SBCCI Intermediary Network announces grant recipients

February 25, 2022

Press release

For immediate release

Thursday February 24, 2022

Round 2: The Black Business Initiative, Groupe 3737, Tropicana Community Services & Africa Centre announce additional support for 161 Black-led organizations through the Supporting Black Canadian Communities Initiative (SBCCI)

Today, as Black History Month comes to a close, the Intermediary Network for the Supporting Black Canadian Communities Initiative announced the recipients who will benefit from the second call for proposals to build capacity of Black-led and Black-serving community organizations. With today’s announcement, the Intermediary Network has awarded close to 20 million in grants to a total of more than 560 Black-led grassroots organizations serving Black communities in Canada.

On 21 November 2021, the SBCCI Intermediary Network, Black Business Initiative from Halifax, Groupe 3737 from Montréal, Tropicana Community Services from Toronto and Africa Centre from Edmonton closed their second call for proposals. Together, the Intermediaries will be providing over $5.6 million in funds to 161 Black-led grassroots and community organizations serving the needs of Black communities across Canada.

Read the full release in English

Read the full release in French

To view the successful applicants from the first call for proposals, click here

To view the successful applicants from the second call for proposals, click here