Projects Grants

• Systemic racial barriers: Reducing barriers to inclusion by addressing systemic racism in education, healthcare, the justice system, public services, employment, and public life. 
• Research and education: Promoting and increasing availability and accessibility of data, evidence, and community insights on race relations in Canada. 
• Public awareness: Informing public policies by highlighting systemic and institutional barriers. 
• Cultural and intercultural community-building: Creating cross-cultural opportunities through discussions and dialogue on race and religion, building awareness, and collaborations.     

• Increase public awareness of public policy issues related to race relations, anti-racism, or anti-hate nationally, regionally, or in local communities. 
• Increase public awareness of Canada’s cultural diversity. 
• Increase awareness of factors such as race, culture, ethnicity, or religion that may be hindering full participation of the entire Canadian population in society and the economy. 
• Increase knowledge and capacity within communities to address racism and discrimination. 

• Projects that include collaborations with other organizations, governments, or community groups to influence local, provincial, or national policy decisions.  
• Projects that actively work to influence public policy, whether through direct policy advocacy efforts, in-depth research, strategic partnerships, or grassroots community engagement.   
• Projects that involve a range of strategies, such as conducting research that informs policymakers about the impacts of systemic racism.  
• Projects that include developing advocacy campaigns that mobilize communities to pursue policy change or creating educational programs that increase public awareness and understanding of key policy issues. 

• Canadian registered charities (as recognized by the Canadian Revenue Agency) and Canadian non-profit organizations and associations 
• First Nations, Inuit and Métis organizations 
• Canadian non-Federal public institutions such as municipalities, provincial institutions, boards of education, schools, colleges and universities 
• Labour organizations 

• For-profit organizations 
• Federal institutions 
• Individuals 
• Organizations whose purpose is solely related to political activity, as defined by the Canada Revenue Agency 
• Grassroots organizations 

Expenses for Project funding can include:

• Personnel and staffing costs 
• Project costs such as workshop and meeting costs, speaker honoraria, venue-related expenses, equipment, marketing and communications, catering, transportation, etc. 
• Purchased services such as services of consultants/contractors/subject matter experts specifically relating to the delivery of the project 
• Evaluation costs such as project evaluation, survey administration, focus groups, and evaluation reporting 
• Overhead and administrative costs directly associated with the project delivery can be requested to a maximum of 15% of the total budget. Overhead and administrative costs include supervision, bookkeeping/accounting, audit expenses, telephone/internet, etc.   

Expenses for Project funding cannot include:

• Costs (e.g., loans, grants, or scholarships) that are related to direct financial assistance in the form of payments to individuals or families 
• Partisan political activity that directly or indirectly promotes a political candidate or party. 
• Ongoing occupancy costs and purchase of investment in real property (real estate, land, building, etc.) 
• Services covered by provincial health authorities 
• Services provided by medical professionals or regulated health professionals other than social workers or social service workers 
• Support of operating deficit 
• Cost of alcoholic beverages 
• Basic shelter beds or transitional housing beds  

The EOI is the first step of the NARF application process. The purpose of the EOI is to equip CRRF staff with baseline information to assess the project’s idea and its alignment with NARF. The EOI application assesses organizational eligibility, organizational capacity, project idea, project activities and requested project funding amount.  

EOI applications will only be accepted through the CRRF’s SurveyMonkey Apply platform. To submit an application: 

• Go to our application portal, create a profile, or use an existing profile and complete the online application form

• Complete and submit the EOI application form.

• Attach your most recent annual financial statements (2 years) or your financial letter of explanation if you are a newly incorporated organization (less than 2 years old). We encourage financial statements to be audited if your annual revenues are more than $250K

• The CRRF’s SurveyMonkey Apply grant platform will accept EOI applications from June 25, 2025 to August 29, 2025. Applications will only be accepted via the platform. The applicant/user submitting the application must be a staff or board member of the organization, with authority to submit an application

• For reference purposes, the EOI form is available in PDF for download. Organizations are encouraged to download the PDF file to review the EOI questions and prepare all required information and attachments before submitting their EOI application through the online portal (SurveyMonkey Apply)

• It is imperative that all applicants click “mark as complete” and “submit” to finalize their submission. All completed applications will be followed by a confirmation email indicating that the application was successfully received by the CRRF

Decisions will be made 7 to 8 weeks after the submission deadline for EOI by CRRF’s staff granting team. Successful EOI applications will be invited to submit a Full Application by early November 2025. Please note that all decisions are final and there is no appeal process through this funding program. 

Successful EOI applicants will be contacted by early November 2025 and will be invited to submit a full application.  The deadline to submit a full application is December 23, 2025. 

• EOI applicants progressing to the Full Application stage will also be invited to attend an information session that will provide an overview of the form, review process, and timeline, with some time for Q&A. Full applications will require a detailed project summary, demonstration of community need, partnerships, expected results, as well as evaluation and recognition plans.  

Successful grantees will be notified  by early March 2026.

Full Applications will only be accepted through the CRRF’s SurveyMonkey Apply platform. To submit the full application: 

• Log in to your portal and complete the online full application form

• Attach all the required supporting documents, including an itemized budget, your organisation’s most recent annual report, a list of board members (at least three active board members), and letters of support (optional)*

* If your project has main or key project partner(s), letters of support from them must be included. If your project has partnership(s) of a lesser role (i.e.. monetary) or no partners, letters of support are optional. Main or key project partners are defined as partners who will play a significant role in project delivery and will have a strong presence throughout the project’s duration. This could include consultation, leading focus groups/workshops, project planning, shared venue spaces, etc.  Optional letters of support include letters/recommendations from previous partnerships, current partnerships of a different project, organizations only providing monetary support, etc. 

Note that applications must include a project duration and a detailed schedule with a completion date no later than March 31, 2027, and a final report to be submitted by May 31, 2027. 

Decisions will be made 8 to 9 weeks after the submission deadline for the full application. Please note that all decisions are final and there is no appeal process through this funding program. 

We fund projects that have clear objectives and measurable results. If your EOI is approved after the eligibility screening, you will be invited to submit a full application. At that stage, your full application will be evaluated based on the criteria outlined below:  

• The application demonstrates how the project contributes to one or more of the program themes and achieves one or more of the expected results 

• The applicant has the experience, human and financial management, governance structure and capacity to successfully carry out the project based on past experience 

• The applicant has demonstrated the need within their community and how it will be addressed 

• The applicant has the required resources to successfully deliver the project on time and on budget 

• The project activities are clearly described and are linked to their goals 

• The project is designed to effectively reach its target audience, beneficiaries, and participants 

• The proposed budget is detailed, reasonable, and balanced and takes into consideration the efficient and effective use of funds 
• The applicant agrees to fulfill the CRRF recognition requirements

All successful applicants must publicly acknowledge the financial support received from the CRRF through NARF in all communications materials and promotional activities. Public acknowledgment text should state the following: 

• “The [TITLE OF YOUR PROJECT] was made possible through the financial support of the Canadian Race Relations Foundation’s National Anti-Racism Fund.” 

Additionally, successful applicants funded by the National Anti-Racism Fund are required to:  

• Complete a Grant Contract Agreement

• Complete a Reporting Template. Reporting Templates will be shared with successful funded applicants prior to the reporting deadlines.   

Funded projects will be required to complete an interim and final report. To complete this report, projects will need to collect data according to their own Evaluation Plans. Evaluation Plans will vary from organization to organization but should allow organizations report on (1) Project Activities and Outcomes, (2) Alignment with the National Anti-Racism Fund Objectives and Expected Results, (3) Project Implementation, Impact and Sustainability and (4) CRRF Acknowledgement.