{"id":756,"date":"2023-02-02T06:29:33","date_gmt":"2023-02-01T23:29:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fnbda.com\/staging\/?p=756"},"modified":"2023-02-02T06:34:51","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T23:34:51","slug":"congratulations-coast-funds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fnbda.com\/staging\/?p=756","title":{"rendered":"Congratulations Coast Funds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The FNBDA wants to congratulate <a href=\"https:\/\/coastfunds.ca\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/coastfunds.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Coast Funds<\/a> for its accomplishments and work with its member Nations.&nbsp;Coast Funds is an FNBDA member and just released a report documenting 15 years of successful investments in First Nation\u2019s Guardian programs, local businesses, and sustainable energy projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The FNBDA offers resources, tools, and supports to our membership and assists in creating and developing sustainable economic wealth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We do this through:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Providing forums for FNDCs to participate in mentorship, networking and peer-to-peer learning.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Providing resources and references to guide best and wise practices.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Supporting member events, webinars and forums.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>And the work of Coast Funds over the past several years is impressive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First Nations in the Great Bear Rainforest and Haida Gwaii are using conservation financing to address over-extraction, climate change, and biodiversity loss in their territories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Coast Funds report documents 15 years of First Nations\u2019 investments in Guardian programs, local businesses, and sustainable energy projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Highlights of this work include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2714\ufe0f 1,253 jobs created<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2714\ufe0f123 businesses created<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2714\ufe0f$109M + more invested<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And that&#8217;s not all.&nbsp; Read more in the report by Coast Funds: <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/CoastFunds15\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/CoastFunds15<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The FNBDA wants to congratulate Coast Funds for its accomplishments and work with its member Nations.&nbsp;Coast Funds is an FNBDA member and just released a report documenting 15 years of&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":757,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-updates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fnbda.com\/staging\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/756","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fnbda.com\/staging\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fnbda.com\/staging\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fnbda.com\/staging\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fnbda.com\/staging\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=756"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/fnbda.com\/staging\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/756\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":759,"href":"https:\/\/fnbda.com\/staging\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/756\/revisions\/759"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fnbda.com\/staging\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fnbda.com\/staging\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fnbda.com\/staging\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fnbda.com\/staging\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}