Deadline: 1-Mar-24
The Gwaii Trust Society is currently accepting applications for the Major Contributions Grant to support larger projects in community infrastructure and planning.
The goal is to help build safer, healthier, and more attractive communities. Major Contributions is designed to help enhance the lives of all islanders and make the island a more desirable place to live, work, play and visit.
Funding Information
- Minimum application amounts:
- Non-profit organizations $25,000
- Local governments $50,000
- Maximum application amount: $200,000
- Equity requirement:
- Non-profit organizations 25%
- Local governments 50%
Eligible Uses of the Grant
- While Major Contributions is open to accepting a wide range of applications that seek to have a significant impact, key priorities for this grant are infrastructure, economic development and job creation, emergency preparedness, and the environment.
- Preference is given to:
- non-profit organizations
- applications involving multiple communities that contribute to Haida Gwaii as a whole
- projects that produce and maintain sustainable jobs
- applications that have taken advantage of leveraging opportunities, partnership agreements, and collaboration
- Maximum project length is two years.
Ineligible uses of the Grant
- Core funding.
- Expenses incurred prior to approval.
Who can apply?
- Local non-profit organizations
- Local governments
- Organizations or individuals with overdue grant reporting where an extension has not been approved are not eligible to apply until reporting is complete.
For more information, visit Gwaii Trust Society.