Grants and Contributions

This 46-month project will address organizational capacity needs to allow Sudbury Women's Centre to continue promoting social and systemic change towards gender equality. Organizational capacity will be enhanced through the development of a sustainable fundraising strategy, which includes fostering new partnerships with donors and foundations; conducting a feasibility study to inform the development of a business plan; as well as updating Human Resources policies to ensure continuity, including the creation of a permanent fundraising committee and operational level Human Resources policies.

This 46-month project will address organizational capacity needs to allow Northwestern Ontario Women's Centre to continue promoting social and systemic change towards gender equality. Organizational capacity will be enhanced through partnerships with local women's advocates in the development of a collaborative advocacy strategy on gender-based violence that is informed by anti-racism, anti-oppression, trauma-informed and gender-based analysis frameworks. This advocacy strategy includes connecting with existing broader campaigns and efforts, the creation of an online platform and communication network, the analysis and publication of legal system outcomes through this network, and the establishment of an annual "Think Tank" for local women's advocates.

This 47-month project will address organizational capacity needs to allow Ontario Coalition of Rape Crisis Centres (OCRCC) to continue promoting social and systemic change towards gender equality. Organizational capacity will be enhanced through creating a long-term Strategic Plan; creating a current and implementable Advocacy Plan; increasing organizational financial health and stability through administrative support and in-house grant-writing capacity, informed by gender-based violence expertise; and increase structural stability to OCRCC’s anti-oppression, anti-racist and Gender-based Analysis work. This project will see a provincial reach to Ontario sexual assault centres.

The additional funding will cover the implementation of Trans, Genderqueer, Non-binary, Two Spirit and Intersex inclusion in the services of sexual assault centres; and will help provide frontline staff with technological tools and support to deliver services in COVID-19 environment.

This 47-month project will address organizational capacity needs to allow the Canadian Association for Girls in Science to continue promoting social and systemic change towards gender equality. Supported activities will include the creation of automated membership systems, websites, and volunteer training videos for increased efficiency through the creation of a Board of Champions to raise its profile and connect the Association with new funders, and the piloting of promotional strategies by chapters to attract new paid members and supporters. Together these activities will enable the expansion of chapters to new cities.

This supplement will allow CAGIS to undertake the following additional activities: 1) promotion of activities to ensure that families are aware that CAGIS is now virtual; and 2) increase in functionality of automated web system to adapt to pivoted activities (including French translation, increased functionality for higher levels of volunteer screening, writer for CAGIS newsletter).

This 47-month project will address organizational capacity needs to allow the Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies, together with its member societies, to continue promoting social and systemic change towards gender equality. Activities will include research to shape the creation of strategic approaches to justice for criminalized women, particularly a reintegration toolkit with pre-release handbook and a pro-bono network of lawyers to support access to justice at earlier stages. Training will be undertaken with member societies and a range of federal, provincial and local stakeholders and processes standardized for access to justice across the organization. The value of the collected evidence base and recommended policy, program, and service options will be tested through fundraising.

The supplemental funding will be used to mitigate the impact that COVID-19 limitations have had on the project by allowing the organization to conduct the GBA audit work; and cover some real gaps for vulnerable women and gender diverse folks in the North; and Carceral Law and providing training for social workers, doctors, nurses and legal professionals.

This 36-month project will address organizational capacity needs to allow Perth County Transition Home for Women to continue promoting social and systemic change towards gender equality. Organizational capacity will be enhanced through the development of strategic fundraising and communication strategies, the establishment of Board governance policies, and the fostering of community partnerships in the Perth County area.

Supplemental funding will be used to hire a team of consultants to amalgamate two aligned women’s organizations in order to enhance services and the community capacity to serve women and children experiencing violence.

This 59-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: development of a human resources strategy; creation of women's network and Indigenous Advisory Council; as well as the development and implementation of an advocacy framework and fundraising strategy.

Through this additional funding, West Central Women's Resource Centre (WCWRC) will build a collaborative network of organizations serving 2SLGBTQ+ people in order to share resources and build capacity. Through a series of consultations, WCWRC will engage with their 2SLGBTQ+ staff and community to improve inclusion for employees and to better understand how to incorporate 2SLGBTQ+ inclusion in their work. Drawing on feedback from network meetings and staff consultations, the organization will review its policies and procedures and develop a robust framework that prioritizes 2SLGBTQ+ inclusion with the overall aim of rendering better service to the broader community.

This 59-month project will address organizational capacity needs to allow the Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies, together with its member societies, to continue promoting social and systemic change towards gender equality. Activities will include research to shape the creation of strategic approaches to justice for criminalized women, particularly a reintegration toolkit with pre-release handbook and a pro-bono network of lawyers to support access to justice at earlier stages. Training will be undertaken with member societies and a range of federal, provincial and local stakeholders and processes standardized for access to justice across the organization. The value of the collected evidence base and recommended policy, program, and service options will be tested through fundraising.

The first supplemental funding will be used to mitigate the impact that COVID-19 limitations have had on the project by allowing the organization to conduct the GBA audit work; and cover some real gaps for vulnerable women and gender diverse folks in the North; and Carceral Law and providing training for social workers, doctors, nurses and legal professionals.

The second supplemental funding will be used to build organizational capacity to support the needs of criminalized women and gender diverse people in Yukon and the Northwest Territories, and capacity to provide peer support for integration post-incarceration.

This 60-month project will address organizational capacity needs to allow Perth County Transition Home for Women to continue promoting social and systemic change towards gender equality. Organizational capacity will be enhanced through the development of a strategic fundraising and communication strategies, the establishment of Board governance policies, and fostering community partnerships in the Perth County area.

Additional funding provided in January 2021 was used to hire a team of consultants to amalgamate two aligned women’s organizations in order to enhance services and the community capacity to serve women and children experiencing violence.

Supplemental funding provided in spring 2023 will support the organization’s capacity to assess, write, and secure funding through the development of key tools, templates, and processes, and then the training of their management team in their use.

This 58-month project will address organizational capacity needs to allow Ontario Coalition of Rape Crisis Centres (OCRCC) to continue promoting social and systemic change towards gender equality. Organizational capacity will be enhanced through 1) creating a long-term Strategic Plan; 2) creating a current and implementable Advocacy Plan; 3) increase organizational financial health and stability through administrative support and in-house grant-writing capacity, informed by gender-based violence expertise; and, 4) increase structural stability to OCRCC’s anti-oppression, anti-racist and Gender-based Analysis work.5) implementing Trans, Genderqueer, Non-binary, Two Spirit and Intersex inclusion at sexual assault centres (resources for rebranding, logos, Centre training/meetings); 6) providing frontline staff with technological tools and support to deliver services in COVID-19 environment. This Project will see a provincial reach to Ontario sexual assault centres.

Supplemental funding in 2023 will be used to 1) build capacity for member centre leaders through peer-to-peer support opportunities; 2) develop capacity building opportunities for staff and board of the coalition and member organizations on the history and context of the gender-based violence movement; 3) review human resources processes and policies to better reflect organizational values of equity, diversity and inclusion; and 4) create a sexual assault centre finance community to support sector sustainability.