# RBC Blue Water Project donates £2.3 million to 31 organisations

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2009/09/03/rbc-blue-water-project-donates-23-million-31-organisations/
- Published: 2009-09-03T15:51:07+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

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Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) has donated £2.3 million (C$4.1 million) via its RBC 
Blue Water Project Leadership Grant programme to 31 organisations around the world
to help protect watersheds and improve access to clean drinking water.

 

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The 31 recipients, selected from 159 applicants, will deliver programmes in Canada,
the USA and the UK.

 

RBC is committed to making available C$50 million (£27.8 million) over ten years
to organisations providing these services.

 

In the UK, a grant of £55,000 was made to the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust (WWT) 
to help it create a sustainable garden at the London Wetland Centre, that will demonstrate
practical low-water gardening ideas, and encourage visitors to minimise their own
environmental foot print.

 

The closing deadline for applications for the 2010 RBC Blue Water Project Leadership
Grants falls in March 2010.

 

www.rbc.com/bluewater

 

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## Comments

### By: francisbinney

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2009/09/03/rbc-blue-water-project-donates-23-million-31-organisations/#comment-3754
- Published: 2009-09-04T15:51:18+01:00

Correction: UK based charities do not qualify for RBC Blue Water Project community
action grants, see text below from the website – however they may apply for RBC 
Blue Water Project Leadership Grants. If you wish to apply for a leadership grant
we ask that you contact Francis Binney via \[francis . binney @ rbc . com\] in the
first instance, who will be able to help co-ordinate your application.

Community Action Grants – Who’s eligible
 Groups and organizations applying for 
Blue Water Project grants must be federally registered charities in Canada, have
501C status in the United States or similar status in the Caribbean, or have other
special tax status.