Three Six Nations organizations receive over $457.9k in funding
For Immediate Release: June 17, 2025 – The Six Nations of the Grand River Economic Development Trust (EDT) is pleased to announce that $457,944.53 has been allocated for three recipients for the 2025 round of general funding. This funding is a result of the surplus profits of the business activities of the Six Nations of the Grand River Development Corporation.
All three applications received for this round of funding were approved by the EDT Committee following presentations and individual and group scoring. The following projects have been approved for community investment:
- Six Nations Polytechnic will receive $125,698.00 for technology upgrades at SNP Brantford
- Six Nations Language Commission will receive $317,317.53 for their Tentsitewatewén:nahkwe’‘We will Pick Our Languages Back up’ project
- Grand River Employment & Training Inc. (Kayanase) will receive $14,929.00 for Kayanase Tourism and Greenhouse Capacity Building
Since 2016, the EDT has invested approximately $24 million back into the Six Nations community. This funding is made possible through annual distributions of surplus profits by Six Nations of the Grand River Development Corporation. For more information on the EDT, including application guidelines and past recipients, please visit www.sixnationsedt.ca.
