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Application & Program Info

Welcome to the Watershed Security Fund (WSF) funding application. Thank you for taking the time to apply for funding. In 2023, the Province of B.C. made a historic investment to initiate the formation of the WSF. The Real Estate Foundation of BC and the First Nations Water Caucus – with the First Nations Fisheries Council – are working together to provide interim stewardship for the WSF, and to support the co-development of the permanent, co-governed entity that will oversee and manage the WSF and grant program funding stream over the long term (details on our website).

In the interim, we are honoured to begin flowing critical dollars into community to support watershed health and security through a WSF grant funding program. Water is life, and remains the most important, environmental, cultural, economic, and spiritual well-spring we share. Thank you for your shared commitment to this inspiring, impactful, and healing work.

Our current WSF funding intake opens October 5 to November 10, 2026, for grants approved in April 2027. You can sign up for grant intake notifications here.

Before completing this application, we recommend you download our application guide from our grants program website here. It includes information on our funding intakes, streams, priorities, assessment criteria and eligibility guidelines.

Some high-level information is provided below.

The Watershed Security Fund supports:

Reconciliation and advancing the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Restoring and maintaining ecosystem services and watershed health
Climate resiliency
Local watershed governance, planning & monitoring initiatives
Job creation and economic stimulus
Learning and relationship-building between Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities

Currently, our grant opportunities are divided into three Streams based on the project’s developmental stage, organizational relationship to First Nations, and maximum grant size:

Stream 1 – grants of up to $50,000
Stream 2 – grants of up to $150,000
Stream 3 – grants of up to $400,000

Grant funding will support projects and initiatives that take place in territories and regions within what is known as BC, and that prioritize reconciliation, ecosystem restoration, climate resilience and sustainable economies. Funded projects will support healthy watersheds across a range of project types in any of these areas of watershed-based work:

Watershed Collaboration, Planning & Governance
Watershed & Ecosystems Restoration
Nature-based Infrastructure
Watersheds & Food Systems
Monitoring & Assessment
Land & Water-based Learning, Knowledge Sharing

Eligibility Eligible Organizations for WSF grant funding include Indigenous or non-Indigenous:

Registered Non–profits
Educational Institutions
Social Enterprises (C3)

First Nations (including First Nation governments, Tribal Councils and others)
Local/Regional Governments

Eligibility is not restricted to Canada Revenue Agency registered charities or qualified donees. In addition to those listed above, some other types of organizations may be eligible.

WSF Grants are not able to fund:

Activities that primarily provide financial benefits for individuals
Debt retirement, reserves, mortgage paydowns
Retroactive expenses (costs incurred prior to funding being approved)
Purchase of land or large scale development of buildings
Endowments
Partisan political activities
Projects or initiatives that do not take place in what is known as BC.

Applications for short-term or multi-year projects and initiatives (up to 3 years) can be submitted.

HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION:

Questions with an asterisk (*) are required questions that need to be completed to submit the form. Please feel free to use brief, point form answers. See our application guide on the WSF grants website page here for more details.

You can also reach out to our Grants staff at grants@watershedsecurityfund.ca | 604-343-2620 | toll free 1-866-912-6800 ext. 101, if you have questions or feedback about the application process or our funding criteria and eligibility.

There are three ways to submit an application:

Online Portal (preferred) – Applications through the online system is preferred, and can be accessed through a link on the WSF grants website page.
Word Document – Available to download from the WSF grants website page and submitted by email to grants@watershedsecurityfund.ca . Once you submit your application, you will receive confirmation that we have received it within a week. If you do not receive this confirmation, please follow up with us to ensure we have your application.
Zoom, Teams, Facetime or Phone Call – Arranged through our Program Staff at grants@watershedsecurityfund.ca . This option is for organizations that do not have capacity to apply for the Grants Program and need additional support. You’ll be connected with one of our grants program staff who will complete the application based on your conversation. A word version of the application will then be sent back to you, for you to confirm, finalize and submit by email to grants@watershedsecurityfund.ca These conversations will need to take place prior to Nov. 2, 2026, in order to allow our team time to confirm and finalize the application content with you before the deadline of November 10, 2026. Please contact us as soon as possible if you would like to arrange for this option.

