Grants and Contributions:

Building Organizational Capacity by Enhancing Operational Management Effectiveness and Efficiency

WP240032

$411,757.00

Sep 11, 2024 - Sep 30, 2026

Through this 25-month project, Women Focus Canada Inc. will aim to significantly advance its organizational capacity to support gender equality and poverty reduction. By allocating resources to hire experienced consultants, Women Focus Canada Inc. will build a confident team capable of expanding service delivery and pursuing sustainable funding. Through targeted capacity-building exercises, Women Focus Canada Inc. plans to enhance its operational efficiency, increase program offerings, and foster knowledge sharing among partners. This strategic enhancement in service delivery is expected to broaden community impact by addressing local issues collaboratively. Key activities include assessment of governance, leadership development, recruitment, training, policy development to be measured by specific performance measurement methods. The project will aim to develop a funding strategy and expand its partnership network, integrate technology to improve operational efficiency and measure impact through internal evaluation. With the supplemental funding and extension provided in early 2026, Women Focus Canada will strengthen and institutionalize the organizational systems developed in the original WAGE project by documenting digital fundraising workflows, improving organization-wide use of the CRM, and creating self-directed training tools for staff and volunteers on HR policies, digital fundraising, communications, IT, and internal operational processes to ensure consistent practices, knowledge retention, and long-term organizational sustainability. Through this, they will further advance Gender Equality.

Women and Gender Equality Canada

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

Brampton, Ontario, CA L7A 2Y7

001-2024-2025-Q2-00003

Contribution

Grants and Contributions

Not-for-profit organization or charity

Increase of agreement value, Change of end date

Apr 24, 2026

Women Focus Canada Inc.

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.