Deadline: 9-May-23
The Honourable Marci Ien, Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Youth announced the launch of a call for proposals to support 2SLGBTQI+ community organizations across the country whose initiatives contribute to a strong 2SLGBTQI+ movement in Canada.
Types of Projects
- They will fund two types of projects:
- Stream 1: Eligible organizations that are incorporated or registered can apply for a total maximum amount of:
- up to $150,000 in total for local organizations. The organizations’ activities cover at least one community such as a town or city
- up to $450,000 in total for regional, provincial, territorial, interprovincial or interterritorial organizations. The organizations’ activities cover parts or all of a province or territory or many provinces or territories. Organizations that cover one of Canada’s three largest municipalities, Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver, would qualify as regional
- up to $600,000 in total for national organizations. The organizations’ activities have the potential of impact across Canada
- Stream 2: Eligible organizations that are not yet incorporated or registered can apply for a total maximum amount of:
- up to $25,000
- you must first use this funding to incorporate or register your organization, and then you may use any remaining funds for eligible capacity-building activities
- you cannot apply for an extra 35% for northern or remote areas
- You must include becoming incorporated or registered as one of the activities in your workplan
- Stream 1: Eligible organizations that are incorporated or registered can apply for a total maximum amount of:
- Duration: Projects should aim to start no earlier than October 2023 and must end by March 31, 2026.
Eligible Projects
- Eligible project activities include:
- how your organization makes decisions
- assess and improve board effectiveness
- develop a mission and mandate
- establish bylaws and policies
- how your organization manages money
- learn how to write funding proposals
- secure funding from many sources
- develop a sustainability plan, social enterprise or a funding partnership with the private sector
- how your organization collaborates
- build regional and national partnerships to improve 2SLGBTQI+ networks, especially where gaps exist
- link organizations, networks, governments, and services to advance 2SLGBTQI+ equality in Canada
- include different 2SLGBTQI+ communities to make your organization more diverse
- offer anti-racism and anti-oppression training and initiatives
- gather members of 2SLGBTQI+ communities to collaborate in a safe space
- how your organization manages people
- develop and put in place strategies to attract and keep the right people
- adapt human resources products and tools using GBA Plus
- how your organization learns
- improve your organization’s ability to advance 2SLGBTQI+ equality by learning how to lead an organization, use technology to be more efficient, manage projects or manage finances. These improved skills must increase the organization’s capacity and not an individual’s capacity
- create, put in place and share tools for employee or volunteer development
- mentor and coach to improve other organizations’ ability to advance 2SLGBTQI+ equality
- how your organization learns about 2SLGBTQI+ challenges and barriers
- engage with 2SLGBTQI+ communities to better determine their needs and align services
- research the needs of the community and address barriers to 2SLGBTQI+ equality
- how your organization makes decisions
- They will prioritize proposals that:
- build the capacity of eligible organizations. Their work focuses on advancing equality for 2SLGBTQI+ people who are
- Indigenous
- Black
- racialized
- seniors
- youth
- low income
- living with a disability
- members of an official language minority community
- living in a rural, remote or northern community
- address any other gap, such as geography, as deemed by the Department
- build the capacity of eligible organizations. Their work focuses on advancing equality for 2SLGBTQI+ people who are
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants must meet all the following criteria:
- be Canadian organizations
- be not-for-profit organizations
- provide proof of incorporation or registration unless applying under Stream 2
- work primarily or entirely with 2SLGBTQI+ communities. To show this you must provide your mandate and describe your organization’s experience. No exceptions will be granted.
- Ineligible applicants include:
- organizations that do not work primarily or entirely with 2SLGBTQI+ communities
- These are some examples of mandates from organizations that work primarily or entirely with 2SLGBTQI+ communities:
- offer social, health, housing or cultural programs and services primarily for 2SLGBTQI+ communities
- create networks and share knowledge and training between 2SLGBTQI+ organizations
- increase access to services for trans and non-binary people
- provide resources and safe spaces for 2SLGBTQI+ people who are Indigenous, Black, or racialized
- organize 2SLGBTQI+ community celebrations
- promote the inclusion and well-being of gay and lesbian communities
- support 2SLGBTQI+ refugees
- build links between 2SLGBTQI+ communities and non-2SLGBTQI+ communities. The main goal is to remove barriers for 2SLGBTQ+ people
- provide HIV/AIDS prevention and education primarily for 2SLGBTQI+ communities
- These are some examples of mandates from organizations that do not work primarily or entirely with 2SLGBTQI+ communities:
- provide shelter for vulnerable youth, including 2SLGBTQI+ youth
- address gender-based violence against women including lesbian, bisexual and trans women
- provide services for many different populations including 2SLGBTQI+ communities
- You can only apply to this call for proposals once. This also means that you can only apply to one stream.
For more information, visit Community Capacity Fund.