Grants Awarded 2004
The Foundation is pleased to announce that the following organizations received grants through our new Community Program in 2004. These grants reflect the Foundation's new priorities for the program.
Canadian Women's Foundation
Toronto, Ontario – $100,000
(partial payment of a multi-year grant)
To support the Economic Development Collaborative Fund which assists low-income women to achieve greater self-reliance and economic independence through micro-enterprise, self-employment training, community based business or cooperative strategies. Funds will be used to provide grants, technical assistance, conveing and research to support women's community based agencies working in the field of economic development.
International Federation of Settlement & Neighbourhood (IFS) Centres Toronto, Ontario – $2,500
To support the IFS 20th International Conference, "Neighbourhoods: Building Inclusive Communities."
St. Christopher House
Toronto, Ontario – $76,990
(partial payment of a multi-year grant)
To establish a senior management position for the Children, Youth and Families program. This staff person will support the St. Christopher community to: influence public policy to create a stable, coherent funding framework for this constituency; foster community-wide planning; develop grassroots parent leaders; engage in community development activities; and stabilize and grow the agency's Children, Youth and Families program activities.
Transitional Grants Awarded
The following organizations received transitional grants for activities related to former Community Program priorities in 2004:
Blake Boultbee Youth Outreach Service Toronto, Ontario – $7,500
Support for their counselling, outreach and life skills training programmes.
Boundless Adventures Toronto, Ontario – $25,000
In support of the Young Families At Risk program. An outdoor adventure camp in the Ottawa Valley which targets children aged 2 - 8 with severe behavioural disorders, families experiencing domestic violence, parents suffering from substance abuse and/or who are involved in the criminal justice system, single parent families who are impoverished/isolated, and families with inadequate housing, illiteracy and chronic unemployment.
Davenport-Perth Neighbourhood Centre Toronto, Ontario – $15,000
In support of Phase III of the Davenportraits project with Jumblies Theatre.
FoodShare Toronto Toronto, Ontario – $35,000
In support of their Metcalf Youth Leaders: Supporting Youth Employment and Food Activity. This initiative makes it possible for FoodShare to provide employment for 28 high-risk youth each year as a transition to full time employment, and uses food activity at the Field to Table warehouse and the Everdale Learning Centre farm as a vehicle for personal change for the youth and as a model for group change for other disenfranchised youth.
Griffin Centre North York, Ontario – $15,000
In support of their Youth Employment Project, an early intervention service which provides skill development and environmentally based work experience opportunities for emotionally and developmentally delayed youth, 14 years and older.
Homes First Foundation Toronto, Ontario – $9,147
In support of operating costs.
Manolson Centre Toronto, Ontario – $15,000
Funding for materials, which introduce parenting information and current research on the parent-infant relationship, communication and learning in an accessible engaging way; and a Teaching Aid for group leaders delivering the program.
Sage Youth Ottawa, Ontario – $5,000
In support of programming costs.
SKETCH Toronto, Ontario – $6,000
To support programming costs associated with their arts program, job and life-skills training, counseling, referrals and meals to street-involved and homeless youth in downtown Toronto.
Skills for Change Toronto, Ontario – $7,500
For their more than 20 Skills and language updating courses.
Woodgreen Community Centre Toronto, Ontario – $50,000
In support of their Homeward Bound housing project.
Youth Assisting Youth Toronto, Ontario – $5,000
For their Peer Mentoring and Stop Bullying program in which a youth volunteer is linked with an at-risk Canadian child who may be the bully or victim of a bully.
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