Braided Knowledge Grant | First Peoples’ Cultural Council (FPCC)

Project costs must be direct and essential to the project. Costs will be reviewed to determine if they are reasonable and have been accurately estimated.

• Salaries and wages must be specific to the project and described in the Project Team Worksheet and the Workplan Worksheet.
• Honoraria must be specific to the project and described in the Project Team Worksheet and the Workplan Worksheet ($150 to $250/half day and from $300 to $500/full day, depending on the activities and protocols; rates above these amounts must be covered by the applicant organization).
• Contractors and consultants may be hired if a project requires special skills. Contractor/consultants costs may not exceed 30% of the funding requested. Funding recipients must show they have made best efforts to hire an Indigenous contractor or provide justification for why a non-Indigenous contractor was hired. Indigenous contractors/consultants will be prioritized. A written quote must be provided with the grant application for contractor costs budgeted over $1,000.
• Equipment rentals and purchases, including computers and recording devices, up to 20% of the funding requested.
• Administration costs, up to 15% of the funding requested.
• Software or apps needed to achieve the project’s objectives.
• Meeting and event space rentals, necessary to achieve the project’s objectives.
• Materials and supplies required to support project work.
• Food and hospitality, reasonable and necessary costs only.
• Travel and transportation, reasonable and necessary costs only.