The Salamander Foundation's Arts and Culture Program promotes continuity and discovery in the arts and in culture. In this Program, 4 to 6 grants are made per year to projects which:
- may benefit a broad population base either regionally or nationally
- may link a significant number of geographically separate individuals
- provide records of history or natural history.
- often have long timelines
- are often in Ontario
The Foundation does not currently make grants or donations to organizations for
- general program delivery
- core support
- general or operating support
The Foundation's Environment Program seeks to recognize the forms, functions and interactions of natural systems and is primarily concerned with:
Pollution and its implications for human and ecosystem health including
- environmental contamination: remediation and prevention
- 'best practices' in resource management
- management/conservation measures at a watershed, regional or transboundary level
While grants are often made in Ontario, the Foundation also considers: watersheds and airsheds in the larger Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Basins eastward to the Atlantic; transboundary concerns in these watersheds and airsheds; and regional concerns in the Yukon, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut.





