The Canadian Women's
Foundation is currently accepting
applicaitons for the Safer + Stronger Grants Program to support organizations’
ability to help address, prevent and reduce gender-based violence and deal with
an influx of people seeking support due to an increase in gender-based violence
in the COVID-19 pandemic.
Women’s organizations and other organizations offering significant
gender-based violence supports and services to women to:
- Prepare surge capacity to deal
with an anticipated influx seeking support as a result of increased
gender-based violence during the COVID-19 pandemic
- Support their ability to help address,
prevent and reduce gender-based violence
The Foundation
encourages applicants from and applications supporting equity-seeking
communities, including:
- First Nations, Métis, and Inuit
women, girls, Two Spirit, trans, and non-binary people
- Black women, girls, Two Spirit,
trans, and non-binary people
- Women, girls, Two Spirit,
trans, and non-binary people living with disabilities
- Two Spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual,
trans, queer, questioning, intersex, pansexual, androgynous, and asexual
(2SLGBTQI+) people
Funding Information
Requests can range
between $10,000 and $200,000.
Eligible Activities
Examples of eligible
activities include:
- Counselling support
- Crisis intervention
- Digital and telephone-based
resources
- Coordination of services and/or
supplies
- Additional staff required to
safely deliver services
- Participant engagement costs
(e.g. childcare, transportation assistance)
- Preventing and supporting those
that have experienced sexual violence, including in the workplace and on
campus
- Capacity-building for the
sector through resource sharing, training opportunities or knowledge
mobilization by regional, provincial, or national groups
- Broader prevention work such as
advocacy, policy development, research, and public engagement in the
context of the pandemic
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants Must Be:
- Women’s organizations and other
organizations in any region of Canada, except Quebec, offering significant
gender-based violence supports and services to women to: prepare surge
capacity to deal with an anticipated influx seeking support as a result of
increased gender-based violence during the COVID-19 pandemic; and support
their ability to help address, prevent and reduce gender-based violence.
- Incorporated non-profit
organizations with a valid charitable number from Canada Revenue Agency,
or a First Nation or other organization/hamlet that is designated as a
qualified donee.
- Incorporated non-profit
organizations without charitable status that are not qualified donees will
be considered if they are working with a partner who is a qualified donee
and has a mandate relevant to the project. Please discuss with your
Regional Grants Advisor prior to submitting a proposal.
Post Date - 18-Dec-2020