New report shows funding gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous charities remains astronomical in size
Why It Matters
A second National Day for Truth and Reconciliation has gone by, and Indigenous charities still receive $1 for every $138 received by non-Indigenous charities, while also facing systemic underfunding by governments.
Indigenous people and allies rally in Winnipeg, Manitoba, on July 1, 2021. Photo: Shannon VanRaes
More than a decade after the Truth and Reconciliation Commission was established to document the history and continuing impacts of the Canadian Indian residential school system โ and years after it released 94 calls to action โ a new report shows Indigenous charities and qualified donees only received $1 for every $138 received by non-Indigenous organizations in 2019, the most recent year of data available to researchers.
โThatโs the piece that continues to surprise me; 2019 would be four years after the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) made those calls to action,โ said Sharon Redsky, a fundraising consultant based in Treaty 1 Territory, just outside of Winnipeg. โI had assumed there would be a lot more goodwill coming from the philanthropi
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