If you previously submitted an application to the Watershed Security Fund and wish to resubmit an application for the same project, please contact us at grants@watershedsecurityfund.ca. We will send you a customized link to your application with your previously submitted project information pre-filled for your convenience.

If you reach out to our Program Staff well in advance of the deadline, there may be other options, such as submitting an application you previously prepared for another funding program, in lieu of our standard application. Please allow plenty of time so we can jointly ensure it provides the information we need to receive and review your application.

The deadline to submit applications for this intake is November 10, 2026, at 11:59 p.m. Grants program staff will be available until 5 p.m. on November 10, 2026, to support applicants.

TECHNICAL NOTES:

You can use the zoom function on your browser to make form text larger if that makes it easier to read.
The online application form is in Plain Text format and cannot accommodate Rich Text like bold/italic styling or formatted bullet points. You can easily strip formatting when copy/pasting by pasting in plain text. (Ctrl+Shift+V for PC or Option+Cmd+Shift+V for Mac).
You will be notified of any errors in your online form responses upon clicking Submit and will be able to correct them.
Your online application form can be saved while in progress so that you or a colleague can return to it later. When you click on Save My Progress, you will be asked to set a username (email) and password to re-open the form. You will receive an email with a link to return to the form. Once you’ve logged back in, navigate to where you left off and continue. Click “Save My Progress” again only if you want to close or navigate away from the form before you complete and submit.
It is recommended to use the page numbers at the top of this form to navigate between pages. Using your browser's back button to navigate through the form will not save your progress.
You will have an opportunity to upload supplementary files (documents, videos, links) at the end of the application if you feel they illustrate important aspects of your project. These are welcome but optional (not required).
When you click Submit, you will be redirected to a confirmation page and a PDF copy of your submission will be emailed to you.
To avoid frustration with internet connection issues, we recommend using the word version of the application template to draft responses before copy/pasting into the online form. The word version of the application form is available on our grants website page here: watershedsecurityfund.ca/grants

Thank you!

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Have you submitted this project to the Watershed Security Fund in a previous intake?

YesNo

There is an easier way to apply!

If you previously submitted an application to the Watershed Security Fund and wish to resubmit an application for the same project, please contact us at grants@watershedsecurityfund.ca. We will send you a customized link to your application with your previously submitted project information pre-filled for your convenience.

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SECTION 1 - APPLICATION INFORMATION

Applicant Organization

Applicant Organization - Full Legal Name
Please provide the full legal name of the organization followed by the preferred acronym - without punctuation - in parenthesis eg: Watershed Security Fund (WSF)

Applicant Organization - DBA
Please provide the organization's DBA (Doing Business As) Name if this is different from your legal name.

Applicant Organization - Website

Please provide the organization’s website.

Applicant Address

Office Address

City

Province

Postal Code

Organization Type
Please select the organization type listed below that best describes your organization.
Your organization is an Indigenous or non-Indigenous:

Registered Non-profitEducational InstitutionSocial Enterprise (C3)Other - Describe belowFirst Nation (including First Nation governments, Tribal Councils and others)Local/Regional Government

If your response above is Other, please provide a few words describing your organization type.

Character Limit: 100

If response above is First Nation, please describe in a few words (eg: First Nation Government, Tribal Council, Other.

Character Limit: 100

Organizational Relationship to First Nations

We recognize that First Nations title, rights, and sovereignty are crucial to the health and sustainability of lands and waters in the unceded and/or treaty territories across what is referred to as British Columbia. As the inherent rightsholders of these lands and waters who have protected and cared for them for millennia, First Nations in B.C. must have a central role in watershed work if we are to uphold commitments to UNDRIP and achieve transformative change towards healthy, secure watersheds. The Circle on Philanthropy developed a matrix based on guidance from Indigenous advisors from across Canada to help define organizations’ relationships to Indigenous Peoples.

