FAQs

Yes, there are a few simple requirements to keep in mind:

• Your organization must be a local non-profit or local government. Businesses and individuals are not eligible to apply.
• If you’ve received a grant before, make sure you’ve submitted all required reports—organizations with overdue reports can’t apply.

• 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!

There are a few things the Food Sovereignty Grant won’t cover. You can’t use the grant for:

• General operating costs or funding for ongoing programs.
• Buying perishable or non-perishable foods.
• Costs incurred before grant approval.
• Other items mentioned in the General Grant Guidelines

Yes, there are a few simple requirements to keep in mind:

• Your organization must be a local non-profit or local government. Businesses and individuals are not eligible to apply.
• If you’ve received a grant before, make sure you’ve submitted all required reports—organizations with overdue reports can’t apply.

• 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!

There are a few things the Food Sovereignty Grant won’t cover. You can’t use the grant for:

• General operating costs or funding for ongoing programs.
• Buying perishable or non-perishable foods.
• Costs incurred before grant approval.
• Other items mentioned in the General Grant Guidelines

Yes, there are a few simple requirements to keep in mind:

• Your organization must be a local non-profit or local government. Businesses and individuals are not eligible to apply.
• If you’ve received a grant before, make sure you’ve submitted all required reports—organizations with overdue reports can’t apply.

• 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!

There are a few things the Food Sovereignty Grant won’t cover. You can’t use the grant for:

• General operating costs or funding for ongoing programs.
• Buying perishable or non-perishable foods.
• Costs incurred before grant approval.
• Other items mentioned in the General Grant Guidelines

Yes, there are a few simple requirements to keep in mind:

• Your organization must be a local non-profit or local government. Businesses and individuals are not eligible to apply.
• If you’ve received a grant before, make sure you’ve submitted all required reports—organizations with overdue reports can’t apply.

• 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!

There are a few things the Food Sovereignty Grant won’t cover. You can’t use the grant for:

• General operating costs or funding for ongoing programs.
• Buying perishable or non-perishable foods.
• Costs incurred before grant approval.
• Other items mentioned in the General Grant Guidelines

Yes, there are a few simple requirements to keep in mind:

• Your organization must be a local non-profit or local government. Businesses and individuals are not eligible to apply.
• If you’ve received a grant before, make sure you’ve submitted all required reports—organizations with overdue reports can’t apply.

• 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!

There are a few things the Food Sovereignty Grant won’t cover. You can’t use the grant for:

• General operating costs or funding for ongoing programs.
• Buying perishable or non-perishable foods.
• Costs incurred before grant approval.
• Other items mentioned in the General Grant Guidelines