Capacity-Building and Emerging Issues funding allocations

The tables below show the past year of funding, followed by the previou​s year. The funding listed for the most recent calendar year is the approved grant amount.

Funding process: Capacity-Building and Emerging Issues funding is available to non-profit organizations to strengthen their organizational effectiveness, increase their programs’ impact, and address emerging social issues and trends that are impacting Calgarians. The application period is generally held annually in Q1. Visit Call for funding proposals​ for currently open calls.

2024 Capacity-Building and Emerging Issues

Organization Project name and description Funding Amount
Action Coalition On Human Trafficking Alberta Association

Developing a Cultural Safety Response Framework for Indigenous Survivors of Human Trafficking: Contracting an Indigenous consulting agency to audit ACT's services and develop a strategy for improved cultural safety and community engagement.

$40,000
Action Dignity Society

Women Engagement and Empowerment Project (WEE): Mobilizing a collaborative comprising ethnocultural community groups, service providers and public institutions to work towards addressing economic inclusion among racialized communities.

$63,600
Bridges Social Development

Equity Audit: Policy Review, Organizational Gap Analysis and Recommendations: Identifying and developing strategies to remove systemic barriers within the organization that are preventing equitable services and opportunities for everyone involved in the organization.

$21,750
Burns Memorial Fund

Collaborative Funders Table for Youth: Bringing together multiple community funders with the aim to improve employment outcomes for opportunity youth in Calgary.

$70,000
Calgary Cerebral Palsy Association

Nurturing Diversity and Empowering Abilities website redevelopment: Designing and developing a comprehensive, inclusive, and accessible website which will provide a space where the community can learn about disabilities, and the supports, resources, and opportunities available.

$43,105
Calgary Chamber of Voluntary Organizations

2024 Connections Conference: Bringing together professionals, leaders, and changemakers from Alberta’s nonprofit, business, and government sectors for learning and dialogue to turn ideas into actions.

$3,000
Calgary Drop-In & Rehab Centre Society

Downtown Property Opportunity Assessment: Assessing the best use of the DI’s adjacent property to their main downtown shelter with the goal of more effectively serving the needs of Calgarians at risk of homelessness.

$50,000
Calgary Meals on Wheels

Indigenous Cultural Education & Reconciliation: Enhancing organizational knowledge and awareness to responsibly and respectfully support Indigenous people and actively work on decolonization and reconciliation as an organization.

$32,090
Calgary Zoological Society

Creating a Strategic Foundation to Serve Calgarians Long-Term by Building Internal DEI Capacity: Undertaking an action plan to address inclusion, diversity, equity and accessibility in order to build internal capacity for embedding these values within the organization.

$43,000
Canadian Zalmi Society

Empowering Tomorrow's Leaders - A Digital Literacy Initiative: Bridging the digital divide for Calgary's newcomer youth by imparting essential technology skills.

$69,100
Carya

Calgary Community Development Learning Initiative: Building the capacity of Calgary's community development sector by providing training and learning opportunities for both residents and sector workers.

$50,000
Centre for Sexuality

Capturing Excellence through Evaluation: Updating the organization's theory of change, providing a simple, clear roadmap for the organization, its evaluation framework, and data management system.

$46,000
Community Agency Network for Women In Need Society of Alberta

Leveraging workforce management solutions for better people management: Implementing a Human Resources Integrated System (HRIS) to streamline and automate processes and better serve the needs of employees.

$43,000
Confederation Park 55+ Activity Centre

Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace for Older Adults: Collaborating with multiple seniors centres to educate staff on diversity and inclusion to offer more services in a professional and equitable way.

$5,000
Family Advocacy Support Centre

Enhancing Organizational Effectiveness through Developmental Evaluation: Developing an evaluation framework and organizational theory of change using a developmental evaluation approach.

$15,840
Fear Is Not Love Society

Digital Access to Domestic Violence Safety Planning: Developing, and making available, digital resources for domestic violence safety planning. 

$50,000
Filipinos Rising for Inclusion and Equity to Nurture Democracy (FRIENDS)

Enhancing Community Engagement with Supportive Technology: Developing accessible technology support to enhance community engagement initiatives and strengthen program delivery.

