Priorities for 2024
This page will be updated by January 31, 2025.
Mission
- Tamara Foundation offers grants for projects and advocates for organizations in British Columbia and beyond that remove barriers and empower women and children who deserve healthy and full lives.
Vision
- Tamara Foundation dreams of the day when women and children in British Columbia and beyond know the dignity that comes through education, relationships, and opportunities.
Portfolio Focus
- British Columbia
- International
Size of Grants
- A variety of grant requests will be considered between $10,000 – $25,000, with the occasional selection of larger, multi-year grants.
Eligibility
- Beneficiaries must be registered Canadian charities.
- Past grant recipients are eligible for new funding when the outcomes of their previous project have been completed.
- Charities that are active members of the Stronger Philanthropy Community are favoured.
Reporting
- All charities receiving grants from Tamara Foundation will be encouraged to report back on progress made every six months until completion for the outcomes they propose.
Applications for Funding
- Create a Project Profile in the Stronger Grants online application system.
- Project Profiles that are shortlisted will receive an invitation to apply for a grant.
- Instructions for completing the application will be contained in the emailed invitation.
- Unsolicited applications are not accepted.
Timetable
- Project Profiles can be submitted at any time before February 25, 2024.
- Stronger Philanthropy will email invitations to charities to apply on or after March 1, 2024.
- The grant application deadline is April 5, 2024.
- Applications will be considered by members of Tamara Foundation on May 3, 2024, with payments made soon after.
Next Steps
- Check back at the end of January 2025 for updated priorities and our process for 2025 grants.