Foundation / Corporation
Groundswell Community Justice Trust Fund
03/01/20
Grants of up to $4,000 to Ontario community based organizations to fight social, economic, or political oppression. Funding is intended to increase the long-term capacity and infrastructure of recipient organizations and to support projects that fight for social change. The mission of this fund is to create sustainable financial support for community-based, left, political organizations that challenge and work to change dominant, oppressive structures in the current political, social and economic system.
The money will be directed towards member-driven, grassroots initiatives or organizations that face difficulty raising funds needed for their work. The Fund is committed to giving a minimum 50% of funding to organizations led by Black and/or Indigenous organizers. The majority of approved applications will be from already existing organizations/projects, with a smaller portion reserved for start-up projects.
The fund prioritizes the following things:
GrantWatch ID#: 167306
This year’s grants will range from $500 to $4000 dollars.
Before starting your grant application, please review the funding source's website listed below for updates/changes/addendums/conferences/LOIs.
Email the completed budget to: info@groundswellfund.ca.
Submit the completed application to:
Groundswell Fund
226 Bathurst Street, Suite 200
Toronto, Ontario
M5T 2R9, Canada
Canada: Ontario;
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