FAQs

General Grants and Funding

Category: Arts Grant
  • The Arts Grant is here to help you grow as an artist and connect with your community. Here’s how it can support you:
    • Mentorship opportunities: Learn from experienced artists who can share important skills and traditional knowledge with you.
    • Kickstart your career: If you’re just starting out, the grant can help you take the next step toward becoming a professional artist.
    • Grow your craft: For established artists, it offers the chance to further develop your creative work.
    • Build your skills: Use the grant for training or other professional development that helps you grow as an artist.
    • Bring art to the community: Help more people engage with and enjoy the arts on Haida Gwaii through your project.
Category: Arts Grant
  • To see if your project is a good fit, think about whether it helps the cultural, economic, or environmental well-being of Haida Gwaii. Gwaii Trust focuses on:
    • Promoting – cultural and economic health
    • Encouraging – local decision-making
    • Improving – community well-being
    • Supporting – education and artistic expression
    • Fostering – cooperation, understanding and trust
    • Creating – jobs and improving infrastructure
    • Conserving – land, marine ecosystems, and archaeological sites
    • Conducting – research on Haida Gwaii’s environment and history
    • Planning – for a sustainable economy
    • Providing – services where no municipal government exists
  • If your project helps with any of these goals, it’s probably a great fit!
Category: Arts Grant
  • We want to help as many artists as we can! Here’s what we prioritize when deciding:
    • First-time applicants and those who haven’t received a grant in the past 3 years.
    • Projects that support emerging or established artists.
    • Projects with a cultural impact that benefit communities on Haida Gwaii.
    • Mentorship projects, where experienced artists share skills and traditional knowledge with others.
  • We’re excited to support projects that make a positive difference in the community!
Category: Arts Grant
  • There are a few things the Arts Grant won’t cover. You can’t use the grant for:
    • Marketing or promotion costs
    • Touring off Haida Gwaii
    • Creating merchandise to sell
    • Fundraising, prizes, or awards
    • Building or renovating studios or spaces
    • Running your business (payroll, utilities, etc.)
  • The focus of the Arts Grant is to support your creative work directly. If you’re unsure about an expense, feel free to ask!

Accounts and Profile

Category: Arts Grant
  • The Arts Grant is here to help you grow as an artist and connect with your community. Here’s how it can support you:
    • Mentorship opportunities: Learn from experienced artists who can share important skills and traditional knowledge with you.
    • Kickstart your career: If you’re just starting out, the grant can help you take the next step toward becoming a professional artist.
    • Grow your craft: For established artists, it offers the chance to further develop your creative work.
    • Build your skills: Use the grant for training or other professional development that helps you grow as an artist.
    • Bring art to the community: Help more people engage with and enjoy the arts on Haida Gwaii through your project.
Category: Arts Grant
  • To see if your project is a good fit, think about whether it helps the cultural, economic, or environmental well-being of Haida Gwaii. Gwaii Trust focuses on:
    • Promoting – cultural and economic health
    • Encouraging – local decision-making
    • Improving – community well-being
    • Supporting – education and artistic expression
    • Fostering – cooperation, understanding and trust
    • Creating – jobs and improving infrastructure
    • Conserving – land, marine ecosystems, and archaeological sites
    • Conducting – research on Haida Gwaii’s environment and history
    • Planning – for a sustainable economy
    • Providing – services where no municipal government exists
  • If your project helps with any of these goals, it’s probably a great fit!
Category: Arts Grant
  • We want to help as many artists as we can! Here’s what we prioritize when deciding:
    • First-time applicants and those who haven’t received a grant in the past 3 years.
    • Projects that support emerging or established artists.
    • Projects with a cultural impact that benefit communities on Haida Gwaii.
    • Mentorship projects, where experienced artists share skills and traditional knowledge with others.
  • We’re excited to support projects that make a positive difference in the community!
Category: Arts Grant
  • There are a few things the Arts Grant won’t cover. You can’t use the grant for:
    • Marketing or promotion costs
    • Touring off Haida Gwaii
    • Creating merchandise to sell
    • Fundraising, prizes, or awards
    • Building or renovating studios or spaces
    • Running your business (payroll, utilities, etc.)
  • The focus of the Arts Grant is to support your creative work directly. If you’re unsure about an expense, feel free to ask!

