Grants and Contributions
About this information
In June 2016, as part of the Open Government Action Plan, the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat (TBS) committed to increasing the transparency and usefulness of grants and contribution data and subsequently launched the Guidelines on the Reporting of Grants and Contributions Awards, effective April 1, 2018.
The rules and principles governing government grants and contributions are outlined in the Treasury Board Policy on Transfer Payments. Transfer payments are transfers of money, goods, services or assets made from an appropriation to individuals, organizations or other levels of government, without the federal government directly receiving goods or services in return, but which may require the recipient to provide a report or other information subsequent to receiving payment. These expenditures are reported in the Public Accounts of Canada. The major types of transfer payments are grants, contributions and \'other transfer payments\'.
Included in this category, but not to be reported under proactive disclosure of awards, are (1) transfers to other levels of government such as Equalization payments as well as Canada Health and Social Transfer payments. (2) Grants and contributions reallocated or otherwise redistributed by the recipient to third parties; and (3) information that would normally be withheld under the Access to Information Act and the Privacy Act.
$105,275.00
Jun 1, 2019
Not-for-profit organization or charity
Sustaining Feminist Law Reform in Canada: Building NAWL’s Capacities to Strengthen its Fundraising and Diversify its Funding Base
NA18926
This 46-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 a fundraising strategy through the identification of prospective donors; developing a customized membership and donor database; and developing a communication tool to support diversified fundraising.
The supplemental funding will be used to further build National Association of Women and the Law’s capacity to strengthen its fundraising and diversify its funding base while adapting to the current challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic and the transition period into which NAWL is currently moving.
$100,000.00
Jun 1, 2019
Not-for-profit organization or charity
Building the Capacity of the Ending Violence Association of BC to Support the Anti-Violence Sector and Survivors of Gender-Based Violence
BC18617
This 58-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 and succession planning; partnership development; and financial sustainability planning. This provincial project will allow EVA BC to continue to support and coordinate community-based anti-violence programs across BC.
Supplemental funding will be used to conduct an environmental scan of key advocacy issues in the gender-based violence sector, to build organizational capacity to affect change through the development of an advocacy strategy and to implement the advocacy strategy through the organizations communications strategy plan.
$150,000.00
Jun 1, 2019
Not-for-profit organization or charity
S C A L E – SCWIST Connects, Advocates and Leverages Expertise – to Expand STEM Diversity for Economic Empowerment across Canada
NA18524
This 58-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 5-year strategic plan that addresses administrative processes; development of an HR management and board governance structure to incorporate diverse groups; and increased financial sustainability.
The organization will empower high school and young women, include indigenous youth and communities, inspire and advance women’s careers and leadership opportunities, connect the racialized and immigrant women in STEM and sustain SCWIST operational capacity and financial sustainability.
The additional funds will alleviate the organizational pressures from the rapid growth resulting from this successful capacity building project. The new activities will include: the additions of the gender-based analysis to HR resource management policies and tools; a new workflow process to support the new strategic governance model to sustain the growth of the organization.
$150,000.00
Jun 1, 2019
Not-for-profit organization or charity
On the Move: Ensuring the Capacity-building of Francophone and Acadian organizations in Canada
NA18918
This 58-month project will address organizational capacity needs to engage Francophone and Acadian women’s organizations in Canada, become more responsive to the needs of its member organizations, and allow the organization to continue promoting social and systemic change towards gender equality. Organizational capacity will be enhanced through the following activities: develop and implement a capacity-building plan, engage in partnership development, collaboration and networking, and improve the organization’s technological capacity.
The first supplement will be used to reduce the impact of COVID-19 limitations on the project by enabling the organization to implement renewed strategic planning and crisis management training.
The second supplement will enable the Alliance des femmes de la francophonie canadienne to update and increase its organizational capacities, to develop better policies, procedures and by-laws, and to improve the connection and concertation of Francophone women's groups in minority situation.
