (at least 75% of directors identify as B.C. First Nations)
- B.C. First Nations-led museums and cultural spaces (at least 75% of directors identify as B.C. First Nations)
- Urban and off-reserve B.C. First Nations organizations (at least 75% of directors identify as B.C. First Nations)
- B.C. First Nations schools or adult education centres operating in B.C. on First Nations lands
- FPCC strongly encourages collaboration. Only one program per Band Office, Tribal Council or Society/Organization will be eligible for funding.
Ineligible Applicants
- Organizations or individuals who are not from a B.C. First Nation
- Collectives
- For-profit organizations and businesses, entities, individuals and commercial ventures
- Previous grant recipients who are in default of the grant reporting requirements. These applicants are ineligible until all required documentation is complete.
- Government organizations, including municipalities
- Universities, colleges and non-First Nations schools
- Private clubs, groups and organizations with exclusive memberships
- Religious organizations
- Corporations
For more information, visit First Peoples’ Cultural Council.
