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Previous Years Grants in Aids

2023 Grant in Aids
 

  • Mayne Island Conservancy:  $1,000

      Public Education Event for Feral, Invasive Fallow Deer
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  • Diversity and Inclusion Salt Spring Island (DIASSI): $1,000

      Salt Spring Pride Festival
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  • Yellowhouse Arts Centre- Galiano: $2,500

       Arts Programming Space Enhancement- Equipment
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  • Gulf Islands Centre of Ecological Learning: $2,750

      Assistance to cover camp expenses and subsidize fees
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  • South Pender Historical Society: $2,500

      Recording the South Pender history on podcasts of
      W̱SÁNEĆ and early settlers.
  

  • Active/Passive Performance Society: $1,500

      Galiano Events Lighting Package
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  • Mayne Island PAC: $10,000

      Teacherage Restoration Project
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  • SGI Community Resource Centre: $5,000

       Housing NOW - process development for data security

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  • Pender Island Farmers Institute: $1,500

       Pender Island Fall Fair

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  • Ptarmigan: $4,250 

       Professional Recording of Medicine

 

  • Mayne Island Housing society: $20,000

       Predevelopment expenses

  • ​Galiano Food Bank: $5,000

       Purchase of new freezer

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  • Pender Island Ocean Defenders $2,900

       Critical Distance Exhibit

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  • Institute for Multidisciplinary Ecological Research in the Salish Sea: $5,000

       Xetthecium Eco-cultural mapping project

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  • Salish Sea Marine Rescue Society: $4,500

       Multifunctional Displays for Rescue Craft

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  • Galiano Trail Society: $10,000

       Walking Trails

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  • Galiano Literary Festival Society  $4,362

       Website Design and Build

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  • Saturna Athletic Association: $5,000

       Funding Support for Tractor Replacement

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  • Salish Sea Inter-Island Transportation Society: $5,000​

      2023 Tour des Iles Festival

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  • SGI Community Resource Centre: $2,000

        2023 CRISP Festival

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  • Piers Island Assocation: $5,000

       Waste Removal and Recycling Event

2022 Grant in Aids
 

  • Gulf Islands Food Coop:  $10,000
     Gulf Islands Food Growers and Seed Libraries               Development

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  • SGI Neighbourhood House: $10,00
    Pender Island Daycare Establishment

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  • Galiano Activity Centre Society: $5,000
    Enhancement of Programming Equipment​

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  • PIRAHA: $8,000
    Community Hall Tech and Lounge Improvements

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  • Saturna Island Tourism Association: $1,000
    Saturna Island Hiking Trail Maps  

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  • Pender Island Museum: $1,875
    Yuletide Memories at the Museum

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  • Mayne Island Health Centre: $7,000
     Electronic Medical Record System upgrade​

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  • Pender Ocean Defenders: $2,500
    Whale Sighting Equipment

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  • Gulf Islands Centre for Ecological Learning: $2,500

       Summer Earth Education Day Program Support

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  • Pender Ocean Defenders: $500 

       The Salish Sea Event - presentation of film​

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  • SGI CRC - Housing NOW: $6,000

       Housing NOW Initiative - Populating Housing Registry

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  • SGI Neighbourhood House: $10,000

       Organization Development Project - Capacity building ​

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  • SGI CRC - The Crisp Festival: $1,500

       2022 CRISP Festival​

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  • Salish Sea Marine Rescue Society: $1,900

       Radio Communications Improvements

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  • Plumtree Court:  $7,500

       Affordable Housing Expansion - Professional Study for                 Well Test

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  • Saturna Community Club: $5,000

       Saturna Community Hall Heating System

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  • Mayne Island Agriculture Hall Society and Fall Fair: $4,576​

      Mayne Island Heritage Revitalization Initiative Agricultural            Hall - Grounds update​

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  • The Galiano Club: $6,000

       Galiano Community Hall Storage Shed

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  • Circle Salt Spring Education Society: $2,500

       Update Strategic Plan

2021 Grants in Aid:

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  • Mayne Island Community Centre Society: $638.40

       Bike Rack Project​

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  • Salish Sea Marine Rescue Society: $3,000

       Electronic Communication Headsets    

       During COVID-19​

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  • SGI Community Resource Centre Society: $4,000

       Training Certification and Education     

  • Ptarmigan Arts Society: $4,000​

      SGI Reconciliation Website Creation​

  • Gulf Islands Galisle Affordable Rental Housing Society: $6,000

      Affordable Housing Water               

      Management Plan and Septic Plan

  

  • Mayne Island Housing Society: $6,000

      Affordable Housing Predevelopment Assessments

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  • South Pender Historical Society: $5,000

       S,DÁYES/Pender Educational Video​

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  • Coast Salish Peoples of Galiano Society: $5,000

       Southern Gulf Islands Indigenous Database

2021 Covid Restart Grants in Aid:

In 2021, Director Howe allocated over $113 000 of Provincial Covid Restart money to the Grants-In-Aid fund to support the SGI communities.​ Community groups were able to apply for funding to address shortfalls that have resulted from Covid.

