Below are some examples of priority focus issues in the areas of education and health:

• Digital access/communication cross Canada connecting Black educators, parents and kids who can interact
• Peer-to-peer mentorship programs
• Educational resources

• Implicit bias training
• Accountability for health inequities faced by Black Canadians
• Social isolation/mental health

• Must be a *Black-led and **Black-serving organization;
• Must be a registered Canadian not-for-profit organization or charity;
• Must have an existing project in the areas of education or health, which meets the granting program criteria, or a proposed project for which initial funding has already been secured;
• Must have an online web presence (i.e. website, social media, etc.);
• Must be able to show up-to-date financial statements;
• Must be able to provide a project budget for the initiative for which funding is being sought;
• Organization cannot have any outstanding tax debt – or should have an up-to-date payment plan (demonstrating at least two (2) months of on time payment of outstanding tax debt);
• Organization cannot have declared bankruptcy

Black Opportunity Fund recognizes and is committed to reducing the power imbalances inherent to funder/fundee relationships and to using an anti-oppression and intersectional lens. We use trust-based participatory decision-making processes so the communities who are most impacted by our work have a say in how we carry out our mandate.

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Please direct your questions to: grants@blackopportunityfund.org