Building on the success of the Wawanesa Climate Champions program, Wawanesa is proud to launch a new granting initiative to support organizations working on the front lines to improve climate resiliency in local communities across Canada.

Through this initiative, we will award $200,000 to support local projects dedicated to extreme weather adaptation and mitigation. Selected projects will receive up to $50,000 and these grants are available to any community across Canada.

Project eligibility and criteria

What activities can the grant be used for?

This grant funding is available to support those groups and organizations helping to increase community resilience against the impacts of our changing climate, specifically projects working to adapt to or mitigate the effects of extreme weather such as floods, wildfires, tornadoes, hailstorms and other catastrophic weather events.

The project must:

• address a local challenge posed by extreme weather and clearly describe how the project will help mitigate or adapt to extreme weather events
• align to one or more of our pillars: Environmental Guardians, Community Protectors, Youth Stewards
• help build climate resilience for the long term
• have measurable impact and broad community benefits
• include a project budget and timeline
• take place in Canada and be completed within 12 months of receiving the grant (Dec 1, 2025 to Dec 1, 2026)

Funding cannot be applied to normal operations of an organization. For a full breakdown of eligible and ineligible expenses, view the downloadable “Budget Template.”