{"id":3881,"date":"2020-03-17T03:38:54","date_gmt":"2020-03-17T03:38:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.firstnationstrust.com\/fnt_wp\/?page_id=3881"},"modified":"2020-03-18T19:15:42","modified_gmt":"2020-03-18T19:15:42","slug":"a-commitment-to-first-nations-development","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.firstnationstrust.com\/fnt_wp\/?page_id=3881","title":{"rendered":"A Commitment to First Nations Development"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row content_placement=&#8221;middle&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1575390546273{padding-top: 55px !important;padding-bottom: 55px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1583533464473{margin-bottom: 45px !important;border-right-width: 3px !important;padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;border-right-color: #c2000b !important;border-right-style: solid !important;}&#8221; offset=&#8221;vc_col-lg-offset-0 vc_col-md-offset-0 vc_col-sm-offset-0 vc_col-xs-6&#8243;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; 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Funds are provided to the FNT in four regular quarterly distributions and an annual reconciliation.<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1575461767578{padding-top: 60px !important;padding-bottom: 70px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1575458048778{padding-bottom: 55px !important;}&#8221;][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1583533464473{margin-bottom: 45px !important;border-right-width: 3px !important;padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;border-right-color: #c2000b !important;border-right-style: solid !important;}&#8221; offset=&#8221;vc_col-lg-offset-0 vc_col-md-offset-0 vc_col-sm-offset-0 vc_col-xs-6&#8243;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner]<div id=\"ultimate-heading-68256af4fc6d21856\" class=\"uvc-heading ult-adjust-bottom-margin ultimate-heading-68256af4fc6d21856 uvc-6201 \" data-hspacer=\"no_spacer\"  data-halign=\"center\" style=\"text-align:center\"><div class=\"uvc-heading-spacer no_spacer\" style=\"top\"><\/div><div class=\"uvc-main-heading ult-responsive\"  data-ultimate-target='.uvc-heading.ultimate-heading-68256af4fc6d21856 h2'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:50px;\",\"line-height\":\"desktop:60px;\"}' ><h2 style=\"font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:10px;\">Beneficiary Reports to the First Nations Trust<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"uvc-sub-heading ult-responsive\"  data-ultimate-target='.uvc-heading.ultimate-heading-68256af4fc6d21856 .uvc-sub-heading '  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"\",\"line-height\":\"\"}'  style=\"font-weight:normal;\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 8\">\n<div class=\"section\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/div><\/div>[vc_column_text]Beneficiaries are required to report to the First Nations Trust each fiscal year. Before the end of the fiscal year each First Nation and Designated Beneficiary is reminded of their reporting requirements. Each beneficiary must provide their audited Schedule concerning funds received from the First Nations Trust. These Schedules outline how the funds received from the Trust were used.<\/p>\n<p>Each beneficiary must also provide an Auditor\u2019s opinion that confirms that funds were expended by the beneficiary in accordance with the \u201cPermitted Purposes\u201d set out in S. 5.01 of the Trust Indenture.<br \/>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row content_placement=&#8221;middle&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1575390546273{padding-top: 55px !important;padding-bottom: 55px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1583533464473{margin-bottom: 45px !important;border-right-width: 3px !important;padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;border-right-color: #c2000b !important;border-right-style: solid !important;}&#8221; offset=&#8221;vc_col-lg-offset-0 vc_col-md-offset-0 vc_col-sm-offset-0 vc_col-xs-6&#8243;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; content_placement=&#8221;middle&#8221;][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1583461194078{margin-top: 30px !important;margin-right: 25px !important;margin-bottom: 30px !important;margin-left: 25px !important;padding-top: 40% !important;padding-bottom: 40% !important;background-image: url(http:\/\/www.firstnationstrust.com\/fnt_wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/sliderbknd2.jpg?id=3757) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1575390506246{margin-top: 30px !important;margin-bottom: 30px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text]The&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1483,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3881","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","description-off"],"campaignId":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.firstnationstrust.com\/fnt_wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3881","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.firstnationstrust.com\/fnt_wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.firstnationstrust.com\/fnt_wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstnationstrust.com\/fnt_wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstnationstrust.com\/fnt_wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3881"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstnationstrust.com\/fnt_wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3881\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4091,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstnationstrust.com\/fnt_wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3881\/revisions\/4091"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstnationstrust.com\/fnt_wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.firstnationstrust.com\/fnt_wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}