Rebuilding Lives Grants 2024-2028

To be considered for a Rebuilding Lives grant, your proposed program or project is required to demonstrate the following:

1. Applicants must be incorporated non-profit organizations and have a valid charitable number from Canada Revenue Agency or be a First Nations Band or municipality designated as a qualified donee by Canada Revenue Agency. If your organization does not have charitable status or is not a qualified donee, we can consider an application in partnership with another organization that is a registered charity or qualified donee with a mandate relevant to your proposal.

2. Gender-based violence programming, services, and/or advocacy are core or central to your organization’s mission AND you have significant experience offering programs, services, and/or advocacy initiatives with/for women, girls, Two Spirit, trans, and non-binary people who face multiple barriers and are underserved, including:

a. First Nations, Métis, and Inuit people
b. Black and racialized people
c. 2SLGBTQI+ people
d. People with disabilities
e. Newcomers and migrants
g. Youth
h. Sex workers

3. Your organization has significant experience in working with survivors of violence such as shelters, sexual assault centres, women’s centres, sex worker organizations, and other organizations providing a continuum of services and connection to the community.

This call for proposals involves a two-stage process. Interested organizations are invited to submit a Letter of Intent (LOI) using the online form. A select number of organizations will be invited to submit a full proposal, including detailed workplan, budget, and partner letters. All applicants will be notified as to whether they will pass to the second stage by email in mid-August 2023.

Please note that we will only accept one application per organization in this grant stream.

The submission deadline is Tuesday, June 20, 2023 at 5:00pm EST. Proposals submitted after this date will not be considered.