Community Impact Fund

Humber Faculty and Administrative Departments along with Community Organizations are encouraged to apply!

The Humber Polytechnic Community Impact Fund (formerly Humber College Community Partnership Fund) has been established to provide financial support for community projects that create educational/training pathways for local children, youth, Indigenous Peoples, newcomers and other equity-seeking groups in our community.

Community Development is a core piece of the projects supported by this fund and is the process of helping communities build on their strengths to support individuals towards their full potential. These projects will work in partnership with local people and organizations to meet identified needs. Some guiding principles to consider: keep projects simple and involve as many community people as possible in all planning from the start.

Projects funded through both initiatives provide the opportunity for local community organizations to cultivate partnerships with Humber Polytechnic faculties and administrative departments. Assistance is provided to develop your project concept and connect you with relevant stakeholders (if you do not have one) to support you in the writing of your proposal.

Key funding priority areas:

• Increasing exposure and access to various pathways into education, training, and employment.
• Addressing barriers that limit access to education, training, and employment, particularly for equity-deserving communities.
• Building organizational capacity to help communities reach their full potential.

HPCIF has two streams:

• Project
• Sponsorship

The focus of your project concept should be to contribute, in some manner, to increased knowledge/training, exposure and/or access to post-secondary educational possibilities for the target groups listed above. These might include pathways into education, training and/or employment and/or building the organizational capacity of community agencies who share this same focus. Humber student participation in projects is encouraged as this is an opportunity for them to build their co-curricular record.

Applications will be evaluated on the following criteria’s:

• Request meets identified need/gap existing within community
• Community partners Involved
• Local community involvement in co-designing project
• Outreach strategy
• Integration of Humber Faculty and Students in project delivery
• Efficient utilization of program budget to maximum project impact

Please use the form below to receive funding applications & guidelines, and to discuss possible funding ideas, links to community partners, and to refine concepts.

All projects/sponsorships must be completed by March 31, 2025

Have Questions?

For more information Please e-mail: nabeel.rahman@humber.ca