CREation Community Grants Program – Canada

Deadline: 15-Jan-21

The Canadian Roots Exchange is seeking applications for its CREation Community Grants Program that will support strengths-based, community-focused and youth-led projects taking place in communities across Canada.

Grassroot youth groups/collectives (comprised of Indigenous youth ages 15-29) are eligible to apply for funding to support community programs and projects, while receiving innovative mentorship, training and capacity-building opportunities. Funding will be provided to projects/groups that seek to create impactful community change and increase the wellness, resiliency and engagement of Indigenous youth.

This program aims to support Indigenous youth to take ownership over the wellness of their peers and community. Providing funding for Indigenous youth to mobilize is an act of reconciliation, as much as the work that they will do for their communities is reconciliation.

Focus Areas

Successful projects will fall within the following areas:

Assessment and Feasibility Studies;
Arts and Culture;
Innovation and Change;
Intergenerational Relationship Building;
Resiliency Building;
Youth and Community Wellness.

Funding Information

Project funding ($ 25,000)

Eligibility Criteria

CREation will prioritize funding grassroots youth groups consisting of a minimum of 3 youth of which at least 2 identify as Indigenous.
Please note: for the purpose of this program CRE defines Indigenous as status and non-status First Nation, Inuit, and Métis peoples in Canada, living both on and off reserve.
Eligible groups and projects include:
- Unincorporated / grassroots youth groups and collectives;
- Small, incorporated youth groups (note: CRE defines a small organization as groups that have 1-8 full time employees and an operating budget of less than $ 500,000);
- Youth Councils.
Ineligible groups and projects:
- Individuals;
- Projects that are not youth-led (or where the majority of leadership is 30+);
- Non-Indigenous organizations;
- Projects taking place outside of Canada;
- For profit corporations.