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Active Transportation Grants
This program helps communities expand options for walking, cycling, wheeling and other non-motorized travel by planning and building multi-use pathways within and between Basin communities. These efforts reduce pollution and support healthier, more connected and more accessible communities by creating safe routes for people of all ages and abilities. More…
BEAMS Program
The Building Enhancement and Asset Management (BEAMS) Program supports non-profits and First Nation communities to strengthen and revitalize community serving buildings, affordable rental housing buildings and licensed child care facilities that they own and operate. More…
Columbia Basin Bursary
If you’re a college student who needs financial help, this bursary could be for you. More…
Columbia River Basin Public Art Program
The Columbia River Basin Public Art Program supports local governments, non-profits and First Nations communities to create and display meaningful public art. Funding supports community led art projects that reflect each community’s unique relationship with the Columbia River and local watersheds, helping strengthen local identity and a shared sense of place. Communities choose the form and style of permanent artworks, which will be installed in widely accessible public spaces or buildings. More…
Community Development Program
The Community Development Program supports the efforts of Basin residents to address community challenges and opportunities in the Columbia Basin Trust region. More…
Early Childhood Educator Training Wage Program
This program helps strengthen the Early Childhood Educator (ECE) workforce by providing a training wage to ECE Assistants (ECEAs) and certified ECEs, employed by licensed child care facilities in the Basin, to support them to complete and/or upgrade their ECE qualifications. More…
Early Childhood Educator Wage Subsidy Program
This program helps strengthen the Early Childhood Educator (ECE) workforce by providing a $2 per hour wage subsidy to enhance the wages of eligible ECEs employed by licensed child care facilities in the Columbia Basin Trust region. More…
Ecosystem Enhancement Program
Based on input from Basin residents, one of our strategic priorities is to support healthy, diverse and functioning ecosystems. Our new Ecosystem Enhancement Program will have a meaningful and measurable impact in supporting and strengthening ecosystem health in the Basin. More…
Farm Solar Grants
Farm Solar Grants support primary food producers to install ground or structure mounted solar photovoltaic arrays to generate electricity for their farm operations. These grants help make local food production more affordable by reducing energy costs. More…
GATHER Grants
GATHER Grants support local governments and First Nation communities to revitalize, restore and enhance outdoor community gathering places for Basin residents. This program will improve downtown areas, town squares, and outdoor event areas designed to foster social connection and community vitality. More…
Grassland and Rangeland Enhancement Program
If you have an idea that will maintain or enhance grassland resources while meeting conservation, environment and recreation objectives, this program could help support it. This program is delivered by the Kootenay Livestock Association. More…
ReDi Grants – First Nations
ReDi Grants (Resident Directed Grants) support projects that benefit the broad community and public good through community-based decision-making and ensuring an opportunity for resident input on projects. These grants are funded by the Trust and delivered in partnership with First Nations More…
SHORE Grants
Shoreline Outdoor Revitalization and Enhancement (SHORE) Grants support local governments and First Nation communities to enhance public access and enjoyment of recreational waterfront areas throughout the Columbia Basin. The program supports projects that improve the accessibility, safety and climate resilience of waterfront gathering spaces, river access points and recreational river features across the region. More…
Small-scale Ecosystem Grants
Small-scale Ecosystem grants are available to enhance a terrestrial and/or aquatic ecosystem, such as wetlands, fish habitat, forests or grasslands More…
Sponsorship
If your community event, celebration, festival or fair needs a small amount of financial assistance, this program could help support it. More…
Youth Community Service Awards
If you’re a graduating high school student who has done meaningful volunteer work, this award could be for you. More…
Affordable Housing Initiative
The Trust supports a variety of housing needs in the Basin. Our priority is to help ensure residents have access to housing that meets their needs. More…
Basin Business Advisors
If you need help making your business stronger, you can use this program to access confidential, one-to-one counselling and assessment services free of charge. More…
Basin Food & Buyers Expo