Please download and review the Circle’s I4DM Definitional Matrix and select the classification below that best represents your organizational relationship to First Nations in B.C. based on the criteria within the matrix. It should reflect the current state of your organization, rather than your organization's future goals or aspirations. Please note that for this question, an organization that has one or more First Nations project partners is not necessarily in the I4DM category of “Indigenous Partnerships” (or in our case, “First Nations Partnerships”). For the purpose of this question, the I4DM category representing “First Nations Partnerships” would only be indicated where First Nations decision makers sit equal and share leadership with non-First Nations partners (along with other criteria – see I4DM). There is a separate question (further in the application) where you can identify First Nations partners who you are working with in a variety of other types of roles and we look forward to learning about those too.

First Nation/s LedFirst Nation/s PartnershipsFirst Nation/s InformedFirst Nation/s BenefittingOther

Other Comments
You are welcome to provide comments or context to your I4DM selection above if you chose ‘other’. We suggest under 200 words.

Is your organization a Canada Revenue Agency Registered Charity or Qualified Donee?

If you’re unsure if the applicant organization is registered as a Qualified Donee, please check the CRA website. Click here for registered charities, here for First Nations and school boards, and here for municipalities and regional districts.

YesNo

Application Contact - Primary

Application Contact - Primary
Please provide the name and contact information of the person we should contact if there are questions about your application. This is also the person who will be notified if your application is successful in being shortlisted or approved for funding.

First Name

Last Name

Job Title

Email Address

Cell Number

Office Number

Is the application contact an employee or director of the proponent (applicant) organization?

YesNo, I am a consultant/partner

If No, please provide your consultant contact details.

Consultant Organization's Name

Consultant Organization's Website

Mailing Address

City

Province

Postal Code

Would you like to add a second Contact?

YesNo

Application Contact - Secondary #1

Application Contact - Secondary #1
Please provide the name and contact information of the secondary contact for this application.

First Name

Last Name

Job Title

Email Address

Cell Number

Office Number

Is the application contact an employee or director of the proponent (applicant) organization?

YesNo, I am a consultant/partner

If No, please provide your consultant contact details.

Consultant Organization's Name

Consultant Organization's Website

Mailing Address

City

Province

Postal Code

Would you like to another Secondary Contact?

YesNo

Application Contact - Secondary #2

Application Contact - Secondary #2
Please provide the name and contact information of the other secondary contact for this application.

First Name

Last Name

Job Title

Email Address

Cell Number

Office Number

Is the application contact an employee or director of the proponent (applicant) organization?

YesNo, I am a consultant/partner

If No, please provide your consultant contact details.

Consultant Organization's Name

Consultant Organization's Website

Mailing Address

City

Province

Postal Code

Organization Description

Organization Description

For the organization that is applying for funds (applicant), please tell us about your organization. This may include your purpose, who you serve, and why. Or, your mission, mandate, and programming. If your organization is a post-secondary institution, focus on the specific department or faculty overseeing the project. We suggest under 300 words.

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SECTION 2 - PROJECT INFORMATION

Details

Project Name
We suggest under 80 characters, including spaces.

Project Description
Please provide a brief overview of your project proposal, including goals or objectives, and major activities. What type of work are you seeking to do and where? To achieve what outcomes? We suggest under 500 words.

Project Reason, Vision
How does your project address urgent or long-term watershed health and security issues, conditions or opportunities? How is it achieving actionable progress on ecosystems health and climate resilience? What is the change you want to see? We suggest under 500 words.

Relationship to past or future work
Does this project build on past or current initiatives within your organization or by other organizations that support the change you are trying to create? Or will it build capacity or a foundation for future work or initiatives? We suggest under 200 words.

Project themes: Primary

To help us and others understand the many dimensions of watershed security work, we have identified some project categories or themes. For the purpose of this application, at this stage we are only asking you to identify up to two; however, we do recognize that watershed work is inherently holistic and interwoven across many of these themes.

