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EcoAction Stream 1: Community-led freshwater action across Canada | Canada Water Agency (CWA)

March 25, 2025

Value

up to a maximum of $100,000, and a minimum of $25,000

Description

Community-led Freshwater Action across Canada helps Canadians become involved in creating more sustainable communities by taking actions that improve freshwater quality and ecosystem health. ​The program supports projects that equip people with tools to act on their knowledge and values, as individuals and members of communities, to promote environmental sustainability.

Eligible Applicants

  • Domestic not-for-profit organizations, such as charitable and volunteer organizations, professional associations, and non-governmental organizations
  • Domestic Indigenous organizations, governments, boards, commissions, communities, associations and authorities
  • Local organizations such as community associations and groups, seniors’ and youth groups, and service clubs and
  • Regional conservation districts and/or watershed authorities

Preference will be given to applications that engage priority groups to achieve project objectives. These groups include:

  • Indigenous peoples
  • youth (up to 25 years of age)
  • small businesses

Eligible Expenses

  • Human resource costs, including salaries and benefits
  • Contractors required to perform activities related to the project
  • Management and professional service costs such as accounting, monitoring, communications, official language translation, Indigenous languages translation, audit and legal charges
  • Hospitality, travel and venues/conference expenses that are attributed directly to carrying out the project (in accordance with the Treasury Board Secretariat’s Directives on Travel, Hospitality, Conference and Event Expenditures)
    • Hospitality expenditures can include costs related to Indigenous ceremonial offerings to be utilized or consumed during meetings or ceremonies such as traditional medicines, cultural foods, tea and sacred plants
  • Costs associated with an Indigenous participation or ceremony
    • Monetary Honoraria offered to Indigenous Elders and/or Knowledge Keepers related to specific participation activities which may include but not be limited to translation and interpretative costs, leading a traditional opening/closing ceremony and/or prayer, the sharing of traditional knowledge and protocols, (including spiritual advice to individuals), and demonstrating traditional art and other practices
  • Materials and supplies costs
  • Printing, production and distribution costs
  • Equipment purchases or rental
  • Vehicle rental and operational costs
  • Any GST/HST that is not reimbursed by Canada Revenue Agency and any PST not reimbursable by the provinces and
  • A reasonable share (15% or less) of overhead and/or administrative costs directly attributed to the carrying out of the project

Deadline Date

March 25, 2025 (12:00 PST/ 15:00 EST)

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