Youth Mental Health Grant

• The applicant must be a Canadian organization.
• The organization must be smaller-sized.
• The organization must directly support youth mental and physical health.
• The proposed work must align with supporting youth communities that are a focus of the initiative (Black and/or 2SLGBTQ+ youth, and as of 2025, youth living with a physical disability).

Who is eligible?

• Smaller-sized Canadian organizations that directly support youth mental health
• Smaller-sized Canadian organizations that directly support youth physical health
• Organizations supporting Black youth
• Organizations supporting 2SLGBTQ+ youth
• Organizations supporting youth living with a physical disability (beginning in 2025)

Ineligible Costs and Activities

Eligible geographic areas

• Canada

• Compile the required application materials for submission.

• Email the completed application to the program contact address indicated by the funder.

• Applications are reviewed after submission, with a referenced turnaround timeframe of early June.

• The funding initiative began in 2022.
• From 2022 to 2024, the funding focused on Black and/or 2SLGBTQ+ youth.
• Beginning in 2025, a third focus area is added: youth living with a physical disability.
• The initiative is guided by experts and people with lived experience who help design and direct the funding.