Deadline: 16-Jul-21
The City of Edmonton is inviting applications for the Anti-racism Grants Program to catalyze action on racism and anti-racism in Edmonton.
This will be accomplished through investing in efforts that address racially motivated hate, build community capacity and cultural understanding, promote awareness, training and education or involve research, monitoring and evaluation on diversity, anti-racism and/or discrimination in Edmonton.
The program builds upon Edmonton City Council’s 50 year Strategic Plan and the goal of building a Healthy City where community and personal wellness embodies and promotes equity for all Edmontonians.
The grant program has three 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.
Funding Streams and Information
- Youth Activation Grant: Grant amount: Up to $500 each | $25,000 of total funds available – To be used by youth (13-24 years of age) to activate & animate anti-racism initiatives, grassroots organizing & community action.
- Project Ready Matching Grant: Grant Amount: Up to $25,000 each | $75,000 of total funds available – To be used by community non-profit and local grassroots organizations for anti-racism initiatives that have received approved funding and require some matching contribution.
- Local Anti-racism Capacity Building/Innovation Grant: Grant Amount: Up to $10,000/each | $100,000 of total funds available – Focused on 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.
- Local Community Participatory Action Research Grant: Grant Amount: up to $25,000/each | $50,000 of total funds available – To be used by communities impacted by racism to support community-led research activities that address local issues and concerns specific to them.
Eligibility Criteria
- Organizations who are registered (and in good standing) under one of the following acts:
- Provincial Legislation (Alberta)
- Agricultural Societies Act
- Education Act
- Part 21 of the Business Corporations Act – Extra-Provincial Corporations- Must have an Alberta based address which must be regularly monitored by an active member of the organization.
- Companies Act, Part (Nonprofit Companies)
- Libraries Act
- Societies Act of Alberta
- Special Act of the Alberta Legislature
- Organizations who are registered (and in good standing) under one of the following federal acts:
- Act of the Parliament of Canada
- Income Tax Act of Canada and operating in the Province of Alberta as a Charity
- A group that is operating in the Edmonton municipality formally connected through a First Nation or Metis Settlement in Alberta
- A university, college or institute as defined under Alberta’s Post-Secondary Learning Act
Requirements
Local Community Participatory Action Research Grant applications must demonstrate:
- Involvement of BIPOC Community partners in the co-discovery, co-design and implementation of research and action solutions.
- How barriers to participation will be addressed to support the involvement of research participants.
For more information, visit https://www.edmonton.ca/programs_services/funding_grants/anti-racism-grants-program.aspx