Deadline: 15-Feb-21
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.
For more information, visit https://canadianwomen.org/safer-stronger-grants/