CBT Grants

Neighbourhood Small Grants have adapted to COVID-19. Residents can apply for grants of $50 to $500 for a project that connects people socially or shares skills and knowledge among community members while complying with public health orders for physical distancing. 

Funding Timeline
Applications open: March 1st
Deadline to apply: April 15th
Funding decisions announced: early May

Funding Priorities

• Connect and engage neighbourhood residents
• Build local community capacity to carry out NSG projects
• Share residents skills and knowledge within the community
• Build a sense of ownership and pride
• Respect and celebrate diversity
• Create a lasting impact

Check out the Frequently Asked Questions.

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*note: the application portal is hosted on the Vancouver Foundation's website, which is different from CBT's other grants.

Approximate Funding Timeline
Applications are open: February 1, 2021
Deadline to apply: March 22, 2021
Funding decisions announced: May 2021

Funding Priorities
While the Arts & Culture Committee is open to creative ideas, funding priority will be given to projects that:

• Provide age-friendly opportunities for participation in arts & cultural activities (particularly inter-generational and for youth);
• Foster cross-community and/or cross-cultural engagement, teaching, and learning;
• Contribute to language development (Nuu-chah-nulth and other languages);
• Build capacity in the arts;
• Deliver equity-seeking initiatives that aim to address barriers to equal access and participation in the arts (BIPOC, LQBT2Q+, people with disabilities etc.).

Approximate Funding Timeline
Applications are open: February 1, 2021
Deadline to apply: March 22, 2021
Funding decisions announced: May 2021

Funding Priorities
Funding priority will be given to projects that contribute to:

• the development of accessible, inclusive, and sustainable communities;
• the development of healthy, supportive, and equitable environments;
• and a strong and united region.

Approximate Funding Timeline
Applications are open: February 1, 2021 
Deadline to apply: March 22, 2021
Funding decisions announced:  May 2021

Funding Priorities
Funding priority will be given to projects that:

• Builds capacity and provide education/training opportunities for local residents;
• Connects people across communities within the Clayoquot Sound Biosphere Region;
• Supports youth-driven projects;
• Fosters inter-generational learning and/or teaching;
• Promotes education and discussion around multiculturalism, inclusiveness, and diversity;
• Addresses an urgent need for youth that arose from, or has been exacerbated by, the covid19 pandemic.

Approximate Funding Timeline
Applications are open: February 1, 2021
Deadline to apply: March 22, 2021
Funding decisions announced: May 2021

Funding Priorities
Funding priority will be given to projects that:

• Address key species and ecosystem threats within the Clayoquot Sound Biosphere Region. For example, the threat of sea star wasting disease, the impact of commercial herring fishery on local marine ecosystem health, knowledge gaps on the threats of finfish aquaculture, the threat of invasive species on local native species diversity.
• Address a declining trend in target species or ecosystems of ecological and/or cultural importance. For example, keystone species with multiple food chain linkages such as salmon, species of economic importance and/or cultural importance, and/or food security importance, charismatic species that elevate conservation awareness, and species that we feel we have a high stewardship responsibility to protect.
• Address key threats to Indigenous  ways of knowing about sacred places and important knowledge for  vibrant Nuu-chah-nulth people, culture, and connections to place;
• Support the spirit and intent of the UNESCO Biosphere designation and contribute to a specific conservation action that has broad application for mitigating an ecological and/or cultural threat such that system resilience is supported. Conservation action refers to a variety of responses that can mitigate the threat. For example, land or water protection, land or water management/restoration, species monitoring and management, education and policy change, and new modes of governance that support ecological and cultural resilience.

Approximate Funding Timeline
Applications are open: February 1, 2021
Deadline to apply: March 22, 2021
Funding decisions announced: May 2021

Funding Criteria
Vital Grants can be utilized to:

• Support teams with well-developed timelines of activities and budgets that reflect their demonstrated knowledge of what is needed to have a positive impact on an identified regional priority or complex sustainability challenge.
• Support the capacity of an existing or expanding project team to grow a project to new communities, schools or geographic areas within the Clayoquot Sound Biosphere Region to have a positive impact on an identified regional priority or complex sustainability challenge

Approximate Funding Timeline
Applications are open: February 1, 2021
Deadline to apply: March 22, 2021
Funding decisions announced: May 2021

Funding Criteria
Funding priority will be given to projects that: 

• Research that addresses key species and ecosystem threats within the Clayoquot Sound Biosphere Region.
• Research that addresses a trend of degradation on target species or ecosystems of ecological and/or cultural importance.
• Research that applies to conservation action and can be applied in other areas as well (broad application). Conservation action refers to management responses that can mitigate the threat.
• Research findings need to be communicated in a public forum of some kind.
• Research proposals that support the spirit and intent of the UNESCO Biosphere designation.
• Research that follows local protocols including local First Nations review and compliance with BC Parks research permits.

View the Biosphere Research Award application question list here. When you're ready to apply, please apply through our online grant system. 

Funding Timeline
Applications are open: Friday, March 6, 2020 (9:00 am) 
Deadline to apply: Sunday, April 19, 2020 (11:59 pm)
Funding decisions announced: May 2020

Funding Priorities
See funding priorities and eligibility criteria here