CBT: Sponsorship Grant

CBT: Sponsorship Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: Columbia Basin Trust
Amount: C $250 - C $2,000
Last Updated: September 07, 2025

Summary

The CBT: Sponsorship program by Columbia Basin Trust offers financial assistance to community events, celebrations, and festivals. Designed for non-profits, First Nations communities, local governments, and businesses, sponsorships range from $250 to $2,000. Applications are accepted year-round until funds are exhausted. Events must adhere to public health guidelines. Eligible activities promote community benefit, while ineligible activities include political events and fundraising solely for individuals. This initiative supports a legacy of social, economic, and environmental well-being.

Overview

NOTE: Applications are accepted continuously during the fiscal year. Funds are allocated until all available funds have been granted. Our Story In the early 1990s, residents, local officials and representatives from regional districts and tribal councils joined together to successfully negotiate with the Province for a share of the Treaty revenues and to secure benefits for the people of the Basin. In July 1995, the Columbia Basin Trust Act was passed into BC Government legislation. We honour those who saw an opportunity to create this unique, regional organization that would support the efforts by the people of the Basin to create a legacy of social, economic and environmental well-being in the region most affected by the Treaty. No one could have imagined all that was possible. Thank you to those who persevered towards the idea, the dream, and participated in meetings, conversations and symposia, and to those who represented and honoured the desires of all Basin residents to create a new future through Columbia Basin Trust. Sponsorship If your community event, celebration, festival or fair needs a small amount of financial assistance, this program could help support it.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. Eligible applicants include non-profit organizations, First Nations communities, local governments, and businesses.These Sponsorships provide support to as many events as possible that benefit as many people in the Basin as possible. The amounts range from $250 to $2,000.All requirements under the Public Health Act and the Order of the Provincial Health Officer regarding Mass Gathering Events must be followed during the proposed community event.

Ineligibility

Ineligible Activities:Events of political parties, advocacy, or lobby groupsEvents that include a direct religious activity will be assessed on its benefit to the broader communityEvents of organizations that are exclusive, or discriminative, in nature and not open to the general public regardless of background or affiliation (e.g. organizations based on race, fraternity, etc.)Retroactive fundingTravel costsSports teams’ equipment or tournamentsFundraising donationsEvents that will primarily or exclusively provide benefits to individuals