Grants and Contributions:

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Title:
Sher Vancouver Grant Writing, Funding Sources, Financial Sustainability, and Private Sector Funding Partnerships Project
Agreement Number:
SO230025
Agreement Value:
$264,346.00
Agreement Date:
Oct 1, 2023 - Mar 31, 2026
Description:
Through this 30-month project, Sher Vancouver LGBTQ Friends Society will build stronger capacity of queer community organizations and networks to advance queer equality. It will address how the organization develops financial sustainability. The project will include developing and putting in place HR processes and systems to hire grants committee members, creating a grants committee that will research, learn and develop resources on how to find and write funding proposals and how to develop other financial sustainability options and funding partnerships with the private sector, creating two strategic plans for the committee, gathering feedback, evaluating and updating the resources, and developing an online resource library to train new committee members and the Sher Vancouver team.
Organization:
Women and Gender Equality Canada
Expected Results:

Partnerships and collaborations are established and/or strengthened to support the LGBTQ2 movement LGBTQ2 organizations have increased knowledge and capacity to advance equality with respect to sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression.

Location:
Vancouver, British Columbia, CA
Reference Number:
001-2023-2024-Q3-00140
Agreement Type:
Contribution
Report Type:
Grants and Contributions
Recipient Type:
Not-for-profit organization or charity
Recipient's Legal Name:
Sher Vancouver LGBTQ Friends Society
Program:
Equality for Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Expression Program
Program Purpose:

The purpose of ESSOGIE program is to advance social, political and economic equality with respect to sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression.

Advancement towards a greater understanding of the intersection of sex and gender with other identity factors that include race, national and ethnic origin, Indigenous origin or identity, age, sexual orientation, socio-economic condition, place of residence and disability are encouraged under the Program.