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Funding Opportunities
Bell Let’s Talk has partnered with more than 1,500 organizations providing mental health resources and services throughout Canada. This includes hospitals, universities, research and community organizations, and groups providing care and social services. Here you’ll find the latest information on what support is available through our different funds.
Community Fund
The Community Fund provides annual grants of up to $25,000 to Canadian registered charities to increase access to mental health supports and services in communities across Canada.
Since 2011, the Fund has supported 1,100 organizations and has invested more than $20 million.
The 2024 Community Fund is now closed. Organizations will be notified by the end of the summer 2024 if their project is approved or declined. Grants will be disbursed before December 31, 2024.
Opening May 2025
Who is eligible?
Canadian registered charities are eligible for consideration. Successful grant recipients will only be eligible for another Community Fund grant one year after the date of any previous grant (ie. If you received a 2023 grant, you are not eligible to apply again until the 2025 cycle).
Please note only one application per organization will be accepted.
- Business or contract fundraisers, individuals, families and political parties
- Private clinics
- Capital campaigns and projects
- Medical equipment
- Anti-stigma projects
- Multi-year funding requests
- Projects supporting neurological and developmental disorders as defined by the World Health Organization
- Event sponsorship
- Research projects
The Fund provides 1 year grants. The grant year starts on October 1 and ends September 30 the following year. Stewardship reports are due October 15, one year after grants are awarded.
The Fund may provide a grant amount for less than that requested; when this happens, the grantee must submit a revised budget within the amount approved.
Due to the time required to connect with all potential applicants, it is not possible for our team to discuss individual applications. The online submission portal is the best way to ensure that all applications are submitted and reviewed in a consistent and equitable way.
For more information about the Bell Let’s Talk Community Fund please send an email to communityfund@bell.ca.
Application details
The Community Fund supports projects that improve access to mental health care, supports and services for people in Canada. Preference will be given to applications that:
- Leverage, expand or replicate proven programs and services already being offered by other mental health agencies
- Have clear objectives and a measurement plan
- Are evidence-based or evidence-informed
- Include a detailed budget and have secured funding from other sources for the project
- Identify community impact and specify the number or increased number of individuals helped through the project
- Applicants must agree and adhere to the terms and conditions as stated in the online application form.
Diversity Fund
The Diversity Fund supports organizations aiming to reduce the stigma around mental illness and/or increase access to culturally informed mental health and well-being support for the Black, Indigenous and People of Colour communities in Canada.
As part of Bell’s commitment to take a strong stance against racism, social injustice and the impacts on ethno-cultural communities, the Bell Let’s Talk Diversity Fund supports the mental health and well-being of members of Black, Indigenous and People of Colour (BIPOC) communities across Canada.
Closed for 2024
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Who is eligible?
Canadian registered charities, non-profit organizations, and community organizations are eligible for consideration.
- Business or contract fundraisers, individuals, families and political parties
- Private clinics
- 1 year project
- Capital campaigns and projects
- Medical equipment
- Projects supporting neurological and developmental disorders as defined by the World Health Organization
- Event sponsorship
- Research projects
- Projects delivering mental health services for the broader Canadian community may be eligible to apply for a Community Fund grant.
The Fund will award grants of up to $100,000 payable over 2-5 years. The Bell Let’s Talk Diversity Fund may provide a grant amount for less than that requested; when this happens, the grantee must submit a revised budget within the amount approved. Stewardship reports are due on an annual basis and subsequent payments are conditional on the satisfactory completion of the annual stewardship report.
Due to the time required to connect with all potential applicants, it is not possible for our team to discuss individual applications. The online submission portal is the best way to ensure that all applications are submitted and reviewed in a consistent and equitable way.
For more information about the Bell Let’s Talk Diversity Fund please send an email to diversitymentalhealth@bell.ca.
Application details
Preference will be given to organizations:
- Led by an individual who is a member of the BIPOC community they support (e.g., Executive Director)
- Managed by a board, council or executive committee predominantly consisting of individuals who reflect the community they support
- That have not received funding from any Bell Let's Talk programs in the last 12 months
Preference will be given to projects:
- With a 2-5 year time period
- That clearly articulates how the proposed project will advance the mental health and well-being of the community it serves through anti-stigma and/or access to care
- That offers services that are evidence and culturally-informed
- That identify community impacts, specifying the number or increased number of individuals helped through the project, and how it will be measured
Diversity Fund Circle of Advisors
To help guide us, we have engaged a broad circle of advisors, including mental health experts and people with lived experience from within these communities who will assist us in the Fund review process as well as providing advice on directions and priorities, and consultation on the development and future evolution of the Fund.
Bell TPL Fund
The Bell True Patriot Love Fund is a multi-year initiative that provides annual grants of $5,000 to $75,000 to community mental health programs for serving military members, Veterans and their families.
A thousand Canadian military personnel are medically released each year, with 40% of them returning home with psychological injuries. Since its launch in 2013, the Bell True Patriot Love Fund has provided 134 grants and more than $3.1 million to organizations across the country that work to improve access to mental health care.
Closed for 2024
Who is eligible?
The Bell True Patriot Love Fund is a multi-year initiative that provides annual grants of $5,000 to $75,000 to community mental health programs for serving military members, Veterans and their families.
All organizations and programs supported by this funding are required to have appropriate and relevant safeguarding processes, plus background and reference checks on staff and volunteers in place to ensure the safety and security of all participants.
- Any program or service that is already offered or fully funded by the Canadian government. To find out which governmental services, programs and funding you may be eligible for, please read the relevant sections: For regular and reservist members of the Canadian Forces: National Defence and Canadian Forces For Veterans: Veterans Affairs Canada
- Programs that do not directly impact Canadian serving members, Veterans and/or military families
- Politically affiliated programs, organizations or lobbyists
- Religious organizations
- Individuals or individual families
- Multimedia and art productions including films (documentary and feature), music and plays
- Individual researchers
- Staff salaries
The Bell True Patriot Love Fund provides annual funding.
The Bell True Patriot Love Fund may provide a grant amount for less than that requested. When this happens, the grantee must submit a revised budget within the amount approved.
An interim impact report and/or final impact report are mandatory for the Bell True Patriot Love Fund.
Application details
For full details, please visit the True Patriot Love website.
Funding Requests ($5,000 – $75,000)
- Canadian Registered Charities or, Nonprofits partnered with a Registered Charity that will assume financial responsibility for the grant in the event of approval
- Mental health programming to benefit serving members, Veterans and/or their families
Preference will be given to organizations that:
- Have a successful program with a proven track record
- Have secured the project funding required to launch or expand the program
- Are working with an established mental health organization or mental health expert who is involved as a consultant or in the delivery of programming
- Offer programs with a regional scope, spanning across multiple provinces with the potential for national expansion
Applications must be received during the application window.
Post-Secondary Fund
The Bell Let's Talk Post-Secondary Fund was launched in 2021 to support Canadian colleges and universities in implementing the Standard, the creation of which Bell, The Rossy Family Foundation and RBC had enabled with a joint $1 million donation in 2018, working in partnership with the Canadian Standards Association. Since then, the Fund has awarded over $6 million in grants to Canadian post-secondary institutions, starting with more than $3 million in initial grants to over 125 schools in early 2021. These funds helped enhance mental health programs on campuses across the country, firmly establishing the Standard and the Québec Action Plan, and laying the foundation for future initiatives.
Schools looking for future funding are encouraged to apply through the Community Fund.
Application details
No longer accepting applications.
Major gifts
Eligible organizations can apply for funding through the various funds above. Additional funding for major gifts and research projects are accepted by invitation only.