Please let us know which of these categories best reflects the strongest area of focus for your project:

Watershed Collaboration, Planning & GovernanceWatershed & Ecosystems RestorationNature-based InfrastructureWatersheds & Food SystemsMonitoring & AssessmentLand & Water-based Learning, Knowledge SharingOther (please describe below)

If you chose ‘Other’ for project theme, please describe in a few words.

Project themes: Option to Identify an Additional Project Theme

Please let us know which, if any, of these categories reflects an additional important dimension to your work.

If you chose ‘Other’ for project theme, please describe in a few words.

Geographical Area Served
Please select the watershed basin(s) that include the area or territory in which your project activities will take place.

MackenzieFraserColumbiaNorth Coast - Pacific Ocean SeaboardSouth Coast - Pacific Ocean SeaboardNassSkeenaStikineTaku Yukon

Map of the watershed basins in British Columbia

First Nation/s Territory/Territories

Please list the First Nation/s territory/territories on which your project will take place. We suggest under 250 words.

Project Mapping

To highlight funded projects on our interactive online map we require either the name of the town, city, river, lake, park or GPS coordinates of the general area your project work will take place. Please provide the information that feels the most accurate to you. Please note the exact locations of project sites aren’t necessary - a more general location point will suffice.

Funding Streams

There are 3 Funding Streams by grant sizes. Please select the Funding Stream in which you are applying:

Stream 1: – grants of up to $50,000Stream 2: – grants of up to $150,000Stream 3: – grants of up to $400,000

Project Duration
Please estimate the number of months required to complete the portion of your project for which funding is being requested. Project funding can be short term or multi-year (up to 3 years).

Estimated Project Start Date
When do you hope to begin your project work for which funding is being requested (month, year)? Spring, Summer, Fall or Winter start dates are all welcome. Projects need not be “launch ready” at this stage, and funding is not required to be spent in a given fiscal year. Note that funding does not support work/costs retroactively. Funded work can start any time after grants are approved. Approvals for our Fall/Winter intake are anticipated in the Spring.

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SECTION 3 - UNDRIP COMMITMENTS

The WSF is committed to upholding the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP). This section is an opportunity to describe how UNDRIP principles and efforts toward reconciliation and reciprocity can be intentionally woven into organizational culture, practice, and project work.

First Nations Led organizations have the option of providing a distinct perspective on UNDRIP in relation to your project, through one optional question. Organizations that do not currently have First Nations people empowered at all levels have an opportunity to share how they are implementing meaningful approaches or overcoming barriers to upholding UNDRIP through a series of questions. For smaller scale projects in Stream 1 even initial actionable steps to learn about UNDRIP implementation and decolonizing practices can be an important starting point.

Successful applicants will be able to report again on these commitments after projects are underway or completed.

Please note that different questions appear below depending on your response to the question "Organizational Relationship to Indigenous Peoples" in Section 1 (page 3) about your classification within the Circle's I4DM Definitional Matrix.

First Nations Led Organizations only - UNDRIP – First Nations Perspective

We recognize that each First Nation has their own distinct perspective on advancing UNDRIP that is grounded in their own culture, governance, and land relationships. If you'd like to share, we invite you to describe how UNDRIP might be informing your project approach, or any statements/vision/position on UNDRIP that your First Nation or organization may have. We suggest under 400 words. Brief, point form comments are also welcome.

Non-First Nations Led Organization - UNDRIP

For Non-First Nations-Led Organizations please complete the following section

Please tell us about your plans to incorporate any of the following into your project planning or implementation. For comments, we suggest under 200 words. Brief, point form notes are welcome.

UNDRIP - Project activities support the exercise of Indigenous rights

This can include land-based activities that support cultural and rights-based activities by First Nations peoples. Select one.

PlannedNot PlannedNot Applicable

Comment

UNDRIP - Incorporation of Indigenous Knowledge into project planning

This can include research on existing secondary sources, engagement with host/affected Nations, interviews with knowledge holders. Activities should be supported with commensurate budget planning for First Nations participation. Select one.

