Investments in Black-led and Black-serving organizations

Investments in Black-led and Black-serving organizations is sponsored by Government of Canada. Supports Black-led and Black-serving community-based organizations through capacity building and capital assistance funding.

FFBC Home - Foundation for Black Communities (FFBC) Congratulations to this year's Black Ideas Grant (B. I. G.

3. 0) Recipients! The Foundation for Black Communities (FFBC) is pleased to announce the selection of this year’s Black Ideas Grant (B.

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0 recipients. FFBC is investing $8 million to support 132 Black-led, Black-mandated and Black-serving (B3) organizations across Canada. Click Here to Read The Press Release The Prescription for Change: Canada's First National Bursary for Black Medical Students 'Black doctors remain vastly underrepresented in Canadian medicine.

A first-of-its-kind national bursary aims to close that gap.' Click here to read the article FFBC Black Medical Student Bursary Launches with Celebration at TMU The Foundation for Black Communities (FFBC), hosted by Toronto Metropolitan University’s School of Medicine, will mark the launch of the FFBC Black Medical Student Bursary with a celebration on October 9, 2025.

Philanthropic Home for Black Communities Canada’s first ever philanthropic foundation dedicated to supporting Black communities. Help ensure Black-led, Black-serving and Black-focused (B3) nonprofits, charities and grassroots organizations have resources they need to make an impact. Black Ideas Grant (B.

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0: Build and Bridge Impact Stories Within every organization are stories of resilience, transformation, and impact that inspire us to do our part. Click below to discover the journeys shaping our tomorrow. WHAT WE DO Investing in Black Communities We are Canada’s first-ever philanthropic foundation dedicated to investing in Black communities.

FFBC was created for, and driven by, Black communities in Canada; it exists to ensure their flourishing and self-determination. We provide grants to Black-led, Black-serving, and Black-focused grassroots, nonprofit, and charitable organizations in Canada to help support initiatives and research that meet the needs and priorities of Black communities.

Collaborative partner to the philanthropic sector and all levels of government to support and address Black communities' priorities—including the equitable allocation and distribution of resources to Black people in Canada.

We seek to educate and inform key stakeholders in the philanthropic, public, and private sectors in order to influence decision and policy making that promotes responsiveness to the needs and priorities of Black people. WHO WE ARE The Time is Now Foundation for Black Communities exists to ensure every Black person in Canada can thrive and all Black communities have agency in defining their own future.

OUR WORK IN ACTION Programs & Grants Our programs and grants exist to ensure every Black person in Canada can thrive; and all Black communities have agency in defining their own future. Vaccine Literacy Campaign The COVID-19 Vaccine Literacy Campaign provides financial support in the form of $10,000 grants to over 15 Black-led, Black-serving and Black-focused organizations located in Alberta and British Columbia.

Ontario Youth Wellness Grant (OYWG) A funding opportunity to support Black communities to explore ideas, projects, structures, and systems that positively impact youth wellness through sports and recreation in Ontario’s Black communities.

Investment Readiness Program (IRP) FFBC is one of five organizations partnering with the Government of Canada to deliver funding for the Investment Readiness Program – a $50 million fund designed to support social purpose organizations (SPOs). Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.

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