The National Anti-Racism Fund (NARF)’s Projects Grants

The National Anti-Racism Fund (NARF)’s Projects Grants are an initiative by the Canadian Race Relations Foundation (CRRF) to support communities across Canada in combating racism and discrimination.

📖 About The National Anti-Racism Fund (NARF)’s Projects Grants

The CRRF works to strengthen the social fabric of Canadian society by supporting, enabling, and convening community groups and organizations through grants, services, and partnerships.

Key Highlights:

• Commitment: Building a national framework to fight racism in Canadian society.
• Focus: Strengthening the capacity of racialized communities, religious minority groups, and Indigenous people to combat racism.
• Impact: Over the past 4 years, approximately $11 million has been contributed to support nearly 600 organizations across Canada.
• Funding for 2025/2026: $2.2 million will be allocated to anti-racism projects.

🎯 Themes and Objectives

Projects must align with one or more of the following themes:

• Systemic racial barriers: Addressing systemic racism in education, healthcare, justice, public services, employment, and public life.
• Research and education: Promoting accessibility of data, evidence, and community insights on race relations in Canada.
• Public awareness: Highlighting systemic and institutional barriers to inform public policies.
• Cultural and intercultural community-building: Creating cross-cultural opportunities through discussions, dialogue, and collaborations.

🎯 Expected Results

Projects must achieve one or more of the following outcomes:

• Increase public awareness of race relations, anti-racism, or anti-hate issues nationally, regionally, or locally.
• Enhance public awareness of Canada’s cultural diversity.
• Highlight factors such as race, culture, ethnicity, or religion that hinder full participation in society and the economy.
• Build knowledge and capacity within communities to address racism and discrimination.

💰 Benefits

Funding for proposed projects ranges from $25,000 to $125,000.

Eligible Expenses:

• Personnel and staffing costs.
• Project costs (e.g., workshops, meetings, speaker honoraria, venue expenses, equipment, marketing, catering, transportation).
• Purchased services (e.g., consultants, contractors, subject matter experts).
• Evaluation costs (e.g., surveys, focus groups, evaluation reporting).
• Overhead and administrative costs directly associated with project delivery (up to 15% of the total budget).

✅ Eligibility Criteria

Eligible Organizations:

1. Canadian registered charities and non-profit organizations.
2. First Nations, Inuit, and Métis organizations.
3. Canadian non-Federal public institutions (e.g., municipalities, schools, colleges, universities).
4. Labour organizations.

Non-Eligible Organizations:

• For-profit organizations.
• Federal institutions.
• Individuals.
• Organizations focused solely on political activity.
• Grassroots organizations.

📅 Application Date and Process

Two-Step Application Process:

1. Expression of Interest (EOI):

   • Create a profile or use an existing one on the application portal.
   • Complete and submit the EOI application form.
   • Attach the most recent annual financial statements (2 years) or a financial letter of explanation for newly incorporated organizations (less than 2 years old).

2. Full Application:

   • Submit via the SurveyMonkey Apply grant platform between June 25, 2025 and August 29, 2025.
   • Applications will only be accepted via the platform.

📆 Application Deadline

August 29, 2025

🌐 Application Portal

• Access the application portal: Project Applications 2025/2026
• View details: NARF Projects Grants

For more information, visit the official website or application portal.

• Available funding for any proposed project can range from a minimum of $25,000 to a maximum of $125,000
• Eligible 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.