Grants and Programs Directory

Funding and Support Programs

To help residents and communities take action on issues that are important to them, we offer the following grants and programs.

Grants and Programs Directory

We provide support in many ways, from project grants to services that can help you strengthen your organization. Search the Grants and Programs Directory below to narrow down which programs best suit your needs (or download this information in pdf format).

You can filter by type of organization and/or by funding category, or select View All in both menus to see the listing of all grants and programs.

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Arts and Culture Venue Grants

If your organization is looking to make capital improvements to an arts and culture venue, this grant program may be for you. More...

Career Internship Program

Our Career Internship Program provides eligible employers with up to 50 per cent of an intern’s salary (up to $25,000 over a seven to 12 month term) for full-time, career-focused positions that lead to permanent employment. More...

Columbia Basin Trust Bursary

If you’re a college student who needs financial help, this bursary could be for you. 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...

ECE Workforce Development Fund

This is a flexible fund that is targeted at supporting and strengthening the Early Childhood Educators (ECE) workforce by providing funding to licensed child care providers in the Basin to address critical and immediate workforce needs. More...

Environment Grants

If you have an idea that will strengthen environmental well-being, this program could help support it. 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...

Impact Investment Fund

If your business needs financial support but isn’t able to secure conventional financing, this fund may be able to help. More...

Public Art Grants

Public Art Grants support the acquisition and installation of permanent art by Basin artists in public spaces in communities. If you have a project that will expand the impact of arts and culture in your community by installing a permanent art piece in a public space, this program may be able to help. More...

Social Grants

If you have an idea that will strengthen social well-being and address social issues in communities, this program could help support it. More...

Sponsorship

If your community event, celebration, festival or fair needs a small amount of financial assistance, this program could help support it. More...

Training Fee Support

If you need short-term training or certification to increase your chances of getting a job, this program could help you pay for 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...

Opportunities

The Trust occasionally has open requests for proposals, qualifications and expressions of interest (RFQs, RFPs and RFEIs) related to our work and strategic priorities. Click here for more information on our current opportunities. 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 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 Advisor

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...

Climate Action Program

Basin communities have told us that one of their priorities is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to prepare for and adapt to our changing climate. This is why we have developed a Climate Action Program. 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...

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...

Heritage Planner

Life in the Basin is celebrated with vibrant arts, culture and heritage. We provide funding and support through various programs and partner with the Columbia Kootenay Cultural Alliance and Heritage BC to deliver some of these. 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...

Built Heritage Grants

If your organization owns a heritage building, this program may be able to help you protect and maintain the structure. More...

Child Care Capital Grants

If you have a project such as purchasing child care equipment, upgrading or renovating child care facilities or constructing new licensed child care spaces, this program may be able to help. More...

Community Initiatives and Affected Areas Programs

The Community Initiatives and Affected Areas Programs (CIP/AAP) are intended to be flexible and incorporate community-based funding decisions. The programs support local projects that provide additional value to Basin communities, and that benefit the broad community and public good. More...

Energy Retrofit Program

The goal of this program is to help Basin residents have access to housing that meets their needs. More...

Heritage, Museum and Archive Grants

The Heritage, Museum and Archive Grants support projects specific to current needs in the heritage, museum and archives sector, including planning, conservation, exhibits, collections and community engagement. 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...

School Works Program

If you wish to hire a full-time student on a part-time basis during the school year (September to May), this program, delivered by College of the Rockies, could give you an $8/hour wage subsidy. More...

Summer Works Program

If you wish to hire a high-school or post-secondary student in a full-time entry-level or career-related job over the summer, this program could give you a wage subsidy. More...

Upper Kootenay Ecosystem Enhancement Plan Grants

If you have an idea that will help protect and enhance fish, wildlife and habitats in and around Koocanusa Reservoir and its tributaries, this program could help support it. The program is delivered by the Fish and Wildlife Compensation Program. More...

Recreation Infrastructure Grants

The program supports community efforts to create recreational infrastructure that encourages residents to live more active, healthy lifestyles. More...