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  • Galiano Activity Centre: $5000

      Outdoor children/youth programming          during Covid-19

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  • Yellowhouse Art Centre Society: $5000 

       Media equipment to pivot online 

       during Covid-19​

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  • Pender Island Recreation & Ag Hall Assoc: $27,000

      Revenue shortfalls, program restarts,          technology​​

  • Saturna Community Club: $20,000

       Revenue shortfalls, program restarts, technology​

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  • Pender Island Conservancy: $5000

       Program restart funding

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  • Galiano Recycles: $12,000

       Program restart funding

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  • Active Passive Performance Society (Galiano):  $4772.31

       Purchase video production package

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  • Saturna Recreation Centre Society: $7200

       Revenue shortfall, program restart, technology

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  • Galiano Affordable Living Initiative Society: $4800​

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  • Seed Library of Galiano: $3000

      Technology to pivot seed library to a

      website

2020 Grants in Aid:

  • Galiano Club: $5,500
    Food Bank funds (during COVID 19) and planting coastal Douglas fir seedlings  

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  • Saturna Community Club: $2,500
    Take home meals for seniors (during COVID 19)
     

  • PIHARA: $5,000
    Youth Leadership Training Program
     

  • Gulf Islands Food Co-Op: $5,000
    Squash Festival
     

  • South Pender Historical Society: $5,000
    Remediation

  • Ptarmigan Arts: $3,000
    Mosaic Festival
     

  • Pender Island Junior Sailing: $2,977.30
    Equipment to run courses
     

  • SGI CRC: $4,360.00
    Tetaces Climate Action Project Course Evaluation Workshop    

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  • Coast Salish Peoples Society: $5,000
    Non Affiliated Indigenous Peoples of the Gulf Islands Project    

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  • Piers Island Association: $1,625.00 
    Green initiative workshops on decreasing carbon footprint    

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  • Access to Media Education Society: $2,442.37
    Galiano showing of Dust n Bones

2019 Grants in Aid:

  • SGI Community Resource Centre:  $5,000             SGI Volunteer program implementation

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  • Galiano Club: $3,400
    equipment purchase for cinema
     

  • Gulf Islands Food Co-op: $6,000
    program to increase food production
     

  • Saturna Community Club: $4,954
    Meals to Seniors at home pilot project
     

  • SSIITS:  $5,000
    Tour des Iles Festival 2019
     

  • South Pender Historical Society: $4,500
    First Nations Leadership & Elders meeting
     

  • Ptarmigan Arts Society: $4,500
    First Nations & SGI's connecting youth through music
     

  • Salish Sea Renewable Energy Co-op. $5,000
    Climate Action & Renewable Energy outreach in SGI's
     

  • Mayne Island Integrated Water Systems Society: $1,000
    educational workshops for water system mgrs in SGI's
     

  • SIMRES: $1,000
    Project assistance
     

  • South Pender Historical Society: $3,000

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  • Pender Island Conservancy: $3,000 
    Salish Sea Stars - Climate Action Summit
     

  • Mayne Island Housing Society: $5,000
    project development

  • Pender Island Trust Protection Society $3,075

      Climate Change Community Service            Seminar
 

  • PIRAHA: $7,500
    parking lot project
     

  • Mayne Island Residents & Ratepayers Assn: $2,500
    Fallow Deer project
     

  • S. Pender Historical Society: $2,200
    Pender Reconciliation Initiative
     

  • Pender Island Childcare Society: $955
    Pre Kindergarten music and dance classes
     

  • SGI Community Resource Centre Society:  $4,000
    Salish Sea Registry implementation
     

  • Mayne Island Conservancy: $5,000
    Mayne/Galiano Conservancy joint bio blitz 2019
     

  • Galiano Activity Centre Society: $5,000
    Enhancement of early years playground
     

  • Pender Island Organic Garden Society: $961.39
    Repair community garden fenc

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  • SGI Community Resource Centre: $4,000SENCOTEN-English songwriting project

2018 Grants in Aid:

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • South Pender Historical Society $5,000

      Totem pole carved by Tsawout artist

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