Deadline: 17 December 2018
World Wildlife Fund-Canada is accepting applications for its Loblaw Water Fund to help improve the health of freshwater ecosystems across Canada, including lakes, rivers, streams, wetlands and surrounding riparian zones, and to reduce the threats they face.
The fund provides grants to registered charitable organizations and not-for-profits working on projects that aim to conserve, protect or restore freshwater and riparian habitats and the species living within them.
The Loblaw Water Fund will support action-oriented projects that take specific steps toward ecosystem restoration and/or the collection of data for long-term monitoring initiatives.
Funding Information
- For the 2019 grant cycle, a total of $250,000 is available to distribute between selected projects across the country.
- A maximum of $25,000 is available for an eligible project.
Eligible Activity Categories
The Loblaw Water Fund will support practical, applied work that aims to meet one or more of the following objectives:
- Restoration Activities to reduce “Very High” or “High” threats and/or improve “Poor” or “Very Poor” health: Activities directly related to restoring, rehabilitating, or recovering the health of freshwater ecosystems, and/or reducing and preventing current or potential threats. These activities should aim to mitigate one or more of the seven key threats or improve one or more health metrics as identified in WWF’s Watershed Reports at a sub-watershed scale.
- Monitoring: Activities that contribute to one or more of the “Data Deficient” health indicators for a subwatershed as identified in WWF’s Watershed Reports. Furthermore, data collected through project work must be submitted to regional, provincial, territorial and/or national databases, and/or long-term collaborative studies.
Eligibility Criteria
- Registered Charities
- Other listed Qualified Donees – applicants must visit the link given on the website to confirm that their organization is a listed Qualified Donee
- Not-for profit organizations
- Projects that advance the cause of freshwater ecosystem monitoring and restoration led by Indigenous communities and/or organizations are especially encouraged.
- Previous Loblaw Water Fund grantees are eligible to apply and can be awarded funding pending submission and approval of the 2018 reporting requirements by March 31st, 2019.
- Only one application can be submitted per organization.
How to Apply
Applications must be submitted online via given website.
For more information, please visit Loblaw Water Fund.