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Edmonton City Council approved funding for an Anti-racism Grant Program to support the Anti-Racism pillar of the Community Safety and Well-Being Strategy. This year, a total of $1.395 million in funding is available to local community and not-for-profit organizations.
Learn more about the 2023 Grant Recipients who attended the 2024 Anti-racism Showcase.
The grant program has 3 outcomes. Edmontonians:
The goal of this grant is to address Racism through Anti-Racism projects. Please review the grant guide and definitions in order to better align your project request to our requirements.
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.
All training sessions are now completed. For further information, please contact the Grants Office at grants@edmonton.ca.
Due high interest, registrations for community evaluators are now closed.
The Anti-racism Grants Program has 4 Funding Streams:
Grant Amount
Up to $15,000 each. $325,000 of total funds available.
Intended Use
To be used by communities and grassroots organizations to activate and animate projects and events led by and supporting youth or seniors, with priority given to intercultural and intergenerational anti-racist initiatives.
Grant Amount
Up to $30,000. $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 reconciliation, illuminate and combat structural racism and support sustaining developmental change, such as:
Grant Amount
Up to $40,000. $320,000 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.
Grant Amount
Up to $50,000. $350,000 of total funds available.
Intended Use
This funding stream is specifically for not-for-profit organizations in the media and culture sector. Projects will support stories led by underrepresented communities to shift the narrative on racism.
As part of your application, you will also be asked to define what level of racism you will be addressing:
Involves negative attitudes towards others, expressed through conscious or unconscious actions like microaggressions, racial bullying, discrimination and hate crimes
Is when organizations like schools or workplaces have rules and policies that unfairly benefit the dominant group over equity-deserving communities. This can lead to unequal results and advantages for the dominant group, even though these policies may not explicitly mention race
Refers to deep-rooted societal inequities that privilege certain groups while disadvantaging others based on race, affecting various social institutions and outcomes.
Organizations must clearly demonstrate how their project meets one or more of the Anti-racism Grant Program outcomes and how their project falls under 1 of the project focuses:
Mental Health
Mental health is a state of mental well-being that enables people to cope with the stresses of life, realize their abilities, learn well and work well, and contribute to their community. It has intrinsic and instrumental value and is integral to our well-being.
Employment
Engaging in work that is gainful in a secure and supportive environment, promoting not just economic productivity but also personal and professional fulfillment.
Education
Education is both the act of teaching knowledge to others and the act of receiving knowledge from someone else. Education also refers to the knowledge received through schooling or instruction and to the institution of teaching as a whole.
Disabilities
Disabilities is an umbrella term, covering impairments, activity limitations, and participation restrictions. An impairment is a problem in body function or structure; an activity limitation is a difficulty encountered by an individual in executing a task or action; while a participation restriction is a problem experienced by an individual in involvement in life situations (World Health Organization).
Food Security
Food security is the state of having reliable access to a sufficient quantity of affordable, nutritious food. This category may also address the needs of culturally responsive foods.
Please review the following information before you apply.
Eligible organizations must be 1 of the following:
Ineligible Organizations include:
The program provides funding assistance for initiatives, new programming or resources for anti-racism projects within Edmonton. Eligible expenses include:
Program funding cannot be used for expenses related to:
The following items are required with your application:
You must also provide the following information if you are a registered organization and/or provide this information for your own fiscal agent:
Carefully review and complete the appropriate application form and budget template.
Please note: this form requires a Google account. If you do not have one, contact Grants@edmonton.ca for more information about submitting your application.
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.
A final project/program report is required approximately 3 months after the project is complete.
Before you submit the form, please carefully review the Final Report Practice Form.
Note: this application requires a Google Account. If you do not have one, contact Grants@edmonton.ca for more information about applying.
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.
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.
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.
Yes. These documents are a requirement of this grant program and are required in order to assess your application eligibility.
If you have any final reports that are overdue, then your file is no longer in good standing with the City of Edmonton - this is an outstanding report. You must complete all your final reporting requirements associated with your other City of Edmonton grants before any further grants can be awarded or released to your organization.
If you have a current grant with the City of Edmonton that is not closed - that is, in progress - you are welcome to apply to this grant.
The grant will be closing on September 12, 2024. We hope to have an evaluation and review of all applicants done by mid November. Applicants will be notified by the end of November 1, 2024.
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.
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.
If you have additional questions, you can reach out to the Grants office at Grant@edmonton.ca.
| Title | Community Grants Office |
|---|---|
| grants@edmonton.ca | |
| Phone | 780-496-4933 |
