As a founding partner, CFC joined a diversity of others including women’s funds, community foundations, Royal Bank of Canada, a gender-lens investing firm, venture capital, a network of the largest global foundations, and others, in an effort to scale global impact by working together. In June of 2019, the Government of Canada announced its own contribution to the Equality Fund, which will further help in creating a sustainable and predictable source of funding for women’s organizations and movements advancing gender equality and the empowerment of all genders, including women, non-binary people and trans people.
Applications are now closed. As Canadian communities work towards a just recovery and a future grounded in gender equality, the Fund for Gender Equality (The Fund) supports ambitious, local projects that advance gender equality.
The Fund supports local initiatives in over 20 communities across Canada. Hosted by local community foundations, the Fund builds on efforts to shift power to women, girls, Two-Spirit and gender-diverse people, and will work towards a future grounded in justice and gender equality.
The Fund supports ambitious, local projects that advance gender equality as Canadian communities work towards a just recovery. The first round of the fund was hosted between May and November 2020 by participating community foundations who distributed a total of $3.4M to projects in their communities.
The Fund is available in participating communities, and organizations whose mission, activities, or partnerships are focused on advancing gender equality were able to apply for grants of up to $40,000.
Through the spring of 2021, CFC offered a series of workshops for the Communities for Gender Equality cohort leaders to support their learning journey on gender lens investing. These workshops were designed to educate and give practical advice on implementation. Feedback was overwhelmingly positive and identified further areas for support. To that end, this session…
Gender Lens Investing Assessing an Investment Manager: Discussions with your investment manager will help you understand the degree to which they consider gender equity in their investment analysis, and their current GLI practices, views, expertise and goals. Such discussions can happen when you are searching for a new investment manager or during a standard review…
Ruth Mojeed Ramirez, Chief Equity Officer, The Inclusion Project will lead us through how to stay true to shifting power and cultural changes while incorporating policy changes. Many board tables do not reflect the very communities they serve. Boards who engage in diversity at the board table while exploring who is in the room and…
What is institutional change? What are the key benefits of an accumulation of many small changes, versus an occasional larger change? Institutional change is about the personal, professional and institutional journey—not destination—with each journey being unique and requiring different changes and actions. Institutional change begins with the necessary audit and reflection on policies and practice…
This webinar is part of our ongoing series for Communities for Gender Equality and open to any and all community foundations in our network. Join us, alongside Future Ancestors Alchemist, Mo Phung, to learn more about the complex dynamic between equality and equity, and how it applies to the philanthropic sector, as well as our…
Contact our the team at equality@communityfoundations.ca for additional information about the program and ways you or your foundation can get involved.