$24,420
Greater Forest Lawn 55+ Society

Technical Infrastructure: Upgrading technological infrastructure through a data analyzation platform and to enhanced membership management.

$7,000
I Can for Kids Foundation

Measuring Collective Impact: Designing a Program Evaluation Framework & Tool: Optimizing capacity to capture collective impact and to integrate ongoing and detailed feedback from a diverse contingent of food-insecure families across Calgary to better meet the needs of populations served.

$22,950
Immigrant Services Calgary Society

The IT Cyber Aware Project: Building a cyber aware organization and will ensure effective service delivery and safe handling of vulnerable client data.

$45,500
Indian Society of Calgary

TechMentor - Advancing Community Growth through Technology-Enhanced Mentorship: Integrating technology into programs to streamline service delivery and communications. 

$24,000
La Clinique de l'Éducation

Upgrading of the existing educational program: Transforming the in-person teaching curriculum for children/youth, into a state-of-the-art online learning portal with the integration of a virtual component.

$29,300
Leftovers Foundation

Leftovers Calgary Food Safety Process Update: Development of appropriate food redirection safety procedures for volunteers.

$10,000
LOUD Art Society

Data & Evaluation Framework: Creating a robust framework that tracks the effectiveness of art therapy programs. 

$18,208
Momentum Community Economic Development Society

Project Management Capacity - for Momentum and the Sector: Creating a cross-organization project management framework and implementation of workflow management tools and processes. 

$50,000
Northeast Addiction and Mental Health Centre for Holistic Recovery

Workplace Wellness Project: Enhancing staff well-being and resilience to improve staff mental, physical, and emotional health.

$46,600
NSTEP

NSTEP Learning Management System: Development of a web-based, interactive model, allowing educators, after-school programmers, to bring health promotion content and education into their community settings. 

$25,200
Prospect Human Services Society

Streamlining Success: A Technology Solution for Effortless Program Intake: Developing an automated intake process for individuals interested in accessing employment services.

$50,000
Recovery Acres Calgary

Operationalizing Transformative Change: Addressing addiction challenges in Calgary and fostering policy-level responses.

$73,000
Rise Calgary Resource Centres Society

Boosting Incomes: Advancing Taxation and Benefits services in Calgary: Strengthening the capacity and growing the impact of the Taxes and Benefits Community of Practice.  

$75,000
Ruth's House

Data & Evaluation of Domestic Violence In the African Community: Conducting an evaluation of programs and services to help understand the current state of service delivery to African women and their families.

$50,000
Sagesse Domestic Violence Prevention Society

Creating an Organizational Culture of Belonging: Advancing a culture of belonging and organizational effectiveness with a focus on diversity, equity and inclusion within organizational structures, processes and systems. 

$50,000
Technology Helps Foundation

Bread: Food System Navigator: Creating easy-to-use tools for real-time food information and establishing a sustainable adoption system.

$75,000
The Immigrant Education Society & The YYC Food Collaborative 

YYC Food Collaborative: Building sector coordination and problem solving, increasing the  YYC Food Collaborative's profile, and increasing community awareness of food insecurity in Calgary. 

$75,000
University of Calgary - Faculty of Social Work

Leadership Development Program for Non-Profit Organizations: Equiping non-profit leaders with practical knowledge and insights to successfully lead their organizations to fulfill their vision and mission.

$75,000
Urban Society for Aboriginal Youth

USAY Document Overhaul: Leveraging cutting-edge technologies for effective communication and operational efficiency.

$15,450
West Hillhurst Go-Getters Association

Integrated member tracking and event management system: Development of an automated system for tracking & recording information to enable senior-aged members to easily register and pay for programs, classes, and events.

$12,610

2023 Capacity-Building and Emerging Issues - funding allocations

Organization Project name and description Funding Amount
Action Dignity Society

Empowering Community Connectors: Empower community brokers and develop foundational knowledge on aspects of social justice, antiracism, human rights, and gender equity.

$20,000
Alberta Alliance Who Educate and Advocate Responsibly

Diversifying Teams and Strengthening Systems: Develop diversity, equity and inclusion policies for specific needs of people experiencing homelessness, substance use, and poverty.

