The Appleton Initiative Grant
In context
This call is open to non-profits, registered charities and Indigenous communities. Funding is a grant. Coverage is read from the notice itself: United States, Canada and any country. The funder accepts early-stage applicants.
The Appleton Initiative is a multi-million dollar philanthropic programme supporting Indigenous Peoples' arts, culture, reconciliation, environmental remediation, health, and education across Canada, the United States, and internationally. It funds direct charitable work, cultural institutions, and charitable not-for-profit organizations.
About this grant
The Appleton Initiative is a multi-million dollar philanthropic program of the Appleton Charitable Foundation dedicated to enhancing national and international connections fueled by the voices, power, and beauty of Indigenous Peoples' culture and arts. Based in Toronto, the foundation has been in operation since 1998 and is recognized by the Canadian Revenue Agency as a public charitable organization. The Appleton Initiative supports the expression, development, and engagement of reconciliation through arts, public policy, environmental remediation, health, and education. The program is designed to support direct charitable work, cultural institutions, and charitable not-for-profit organizations in Canada, the United States, and abroad, with a focus on enhanced Indigenous reconciliation, discussion, and healing.
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Eligibility
The program supports charitable not-for-profit organizations and cultural institutions in Canada, the United States, and abroad. Organizations must be registered charities or eligible charitable entities working in arts, culture, Indigenous reconciliation, public policy, environmental remediation, health, or education sectors.
Key requirements
- ✓Applicant must be a charitable not-for-profit organization or cultural institution
- ✓Work must benefit Indigenous Peoples
- ✓Projects may focus on arts, culture, reconciliation, environmental remediation, health, or education
Recent past awardees
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- Winnipeg Art Gallery (WAG IdeasLAB program) · 2021
- Winnipeg Art Gallery · 2017
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Frequently asked questions
- Who can apply for The Appleton Initiative?
- Eligibility covers organisations in US, CA, GLOBAL; nonprofit, charity, indigenous-community. See the eligibility criteria above for the full conditions.
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