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INNOVATORS & ENTREPRENEURS FOUNDATION IS A NATIONAL CHARITY DEDICATED TO SUPPORTING CANADIAN
ENTREPRENEURS & INNOVATORS BELONGING TO RACIALIZED & EQUITY-DESERVING COMMUNITIES

 

Fall 2023 Micro-grants application portal is closed.

OUR MISSION

Innovators & Entrepreneurs Foundation (IEF) is a national charity dedicated to supporting founders and innovators belonging to racialized and/or equity-deserving groups as they navigate the unfair barriers of institutional, structural, and interpersonal biases. 

Our mission at IEF is to support, educate, and celebrate innovation and entrepreneurship among business owners who belong to racialized and/or equity deserving communities across Canada.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Mental Health Workshop- Trauma in Entrepreneurship: It’s Not What You Think

Explore trauma’s impact on entrepreneurship with Shulamit Ber Levtov. Gain insights, resilience strategies, and trauma-aware client service. Dec 13, 1-3pm EST via Zoom.

Competition Bureau of Canada: How to Spot Anti-competitive Conduct

How to Spot Anti-competitive Conduct – Join us Dec 6, 1pm ET. Learn to Identify Anti-competitive Conduct & Stay Compliant. Open to all!

One hundred percent of every dollar you donate is invested into our services and programming that directly serves entrepreneurs and innovators from under-represented groups. Your donation will aid us in being a conduit for founders and innovators belonging to racialized and/or equity-deserving communities across Canada to gain access to equitable support, education, funding, and awareness in the fields and regions their businesses serve.

2022/23 Micro-Grant Recipients

Clean Valley Bio-filtration Technologies CIC
Will Fan
Jess Devenport
Maria Kennedy
Stephanie Leithead
Sandra Phillips

2023 CANIE Awards WINNERs

Tina Luu
Frédéric Verville
Vanessa Marshall
Natasha Ferguson

SPONSORS & PARTNERS

UPS
Ownr
The Arthur J.E. Child Foundation
Intuit
Prince's Trust Canada
TD
GSC 2023
CIRA
META
Air Canada

EVENT SPONSORS & COMMUNITY ACTIVATORS

Salesforce
Mitacs
Giant Tiger
ONB
Planet Hatch
Communitech

IN COLLABORATION WITH

Competition Bureau Canada
Jelly Academy
gsd&co
NHM Connect
Startup Canada
Canadian Chamber of Commerce
CanWCC
Bookbindingfox Design Studio
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