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Action Grants

Program Category: Climate Adaptation, Environment
Program Sub-Category: Environmental Stewardship, Natural Asset Inventories and Management
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Status: Closed

Funder

Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation

Deadline Details

The intake for Action Grants closed on February 28, 2025.

Funder Organization Type

  • Non-Governmental Organization or Society

Action Grants support projects that directly involve people and communities to change behaviours and/or practices leading to positive and measurable conservation outcomes in British Columbia. Projects should work to create solutions or sustainable practices, or mitigate human-caused impacts to prevent or reduce impacts to species or ecosystems.

Goals of the Grant:

  • Influencing change in behaviours and/or practices

  • Implementing actions by collaborating with individuals, organizations, or communities

Proposed projects must align with our purposes as laid out in the Wildlife Act. HCTF’s mandate is to fund projects that result in conservation benefits for fish, wildlife and habitat. Sometimes there are side benefits of habitat restoration on climate adaptation or mitigation. However projects that do not clearly result in tangible improvements for fish, wildlife or habitat, are not a good fit for HCTF funding.

Required Community Contribution

No community contribution required

Funding Stacking Restrictions

No

Professional Input Required

No

Other Eligible Applicants

Indigenous-owned Businesses
Other
Indigenous Organizations
Non-governmental Organizations / Not-for-Profits
Academic Institutions

Type of Funding

  • Grant

Range of Funding Available per Project

  • Under $100 000

Description of Funding

Eligible expenses up to $50,000. Grant completion must be within 2 years of approval. 80% of grant will be issued up front and 20% once completed and final summary of work is submitted. 

 

Eligible Costs

Planning
Operational and Maintenance Costs
Community Engagement
Equipment/Material Purchase
Project Management
Capacity Building for the Community
Training
Reporting
Awareness and Education
Research and Development

Eligible Budget Items

  •  Wages, Honorarium, Elders, Knowledge Keepers, Local Knowledge holders (EKLK), and contract labor costs

  • Materials and supplies (to a maximum of $10,000)

  • Mileage and other travel expenses

  • Administration fee of no more than 15%

 

Sample Projects:

  • Restore riparian habitat in a commercially zoned area by working with commercial property owners adjacent to the habitat to implement identified best management practices on their property toenhance riparian and fish habitat.

  • Working with forestry companies on western Vancouver Island to identify, protect, and/or restore critical wetland habitat for Western Salamanders.

  • Creating a winter crop cover incentive program in collaboration with local farmers to provide high quality feeding and resting habitat for resident and migratory birds.

  • Working with farmers and landowners of the Sunnyside community to promote bat-friendly practices

  • on agricultural lands to maintain roosts, habitats, and bat populations

Ineligible Costs

Any costs incurred prior to signing a funding agreement
Building Purchase Costs
Administration Fees
Land Acquisition

Ineligible Projects and Activities: 

  • Projects that only focus on the development or production of communication or marketing materials, general education publications, signs, electronic databases, websites, file systems, and/or collect data for maps.

  • Single day events, conferences, workshops or programs.

  • Production or sponsorship of commercial programs.

  • Costs for legal fees, law enforcement, and lobbying.

  • Salaries for regular provincial government employees (wages for Auxiliary employees dedicated to the proposed project are eligible).

  • Captive breeding and rearing, feeding and/or control of native wildlife species with the exception of activities that are part of population recovery projects. This includes fish rearing, farming, stocking, or hatchery projects and wildlife rescue or rehabilitation centers.

  • Marine or salmon-only projects that do not also benefit provincially managed fish species or their habitats.

  • Training costs for staff or project personnel (e.g., costs associated with professional development training, attending conferences, software licenses, first aid courses, etc.).

  • HCTF does not fund invasive species programs, however, Action Grants may support targeted projects that aim to change behaviours or practices related to invasive species management, include initial control efforts, focus on a specific audience and location, and that have a supporting plan for future long-term controls.

  • Purchase of capital assets such as vehicles, boats, ATVs, quads, trailers, or snowmobiles.

  • Purchase of infrastructure such as docks, buildings, or campsites

Reporting Requirements

Final report only

Expected Timeframe for Funding Decision

3 months

Technical Review by a Committee, followed by review from the HCTF Board of Directors.

Stewardship proposals:

  • Should focus on engaging people to increase their knowledge, awareness, and understanding of fish, wildlife and their habitats.

  • Should have the ultimate goal of changing behaviours and/or attitudes towards fish, wildlife and habitat conservation.

  • May involve direct action in which people are stewarding the land (e.g., restoring a wetland, creating specific habitat features, removing invasive plants).

  • May involve indirect action in which proponents work with others to achieve positive outcomes for fish and wildlife (e.g., landowner contact programs, citizen science, hands-on community engagement programs).

  • Must be based on current best practices to increase conservation behaviours in the target audience.

  • If your proposal involves outreach activities, be sure to describe who the specific target audience is and explain how you will reach your target audience.

  • Where there are Citizen Science elements, proposals should also:

    • Describe how the information collected will be used to directly address a conservation issue for fish and wildlife or their habitats.

    • Describe what training methods will be provided for volunteers to ensure sound data collection (what format of training, how often, who will deliver).

    • Describe what methods of Quality Assurance/Quality Control will be applied to data collected.

    • Describe how data will be stored, managed and shared with decision makers or other relevant groups.