Grants and Contributions

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).

The value of the collected evidence base and recommended policy, program, and service options will be tested through fundraising.

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 47-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.

This national organization is an alliance of women's organizations at the national, provincial, territorial, and local levels whose primary mandate is to advance gender equality in Canada.

As a result of the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, FAFIA was required to shift its project activities from in-person to online in accordance with public health guidelines.

This 46-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; increase 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.

This 36-month project will address organizational capacity needs to allow Perth County Transition Home for Women (Optimism Place) 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 fostering community partnerships in the Perth County area.

This 47-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 risk management framework and board training; identifying and implementing needed changes and revisions to internal policies, systems, and processes necessary for long term stability and sustainability, implementation of the strategic plan; identification of contractual and financial risk while also building financial capacity and the building of risk management/governance capacity among its provincial and territorial member associations (PTMAs). The improved stability and capacity will benefit this national indigenous organization and its thirteen PTMAs while also supporting the well-being and prosperity of Indigenous women, girls, two-Spirit, and gender diverse people.

This 47-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 and implementation of a strategic and sustainable plan to enhance organizational financial health, networking and collaboration and volunteer engagement.

This 47-month project will increase access to transition houses for Indigenous women and children by testing a service model, “Cedar Blankets: Building wraparound supports & reducing barriers for Indigenous women and children to transition houses and safe homes,” aimed at developing culturally informed practices in transition houses and safe homes in British Columbia.