Women’s Collective Philanthropy Program in Canada

Deadline: 15-Apr-22

The Ottawa Jewish Community Foundation (OJCF) is seeking applications for the Women’s Collective Philanthropy Program (WCPP) to use the power of Collective Philanthropy to nurture and maintain a systemic difference in the status of women and children.

The goal is to engage, educate and empower women to become catalysts for social change. They do this through the growth of the Women’s Collective Endowment Fund (WCEF), which supports initiatives and training that expand and improve opportunities and choices in the lives of Jewish women and children. The WCEF is a fund of the Ottawa Jewish Community Foundation.

The WCPP grant supports:

Initiatives that strive to expand and improve opportunities and choices in the lives of women and children in Ottawa’s Jewish community, and
Funding of innovative initiatives, training and education by individuals and/or organizations working to help women and children in their community.

Funding Information

The WCPP Grant is made possible via revenue generated from their invested capital and will be given on an annual basis, with the grant amount to be determined annually. This year it is valued at $4,000.

When is the grant period?

The WCPP Grants program takes place once per year and applicants have the option/ability to reapply annually. The application period begins in January and closes in April.

What projects are eligible?

Social Action initiatives that improve the lives of Jewish women and children in Ottawa (winter coat drives, free tutoring initiatives, low barrier programs for new mothers)
Initiatives that offer women training/development (training to enhance employment or re-entry into the workforce, creation of home business, etc.)
Social initiatives that offer women and children the opportunity to meet like-minded peers in a supportive environment (book clubs; basketball buddies, etc.)