Grants and Contributions

This 60-month project will address organizational capacity needs to allow the organization to continue promoting social and systemic change towards the elimination of gender-based violence in Canada. Organizational capacity will be enhanced through the following activities: improving organizational and governance capacity, enhancing communications with members, strengthening partnerships, building membership capacity, and monitoring and evaluating organizational and programmatic impact.

The first supplemental funding will be used to strengthen WomenatthecentrE’s (WATC) human resource capacity to effectively respond to the increased demand for member support. In addition, WATC will be able to expand its reach, influence, and effectiveness by enhancing its volunteer base and expanding partnerships among other GBV support organizations to better support women facing and/or fleeing violence.

The second supplemental funding will allow WATC to strengthen its organizational capacity through planning and the development and facilitation of trainings using a "train-the-trainer" approach. As a result, WATC and the wider community will be fully equipped to address the long-term impacts that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on survivors across Canada and to provide better care to more survivors. This extended project will focus on the following key activities:
1. Develop a comprehensive volunteer outreach and engagement plan to support organizational sustainability
2. Develop and facilitate legal and interventions trainings to internal WATC staff, students, and volunteers, and
3. Develop a revenue generating training program to build capacity amongst the GBV and corporate sectors to better support survivors.

This 60-month project will address organizational capacity needs to allow the Canadian Women’s Chamber of Commerce to continue promoting social and systemic change towards gender equality. Activities will focus particularly on building capacity and strategic planning for national expansion and enhanced national advocacy, including through research and partnership building with businesswomen, service providers, and other stakeholders invested in advancing women’s economic prosperity through entrepreneurship. Operational policies and procedures, along with marketing, communications and training resources will be created and tested through the pilot expansion of chapters, while sustainable funding will be built through strategic partnerships and the implementation of other fundraising approaches.

The first supplemental funding will be used to mitigate the impact that COVID-19 restrictions have had on the project by allowing the organization to; expand the team and capitalize on organizational strengths so that they are in a strong position to gain members and revenue as women’s businesses recover, implement Advocacy Strategy and Advocacy-related Communications, and offer signature programs to encourage membership and promote engagement, and launch pilot chapters with Regional Managers.

The second supplemental funding will be used to develop results-based management processes and systems to improve performance measurement and evaluation, and to apply a JEDI lens across strategic and operations planning. Therefore, the proposed project will extend activities and build additional organizational capacity for the Canadian Women’s Chamber of Commerce.

This 60-month project will address organizational capacity needs to allow the South Asian Women’s Centre to continue promoting social and systemic change towards gender equality. Organizational capacity will be enhanced through the following activities: strategic planning, the development of a communication strategy, and the creation of an organizational financial health and sustainability plan.

In 2020, the organization received additional funds during COVID to hire a technology specialist to assist the organization advance its activities online.

The 2023 supplemental funding will be used to develop a post-COVID human resources policy on remote work and emergency readiness and revise their strategic planning to reflect the new reality post-COVID and to build the organization’s capacity to better respond to the needs of South Asian Women in terms of Transitional Housing.

This 48-month project will address organizational capacity needs to allow the South Asian Women’s Centre to continue promoting social and systemic change towards gender equality. Organizational capacity will be enhanced through the following activities: strategic planning, the development of a communication strategy, and the creation of an organizational financial health and sustainability plan.

The supplemental funding will be used to hire a technology specialist to assist the organization advance its activities online.

This 48-month project will address organizational capacity needs to allow the organization to continue promoting social and systemic change towards the elimination of gender-based violence in Canada. Organizational capacity will be enhanced through the following activities: improving organizational and governance capacity; enhancing communications with members; strengthening partnerships; building membership capacity; and monitoring and evaluating organizational and programmatic impact.

Supplemental funding will support the organization to strengthen its human resource.

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: developing and implementing a strategic blueprint to improve organizational capacity and governance; developing and launching a communications platform to improve organizational and administrative efficiency, and conducting monitoring and renewal activities to inform future programming.

The supplemental funds will be used to hire operations and administration staff, specifically in database management and consulting, and communications support.

This 48-month project will address organizational and sector capacity needs to allow the Women’s Economic Council and its partners to continue promoting social and systemic change towards gender equality. Key activities will include consultations and assessments to help the Women’s Economic Council to collaboratively identify its strategic capacity-building priorities and to implement both tried tools and newly created capacity-building resources. The organization will partner with sector stakeholders that have previously taken steps to build their own capacity to avoid duplication, and will support women and women’s organizations working in community economic development in Canada to address their own capacity needs through training, workshops, and knowledge-sharing on effective capacity-building tools. A Strategic Plan and Sustainability Plan will be created and adapted based on evaluation results.

The additional funding would be used to increase the pace at which WEC builds a healthy financial base and processes.

This 48-month project will address organizational capacity needs to allow the Canadian Women’s Chamber of Commerce to continue promoting social and systemic change towards gender equality. Activities will focus particularly on building capacity and strategic planning for national expansion and enhanced national advocacy, including through research and partnership building with businesswomen, service providers, and other stakeholders invested in advancing women’s economic prosperity through entrepreneurship. Operational policies and procedures, along with marketing, communications and training resources will be created and tested through the pilot expansion of chapters, while sustainable funding will be built through strategic partnerships and the implementation of other fundraising approaches.

The supplemental funding will be used to mitigate the impact that COVID-19 restrictions have had on the project by allowing the organization to expand the team and capitalize on organizational strengths so that they are in a strong position to gain members and revenue as women’s businesses recover, implement Advocacy Strategy and Advocacy-related Communications, offer signature programs to encourage membership and promote engagement, and launch pilot chapters with Regional Managers.

This 60-month project will address organizational capacity needs to allow the organization to continue promoting social and systemic change among young women and girls in Canada. Organizational capacity will be enhanced through the following activities: developing and implementing a strategic plan, improving human resource policies and processes, strengthening organizational and governance capacity, and developing and renewing memberships and partnerships within the donor community to ensure organizational sustainability in the longer term.

The supplemental funding will be used to develop and strengthen the organization’s fundraising capacity and to develop an action plan based on the assessment of strengths and challenges regarding organizational culture and current staff and board relationships.

This 48-month project will address organizational capacity needs to allow the organization to continue promoting social and systemic change towards gender equality. Activities will focus particularly on building capacity and strategic planning for national expansion and enhanced national advocacy, including through research and partnership building with businesswomen, service providers, and other stakeholders invested in advancing women’s economic prosperity through entrepreneurship. Operational policies and procedures, along with marketing, communications and training resources will be created and tested through the pilot expansion of chapters, while sustainable funding will be built through strategic partnerships and the implementation of other fundraising approaches.