Grants and Contributions:

Leading the Wave

NA18474

$906,971.00

Jun 1, 2019 - Mar 31, 2024

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.

Women and Gender Equality Canada

Women and stakeholders have access to supports to address issues relating to equality between women and men.

Toronto, Ontario, CA M5H 2Y4

GC-2019-2020-Q1-081

Contribution

Grants and Contributions

Not-for-profit organization or charity

Increase of agreement value

Jan 17, 2024

Fora: Network for Change

Women's Program

The purpose of the Women’s Program is to advance equality for women in Canada by working to address or remove systemic barriers impeding women’s progress and advancement. The WP supports the Government of Canada’s goal of advancing gender equality in Canada. It is consistent with Government of Canada priorities related to economic prosperity, and supports Canada’s international commitments related to gender equality.