Grants
In Aid

GIA's

 

Grants-in-Aid
are one-time grants awarded to community non-profit organizations operating within the Juan de Fuca, Salt Spring Island and Southern Gulf Islands Electoral Areas.
They are awarded to projects or activities which are beyond the scope of CRD services and represent an appropriate use of tax dollars to benefit the Electoral Areas.

For more information please contact Melody Pender

email: or 250-629-3475

How To Apply

Applications for Grants-in-Aid are received throughout the year, and are submitted by email or fax to the Electoral Area Director for the region from which the application originates:

 

Grant in Aid Guide (download)

GIA Application Form (download)

Southern Gulf Islands
Dave Howe,
Regional Director for Southern Gulf Islands Electoral Area

Please email or fax completed applications to: or fax: 250-629-3477

 

2018 Grant in Aids 
 

• Moving Around Pender: $4,907
  Completion of Pilot Project
   

• Moving Around Pender: $3,836
  Bus parking relocation
   

• South Pender Historical Society: $1,600
  2017 Reconciliation Initiative
   

• Galiano Island Community Transport Society: $5,000
  Transportation Pilot Project
   

• Pender Island Sr. Housing Society: $5,000
  Proposed development options and early planning study.
   

• Pender Animal Welfare Society: $6,000
  dog park fencing and gate
   

• SIMRIS: $3,500
  High quality underwater camera
   

• SSIITS: $5,000
  Tour des Iles Festival 2018
   

• South Pender Historical Society $5,000
  Totem pole carved by Tsawout artist
   

• SSIITS: $2,500
  development of webite and reservation system for TDI
   

• Mayne Island Conservancy: $3,700
  Stewards in Action Restoration Project
   

• Int'l Institute for Childs Rights & Dev: $4,400 
  Pender training Retreat for Youth and Youth Workers
   

• Galiano Island Conservancy: $2,000
  Musical Walkalong for Learning
   

• Mayne Island Housing Society: $5,000
  start up fees for Housing society
   

• Mayne Island Pathways: $4,119
  Trail building
   

• Galiano Island Conservancy: $5,000 
  washroom facilities
   

• Galiano Museum Society: $2,500
  Museum building
   

• Three on the Tree Productions: $1,500
  SNAIL -  interdisciplinary, multi-generational performance at the Pender Island Community Labyrinth

2017 Grant in Aids

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• PIHRAHA: $3,500 
  dishwasher
   

• Heartwood: $1,285 
  Development of Gulf Islands Education and Events Cooperative
   

• Heartwood: $3,000
  New food growing and sustainable energy classes
   

• SIMRIS: $4,000
  underwater video camera and equipment
   

• SARS: $2,610 
  new jackets and vests
   

• S. Pender Historical Society: $3,500
  Tsawout First Nations reconciliation initiative 
   

• Ptarmigan: $2,000
  The Gift - John Aitkin
   

• Mayne Island Conservancy:  $3,500
  Assistance with costs incurred to purchase St. Johns Point
   

• Mayne Island Deer Fallow: $3,500
  Funding assistance for the control of the fallow deer.
   

• Heartwood: $5,000
  Series of Classes on Making a Sustainable living on island
   

• Pender Island Marine Assoc: $6,100
  Improve public safety for Recreational users
   

• SGI Community Resource Centre: $2,000 
  matching funds for Edu-tourism project
   

• SGI Arts Council:  $3,500
  Provide community events throughout the SGIs during TDI 2017
   

• SSIITS: $700
  Tour des Iles Festival funding
   

• Galiano Gulf and Country Club: $640  
  Summer youth golf camp
   

• Galiano Island Conservancy: $1,500
  Galiano kids camp & community school salmon in classroom
   

• Moving Around Pender $1,412.09
  complete Pender car stop network
   

• Galiano Community Food Program $4,220
  school garden project
   

• Galiano Island Conservancy: $1,500
  musical walk along for learning
   

• N. Galiano Island Community Assoc. $2,116.77
  purchase of large tent
   

• S. Pender Historical Society: $2,595.22
  First Nations Reburial Ceremony
   

• SIMRES: $1,973.48
  repair damaged hydrophone
   

• TELANET Centre for Innovation & Peace: $10,000
  Salish Sea archipelago inventory & atlas
   

• Seed library of Galiano: $3,344
  start up costs for society
   

• Mayne Island Integrated Water Services $2,000
  water workshops
   

• S. Pender Historical Society: $1,600
  2017 reconciliation initiative with Tsawout First Nations