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Wawanesa Climate Champions: Local Grants Initiative

Terms & Conditions

These Terms & Conditions apply to an initiative in which The Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Company (“Wawanesa”) intends to provide selected eligible applicants with grants for the purpose of building climate resilience in communities (the “Wawanesa Climate Champions: Local Grants”). In these Terms & Conditions, any reference to: (a) “Applicant” refers to and includes any organization or entity applying for a grant pursuant to the Wawanesa Climate Champions: Local Grants initiative, regardless of whether such organization or entity is successful in receiving a grant; and (b) “Recipient” refers to and includes any organization or entity that is selected to receive a grant under the Wawanesa Climate Champions: Local Grants initiative.

By applying for a grant under the Wawanesa Climate Champions: Local Grants initiative, all Applicants confirm that they are fully aware of and accept all of these Terms & Conditions:

  1. The submission of an application pursuant to the Wawanesa Climate Champions: Local Grants initiative does not entitle Applicants to grant funding. Applicants acknowledges that the Wawanesa Climate Champions: Local Grants initiative may be terminated, suspended or modified at any time.
  2. The administration of the Wawanesa Climate Champions: Local Grants initiative, including the review of applications, assessment of Applicants, selection of Recipients and the distribution of all grant funds, shall be in the sole and absolute discretion of Wawanesa. Without limiting the foregoing, Wawanesa, in its sole and absolute discretion, may reject any application that is ineligible, inaccurate or incomplete.
  3. Applicants shall not be entitled to recover any costs of submitting an application in relation to the Wawanesa Climate Champions: Local Grants initiative.
  4. The administration of the Wawanesa Climate Champions: Local Grants initiative, including the application process thereunder, is subject to Wawanesa’s applicable policies.
  5. All Recipients of grant funding under the Wawanesa Climate Champions: Local Grants initiative must:
    1. comply with and ensure their funded projects are in compliance with all applicable laws, including obtaining all required permits and authorizations required by any governmental authority or other entity having jurisdiction; and.
    2. Maintain all forms of insurance that Wawanesa may reasonably require from time to time in forms, amounts and for insurances risks acceptable to Wawanesa. Without limiting the foregoing, upon request Recipient will add Wawanesa as an additional insured under a specified insurance policy(s).
  6. Recipients shall use the grant funds in good faith and in the manner set forth in their application for the grant funding under the Wawanesa Climate Champions: Local Grants initiative.
  7. Upon request, Applicants shall immediately refund to Wawanesa any payment received under the Wawanesa Climate Champions: Local Grants initiative if the Applicant is in material breach of any of these Terms & Conditions.
  8. Applicants shall not use any grant funds received pursuant to the Wawanesa Climate Champions: Local Grants initiative for any purpose other than the project set forth in the Applicant’s application. Applicants shall not use any grant funds received pursuant to the Wawanesa Climate Champions: Local Grants initiative to reimburse any expenses incurred by the Applicant prior to the date the grant funding is provided to the Applicant under the Wawanesa Climate Champions: Local Grants initiative.
  9. Applicants may not assign, or transfer by operation of law or court order, any of their rights or obligations in respect of an application under the Wawanesa Climate Champions: Local Grants initiative without the prior written approval of Wawanesa.
  10. Each Applicant represents and warrants that:
    1. the person signing the application on behalf of the Applicant is duly authorized to make the application and bind the Applicant to these Wawanesa Climate Champions: Local Grants initiative Terms & Conditions;
    2. no additional or other application for funding has been made for the same activities or project contemplated in the Applicant’s application; and
    3. the Applicant is in compliance with all laws, orders and authorizations which relate to or affect it and the Applicant is not subject to any order of any court or other tribunal affecting its operations.
  11. Applicants shall not use or permit the use of the name, logo or any trademarks of Wawanesa (or any of its affiliates) or any of its contractors or agents involved with the Wawanesa Climate Champions: Local Grants initiative, except with the express prior written consent of Wawanesa or its affiliate, contractor or agent, as applicable. No press release or other publicity (including social media) regarding a project funded under the Wawanesa Climate Champions: Local Grants initiative may name or identify Wawanesa (or any of its affiliates) or any of its contractors or agents involved with the Wawanesa Climate Champions: Local Grants initiative, except with the express prior written consent of Wawanesa or its affiliate, contractor or agent, as applicable.
  12. Recipients may be required to sign Wawanesa’s form of Acknowledgement and Waiver prior to grant funds being provided to Recipients.
  13. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY: TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL THE WAWANESA MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY (OR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES, AGENTS, OR CONTRACTORS, OR ANY OF ANY OF THEIR EMPLOYEES, OFFICERS OR DIRECTORS) HAVE ANY LIABILITY FOR ANY LOSSES, DAMAGES OR CLAIMS WHATSOEVER, INCLUDING ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, HOWSOEVER CAUSED, WHETHER IN TORT, CONTRACT, OR OTHERWISE, ARISING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY OUT OF OR RELATED TO THE WAWANESA CLIMATE CHAMPIONS: LOCAL GRANTS INITIATIVE, INCLUDING ANY ONE OR MORE OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE GRANT INITIATIVE OR THE EXECUTION, CONSTRUCTION, OPERATION, USE OR RESULTING EFFECT OF ANY PROJECT IN RESPECT OF WHICH GRANT FUNDS WERE USED, EVEN IF ANY OF THE PARTIES ENTITLED TO THE BENEFIT OF THIS LIMITATION OF LIABILTY HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH LOSS, DAMAGE OR CLAIM.