$150,000.00
Jun 1, 2019
Not-for-profit organization or charity
Sustaining Feminist Law Reform in Canada: Building NAWL’s Capacities to Strengthen its Fundraising and Diversify its Funding Base
NA18926
This 58-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: fundraising strategy through the identification of prospective donors; development of a customized membership and donor database; development of a communication tool to support diversified fundraising; and implementation of a strategic planning process.
The first supplemental funding was used to further build National Association of Women and the Law’s capacity to strengthen its fundraising and diversify its funding base, while adapting to the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic and a transition period for National Association of Women and the Law (NAWL).
The second supplemental funding will be used to implement a 50th Anniversary fundraising campaign to further grow NAWL’s organizational capacity through increased visibility, strengthening relationships, enhanced fundraising skills, and donor engagement. NAWL will also create an official document for staff and the national steering committee focused on preserving institutional knowledge., research options for funding from the private sector, and implement their financial sustainability strategy.
$514,675.00
Jun 1, 2019
Not-for-profit organization or charity
On the Move: Ensuring the Capacity-building of Francophone and Acadian organizations in Canada
NA18918
This 46-month project is aimed at strengthening the organizational capacity of the organization and those of its members in order to allow them to continue to promote social and systemic changes toward gender equality. Organizational capacity will be strengthened through the following activities: the development and implementation of a capacity-strengthening plan, the establishment of partnerships, collaboration and networks, as well as the improvement of the organization's technological capacity. Furthermore, this project will strengthen the organization's capacity to respond more effectively to the needs of Francophone and Acadian women within the women's movement in Canada.
$603,415.00
Jun 1, 2019
Not-for-profit organization or charity
Building northern capacity to advance gender equality in the NWT
NT18439
This 46-month project will address organizational capacity needs to allow the organization to continue promoting social and systemic change towards gender equality in the Northwest Territories. Key activities to increase the organization’s capacity include: development and implementation of a territorial advocacy strategy, increased training, and creation of advocacy evaluation framework and advocacy coordinator.
$597,881.00
Jun 1, 2019
Not-for-profit organization or charity
Building the Capacity of the Ending Violence Association of BC to Support the Anti-Violence Sector and Survivors of Gender-Based Violence
BC18617
This 46-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 and succession planning; partnership development; and financial sustainability planning. This provincial project will allow EVA BC to continue to support and coordinate community-based anti-violence programs across BC.
$906,971.00
Jun 1, 2019
Not-for-profit organization or charity
Leading the Wave
NA18474
This 58-month project will address organizational capacity needs to allow the organization to continue promoting social and systemic change towards gender equality through organizational innovations. Organizational capacity will be enhanced through the following activities: creating a suite of policy options that target the government and the private sector to increase young women’s role in decision-making spaces and create/implement a fundraising model which will promote advocacy work and generate a long-term source of revenue.
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 pivot planned in-person workshops and training to online and meet the project objectives of increasing the number of young women leaders within corporations and to increase the quantity and quality of leadership opportunities available for young women leaders.
The second supplemental funding will be used to develop an automated lead-generating system to strengthen the organization’s social enterprise and pilot new employee retention initiatives, including a staff retreat to establish new organizational standards for fully virtual work environments.
The third supplemental funding will be used towards administrative costs needed for capacity building activities which include additional staff hours and salary increase during the tasks of leading the employee forum, overseeing the development of a social enterprise lead-generating system and social enterprise assets, as well as working closely on aligning with the marketing consultant on the strategy and messaging around the social enterprise.
$700,000.00
Jun 1, 2019
Not-for-profit organization or charity
Sustaining Feminist Law Reform in Canada: Building NAWL’s Capacities to Strengthen its Fundraising and Diversity its Funding Base
NA18926
This 46-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: fundraising strategy through the identification of prospective donors; development of a customized membership and donor database; and development of a communication tool to support diversified fundraising.