$18,000
Alexandra Community Health Centre

Collaborative Health Records Transition Project: Implement a new, custom-designed records platform to improve responses and provide high quality care.

$30,000
Autism Calgary Association

Non-discrimination, Anti-violence and Anti-harassment Policies: Facilitate the creation of a safe and non-discriminatory work environment, services, and practices.

$24,759
Calgary Bridge Foundation for Youth

Program Innovation Planning: Build a coherent and workable plan for program innovation to respond to increased demand.

$25,000  
Calgary Chinese Elderly Citizens' Association

Capacity-Building for Senior Centres: Provide governance training for board members and senior staff at City-funded senior centres.

$6,100
Calgary Immigrant Women's Association

Pulses, Patterns and the Path Forward: Enhance processes that will support the social participation and wellbeing of immigrant and refugee women.

$24,900
Calgary Korean Women's Association

Strengthening Community Support: Develop board and volunteer capacity to respond to the critical need for growth and support the empowerment of women in the community.

$22,000
Calgary Meals on Wheels

Flexibility and Choice: Increase access to programs and quality of experience for clients and volunteers.

$18,196
Calgary Silver Linings Foundation

Co-design of Eating Disorder Services: Create collaborative relationships with other organizations that provide care and services to diverse youth populations.

$24,900
Canlearn Society for Persons with Learning Difficulties

People Strategy: Develop human resource strategies through an equity seeking lens.

$15,000
Carya Society of Calgary

Data Collection and Utilization Enhancement: Increase the collection of accurate and complete data to reduce barriers for client participation and inform program evaluation.

$30,000
Children's Cottage Society of Calgary

Enhancing Client Programming: Establish more efficient record keeping so that every family who receives services can do so with minimal barriers.

$25,000
Circle of Wisdom Elder Senior Society

Moving into Real Time: Develop electronic record keeping and database that encompasses Indigenous traditional beliefs.

$30,000
Converge Mental Health Coalition

Mental Health Information Sharing Framework: Enhance the collaboration among organizations that provide mental health and well-being supports to vulnerable populations.

$50,000
Discovery House Family Violence Prevention Society

Data and Evaluation Framework: Develop new frameworks to improve data quality, availability, and decision making.

$25,000
ECSSEN Career School

Organizational Optimization Strategies: Create a holistic management system that will integrate programs to improve efficiency, effectiveness, and overall performance.

$24,900
Happy 50+ Association

Sustainable Volunteer Management Strategy: Develop a volunteer management strategy that supports sustainable growth and strengthens services to vulnerable seniors.

$24,900
Homefront Society for the Prevention of Domestic Violence

Building Capacity for Remote Testimony: Increase access to remote testimony options for vulnerable adult victims of domestic violence.

$23,500
Hull Services  

Apricot 360: Modernize systems and infrastructure to build capacity to better serve children, families, and the broader community.

$30,000  
Immigrant Education Society (TIES)

TIES FutureForward: Strengthen and modernize IT infrastructure to support efficient daily operations and a secure, sustainable online service delivery model.

$30,000  
Immigrant Services Calgary Society

Harnessing Newcomer Data: Design, develop, and implement the architecture for a database framework for newcomer sector trend identification and research purposes.

$30,000
Influence Mentoring Society

Indigenous Mentoring Model Enhancement: Improve outcomes for Indigenous post-secondary students by enhancing existing mentoring program to adopt community-informed practices.

$30,000  
Inn From the Cold Society  

Evaluation Framework to Better Serve Families: Strengthen the ability to measure the social impact of services to better serve families experiencing housing instability.

$11,500  
Luna Child and Youth Advocacy Centre Ltd.

Enhancing Outcome Monitoring and Data Management: Develop a unified, shared data management system enabling all partners to collaborate and track outcomes.

$27,149  
Momentum Community Economic Development Society

DEI Capacity-Building and Implementation: Undertake a transformational process to deeply understand and incorporate diversity, equity, and inclusions practices.

$30,000  
Northeast Addiction and Mental Health Centre for Holistic Recovery

Outreach and Engagement Project: Engage with the community to enhance services and programs, identify system-wide service gaps, and strengthen collaborative planning efforts.

