Grants and Contributions

With the supplemental funds and 12-month extension provided in early 2026, the Comité de la Condition Féminine au Témiscamingue will develop a living organizational manual of intersectional feminist practices, test, analyze and adjust the practices documented in the manual, and include documentation, knowledge transfer and learning capitalization activities. Through this, they will further advance gender equality.

Thanks to the additional funding and 12-month extension granted at the beginning of 2026, The Y.W.C.A. de Québec will integrate the principles of equity, diversity, and inclusion into HR practices and interpersonal relationships, build adhesion through discussion and clear expectations, and transform the organizational culture in a sustainable way so that EDI becomes an integrated practice into a collaborative and participatory ecosystem. Through this, they will further advance gender equality.

Thanks to the additional funding and the 12-month extension granted at the beginning of 2026, Connexion emploi ressources femmes will implement a succession plan for upper management as well as an administrator guide for the directors of the Board of Directors. Through this, they will further advance gender equality.

Thanks to the additional funding and 12-month extension granted at the beginning of 2026, Maison d’hébergement l’Issue will review and update its organizational policies, implement preventive and emergency measures, develop a guide to artistic activities and interventions, improve its website, and evaluate its strategic plan. Through this, they will further advance gender equality.

Through this 11-month project, the Canadian Women’s Foundation will build capacity in evaluation, data governance, and reporting systems. Key activities include strengthening data systems to track the impact of redistributed funding, integrating evaluation and learning processes, enhancing policy engagement informed by community evidence, establishing responsible AI governance and data stewardship practices, and institutionalizing public accountability through annual impact reporting. These improvements will strengthen the CWF’s ability to analyze outcomes, share sector learning, and demonstrate impact. The project will also support the organization’s broader goal of increasing annual fundraising targets to ensure long-term sustainability and contribute to a strong, sustainable women’s movement in Canada.

Thanks to the additional funds and the 12-month extension granted at the beginning of 2026, the Carrefour des femmes du Grand Lachute will carry out actions to strengthen the working team's capacities by receiving support to reinforce the human resources framework and will put in place the tools and conditions necessary for individual intervention with women. Through this, they will further advance gender equality.

Thanks to the additional funds and the 12-month extension granted at the beginning of 2026, the Centre-femmes Catherine-Leblond inc. will develop an action plan for year 2 of strategic planning, a communication plan, and an evaluation of strategic planning activities. Through this, they will further advance gender equality.

Thanks to the additional funds and the 12-month extension granted at the beginning of 2026, Centre de femmes l’Éclaircie will carry out capacity-building activities that will focus on GBA+, the implementation of various protocols and assessment tools, training and action plans that allow us to reflect on the diversity of sex and gender in non-mixed spaces and finally the establishment of a reflection committee that allows us to collaborate closely with culturally diverse women, learning from them while putting their specific needs in the spotlight. By doing so, the organization will contribute further to the advancement of gender equality.

Through this 14-month project, CRIAW-ICREF will strengthen women’s rights sector in Canada by convening the members of the sector to identify and assess challenges and opportunities to work together to improve the sector’s sustainability. This will be achieved by using participatory and feminist intersectional methods, and by jointly identifying and producing key capacity resources to strengthen the sector. CRIAW will conduct interviews, regional/national discussions, and collective deliberation in order to mobilize joint resources and collectively develop shared measurement methods for systemic change work, among others. The project will result in relationship-building, collaboration and the joint development of resources.

Through this 14-month project, the Canadian Women’s Foundation will strengthen Canada’s movement for gender equality by identifying eligible national women’s organizations and providing resources to build their internal capacities in the following areas of capacity: Human resources management, development and sustainability of partnerships, strategic and operational planning, change management, sustainability of funding, build capacity to undertake advocacy and provide expertise, and resultsbased management and impact measurement. This will be achieved through the further distribution of funds to a minimum of thirty national women’s organizations, through a process co-designed with feminist leaders.