Community Wellbeing Grant (formerly Here to Be)

The Community Wellbeing Grant, offered by the Lululemon Centre for Social Impact, aims to enhance wellbeing through movement, mindfulness, and connection. This grant supports community-led non-profits working to address systemic inequities, helping to build access to wellness resources. Applications are encouraged from organizations that prioritize diverse leadership and serve populations facing barriers to wellbeing. The goal is to impact 10 million individuals positively by 2025, fostering equity and resilience in communities worldwide.

Please note that for those who have previously applied for a Community Wellbeing Grant, we have removed the Letter of Intent requirement and now have a single application.
Grant recipients advance wellbeing equity in several ways, including expanding financial accessibility to wellbeing tools, removing barriers to movement and mindfulness practices, offering culturally responsive and trauma-informed programming to improve mental health outcomes, and building community driven solutions to systems change.

Eligibility

We welcome funding requests from organizations that meet the following requirements: Must be a registered non-profit or charity, or fiscally sponsored by one
Must be working to advance wellbeing outcomes through physical, mental, and/or social wellbeing programming
Must be community-led, have diverse and representative leadership, and serve populations most impacted by systemic inequity
Must be operating in Australia, Canada, China Mainland, France, Germany, Hong Kong SAR, India, Ireland, Japan, Macau SAR, Malaysia, Korea, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, UK, USA, and/or VietnamWe also welcome applications from organizations working at the intersection of environment and wellbeing.

Ineligibility

We do not consider funding requests from:Individuals, groups with religious or political affiliations, or third-party fundraising groups
Community clinics or health services that accept direct payment for services in any form, such as insurance or government
Primary, secondary, and post-secondary academic institutions, parent-teacher associations, or museums
Government entities or registered businesses, including social ventures or impact-minded businesses
Organizations that are focused solely on planetary health, rather than at the intersection of environment and wellbeing
Organizations that have received Here to Be funding for three consecutive years
Organizations with annual operating budgets over $8 million USD
Organizations with fewer than three board members or those that have been operating programming for less than one year.Additionally, the Here to Be grant cannot be used for:One-time events, retreats, workshops, or sporting events
Regranting to organizations or individuals, including in the form of scholarships
Incentives for government officials or lobbying
Benefits to lululemon or its employees, whether through the purchase of lululemon products, incidental benefits for lululemon volunteers in excess of $50 USD, salary for lululemon employees or Ambassadors, or marketing to promote lululemon’s connection with your organization
Interest-bearing accounts, endowments, real estate, or any other similar capital assets*
Equipment or other capital assets with a combined value of $5,000 USD or more (whether single or multiple items)*For more information on capital assets, see the Glossary on our FAQ page.