British Columbia-based organizations that might be potential funding sources for community-led youth on-the-land and junior guardian programming initiatives.
The links below will take you to organizations in British Columbia that may have goals that overlap with community-led youth on-the-land and junior guardian programming initiatives. You will find a list of organizations you may be able to reach out to for potential funding or other types of support that your program may be able to benefit from.
Link: Coast Funds
Indigenous-led endowment fund established to strengthen First Nations in British Columbia’s Great Bear Rainforest to achieve conservation and sustainable economic development goals.
Link: First Peoples’ Cultural Council (BC)
First Peoples’ Cultural Council delivers grants and programs that support Indigenous arts, language and heritage in B.C.
https://fpcc.ca/programs/funding-process/
Link: First Nations Education Steering Committee (BC)
The First Nations Education Steering Committee (FNESC) is a policy and advocacy organization that represents and works on behalf of First Nations in British Columbia. FNESC has a mandate to support First Nations students and advance First Nations education in BC.
Link: First Nations Health Authority (BC)
The First Nations Health Authority (FNHA) is the first and only provincial First Nations health authority in Canada. The FNHA is committed to "Health through wellness" in its programs, services and initiatives.
Link: Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation
Leadership Environmental Action Project (LEAP) grants for high school place-based learning projects that focus on monitoring, restoring or conserving BC’s biodiversity.
https://hctf.ca/education-leap-grants/
Link: New Relationship Trust
The New Relationship Trust (NRT) is an independent non-profit organization dedicated to strengthening First Nations in BC through capacity building. NRT invests in BC First Nations by supporting them in five key capacity development areas: Governance capacity, Education, Language, Youth & Elders, and Economic development.
https://www.newrelationshiptrust.ca
Link: Vancouver Foundation
Vancouver Foundation Community Grants support thousands of projects every year to help build healthy, vibrant, and livable communities across BC. The Indigenous Priorities Granting Program provides flexible grants for Indigenous-led organizations to support initiatives that encourage community inclusiveness, belonging and healting.
https://www.vancouverfoundation.ca
https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2021CFD0041-001151: From 2021 - About 90 Indigenous early childhood development programs are receiving up to $100,000 each to improve wellness for over 1,700 children through land-based cultural programming. Looks like a partnership between Ministry of Children and Family Development, First Nations Health Authority, and Aboriginal Head Start BC.