Anti-Racism Microgrants

The Anti-Racism Table invites individuals, community organizations and stakeholders to apply for microgrants to undertake initiatives that promote anti-racism work on PEI. This fund will contribute to our mandate to promote a culture of diversity and inclusion that recognizes the need to address racism, as well as to strengthen the link between racial equality and community cohesion.

The following groups and organizations can apply by 11:59 p.m. on December 6, 2024:

• Community groups
• Non-profit organizations and boards
• Youth aged 14-24
• Individuals
• Professional associations

This new one-time funding initiative supports the Anti-Racism Table’s mandate to promote a culture of diversity and inclusion in Prince Edward Island that recognizes the need to address racism, as well as to strengthen the link between racial equality and community cohesion.

Eligible projects must align with one or more of the following goals:

• Strengthening organizational capacity with activities focused on anti-racism
• Public outreach, engagement and advocacy
• Strengthening BIPOC communities

Eligible projects can include the following activities or themes, amongst others:

• Creating educational tools to address anti-racism (eg. executive anti-racism training)
• Design and implement anti-racism initiatives
• Anti-racism in or through the arts
• Podcast or newsletter that address anti-racism
• Encouraging BIPOC youth representation and participation on ABC’s (agencies, boards or commissions)
• Hiring staff (e.g. project coordinator)

There will be three (3) microgrant streams that youth, individuals and organizations can apply to for project funding:

1. Youth applicants (age: 14 - 24 years) can request funding ranging from $100 to $1,500

2. Individuals can request funding ranging from $100 to $2,000

3. Non-profit organizations & professional associations can request funding ranging from $1,000 to $5,000

Workshops

The Anti-Racism Office will offer workshops to support applicants for the Anti-Racism Microgrant. In partnership with WorkSource Alliance, two workshops will provide guidance and best practices for writing a strong grant proposal.

Tuesday, November 26 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Haviland Club in Charlottetown 
Thursday, November 28 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Microtel Inn & Suites in Summerside

Register for the Charlottetown workshop or the Summerside workshop by November 19, 2024. 

Application Deadline Previous Recipients

Project proposals must be addressed to the Anti-Racism Table, questions and proposals can be submitted electronically to: antiracismtable@gov.pe.ca.

To be considered for funding, project proposals must be received by 11:59 p.m. on December 6, 2024.

Previous Recipients

• PEI Writers’ Guild: Pass the Mic
• The Guild: Indigenous Peoples Day Celebration Concert
• Under The Spire Music Festival: Anti-Racism Education for Policy Development 
• Winsloe Charlottetown Royals FC: Celebrating the Diversity of WCRFC 
• Kings Playhouse: Arts and Social Justice Anti-Racism Residency at the Playhouse 
• CMHA PEI: PEI Helping Tree Project
• ECDA: Creating Brave Spaces in the Early Learning and Child Care Sector 
• BIPOC USHR: Feeding our souls: Decolonial nutrition education as anti-racism 
• The River Clyde Pageant: Creating safer, more inclusive spaces within The River Clyde Pageant
• Muslim Society of PEI: PEI Anti-Islamophobia Campaign
• Hassaan Abbasi: Continuation of BIPOC Men’s Group 
• King Kxndi: Spoken Word Night
• Sonjel Vreeland: Matthew Cuthbert Speaks 
• Chanel Briggs: BIPOC Creative Anthology 
• Jana Wong (Youth Category): Stick Together in Multicultural World