Anti-racism Grant Program

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Application Intake

Applications are now closed for the Anti-racism Grant Program.

Program Overview

Edmonton City Council approved funding of $1,500,000 for an Anti-racism Grant Program to support the Anti-Racism pillar of the Community Safety and Well-Being Strategy.

The grant program has 3 outcomes:

Edmontonians are more aware of racism and its impact and have a greater understanding of how to take action to address it
Edmontonians will be knowledgeable of the community organizations that are working to dismantle individual, systemic and structural racism
Edmontonians will work together to build a diverse, inclusive and equitable city guided by anti-racism

Applicants are encouraged to apply for the grant most appropriate for their initiative based on the intended outcomes of the project.

If you have any questions or need help please contact grants@edmonton.ca.

See the Grant Guide for Full Details

Grant Streams

The Anti-racism Grants Program has 5 funding streams:

Community Activation Grant

Grant Amount

Up to $10,000 each. $275,000 of total funds available

Intended Use

To be used by communities and grassroots organizations to activate and animate projects or events led by and supporting youth and/or seniors, with priority given to intercultural and intergenerational anti-racist initiatives.

Project Ready Matching Grant

Grant Amount

Up to $25,000 each. $300,000 of total funds available

Intended Use

To be used by community not-for-profits and local grassroots organizations to match funding with other anti-racism initiatives that have received approved funding and require some matching contribution.

Local Anti-racism Capacity Building/Innovation Grant

Grant Amount

Up to $30,000 each. $400,000 of total funds available

Intended Use

Focused on local grassroots organizations working on anti-racism activities and actions which address barriers to participation, promote healing and/or reconciliation, illuminate and combat systemic and structural racism, and support sustaining developmental change, such as:

Projects to build relationships with other communities also impacted by racism
Projects that uplift the stories of people impacted by racism, community needs assessments and responses

Local Community Participatory Action Research Grant

Grant Amount

Up to $30,000 each. $150,000 of total funds available

Intended Use

To be used by communities impacted by racism to support community-led research activities which address local issues and concerns specific to their communities.

Shifting the Perspective

Grant Amount

Up to $75,000. $375,000 of total funds available

Intended Use

This funding stream is specifically for not for profit organizations in the arts, media and culture sector, projects will support stories led by underrepresented communities to shift the narrative on racism.

Application Criteria and Requirements

Please review the following information before you apply.

Grant Priorities

Organizations must clearly demonstrate how their project meets one or more of the Anti-racism Grant Program outcomes and falls under one of the following project types:

Training and education: includes initiatives to increase awareness, and/or help Edmontonians understand the impacts of individual, systemic and structural racism through activities such as workshops, roundtables, conferences, community conversations, social media initiatives, resources to tools for community use
Capacity building within community organizations and, across various systems and structures through activities that share anti-racism promising practices, research and information
Developing strategies that support anti-racism, other equity deserving communities (intersectionality) and intercultural learning
Evaluating existing programs and refining approaches to strengthen volunteers and program staff skill sets
Building organizational sustainability and abilities to engage partners and participate in systemic and structural change

Organizational Eligibility

Organizations must be registered (and in good standing) under 1 of the following acts:

Alberta Societies Act
Non-profit Private company
Non-Profit Public Company
Extra Provincial Non-profit Company

A local grassroots organization or interested individuals may be funded with a fiscal agent.

Ineligible Organizations include:

Municipal departments or other governmental organizations
For-profit organizations/enterprises
Organizations that have overdue or incomplete accounting/reporting relating to any grant previously awarded by the City of Edmonton

Expenses

The program provides funding assistance for initiatives, new programming or resources for anti-racism projects within Edmonton. Eligible expenses include:

Staffing costs specific to the initiative
Honorariums
Program/project material and supplies
Printing and communications
Training expenses
Travel expenses, within Edmonton
Evaluation expenses
Insurance
Other administrative costs associated with the project/program
Short-term rental of space for projects/programs

Program funding cannot be used for expenses related to:

Time and labour provided towards preparation of funding applications, fundraising including costs for fundraising campaigns and websites for fundraising purposes
Endowments, charitable donations, bursaries, developing business cases or proposals for funding, donor recognition, gifts (with the exception of gifts for Indigenous protocols)
Project expenses that are incurred before the application has been received
Capital and facility upgrades, renovations and construction
Debt reduction, financing charges and/or interest payments on loans
Administrative costs and fees that exceed more than 15% of the total project costs (such as legal fees, accounting/booking fees, bank/financing related charges, ongoing operational expenses such as rent/lease payments and facility maintenance, and so on)
Direct government lobbying or partisan political activities (such as activities related to advocacy must demonstrate non-partisan approaches)

