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The South Saskatchewan Community Foundation (SSCF) has announced they are looking to expand their grant opportunities for Indigenous programming.
“Legacy of Truth and Reconciliation” is an extension of their Truth and Reconciliation Legacy grant funding initiative. The new legacy extension is being created with the hopes of accepting more grants for many years to come.
The foundation is hoping to establish $7 million dollars for the legacy fund, which will allow them to give back $350,000 to charities every year onwards.
The Truth and Reconciliation fund was launched as a grant opportunity in 2022 and since then, the foundation has seen over $2.16 million requested through 108 applications.
Since 2022, the organization has funded 57 grants worth $546,500. There were many more grants that were denied due to a limit of funds.
“We received 108 applications, not 57. So half of those went unfunded to the amount over $1 million. We know the $546,000 only …
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