PlannedNot PlannedNot Applicable

Comment

UNDRIP - Communications and outreach to First Nation leadership

This can include relationship-building, various forms of communication on the project, receiving input and direction into project design and implementation. Leadership can be elected Chief and Council, or traditional governance bodies. Activities should be supported with commensurate budget planning for Indigenous participation. Select one.

PlannedNot PlannedNot Applicable

Comment

UNDRIP - Project site/s First Nations ceremony

This can include inviting host/affected Nations to conduct land-based ceremonies to commemorate various aspects of the project, where appropriate (respecting other demands on host Nations) and with sufficient support in the budget planning. Select one.

PlannedNot PlannedNot Applicable

Comment

UNDRIP - Training and other initiatives to strengthen the capacity of Indigenous peoples to practice and uphold Indigenous rights and interests in ways that are meaningful to them

This can include support for land-use and land governance related capacity building and training for Indigenous peoples as a part your project. Activities should be supported with commensurate budget planning for Indigenous participation. Select one.

PlannedNot PlannedNot Applicable

Comment

UNDRIP – Other

If there are other ways you feel your project is advancing UNDRIP Principles, we would love to hear about this. Feel free to reference specific Articles or Article Numbers if applicable. Select one.

PlannedNot Applicable

Comment

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SECTION 4 - ADDITIONAL ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

We’d like to learn about your project approaches to any of the following, if applicable. For each of your responses, we suggest under 200 words. Brief, point form notes are welcome. Responses to these questions, even if brief, provide valuable insight into your project and we encourage you to add comments to all that apply.

Free, Prior, Informed Consent (FPIC)
Are you a First Nation working in your own territory? If not, is your project addressing FPIC? What policies or practices do you have to work towards or to obtain First Nations free, prior and informed consent for a project affecting their lands or territories and other resources, in connection with the development or use of water resources?

Or, Does not apply to my project

Regional Equity
Are there particular regional challenges in terms of access to funding or other resourcing, and in relation to urgent/pressing watershed security needs or impacts in your community or watershed basin?

Or, Does not apply to my project

Community Connection
How are the communities most impacted or served by the project involved in its design, direction and/or implementation? How do you stay engaged and responsible to your community?

Or, Does not apply to my project

Economic Resiliency, Jobs, Training & Mentorship
Will your project create or sustain jobs, training and economic opportunities that contribute to economic and community resilience? Does the project embrace and advance mentorship and intergenerational learning, leadership and knowledge building?

Or, Does not apply to my project

Diversity of Interests & Collaboration
If there are other communities, organizations, or sectors whose partnership and collaboration are key to your project goals, how are you engaging them or building relationships? Are you working on watershed-based shared decision-making, co-development, and co-governance work? Or engaged in community foundation building for those efforts?

Or, Does not apply to my project

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SECTION 5 - PARTNER ORGANIZATION NAMES AND ROLES

Partners are not a requirement of funding but depending on the goals and activities of your project, the work may benefit from or depend on collaboration. You will not be evaluated on the number of partners you identify – we are most interested in hearing about those you feel are integral to project success, if any. Organizations only providing financial support are not considered partners for this question. If you’ve indicated that you’re working in partnership with First Nations, we will be looking for some evidence of the depth of that partnership in supplemental documents (end of this form). If not a letter of support, this could be a MOU, email correspondence, or other type of evidence of shared involvement. Letters of support or other documentation can be in email format (please upload a PDF copy of the email). Letters of support addressed/submitted to other funders are also acceptable.

Would you like to tell us about any key partners you may have on this project?

These can be either formal and finalized or currently in the discussion and negotiation phase.

YesNo

First Partner Details

Partner Name

Full name of the organization or Individual partnering with you on this project.

Partner Sector

Please select the option that best describes your partner’s sector.

Non-Profit/NGO Local/Regional Government Provincial/Federal Government First Nations Government Industry, Association, Crown Corporation Academic/Schools Media/Comms Consultants/Private Sector Other

If you chose ‘Other’, please describe in a few words.

Partner Contact Name

Partner Contact Email

Partner Role

Briefly describe the role are they playing in the project. What aspects of planning, informing, implementing, or disseminating are they involved in? We suggest under 250 words.