FABx supports a thriving local food economy by helping food producers create sustainable business relationships and by increasing opportunities for residents to access affordable, locally grown, healthy food. More…
Basin Youth Network
Through our Basin Youth Network, we help communities increase local activities and opportunities for youth aged 12 to 18, enabling them to learn new skills, like leadership, and engage more with each other and their communities. More…
Child Care Support Program
The Columbia Basin Trust launched this program to help maintain and create new child care spaces in the Basin, train more Early Childhood Educators and provide advisory services to child care providers. More…
Community Liaisons
Community Liaisons play a pivotal role in fostering connections and facilitating positive change within Basin communities. Through regular conversations, they provide valuable guidance and support, and help groups and organizations navigate the Trust’s programs and funding opportunities. More…
First Nations Housing Sustainability Initiative
The Trust has developed a First Nations Housing Sustainability Initiative to support First Nations communities in the Basin with enhancing and increasing their local affordable housing. More…
High-speed Connectivity
The Trust is working to make high-speed Internet connectivity available throughout the region. This work is being done through our wholly-owned subsidiary, Columbia Basin Broadband Corporation. More…
Non-profit Advisors Program
If you need support making your non-profit organization stronger, this program can help you increase capacity, become more sustainable and become more efficient. More…
Arts and Culture Program
If you have an idea that focuses on arts and culture, this program could help support it.
This program is delivered by the Columbia Kootenay Cultural Alliance. More…
Basin Job Experience Trail Crew Program
This program helps employers to create short-term jobs while enhancing Basin recreational trails. Basin residents who are unemployed and underemployed, will gain work experience as they advance their skills. More…
Columbia Basin Wildfire Resiliency Initiative
The Community Resiliency Investment Program – Columbia Basin Wildfire Resiliency Initiative supports Basin communities to build capacity and strengthens wildfire resilience and wildfire risk reduction as it relates to the seven FireSmart™ disciplines. More…
Energy Retrofit and Recharge Program
If you are a non-profit housing provider in the Basin, this program can help fund energy retrofits and solar projects. Delivered in partnership with BC Non-Profit Housing Association and BC Housing, the Energy Retrofit and Recharge Program supports Basin non-profit housing providers to improve the energy efficiency, sustainability and climate resilience of affordable rental housing. More…
Food Access and Recovery Infrastructure and Equipment Grants
This program supports food recovery groups in the Basin with infrastructure and equipment upgrades. It provides funding to non-profits, local governments and First Nations for projects that will help their organization safely recover, store, prepare and distribute more food to people who need it. Funding can be used for renovations and for purchasing equipment or infrastructure that improves safety, increases capacity or makes operations more efficient. More…
Food Producer Wage Subsidy & Training Support
The Food Producer Wage Subsidy Program provides support to primary food producers in the Basin. The program will provide flexibility to farmers to hire employees as needed throughout the 2024 growing and harvesting season. This program helps increase Basin residents’ access to locally grown, healthy food and is addressing the Trust’s Local Food Production and Access strategic priority. More…
Neil Muth Memorial Scholarship
This scholarship is for people who have triumphed over adversity and wish to pursue post-secondary education. This is an opportunity for someone to demonstrate their individual determination, future goals and self-motivation. It is evaluated on merit and not on academic achievements. More…
Non-profit SMART Grants
Non-Profit SMART Grants support Basin non-profits and First Nations to increase their energy efficiency, generate renewable energy, adapt to the impacts of climate change, and/or reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. More…
ReDi Grants – Local Government
ReDi Grants (Resident Directed Grants) support projects that benefit the broad community and public good through community-based decision-making and ensuring an opportunity for resident input on projects. More…
Resilient Food Crops Grants
This program helps local food producers’ trial crop varieties that are resilient to a changing climate, can be produced on a commercial scale and haven’t been widely grown in their area. More…
Small Community Wildfire Readiness Support
The Small Community Wildfire Readiness Support program helps small and First Nations communities in the Basin plan and prepare for wildfires through wildfire prevention and protection equipment, training courses and planning assessments. More…
