Canadian Race Relations Foundation: CRRF’s National Anti-Racism Fund 2024/2025 open for new project applications

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The Canadian Race Relations Foundation (CRRF)'s National Anti-Racism Fund (NARF) is once again accepting applications from organizations across Canada who are organizing anti-racism projects in 2024-2025.  

Since its launch in 2022, the National Anti-Racism Fund has awarded nearly $8 million to over 400 organizations across Canada. In this upcoming round of funding, we will provide $2 million in grant funding towards anti-racism projects in Canada.

The Fund supports projects that aim to reduce systemic racism in Canada, promote and increase the availability and accessibility of community-informed, evidence-based research and data, inform public policy and create cross-cultural dialogue, awareness and collaboration on race and religion in this country. We welcome creative approaches to tackling racism. Past NARF projects have ranged from art initiatives to support programs, courses, campaigns and more.

Our National Anti-Racism Fund brings people in Canada together to create a future with better collective understanding, where everyone is treated fairly. In a time of growing polarization across the country, we need these kinds of initiatives more than ever. From local neighbourhoods to Parliament, NARF gives communities across Canada the support they need to propel this urgently needed change.

Mohammed Hashim, CRRF Chief Executive Officer

Applicants seeking funding for projects that will take place between April 1, 2025, and March 31, 2026, must first submit an Expression of Interest (EOI) by 11:59 pm (EST) on October 31, 2024. Successful EOI applicants will be contacted by late November 2024 and will be invited to submit full applications. Applicants will have 5-6 weeks to submit their full application between late November 2024 and early January 2025.

For those interested in learning more, please register for upcoming virtual NARF information sessions, which will be held on October 9, 2024, from 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm EST (English) and October 10, 2024, from 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm EST (French).

If you have specific questions about the National Anti-Racism Fund, please send an email to: grants@crrf-fcrr.ca. 

About CRRF:

The Canadian Race Relations Foundation is a Crown corporation committed to fighting racism in Canada. We work to strengthen the social fabric of our society by supporting, enabling and convening community groups and organizations through our grants, services and network of public, research and community partners.

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