Partner Status

Please tell us the current status of this partnership.

ConfirmedPlanned

First Nations - led?

YesNo

Please describe the Partner's Role.

Select the option that best describes the anticipated level of involvement for your Partner.

Full Partner - Involved in project direction, design, implementation, dissemination, and follow up work.Partial Partner - Involved in some key milestones, has a say in key elements of project design, but may not be involved in all of the operational activities.Engagement - Involved in engaging the community, sharing info, seeking and transmitting community input on project implementation.Info-Sharing Only - Capacity, time limitation, or other constraints not allowing for fulsome participation in project, but wishes to be kept informed of activities and progress.Other - If the above descriptions do not fit, please describe your partner’s role in your own words. We suggest under 200 words.

Comments

Would you like to add a second Partner?

YesNo

Second Partner Details

Partner Name

Full name of the organization or Individual partnering with you on this project.

Partner Sector

Please select the option that best describes your partner’s sector.

Non-Profit/NGO Local/Regional Government Provincial/Federal Government First Nations Government Industry, Association, Crown Corporation Academic/Schools Media/Comms Consultants/Private Sector Other

If you chose ‘Other’, please describe in a few words.

Partner Contact Name

Partner Contact Email

Partner Role

Briefly describe the role are they playing in the project. What aspects of planning, informing, implementing, or disseminating are they involved in? We suggest under 250 words.

Partner Status

Please tell us the current status of this partnership.

ConfirmedPlanned

First Nations - led?

YesNo

Please describe the Partner's Role.

Select the option that best describes the anticipated level of involvement for your Partner.

Comments

Would you like to add a third Partner?

YesNo

Third Partner Details

Partner Name

Full name of the organization or Individual partnering with you on this project.

Partner Sector

Please select the option that best describes your partner’s sector.

Non-Profit/NGO Local/Regional Government Provincial/Federal Government First Nations Government Industry, Association, Crown Corporation Academic/Schools Media/Comms Consultants/Private Sector Other

If you chose ‘Other’, please describe in a few words.

Partner Contact Name

Partner Contact Email

Partner Role

Briefly describe the role are they playing in the project. What aspects of planning, informing, implementing, or disseminating are they involved in? We suggest under 250 words.

Partner Status

Please tell us the current status of this partnership.

ConfirmedPlanned

First Nations - led?

YesNo

Please describe the Partner's Role.

Select the option that best describes the anticipated level of involvement for your Partner.

Comments

Would you like to add a fourth Partner?

YesNo

Fourth Partner Details

Partner Name

Full name of the organization or Individual partnering with you on this project.

Partner Sector

Please select the option that best describes your partner’s sector.

Non-Profit/NGO Local/Regional Government Provincial/Federal Government First Nations Government Industry, Association, Crown Corporation Academic/Schools Media/Comms Consultants/Private Sector Other

If you chose ‘Other’, please describe in a few words.

Partner Contact Name

Partner Contact Email

Partner Role

Briefly describe the role are they playing in the project. What aspects of planning, informing, implementing, or disseminating are they involved in? We suggest under 250 words.

Partner Status

Please tell us the current status of this partnership.

ConfirmedPlanned

First Nations - led?

YesNo

Please describe the Partner's Role.

Select the option that best describes the anticipated level of involvement for your Partner.

Comments

Would you like to add a fifth Partner?

YesNo

Fifth Partner Details

Partner Name

Full name of the organization or Individual partnering with you on this project.

Partner Sector

Please select the option that best describes your partner’s sector.

Non-Profit/NGO Local/Regional Government Provincial/Federal Government First Nations Government Industry, Association, Crown Corporation Academic/Schools Media/Comms Consultants/Private Sector Other

If you chose ‘Other’, please describe in a few words.

Partner Contact Name

Partner Contact Email

Partner Role

Briefly describe the role are they playing in the project. What aspects of planning, informing, implementing, or disseminating are they involved in? We suggest under 250 words.

Partner Status

Please tell us the current status of this partnership.

ConfirmedPlanned

First Nations - led?

