New Funding Opportunity: Mental Health and Climate Change Community Action Grants

In partnership with provincial and Indigenous health partners, the Mental Health and Climate Change Alliance (MHCCA) is launching community action grants to address the growing mental health impacts of climate change. The Mental Health and Climate Change Community Action Grants aim to transform climate-related distress into collective capacity, resilience, and equitable climate responses.

This program supports culturally safe, trauma-informed initiatives working at the intersection of mental health and climate change. In particular, these grants support projects that promote mental health and emotional well-being, social connection, resilience, emergency preparedness, and collective agency in the context of BC’s changing climate. This grant program is designed to share learnings, support new and existing initiatives, and move beyond crisis framing toward community-driven healing, resilience, and action.

We invite you to apply and share this announcement with anyone who might be interested! Please see the grant website for additional details and sign up here for additional grant announcements. We look forward to hearing your ideas!

Key Dates and How to Apply

Applications open on June 29th, 2026 and close on October 1st, 2026. Grant details are available at https://mhcca.ca/catalyst-funding.

Please sign up at https://kiffercard.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_4TxvCD3t0OkHSQe to hear more about upcoming information sessions and to receive a notification when the grant launches.

There is a Grant Information Webinar on June 24, 2026 at 12:00pm PT. Please register your interest to attend!

Core Eligibility

Applicants are required to meet all three of the following core criteria to be eligible for grants:

• Projects relate to both climate change and mental health/wellbeing.
• Projects have impact within the province of British Columbia (BC).
• Applicants are either: 1) Registered organizations; 2) Qualified donees (e.g. First Nations); or 3) Sponsored by a registered organization.