The Chamandy Foundation partners with organizations supporting children and youth in the following areas: education; health; poverty; research; and environmental education.
Our strategic approach is holistic, in that we try to address both the roots and symptoms of inequalities. We pay particular attention to the most marginalized groups, such as children and young people with disabilities, economically disadvantaged, BIPOC and 2SLGBTQAI+ communities, etc.
In our funding we prioritize organizations led by people with lived experience of the cause they serve, grassroots and community-based organizations, as well as organizations operating in areas with less funding opportunities.
Our priority is to fund organizations and programs that serve communities across Canada. While we do partner with international organizations on occasion, these grants are based on climate or health emergencies, as well as priorities expressed by our Board of Executives. Partner organizations must have an office in Canada and be registered with the Canada Revenue Agency.
As a general practice we do not fund religious or missionary based organizations or projects; capital campaigns; day or overnight camps; one-time events, such as a conferences or galas.
We aim to limit partnerships with larger organizations in major city centres, such as the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), given that there is access to a variety of different granting bodies.
School services, STEM, school drop out crisis, Indigenous education, child literacy, after school programs, school donations, fight for quality education
Childhood disease, mental health, awareness, autism spectrum disorder, children with special needs, health and wellbeing, female health, human trafficking
Environmental sustainability, environmental awareness, nature programs, environmental entrepreneurship, fighting climate change, access to clean water
Youth homelessness, food insecurity, child protection, children aging out of care, community empowerment and mobilization, affordable housing
Medical research, clinical trials, groundbreaking research