YesNo

Please describe the Partner's Role.

Select the option that best describes the anticipated level of involvement for your Partner.

Comments

Would you like to add a sixth Partner?

YesNo

Sixth Partner Details

Partner Name

Full name of the organization or Individual partnering with you on this project.

Partner Sector

Please select the option that best describes your partner’s sector.

Non-Profit/NGO Local/Regional Government Provincial/Federal Government First Nations Government Industry, Association, Crown Corporation Academic/Schools Media/Comms Consultants/Private Sector Other

If you chose ‘Other’, please describe in a few words.

Partner Contact Name

Partner Contact Email

Partner Role

Briefly describe the role are they playing in the project. What aspects of planning, informing, implementing, or disseminating are they involved in? We suggest under 250 words.

Partner Status

Please tell us the current status of this partnership.

ConfirmedPlanned

First Nations - led?

YesNo

Please describe the Partner's Role.

Select the option that best describes the anticipated level of involvement for your Partner.

Comments

Would you like to add a seventh Partner?

YesNo

Seventh Partner Details

Partner Name

Full name of the organization or Individual partnering with you on this project.

Partner Sector

Please select the option that best describes your partner’s sector.

Non-Profit/NGO Local/Regional Government Provincial/Federal Government First Nations Government Industry, Association, Crown Corporation Academic/Schools Media/Comms Consultants/Private Sector Other

If you chose ‘Other’, please describe in a few words.

Partner Contact Name

Partner Contact Email

Partner Role

Briefly describe the role are they playing in the project. What aspects of planning, informing, implementing, or disseminating are they involved in? We suggest under 250 words.

Partner Status

Please tell us the current status of this partnership.

ConfirmedPlanned

First Nations - led?

YesNo

Please describe the Partner's Role.

Select the option that best describes the anticipated level of involvement for your Partner.

Comments

Would you like to add a eighth Partner?

YesNo

Eighth Partner Details

Partner Name

Full name of the organization or Individual partnering with you on this project.

Partner Sector

Please select the option that best describes your partner’s sector.

Non-Profit/NGO Local/Regional Government Provincial/Federal Government First Nations Government Industry, Association, Crown Corporation Academic/Schools Media/Comms Consultants/Private Sector Other

If you chose ‘Other’, please describe in a few words.

Partner Contact Name

Partner Contact Email

Partner Role

Briefly describe the role are they playing in the project. What aspects of planning, informing, implementing, or disseminating are they involved in? We suggest under 250 words.

Partner Status

Please tell us the current status of this partnership.

ConfirmedPlanned

First Nations - led?

YesNo

Please describe the Partner's Role.

Select the option that best describes the anticipated level of involvement for your Partner.

Comments

Would you like to add a ninth Partner?

YesNo

Ninth Partner Details

Partner Name

Full name of the organization or Individual partnering with you on this project.

Partner Sector

Please select the option that best describes your partner’s sector.

Non-Profit/NGO Local/Regional Government Provincial/Federal Government First Nations Government Industry, Association, Crown Corporation Academic/Schools Media/Comms Consultants/Private Sector Other

If you chose ‘Other’, please describe in a few words.

Partner Contact Name

Partner Contact Email

Partner Role

Briefly describe the role are they playing in the project. What aspects of planning, informing, implementing, or disseminating are they involved in? We suggest under 250 words.

Partner Status

Please tell us the current status of this partnership.

ConfirmedPlanned

First Nations - led?

YesNo

Please describe the Partner's Role.

Select the option that best describes the anticipated level of involvement for your Partner.

Comments

This form does not have the ability to collect more than nine partners. Please include those that are most key to your project's success. If you have more than nine partners, you can list them on a separate document and upload it in the Supplementary Documents section on page 8 of this application form.

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SECTION 6 - PROJECT BUDGET

Eligible expenses for WSF Funding include: staffing and labour; program or project planning, design, delivery, coordination, communications, consultant fees; convening & relationship building, workshops, travel; Indigenous ceremony & cultural protocols, honoraria, building cultural competency; and, admin (of up to 10%). We encourage proposal budgets that support elders, youth, and ceremony, and sharing the story of project work. Site costs and capital equipment costs are eligible for restoration and nature based infrastructure projects, with some limitations.

