First Nations Guardian Fund
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The Guardian Fund Goal
This First Nations Guardians Fund provides financial resources for First Nations-led, on the ground, community-based stewardship initiatives and regional Guardian networks. The First Nations Guardians Fund is an expression of NGN’s goal to support First Nations working to exercise their rights and responsibilities to the land, waters, and ice of their traditional territories by providing funding for First Nations-led, on-the-ground, community-based stewardship initiatives and networks.
Applicants are encouraged to design their Guardians initiatives based on the unique interests, needs, capacity and laws of their Nation. The Guardians Fund is designed to support all types of eligible initiatives, whether they have a specific focus (e.g. focus on one area or species) or take a more general approach.
Funding is available for:
Recommended funding level: $50,000/year
Provides startup funding to applicants operating with the authority of their First Nation to explore the viability of and/or to create a Guardians program
Funding is for one fiscal year
Recommended funding level: $175,000/year for up to two years (for activities completed by March 31, 2026)
Supports the expansion of programming and/or provides partial administrative funding to support the growth and expansion of an existing program
Applicants may apply for up to two years of funding
Recommended funding level of $250,000/year for up to two years (for activities completed by March 31, 2026)
Supports the expansion of programming and/or partial administrative funding to a network of First Nations working together to achieve common goals within and/or across territories
Applicants may apply for up to two years of funding