Community Crisis Response Fund

The Community Crisis Response Fund provides one-time financial assistance to support communities impacted by traumatic incidents and community violence. A crisis is a community-wide, trauma-inducing physical act of violence (such as shooting, shots fired, stabbing or gang-related activity). Community violence based on gang-related activities can include raids and threats of community harm and victimization that may or may not result in life-threatening injury or death.

There are two streams available:

• The General Community Crisis Response Fund stream provides one-time financial assistance for projects that address a specific violent incident or crisis in a community and contribute to community capacity building and healing.
• The Youth-Led Project stream provides one-time financial assistance to youth-led, youth-driven projects or activities that address a specific violent incident or crisis in a community and contribute to community capacity building and community healing and wellbeing.

Group Eligibility

• A group must consist of three or more members
• Grassroot groups, resident-led groups, non-profit organizations or charities can apply
• Must be located in Toronto
• Faith-based applicant groups can only use the fund to support healing, wellbeing and capacity-building activities (religious activities are not eligible)

Youth-Led Project Stream Eligibility

• A group, organization or initiative that is predominately created, devised, governed, staffed and implemented by young people
• Youth age for project participants: 12 to 29

Project Eligibility

• Responds to specific violent incident in Toronto (shootings, shots fired, stabbings and gang-related activity)
• Contributes to local community capacity building or community healing (see Funding Priority section)
• Applications must be submitted within three months of the violent incident
• Projects must be completed in a six-month period
• Projects must prioritize community healing and capacity building activities

Click on the Learn More link for details and to apply.