The available grant streams are the Environment Grants and the Wood Buffalo Community Grants. Please read below for the details on each grant initiative. Please contact us at office@wbcfoundation.ca with any questions.

Two open opportunities for environment grants:

Shell Albian Sands Environment Grant;
Scotiabank Wildfire Prevention and Disaster Relief Grant

Qualified organizations are encouraged to apply for one or both grants.

Shell albian sands environment grant

Applications will be accepted for the following programs/initiatives: Environmental initiative(s) that focus on environmental education; renewable energy, energy conservation, and/or climate change; land, habitat, and wildlife conservation. Maximum available funding: approximately $8500.

Scotiabank Wildfire Prevention and Disaster Relief Grant

Applications will be accepted for programs and initiatives that support wildfire prevention and disaster relief and/or recovery efforts. Maximum available funding: approximately $19,660.

HOW TO APPLY FOR An environment grant

Projects and initiatives that focus on Environment are encouraged to apply for one or both of the Environment Grant(s). Each application is a simple, one-step application. You can register and apply here.

Portal is open to accept applications from March 1, 2025 to June 30, 2025 at 11:45 p.m. Funding for successful applicants will be awarded in Summer 2025.

Please use this BUDGET TEMPLATE for all applications.

Wood buffalo Community Grant Target Areas

For each Wood Buffalo Community Grant cycle we establish target areas we wish to fund, based on community need. If you want to discuss a specific idea before applying, please e-mail office@wbcfoundation.ca.

The WBCF 2025 Wood Buffalo Community Grant target area is:

Please stay tuned…The Wood Buffalo Community Grants call for applications will be open from August 1st to September 15, 2025. Successful applicants will receive funding by December, 2025.

HOW TO APPLY FOR A Wood Buffalo COMMUNITY GRANT

The call for grant applications will be open August 1, 2025 to September 15 (11:59 p.m. MST). We will be using our online portal system for all granting. You can register and apply here.