The BC Rehab Gert Vorsteher Memorial Award was created to assist individuals with a physical disability who are undertaking or have undertaken rehabilitation in the Province of British Columbia. Recipients of this award demonstrate incredible determination toward their personal rehabilitation goals and pursuing their own independence.

Enabling the Realization of Dreams

We support people and organizations that focus on our four pillars: Family, Environment, Engineering and Education. This allows us to make a positive contribution to Canadians everywhere.

The purpose of the Invasive Mussels Lake Monitoring Fund is to ensure lakes and rivers across the province of BC are actively sampled and monitored for the presence of invasive zebra and quagga mussels. This monitoring data for the presence of zebra and quagga mussels feeds into the provincial Emergency Detection and Rapid Response Plan. HCTF is administering this fund to provide support to various agencies and community organizations across the province to participate in the sampling of waterbodies. This program has been funded through a contribution to HCTF from the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy (ENV).

The Caribou Habitat Restoration Fund (CHRF) is managed by the Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation for the purpose of restoring high-value habitat for caribou in BC using functional and ecological restoration methods. The CHRF is made possible by a contribution from the Province of BC.

The Public Conservation Assistance Fund provides small grants to organizations and individuals who need financial help to implement a conservation project. Since 1974, the Province of BC and the Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation provide approximately $150,000 each year to help implement on-the-ground conservation work, with a particular focus on hands-on, community-based, and public awareness initiatives.

Each spring, HCTF accepts grant applications from land trust organizations looking to purchase properties to protect important habitat for BC’s fish and wildlife. Proposed acquisitions are evaluated on criteria such as species richness, connectivity, conservation planning priority, habitats, and impending threats to these values. Financial factors such as partnership funding, stability of the proponent organization, cost per hectare and level of community support are also carefully considered. Because acquisitions are funded with licence surcharge money, properties that also include public fishing and hunting opportunities are generally given priority consideration.

The Land Stewardship Grant provides three years of funding for operations and maintenance activities on lands owned and managed by non-governmental organizations. Funding for this program is provided through an endowment fund provided to HCTF by the Province of British Columbia.