Government of Canada Multiculturalism and Anti-Racism Program 2024/2025 (up to $300,000) Deadline: 4 December, 2024

Applications are open for the Government of Canada Multiculturalism and Anti-Racism Program 2024/2025. The program aims to support the mandate of the Department of Canadian Heritage by building on Canada’s strength as a diverse and inclusive society.

The Program’s objectives are to support communities to:

• Advance anti-racism; foster ethnocultural diversity and inclusion; promote intercultural and interfaith understanding.
• Provide equitable opportunities for equity-deserving populations and community organizations to participate fully in all aspects of Canadian society.
• Promote dialogue on multiculturalism, anti-racism, racial equity, diversity, and inclusion to advance institutional and systemic change so that Canada becomes a more inclusive society, free from racism and hate-motivated actions.
• Support research and evidence to build understanding of the disparities and challenges faced by equity-deserving populations.

The Anti-Racism Call funds initiatives to address systemic racism and discrimination in Canada with the following objective:

• To enhance access to and inclusivity within Canada’s arts, culture, and heritage organizations and institutions, and creative industries by addressing systemic racism and discrimination in workplaces faced by Indigenous Peoples, Black communities, racialized and religious minority communities, while considering intersectionality.

Funding

• The Anti-Racism Call’s maximum amount payable per recipient is $1,000,000 per project. However, given the number of eligible projects received during each program’s call for proposals, the program expects to allocate funding up to approximately $300,000 per project.

Eligibility

To be eligible for funding, your organization/group must be:

• Canadian not-for-profit organizations, associations, or unincorporated groups.
• Non-federal Canadian public institutions such as boards of education, schools, colleges/universities.
• Provincial, territorial, regional, municipal governments.
• Indigenous not-for-profit organizations (First Nations, Inuit, Métis).
• Indigenous governments, band councils, tribal councils.

Application

A complete application package includes a signed Application Form for the Projects funding component, Anti-Racism Call, and the following supporting documents:

• a signed Declaration/Attestation;
• a balanced Budget (no surplus or deficit) using the program’s budget template;
• a signed Application Checklist;
• a copy of your most recent financial statements, audited if available;
• a copy of your organization’s letters patent and documents of incorporation, including the certificate of continuance (Incorporated applicants only);
• a list of your current Board of Directors (Incorporated applicants only);
• a copy of your organization’s bylaws (Incorporated applicants only);
• a copy of your articles of association or a copy of your Terms of Reference (Unincorporated applicants only); and
• a signed copy of the Unincorporated Applicant Acceptance of Liability form (Unincorporated applicants only).

Submit your application package electronically to the following email address: [email protected]

For more information, visit Multiculturalism and Anti-Racism Program.