Grantmaking
Please note that JLF is not accepting new grant applications in 2026. We will honour our multiyear funding commitments and reach out to multiyear grantees in early 2026 about next steps.
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Aki Kinomaagewinan: Indigenous Land-Based Learning for Educators and Youth by Natural Curiosity aims to equip educators to integrate Indigenous perspectives and environmental inquiry into their teaching, advancing Truth and Reconciliation.
Participants reported greater comfort with inquiry-based learning, deeper understanding of Indigenous perspectives, enhanced skills in land-based teaching, and a strengthened connection to community and nature.
Organizations requesting a grant from the Johansen Larsen Foundation should first familiarize themselves with the Foundation’s guiding values (learning and knowledge; equity and inclusion; connections and community building) and three focus areas (Marginalized Children and Youth; Reconciliation; the One Health Model).
Guiding Principles
Our principles for grant-making are based on our guiding values:
We value learning that involves understanding and critical thinking; learning that is reciprocal and mutually beneficial for all, and knowledge that provides opportunities for individuals and groups to grow and be positively transformed.
We value equity and inclusion: fair and humane treatment, access and opportunities for all. We affirm that all are worthy of dignity and respect, and that all should have opportunities to be fully included in their community life.
We value the connections between the land, human and animal welfare and that the human-animal-environment bond beneficially impacts the health of all.
We value reconciliation and the building of respectful relations with Indigenous Peoples of Canada.
ATTENTION: THE JLF GRANT APPLICATION PORTAL IS MOVING.
OUR NEW URL IS: https://johansenlarsenfoundation.grantplatform.com/
REGISTER YOUR ACCOUNT THERE SO THAT YOU CAN ACCESS ALL OF YOUR PREVIOUS JLF GRANT APPLICATION MATERIALS.
THE JLF WILL NOT BE ACCEPTING ANY APPLICATIONS FOR FUNDING IN 2026. ALL MULTI-YEAR GRANT COMMITMENTS WILL BE HONOURED. NOTIFICATIONS ABOUT POST-AWARD REPORTS WILL BE SENT OUT THROUGH SURVEY MONKEY APPLY BY THE END OF JANUARY, 2026.