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Learn about the range of CBT grants below. Additional information can be found on our online grant system when you are ready to take your idea to the next level.

Arts & Culture Grant
The CBT Arts & Culture Committee has an annual discretionary budget to fund small projects throughout the region. Projects will be funded up to a maximum of $5,000.

Approximate Funding Timeline
Applications are open: TBA
Deadline to apply: TBA
Funding decisions announced: TBA

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

Foster inter-generational engagement, teaching, and learning;
Foster cross-community and/or cross-cultural engagement, teaching, and learning;
Build capacity in performing arts;
Contribute to language development (Nuu-chah-nulth and other languages);
Provide opportunities for people, particularly younger populations, to participate in arts and cultural activities.

Community Development Grant
The CBT Community Development Committee has an annual discretionary budget to fund small projects throughout the region. Projects will be funded up to a maximum of $5,000.

Approximate Funding Timeline
Applications are open: TBA
Deadline to apply: TBA
Funding decisions announced: TBA

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

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

Youth & Education Grant
The CBT Youth & Education Committee has an annual discretionary budget to fund small projects throughout the region. Projects will be funded up to a maximum of $5,000.

Approximate Funding Timeline
Applications are open: TBA
Deadline to apply: TBA
Funding decisions announced: TBA

Funding Priorities
Funding priority will be given to projects that:

build capacity and provide education/training opportunities for local residents;
bring people together across communities;
are youth-driven;
focus on inter-generational learning and/or teaching.

Research & Environment
The CBT Research & Environment Committee has an annual discretionary budget to fund small projects throughout the region. Projects will be funded up to a maximum of $5,000.

Approximate Funding Timeline
Applications are open: TBA
Deadline to apply: TBA
Funding decisions announced: TBA

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.

Vital Grants
Vital grants are a stream of partnership funding to address regional priorities and complex challenges that influence sustainability in the Clayoquot Sound Biosphere Region. These larger grants of $15,000-20,000 aim to support meaningful collaboration between organizations, communities, and cultures and must include a minimum of two project partners.

Approximate Funding Timeline
Applications are open: TBA
Deadline to apply: TBA
Funding decisions announced: TBA

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

Biosphere Research Award
The Biosphere Research Award is a grant of $20,000 to support research that advances the local understanding of conservation challenges in our marine and/or terrestrial ecosystems and helps us to prioritize conservation actions within the Clayoquot Sound Biosphere Region.

Approximate Funding Timeline
Applications are open: TBA
Deadline to apply: TBA
Funding decisions announced: TBA

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

Emergency Community Support Fund
This spring, we helped distribute $30K of Canada's Emergency Community Support Fund to community organizations helping tackle the effects of COVID-19. We are proud to take part in the second round of funding.

Together with Community Foundations of Canada, we are working to flow an additional $30K of support to organizations making a difference in our community. If you’re a charity or qualified donee serving populations made vulnerable by the pandemic, visit the CFC website to find out more about the Emergency Community Support Fund and apply until October 30th

Funding Timeline
Applications open: October 5
Deadline to apply: October 30
Funding decisions announced: early December

Funding Priorities
Applicants should check out the applicant guide for full criteria.

Apply now

Covid-19 Responsive Neighbourhood Small Grants
Neighbourhood Small Grants (NSG) provides grants of up to $500 for small projects that foster community connectivity and stay within guidelines for physical distancing. Neighbourhood small grants are based on a simple but powerful idea: when people feel a sense of connection and belonging to their neighbourhood, they are more likely to be engaged in activities that make it a better place to live. When people are active in the life of their neighbourhood, our communities are strengthened from the ground up.

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: September 16
Deadline to apply: November 15
Funding decisions announced: late October

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.

Apply now

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

A total of $12,000 is available to support project or event transportation within and beyond the Clayoquot Biosphere Region.

Applications will be assessed on March 16th and after that date on a first-come, first-served basis until all funds are allocated.

Please note: this funding can support road travel only (no ferry, boat or air travel).

When you're ready to apply, please apply through our online grant system.