Grants and Contributions

This 60-month project aims to strengthen the organizational capacity of the organization to continue to promote social and systemic change in favour of gender equality. Organizational capacity will be strengthened through activities focusing on human resource management including the development of an orientation manual, employee training and the establishment of an employee recognition policy. The organization will also participate in advocacy activities.

The 2023 supplemental funding will be used to update the strategic plan to identify the organization's issues and goals for the next three years. In addition, the organization will develop recruitment tools that could be used on an ongoing basis and that will support the employee and volunteer recognition policy that was developed with the original funds.

This 60-month project will address organizational capacity needs to allow Huron Women's Shelter Second Stage Housing and Counseling Services to continue promoting social and systemic change towards gender equality. Organizational capacity will be enhanced through the development of Human Resources policies and procedures, the adaptation of programs to incorporate evidence-based best practices and results-based management, as well as the development of sustainable fundraising, communication, and marketing strategies.

The 2023 supplementary funds will be used to hire an Organizational Processes and Systems Project Manager to ensure the information generated from the policies, procedures and capacity building initiatives previously established are embedded into the organization's internal infrastructure, communication and decision making processes. This will be achieved by developing robust and responsive organizational systems and processes that will drive performance-based, data-driven decision making that are aligned with client experience/needs and responsive to community needs.

This 60-month project will address organizational capacity needs to allow Nova Vita Women's Shelter Incorporated to continue promoting social and systemic change towards gender equality. Organizational capacity will be enhanced through the development of a strategic fundraising strategy, strengthening Human Resource policies and procedures, fostering relationships with multicultural and Indigenous communities, and strengthening the organization's sustainability, in order to embrace diversity and inclusion for women and girls affected by violence.

The 2023 supplemental funding will be used to develop and implement a strategic plan.

This 60-month project will address organizational capacity needs to allow Focus for Ethnic Women Waterloo Region Inc. to continue promoting social and systemic change towards gender equality, through their work with immigrant, refugee, and visible minority women. Organizational capacity will be enhanced through the strengthening of the Board Governance Committee, fostering partnerships and collaborations, and the development of a fundraising strategy, as well as a strategic and sustainable evidence-based 5-year plan for program development and delivery.

Supplemental funding will be used to update governance materials and relevant staff policies and procedures and create marketing and communication plans.

This 60-month project will address organizational capacity needs to allow the Sexual Assault Support Centre of Waterloo Region to continue promoting social and systemic change towards gender equality. Organizational capacity will be enhanced through the development of an organizational sustainability plan that includes partnerships building and a social enterprise model, as well as the implementation of technological upgrades to better support the expanded suite of services in fulfilling the organization’s mission to end violence against women and girls in the Waterloo Region.

The supplemental funds will be used to build their capacity and sustainability through the transition to a new client database that will better meet the needs of their diverse programming, freeing up a great deal of administrative time, and providing them with the data needed for reports and funding applications.

This 60-month project will address organizational capacity needs to allow the organization to continue promoting social and systemic change towards gender equality. Organizational capacity will be enhanced through the following activities: board governance; strategic planning; partnership development; collaboration and networking; development of an advocacy strategy; human resources management; and organizational financial health.

The 12-month extension and supplement granted to the organization will allow it to identify and develop key areas for internal policies such as workplace anti-harassment and diversity and inclusion; to develop human resources best practices and fundraising tools and, to build managerial capacity in terms of legal documentation and communication planning.

This 60-month project will address organization capacity needs to allow the organization to continue promoting social and systemic changes towards gender equality. Organizational capacity will be enhanced through the following activities: human resources management and development of a practice framework based on an intersectional feminist approach.

The additional funds will be used to develop an implementation strategy for the previously developed Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Practice Framework and to implement this practice framework within the organization to strengthen its capacity to advance equality for women and girls from an intersectional feminist perspective.

This 60-month project will address organizational capacity needs to allow the organization to continue promoting social and systemic change towards gender equality. Organizational capacity will be enhanced through the following activities: strategic planning; partnership development, organizational financial health and sustainability plan.

The 12-month extension and additional funds will allow the organization to increase their organizational capacity through a variety of activities: boosting community engagement, ooverseeing their financial management strategies, and developping an advocacy strategy. Further, they will develop a transition plan to ensure organizational health and knowledge is retained as previous leadership transitions out.

This 60-month project will address organization capacity needs to allow the organization to continue promoting social and systemic changes towards gender equality. Organizational capacity will be enhanced through the following activities: strategic planning, partnership development, collaboration, sectoral coalitions and networking, and development of a claims strategy.

The 12-month extension and supplement will enable the organization to support management capacity, enhance technical expertise from an intersectional feminist perspective, strengthen collaboration among partners and, finally, advance the cause of women through an intersectional approach.

This 48-month project will address organizational capacity needs to allow the organization to continue promoting social and systemic change towards gender equality. Organizational capacity will be enhanced through the following activities: strategic planning; partnership development, organizational financial health and sustainability plan.