I Have a Grant

Category: Arts Grant
  • The Arts Grant is here to help you grow as an artist and connect with your community. Here’s how it can support you:
    • Mentorship opportunities: Learn from experienced artists who can share important skills and traditional knowledge with you.
    • Kickstart your career: If you’re just starting out, the grant can help you take the next step toward becoming a professional artist.
    • Grow your craft: For established artists, it offers the chance to further develop your creative work.
    • Build your skills: Use the grant for training or other professional development that helps you grow as an artist.
    • Bring art to the community: Help more people engage with and enjoy the arts on Haida Gwaii through your project.
Category: Arts Grant
  • To see if your project is a good fit, think about whether it helps the cultural, economic, or environmental well-being of Haida Gwaii. Gwaii Trust focuses on:
    • Promoting – cultural and economic health
    • Encouraging – local decision-making
    • Improving – community well-being
    • Supporting – education and artistic expression
    • Fostering – cooperation, understanding and trust
    • Creating – jobs and improving infrastructure
    • Conserving – land, marine ecosystems, and archaeological sites
    • Conducting – research on Haida Gwaii’s environment and history
    • Planning – for a sustainable economy
    • Providing – services where no municipal government exists
  • If your project helps with any of these goals, it’s probably a great fit!
Category: Arts Grant
  • We want to help as many artists as we can! Here’s what we prioritize when deciding:
    • First-time applicants and those who haven’t received a grant in the past 3 years.
    • Projects that support emerging or established artists.
    • Projects with a cultural impact that benefit communities on Haida Gwaii.
    • Mentorship projects, where experienced artists share skills and traditional knowledge with others.
  • We’re excited to support projects that make a positive difference in the community!
Category: Arts Grant
  • There are a few things the Arts Grant won’t cover. You can’t use the grant for:
    • Marketing or promotion costs
    • Touring off Haida Gwaii
    • Creating merchandise to sell
    • Fundraising, prizes, or awards
    • Building or renovating studios or spaces
    • Running your business (payroll, utilities, etc.)
  • The focus of the Arts Grant is to support your creative work directly. If you’re unsure about an expense, feel free to ask!

Continuing Education Grants

Category: Arts Grant
  • The Arts Grant is here to help you grow as an artist and connect with your community. Here’s how it can support you:
    • Mentorship opportunities: Learn from experienced artists who can share important skills and traditional knowledge with you.
    • Kickstart your career: If you’re just starting out, the grant can help you take the next step toward becoming a professional artist.
    • Grow your craft: For established artists, it offers the chance to further develop your creative work.
    • Build your skills: Use the grant for training or other professional development that helps you grow as an artist.
    • Bring art to the community: Help more people engage with and enjoy the arts on Haida Gwaii through your project.
Category: Arts Grant
  • To see if your project is a good fit, think about whether it helps the cultural, economic, or environmental well-being of Haida Gwaii. Gwaii Trust focuses on:
    • Promoting – cultural and economic health
    • Encouraging – local decision-making
    • Improving – community well-being
    • Supporting – education and artistic expression
    • Fostering – cooperation, understanding and trust
    • Creating – jobs and improving infrastructure
    • Conserving – land, marine ecosystems, and archaeological sites
    • Conducting – research on Haida Gwaii’s environment and history
    • Planning – for a sustainable economy
    • Providing – services where no municipal government exists
  • If your project helps with any of these goals, it’s probably a great fit!
Category: Arts Grant
  • We want to help as many artists as we can! Here’s what we prioritize when deciding:
    • First-time applicants and those who haven’t received a grant in the past 3 years.
    • Projects that support emerging or established artists.
    • Projects with a cultural impact that benefit communities on Haida Gwaii.
    • Mentorship projects, where experienced artists share skills and traditional knowledge with others.
  • We’re excited to support projects that make a positive difference in the community!
Category: Arts Grant
  • There are a few things the Arts Grant won’t cover. You can’t use the grant for:
    • Marketing or promotion costs
    • Touring off Haida Gwaii
    • Creating merchandise to sell
    • Fundraising, prizes, or awards
    • Building or renovating studios or spaces
    • Running your business (payroll, utilities, etc.)
  • The focus of the Arts Grant is to support your creative work directly. If you’re unsure about an expense, feel free to ask!

Arts Grant

Category: Arts Grant
  • The Arts Grant is here to help you grow as an artist and connect with your community. Here’s how it can support you:
    • Mentorship opportunities: Learn from experienced artists who can share important skills and traditional knowledge with you.
    • Kickstart your career: If you’re just starting out, the grant can help you take the next step toward becoming a professional artist.
    • Grow your craft: For established artists, it offers the chance to further develop your creative work.
    • Build your skills: Use the grant for training or other professional development that helps you grow as an artist.
    • Bring art to the community: Help more people engage with and enjoy the arts on Haida Gwaii through your project.
Category: Arts Grant
  • To see if your project is a good fit, think about whether it helps the cultural, economic, or environmental well-being of Haida Gwaii. Gwaii Trust focuses on:
    • Promoting – cultural and economic health
    • Encouraging – local decision-making
    • Improving – community well-being
    • Supporting – education and artistic expression
    • Fostering – cooperation, understanding and trust
    • Creating – jobs and improving infrastructure
    • Conserving – land, marine ecosystems, and archaeological sites
    • Conducting – research on Haida Gwaii’s environment and history
    • Planning – for a sustainable economy
    • Providing – services where no municipal government exists
  • If your project helps with any of these goals, it’s probably a great fit!
Category: Arts Grant
  • We want to help as many artists as we can! Here’s what we prioritize when deciding:
    • First-time applicants and those who haven’t received a grant in the past 3 years.
    • Projects that support emerging or established artists.
    • Projects with a cultural impact that benefit communities on Haida Gwaii.
    • Mentorship projects, where experienced artists share skills and traditional knowledge with others.
  • We’re excited to support projects that make a positive difference in the community!
Category: Arts Grant
  • There are a few things the Arts Grant won’t cover. You can’t use the grant for:
    • Marketing or promotion costs
    • Touring off Haida Gwaii
    • Creating merchandise to sell
    • Fundraising, prizes, or awards
    • Building or renovating studios or spaces
    • Running your business (payroll, utilities, etc.)
  • The focus of the Arts Grant is to support your creative work directly. If you’re unsure about an expense, feel free to ask!