Community Support, Multiculturalism, and Anti-Racism Initiatives Program (CSMARI)

Since 2019, the Government of Canada has committed close to $100 million through Canada’s Anti-Racism Strategy, including $70 million to support community organizations across Canada addressing issues of anti-racism and multiculturalism.

The Community Support, Multiculturalism, and Anti-Racism Initiatives Program (CSMARI) supports the mandate of the department of Canadian Heritage by building on Canada's strength as a diverse and inclusive society.

The Program has three funding components: Events, Projects, and Community Capacity Building. Since 2018-19:

• $20.9 million has been invested in over 950 CSMARI Events.
• $9.6M has been invested in 151 Community Capacity Building initiatives.
• $26M has been invested in 251 CSMARI Projects.

There are currently 211 active CSMARI contribution agreements.

The Program's objectives are to:

• support communities in confronting racism and discrimination, promoting intercultural and interfaith understanding and fostering equitable opportunities to participate fully in Canadian society;
• promote and engage in discussions on multiculturalism, diversity, racism and religious discrimination at the domestic and international levels;
• strengthen research and evidence to build understanding of the disparities and challenges faced by racialized and religious minority communities, and Indigenous peoples.

Note: There are currently no open calls for proposals for Community Capacity Building and Projects. The only component with continuous intake, and therefore currently open for applications is Events.

Stream	Objective	Eligible Applicants
Events	Funding to community-based events that promote intercultural or interfaith understanding.	Non-profits Unincorporated groups of individuals Municipalities with population under 10,000 Indigenous non-profit organizations Read more about who can apply for funding for the Events component.
Community Capacity Building	Building the capacity of organizations to promote diversity and inclusion.	Non-profits Indigenous governments, tribal & band councils, & non-profit organizations Read more about who can apply for funding for the Projects component.
Projects	Community development, anti-racism initiatives, and engagement projects that promote diversity and inclusion by encouraging interaction among community groups.	Non-profits Indigenous governments, tribal & band councils, & non-profit organizations Crown Corporations Non-federal public institutions Provinces and territories, municipal governments. Read more about who can apply for funding for the Community Capacity Building component.

CSMARI Events

Continuous intake, applicants can apply at any time, minimum of 18 weeks prior to Event.

	2022-2023Events note*	2021-2022	2020-2021Events note**	2019-2020	2018-2019
Number of events	131	261	186	372	291
Money spent	$3.2M	$5.8M	$3.2M	$8.7M	$4.7

CSMARI Community Capacity Building (CCB)

2 Intakes: 2018 and 2021

	2018	2021
Number of projects approved	79	104
Money spent	$4.7M	$4.9M

Note: 14 Community Capacity Building files on hold pending new processes

CSMARI Projects

2 Intakes: 2018 and 2021

	2018	2021
Number of projects approved	118	133
Money spent	$14M	$11.9M

Note: 41 Projects files on hold pending new processes