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In our fourth year, SHIFT will be focusing our funding programs on bolstering our existing relationships with Learning Community members. We are offering two different streams for our current partners to receive further funding.

The Deep Investment Fund  is a new program offered by SHIFT this year, which will invest up to $50,000, per year and for up to two years in previously funded socially transformative projects that are:

• Looking to expand on previous projects, formalize their expertise, or embed their work in institutions and systems - in line with SHIFT’s Deep Investment Pillars
• Interested in and enthusiastic about working more closely with SHIFT and Concordia in multiple ways, including working with SHIFT staff to co-think about your projects’ future
• Finished or nearly finished with the already-funded project

The Deep Investment Fund will run twice this year, with the first deadline on November 20, 2022.

Register to the information session: Thursday, September 29, from 10 a.m. to noon (online)

To apply, project teams are required to meet with SHIFT staff for a pre-proposal. Applications can be submitted in a variety of formats, with interviews taking place in January 2023.

The Ongoing Connections Grant (OCG) is a simple renewal fund, designed to recognize the long-term nature of most social change projects, with up to $10,000 in funding annually to help project teams continue their work. The OCG is right for you if: 

• You are looking to continue and maintain the scale of work of your previously funded SHIFT project, or make some changes to improve upon the project moving forward
• You are interested in a shorter and non-competitive application process, focused on assessing eligibility rather than deeply evaluating the project
• You want to remain consistently engaged with SHIFT and Concordia 

The Ongoing Connections Grant will run twice this year, with the first deadline on October 30, 2022.