Please see our application guide and budget template on the WSF grants website page here for additional budget guidance.

Project Budget

Amount Requested
Total amount of funds you are requesting from WSF.

Please enter an unformatted number (no $ or ,) eg: 100000

Total Project Cash Budget
Total estimated required funds for the project, including project staffing but excluding in-kind expenses.

Please enter an unformatted number (no $ or ,) eg: 49500

Please indicate if your project can proceed if approved for an amount that is less than what is requested

YesNo

Please let us know how your project will be impacted:

Additional Information

Enter an Amount Requested above for additional questions to appear.

For Stream 1 Applications up to $50,000:

Please provide a high-level list of expenditures to describe how you intend to allocate requested WSF funds. If requested funds are supporting jobs (staff or contract wages), we'd be interested in hearing about that as well. We suggest under 300 words.

As an example, you can mention Amount Requested, Description of Expenses, Total Project Cash Budget, Project Confirmed Funding, etc.

For applications in Stream 2 (up to $150,000) and Stream 3 (up to $400,000) please submit our budget form with your application.

Please complete the budget template form available on the grants page of our website and upload it below.

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SECTION 7 - OPTIONAL ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Additional Information

Is there anything else you would like to tell us about your project that was not already included in your responses? Feel free to include links to web-based supplementary information, documents, or videos that you feel strengthen your application? We suggest under 300 words.

Uploading Supplementary Documents or Letters of Support

Please use file names that provide some indication of the file contents and date of publication if applicable.

The following format is preferred: Org Name Acronym_Document Name_Date of Publication – eg: WSF_Drought Report_Jan 2023.pdf

With the exception of budget forms for Stream 2 and Stream 3 applications, supplementary files are not mandatory and your application will not be evaluated based on the number of files you share. Please only provide materials you feel are necessary for telling the story of your project. If you intend to submit your application through our online portal, please note it can only accommodate up to 5 attachments and the total size of all attachments must be below 30 MB. If you have larger files or additional key materials to share, please consider providing links to online versions in your response to “Additional Information” or you may email them to grants@watershedsecurityfund.ca.

Documents in PDF format are generally preferred, but Word and Excel files (particularly for budget forms) may also be uploaded through the online application portal (or included with your application by email). Video or image files of 10 MB or less may also be uploaded or included.

Note: Letters of support are welcome but not mandatory. However, if you’ve indicated that you’re working in partnership with First Nations, we will be looking for some evidence of the depth of that partnership in supplemental documents. If not a letter of support, this could be a MOU, email correspondence, or other type of evidence of shared involvement. Letters of support or other documentation can be in email format (please upload a PDF copy of the email). Letters of support addressed/submitted to other funders are also acceptable.

Would you like to upload a file? For each file you will be asked to upload the file and provide a short description of the file (we suggest under 100 characters).

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Upload File(s)

File Upload #1

File #1 Description: We suggest under 100 characters.

File Upload #2

File #2 Description: We suggest under 100 characters.

File Upload #3

File #3 Description: We suggest under 100 characters.

File Upload #4

File #4 Description: We suggest under 100 characters.

File Upload #5

File #5 Description: We suggest under 100 characters.

Review and Submit

Future Engagement

We are still in the early stages of developing our grant funding program. In the future we hope to be able to offer some resources and engagement opportunities for applicants, grantees, and people working in the watershed sector.

If you would like to be added to a list to be notified of future potential learning opportunities related to UNDRIP, watershed engagement and learning events, and funding supports, please indicate yes here:

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Sometimes other funders in our network are interested in learning about potential projects that may align with their funding programs. If you are open to having your application shared with other funders and/or partners, please indicate yes here:

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Thank you for your time and effort in submitting an application. We appreciate this opportunity to learn about your organization and your proposed project. Once you click 'Submit', you will be prompted to review your responses before they are submitted.

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