The Chamandy Foundation is delighted to announce its 2025 Call for Proposals, inviting organizations dedicated to children and youth to submit their applications during the upcoming intake period, from January 20 to January 29, 2025.
Aligned with its mission to support the well-being and development of children and young people, the foundation is eager to discover and fund initiatives that create lasting, meaningful impacts.
To streamline the application process, the Chamandy Foundation has introduced a new online application form, designed to make it easier and more accessible for organizations to apply. Additionally, applicants can access a video tutorial and an information sheet to guide them through the process and ensure they are well-prepared.
The Chamandy Foundation is proud to announce its recognition as one of Canada’s Top 50 Equitable Funders for 2024, as identified by Future of Good and QuakeLab. This independent annual ranking highlights Canadian grantmakers that are leading the way in equity, inclusion, and anti-racism within their governance, teams, investments, and grantmaking practices.
Using rigorous research and analysis, the Top 50 Equitable Funders initiative spotlights organizations that are actively addressing both current and historical inequities. These funders demonstrate a commitment to dismantling barriers, particularly those imposed on Indigenous peoples in Canada, and prioritize accessibility, transparency, and trust in their funding relationships.
The Chamandy Foundation is pleased to announce that we will be accepting Letters of Intent starting February 12 to February 23, 2024. As it is the focus of our foundation, only initiatives where children and youth (pregnancy to age 35) are the primary beneficiaries will be considered.
We will be prioritizing grassroots organizations led by the community and populations they serve and that meet one, or many, of the following criteria:
Populations Served:
Focus Areas:
The Chamandy Foundation is proud to support Concordia University’s new immersive Indigenous landbased education program. As part of the curriculum, students are invited to examine food sovereignty, land and water rights, climate change, and other issues impacting Indigenous communities and society as a whole.
Read the article below, in which Concordia’s Director of Decolonizing Curriculum and Pedagogy Kahérakwas Donna Goodleaf discusses her vision in building the program.
Climate change impacts our work as funders to advance equity, health, poverty eradication, economic prosperity, environmental sustainability, human rights and all issues on which we strive to have a positive impact on as philanthropic actors.
We are proud to announce we are among the first 25 signatories to the Canadian Philanthropy for Climate Commitment.
Over the last year, the Chamandy Foundation partnered with Trottier Family Foundation, Pathy Family Foundation, Foundation of Greater Montreal, and Fondation J. Armand Bombardier as part of a collaborative working group focused on diversity equity inclusion (DEI) granting practices in the philanthropic sector.
The new research paper published by PhiLab documents the process of the creation of a metric tool used to identify DEI practices at each foundation.
Thank you to the Foundation of Greater Montreal for featuring the Chamandy Foundation as part of the “Stories that Inspire” series and helping to share our history and promote our mission!
Recognition for outstanding gift of $1.2M towards TOTAL Project for allergy research
Approximately 15% of Canadians live with a food allergy. These debilitating and sometimes life-threatening reactions leave those affected constantly worried about encountering foods like peanuts, eggs, shellfish and others. Dr. Bruce Mazer, Executive Director and Chief Scientific Officer at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC), is working to change this. With the help of a transformative gift of $1,275,000 from the Chamandy Foundation, we launched Therapeutic Objective is Tolerance in Food Allergy (TOTAL), an initiative to improve therapeutic options for those living with severe food allergies.
The Chamandy Foundation is located on unceded Indigenous lands, of which the Kanien’kehá:ka Nation is recognized as a custodian. Tiohtiá:ke/Montreal is historically known as a gathering place for many First Nations. Today, it is home to a diverse population of Indigenous and other peoples.
We commit to work daily for the rights of Indigenous peoples through our actions.
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