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Funding Amount

$50,000

Deadline

Rolling / Open

Grant Type

foundation

Overview

LEVEL BIPOC Grants

Status: Past program (last cycle in 2020-2021)

Award Amount: $50,000 per organization

Geographic Scope: British Columbia

Focus Areas:

  • Racial justice and equity work

  • BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour) led initiatives

  • Arts and culture as platforms for advocacy, healing, and storytelling

  • Culturally relevant supports for racialized newcomers

  • Indigenous leadership and governance in environmental stewardship

  • Equitable access and healing in Black communities

    • Eligibility:

  • Organizations must be BIPOC-led

  • Focus on pursuing hopes and aspirations in service of justice and equity

    • Funding Approach:

  • Flexible, core/general operating grants

  • Multi-year funding supported

  • Relational grantmaking approach

  • No final reports required; instead collective learning and reflection opportunities

    • Program Features:

  • Application via recorded one-hour oral conversations with staff and advisors (not written application forms)

  • Focus on trust-based and relational grantmaking

  • Total of $1.5 million awarded in 2021, plus additional $500,000 from anonymous donor

  • 42 organizations awarded funding in first cycle

    • Contact: info@vancouverfoundation.ca | 604-688-2204

    How to Apply

    Application Process

    Original Application Method (2020-2021 cycle):
    1. Applicants invited to participate in recorded one-hour conversation instead of written application form
    2. Conversation held with Vancouver Foundation staff and 1-2 advisors
    3. Discussion topics include:
    - Organization and its leadership
    - How grant would contribute to pursuing hopes and dreams for effecting change
    - Organization's aspirations, needs, and priorities
    4. No budget submission required in traditional format

    Reporting:

  • No final reports required

  • Grantees invited to participate in collective learning and reflection opportunities

  • Focus on sharing learnings, challenges, and resources among grantee community

    • Note: This program is no longer active as of the provided information date (2026-04-03). The last cycle was in 2020-2021.

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    Focus Areas & Funding Uses

    Fields of Work

    bipocsocial-justiceartsnonprofits

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