Application Checklist

The following items are required with your application:

Completed budget template

You must also provide the following information if you are a registered organization and/or provide this information for your own fiscal agent:

Certificate of incorporation (First time applicants) and/or Annual Proof of Filing
Copy of most recent AGM minutes (Quorum and approval of financials should be included in these minutes)
Most recent signed year-end financial statements (2 years) (see financial statement example) and Year-end Bank Statement and Bank Reconciliation (required if your financial statements are internally reviewed)

Download Printable Application Checklist

Application Forms

Carefully review and complete the appropriate application form and budget template.

Applications are now closed for all Grant streams.

Please Note: We recommend that you first download a practice form below, review the questions, prepare your answers and then copy and paste your prepared answers into the actual application form.

PDF version

2022 Grant Recipients

Project Ready Matching Funds Grant

(up to $25,000 each; $75,000 available in total) — For community non-profit and local grassroots organization's anti-racism initiatives that have received approved funding and require some matching contribution.

Centre For Intellectual Excellence Ltd. will bring together professional experts, educators, community leaders, government officials and corporate CEOs in a three-day workshop to discuss diversity, equity and inclusion best practices.	$25,000
Royal Alexandra Hospital Foundation will support the Indigenous Cultural Partnership, which is a collaboration between the Lois Hole Hospital for Women and Indigenous-led organizations in Edmonton.	$25,000
Sisters Dialogue Inc. will create an awareness campaign to foster understanding and create safe spaces for reflection, connections, and healing with Muslim women and girls.	$20,000

Local Community Participatory Action Research Grant

(up to $25,000 each; $50,000 available in total) — For communities impacted by racism, to support community-led research activities that address local issues and concerns specific to them.

Black Canadian Women in Action Society will conduct research examining the barriers preventing Black Canadian women from entrepreneurship in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM).	$25,000
World Sikh Organization of Canada will conduct surveys and focus groups with Sikh youth in the Edmonton area to determine the extent and impact of bullying and racism that they experience.	$24,872

Local Anti-racism Capacity Building/Innovation Grant

(up to $15,000 each; $150,000 available in total) — For local grassroots organizations working on anti-racism activities and actions that address barriers to participation, promote healing and/or reconciliation, illuminate and combat systemic and structural racism, and support sustaining developmental change.

Focas: Foundation For Oromian Culture Education And Art Services will focus on direct anti-racism advocacy and development of resilience against racism and discrimination in newcomer and immigrant children and youth.	$15,000
Standing Together (Fiscal agent: YWCA) organized a commemorative walk for survivors and inter-generational survivors of Canada’s residential schools on September 30, 2022	$15,000
Urji Women Support Association Of Edmonton will create a weekly sharing circle for Black Muslim women.	$14,861
Alberta Workers Association for Research and Education will create a safe accessible space for Spanish-speaking women who are undocumented to learn about issues related to employment, rights, access to City resources, and training.	$14,995
Stop Race-Based Hate (Fiscal agent: John Humphrey Centre for Peace and Human Rights) will expand Stop Race-Based Hate, a free online tool that aims to educate and empower people to speak out against racism.	$14,270
Above Your Service will support Indigenous elders and knowledge keepers in teaching people experiencing homelessness about ceremonies such as smudging and storytelling.	$10,000
Indo-Canadian Women’s Association of Edmonton will provide a facilitated session and tour of the Indigenous Peoples Experience at Fort Edmonton Park for Indo-Canadian Women’s Association of Edmonton's membership, staff, volunteers and stakeholders.	$6,055

2021 Grant Recipients

Local Anti-racism Capacity Building/Innovation Grants

2021 Recipients

Edmonton Culture Society - The Art of Anti-Racism in Our Neighbourhood	$10,000
Free Play for Kids Inc - A Pilot Project to Provide Social Support & Crisis Diversion for BIPOC Children & Youth in a Barrier-Free After School Recreation & Leadership Program	$10,000
Garacad Development Society - Standing Tall - Empowerment through the Challenges of Racism	$10,000
Parkdale Cromdale Community League (in partnership with Bent Arrow Traditional Healing Society) - Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Art Installation and Awareness Sessions	$10,000
Roots of Resilience Education Foundation - Reclaiming Our Voices	$10,000
Sisters Dialogue Inc. - I Rage - Healing through Art and Prayer	$9,800
The Black Bookshelf Project - The Black Bookshelf Project	$10,000
United Cultures of Canada Association - No Place for Racism in My Canada	$9,920
Velma Carter Centre for African-Canadian Women - VCC Women's Workshop	$10,000
Youth Restorative Action Project (YRAP) Ltd. - Indigenous Justice Initiative	$10,000

