Celebrate, share and strengthen your culture with funding from FPCC’s Cultural Practices Grant
Our Cultural Practices Grant (CPG) is accepting applications! The CPG supports a wide variety of community-based cultural practices and events for B.C. First Nations. Examples include events celebrating and honouring youth, seasonal or celestial activities, knowledge gathering and transfer and much more. Register for our upcoming information session to learn more about how your community can benefit.
Note: Projects funded through the Cultural Practices Grant must include a training and/or mentorship component. This supports the grant objectives of revitalizing and strengthening cultural practices and facilitating intergenerational knowledge transfer.
“It’s definitely been an eye-opener for me, and I’m just really grateful and blessed that we were able to do this project. It’s impacted our community in a great way. It’s been popular. For example, when we had regalia belt making, the capacity was completely full, so now we are planning another one.”
– Valerie Johnson, Cultural Practices Grant recipient
Eligibility
First Nations communities and First Nations-led organizations in B.C. are encouraged to apply. Please visit the program page for full eligibility criteria.
Information session
Are you interested in applying but would like to know more? Join our information session on
Thursday, April 28, at 2:00 p.m. PT. We’ll provide additional application information and the
opportunity to ask questions.
Please register for the online information session in advance on the program page.
For those who are unable to attend, a recording will be available to view on the program page after the session has been completed.
How to apply
Prior to starting your application, please visit the Cultural Practices Grant page for more information, links to the guidelines, application and a registration link for the info session.
FPCC Cultural Practices Grant applications are accepted on the FPCC Grant Portal.
Applications may be submitted until 4:30 p.m on June 2, 2026.
We are here to provide support
If you require assistance with your application or would like to request a review of your application with feedback from staff, please email cpg@fpcc.ca by May 19, 2026, which is two weeks before
the deadline.
Share the news
Please share this funding opportunity with your network by downloading the program poster.
Funders
The Cultural Practices Grant is funded by the First Peoples’ Cultural Foundation through a Canada-British Columbia bilateral agreement as part of the National Action Plan to End Gender-Based Violence. Support for the Cultural Practices Grant furthers the ongoing work under Safe and Supported: B.C.’s Gender-Based Violence Action Plan.
Learn more
Additional heritage funding may be accessed through Heritage BC, Department of Canadian Heritage, Vancouver Foundation, Telus Foundation and the Mastercard Foundation. If you have any questions about your eligibility, please contact the staff member listed on the CPG Program page.
Find more information on FPCC’s Heritage Programs here.
Read community stories about Heritage grant recipients here.
View Heritage resources here.
Visit the Heritage Stewardship Toolkit.
View all current FPCC funding opportunities here.
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