Grants and Contributions:

Communities for Gender Equality: Advancing Women's Economic & Leadership Opportunities

WP230431

$1,398,601.00

Sep 20, 2024 - Mar 31, 2026

Through this 19-month systemic change project, Community Foundations of Canada (CFC) will scale its Communities for Gender Equality cohort program to advance women’s economic security & prosperity, and representation in leadership and decision-making roles in each of WAGE’s 5 regions. It will scale to a new learning cohort of up to 20 of the 206 community foundations that serve communities from coast to coast to coast. The project will work with participating community foundations to: (a) incorporate gender equality into operational or board-level policies and practices ensuring gender parity and increasing women’s leadership in positions of power; and ∕ or (b) change internal pay structures and hiring policies making a sizable impact on their community’s gender-pay gap, © move assets into portfolios incorporating a gender lens and explore the expansion of the program to include intersectional investment programming on climate and sustainability, and (d) work with donors to start funds focused on supporting gender equality.

Women and Gender Equality Canada

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

Ottawa, Ontario, CA K1P 5H2

001-2024-2025-Q2-00244

Contribution

Grants and Contributions

Not-for-profit organization or charity

Community Foundations Canada

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.