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 Canadian Women's Foundation.