Project Ready Matching Grants

2021 Recipients

Council of Canadians of African and Caribbean Heritage - Project Saqqara	$25,000
Latitude 53 Society of Artists - Chinatown anti-oppression workshops and projects	$10,000
PHIDEAS Philippine Edmonton Events and Arts Society - UNLEARN: Communities Come Together to (Un)Learn Biases	$3,896.75
Ribbon Rouge Foundation - ArtSpace: Telling ACB Stories for Change	$24,979.50

Local Community Participatory Action Research Grants

2021 Recipients

Family Advancement Association - System Mapping of African Diaspora Nonprofits To Promote Collaboration	$25,000
Multicultural Family Resource Society - Growing and building our communities together: Healing and working together to address racism	$24,995

Frequently Asked Questions

I am an individual and am not affiliated with a registered organization. Can I apply for a grant?

All projects must be supported by an eligible fiscal agent/supporting organization. Individuals (youth applicants, for example) can partner with a fiscal agent/supporting organization that will be responsible for all financial accountability and reporting requirements.

My group does not include Black, Indigenous or people of colour. Are we still eligible to apply for a grant?

Yes; however, the project must address a BIPOC community identified need and demonstrate BIPOC community involvement. Higher priority will be given to projects facilitated by organizations that can demonstrate that they are BIPOC-led and/or have the involvement of partner organizations from other diverse communities in the development, delivery and follow up of their projects. Higher priority will also be given to organizations that have an operating budget under $250,000/year and have not received prior City of Edmonton funding.

Can I apply for more than one grant?

Yes; however, applicants cannot resubmit an application for the same project until written notification of the outcome of their current application is made by the City of Edmonton.

I have already applied for a City of Edmonton grant. Do I have to submit all of the same required documents again?

Yes. These documents are a requirement of this grant program and are required in order to assess your application eligibility.

Am I eligible to receive this grant if I have outstanding Final Reports for other City of Edmonton grants?

No. You must complete all final reporting requirements associated with your other City of Edmonton grants before any further grants can be awarded or released to your organization.

When will I be notified about the outcome of my application?

The grant will be closing on September 13, 2023. We hope to have an evaluation and review of all applicants done by mid October. Applicants will be notified by the end of October, 2023.

My organization is not based in Edmonton. Can we still apply for a grant?

The Anti-racism Grant Program supports projects developed by grassroots and non-profit organizations based in Edmonton. The organization's mailing address must be in Edmonton.

My organization currently receives funding from the City of Edmonton. Can we still apply for a grant?

Yes; however, higher priority will be given to organizations that have not received prior City of Edmonton funding. Lower priority will be given to organizations that receive ongoing funding from the City of Edmonton and organizations with operational/programme budgets supported through other governmental systems and structures.

My initiative’s budget is larger than $25,000. What other grants are available?

Applicants are encouraged to apply for the grant most appropriate for their initiative based on the intended outcomes of the project. The City of Edmonton is now accepting applications for one-time Anti-racism Community Safety Funding Program that range in scope from $150,000 - $250,000. Expressions of Interest are due by August 24, 2022.

I have additional questions. Who should I contact?

If you have additional questions, you can reach out to the Grants office at Grant@edmonton.ca.

For More Information

Title	Community Grants Office
Telephone	780-496-4933
Email	grants@edmonton.ca

Anti-racism Grant Program

Application Intake

Applications are now closed for the Anti-racism Grant Program.

Program Overview

Community Activation Grant

Grant Amount

Intended Use

Project Ready Matching Grant

Grant Amount

Intended Use

Local Anti-racism Capacity Building/Innovation Grant

Grant Amount

Intended Use

Local Community Participatory Action Research Grant

Grant Amount

Intended Use

Shifting the Perspective

Grant Amount

Intended Use

Grant Priorities

Organizational Eligibility

Ineligible Organizations include:

Expenses

Program funding cannot be used for expenses related to:

Application Checklist

Application Forms

Applications are now closed for all Grant streams.

2022 Grant Recipients

2021 Grant Recipients

2021 Recipients

2021 Recipients

2021 Recipients

Frequently Asked Questions

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