Ontario Anti-hate Security and Prevention Grant

Eligible organizations

To be eligible for the grant, the organization must be one of the following:

• a registered charity or not-for-profit corporation without share capital
• a religious or spiritual organization
• a cultural organization
• First Nations, Inuit, Métis or Urban Indigenous organization

Registered charities and not-for-profit corporations

Registered charities must be registered as a charity with the Canada Revenue Agency by December 31, 2023.

Not-for-profit corporations that are not registered charities must be incorporated by December 31, 2023.

The following types of organizations are eligible to apply for the grant:

• religious and spiritual organizations and communities, for example:
  • mosques
  • synagogues
  • temples
  • churches
• cultural organizations and communities, for example:
  • 2SLGBTQQIA+ groups
  • traditional culture programs, workshops and ceremonies
• First Nations, Inuit, Métis and Urban Indigenous organizations and communities, for example:
  • ceremonial lodges
  • friendship centres
  • private Indigenous postsecondary institutions
  • First Nations band councils
  • First Nations tribal councils
  • First Nations education authorities
  • First Nations schools including First Nations language immersion schools
• faith-based private elementary and secondary schools
  • must operate full year (September to June) or all year (September to August)
  • weekend-only schools are not eligible
• cultural private elementary and secondary schools
  • must operate full year (September to June) or all year (September to August)
  • weekend-only schools are not eligible
• faith-based private postsecondary institutions and faith-based career colleges
• cultural private postsecondary institutions and cultural career colleges

• faith-based or cultural organizations, outside of private schools, private post-secondary institutions and career colleges, whose primary activity is providing children’s and youth programming or services
• licensed faith-based or cultural child care programs, for example, child care centres and home child care agencies
• faith-based or cultural health care providers and services, for example, community-based services, wellness clinics and hospices
• faith-based or cultural youth care providers, such as group homes
• faith-based or cultural social services providers, for example:
  • services for the homeless
  • victim services providers
  • group homes or other congregate care settings
  • community service providers
  • food banks
• faith-based or cultural housing provider, such as affordable housing
• regulated and licensed faith-based or cultural long-term care providers
• faith-based or cultural organizations whose primary activity is the arts, for example:
  • theatre
  • dance
  • music
  • literary
  • media
  • visual
  • digital
  • multidisciplinary or interdisciplinary arts