Deadline: 2-Nov-20
The Vancouver Foundation welcomes for the LEVEL BIPOC Grants Program to offer flexible, operating grants of up to $50,000 to BIPOC-led charities and other qualified donees to cover costs that will contribute to their stability and capacity to advance racial equity and racial justice within their communities.
BIPOC-led organizations face disproportionate barriers to accessing reliable and flexible funding, which impacts their capacity to run programs and initiatives, manage resources, and respond to emerging needs. Addressing racial inequities and injustices is important systems change work and racialized communities are at the forefront of solutions by and for their communities.
These grants are intended to be used at the discretion of these organizations based on their need and priorities to ultimately support the aspirations and hopes of BIPOC leaders in their work to advance racial justice.
- The LEVEL BIPOC Grants Program offers flexible, operating grants of up to $50,000 to BIPOC-led charities and other qualified donees to cover costs that will contribute to their stability and capacity to advance racial equity and racial justice within their communities.
Priorities
- Indigenous and Black-led organizations because they recognize the disproportionate impact of institutional and systemic racism on Indigenous and Black communities both historically and currently.
- Organizations led by young BIPOC leaders and/or organizations with a demonstrated track record of meaningfully engaging and centering the experiences and wisdom of Indigenous, Black, and/or racialized immigrant and refugee young people in their organization’s decision-making process.
- BIPOC-led organizations in remote communities that have limited access to funding opportunities.
- BIPOC-led organizations that have either not received funding in the last five years or never received funding from Vancouver Foundation.
Criteria
- Applicants must be a qualified donee; or, if you are not a qualified donee, you can apply as an intermediary in partnership with a qualified donee organization to carry out the activities associated with the funding request;
- Must be based in and serving communities in BC;
- Be a BIPOC-led organization (defined as groups where at least two-thirds of senior staff and/or board leadership positions are held by those who self-identify as Black, Indigenous or People of Colour) and serving BIPOC communities in BC.
For more information, visit https://www.vancouverfoundation.ca/grants/level-bipoc-grants