Inspirit Foundation is a public foundation based in Toronto, Canada.

We fund Canadian organizations that help build narrative power. We enable and support narrative change to shift power and build an inclusive and pluralist Canada.

We define narrative change as a concerted effort to challenge, modify, and/or replace existing narratives that perpetuate inequities…as a means to advance racial, social and economic justice.

Our definition of narrative change is adapted from ORS Impact and the USC Norman Lear Center Media Impact Project.

We are interested in narrative infrastructure that advances pluralism and challenges discriminatory structures of representation, to enable a multiplicity of stories and a diversity of people reflected in television, film, the arts, and journalism. Over time, we hope to see a shift in who has power to fund, create, and disseminate narratives.

Aside from grant-making, we also use our funds to advance our mission in other ways; we invest our assets to generate positive social and economic impact from our portfolio and support initiatives that foster equitable access to capital. This allows us to execute our mission in a holistic manner so we can advance our vision for pluralism and inclusion.

All our work is funded through the financial returns earned through the investment of our endowment. The asset base for the Foundation comes from the proceeds of the sale of the license for Vision TV, a multi-faith, multicultural, television channel licensed in 1987. Inspirit has charitable status and is governed by a Board of Directors.