$24,900  
Refugee Engagement Association Community Hub

Training for Refugee Volunteers: Develop a training program for volunteers from the refugee community to empower them to take a leadership role and support their peers.

$48,750  
Sonshine Community Services

Strengthening Governance: Strengthen board effectiveness and organizational oversight through a governance review, board policy development and risk management practices.

$25,000  
Women's Centre of Calgary  

Developing a Post-COVID Community Building Model: Evaluate and improve the existing community building strategy through an empowering participatory evaluation process.  

$28,553  
Youth Central Society  

DEI Review: Review and revise processes, policies, and operations through a diversity, equity, and inclusion lens.  

$29,300  

2022 Capacity-Building and Emerging Issues - funding allocations

Emerging Issues
Organization Project name and description Funding amount
Action Coalition On Human Trafficking Alberta Association

Cross-Agency Partnerships to Empower the Anti-Trafficking Sector: To improve services and programs across the sector that serve victims/survivors of human trafficking by seeking direct input of clients, and elevating cross-agency partnerships.

$30,000
Ambrose University

Insurance Equity Roundtable: To improve the social and financial resilience of Calgarians by addressing barriers to personal insurance coverage and building community resilience to mitigate the impacts of emergencies and disruptive events.

$21,500
Autism Calgary Association

Calgary's Autism Community: To support Calgary’s Autism community in adapting to the new post-pandemic social reality.

$30,000
Community Kitchen Program of Calgary Society

The Good Food Box: To review and adapt the Good Food Box program to ensure Calgarians have equitable access to nutritious food.

$25,000
Skipping Stone Scholarship Foundation

Trans Affirming Network Development: To advance inclusive policies and practices by working with community leaders for transgender and gender diverse individuals.

$25,000
Organization Effectiveness
Organization Name Project name and description Funding amount
Action Dignity Society

Brokers for Equity and Empowerment (BEE) Project: To strengthen the governance and resource development capacity centered on the implementation of its Broker Strategy

$20,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters Society of Calgary and Area

Alumni Engagement Strategy: To build an Alumni Engagement Strategy that will identify and implement ways to effectively maintain and grow relationships with program alumni in Calgary.

$16,500
Bow Cliff Seniors

Post Pandemic Recovery Coordination: To support and assist vulnerable seniors to reengage with society and begin the healing benefits of regular activity.

$7,560
Calgary Bridge Foundation for Youth

Simulation Modeling to Increase Capacity: To predict future needs and demand for resources to meet the increasing needs of youth experiencing vulnerabilities

$26,500
Calgary Immigrant Women's Association

Meaning Behind the Numbers: To increase technological capacity to efficiently compile, retrieve and interpret data to improve services for immigrant women and their families

$25,000
Calgary John Howard Society

Human Resources Strategy Development: To develop and implement of a sustainable HR framework.

$25,000
Calgary Legal Guidance Society

Sahwoo mohkaak tsi ma taas - An Indigenous led Review: To create a collaborative, culturally respectful evaluation project to build understanding of the impact of Sahwoo mohkaak tsi ma taas.

$15,000
Calgary Seniors' Resource Society

Evaluation of SeniorConnect: To engage in a research-based evaluation of SeniorConnect to help understand the current state of service delivery to seniors.

$25,000
Calgary Young Men's Christian Association

YMCA Community Branch Enhacement: To re-envision programming to stabilize current operations and more effectively respond to the emerging needs of Calgarians

$20,000
Calgary Youth Justice Society

HR Growth Strategy and Resources: To develop an HR Growth Strategy to maintain an exceptional, effective and efficient team of employees as the organization grows.

$9,765
Canlearn Society for Persons with Learning Difficulties

Strategic Marketing and Communications Plan: To develop a Marketing and Communications strategy to reflect new  priorities and to communicate new virtual ways of work and to reach a greater audience.

$15,000
Carya Society of Calgary

Strategic Planning: To develop a new strategic plan that will consider a post-pandemic future that incorporates emerging practices in social services, leverages technology, and nurtures a diverse and resilient workforce.

$25,000
Catholic Family Service of Calgary

Strengthening IT Security and Implementation to Better Serve Calgarians: To undertake a comprehensive IT assessment and develop and implement a strategy to address identified gaps and risks with the goals of improving security, reliability and efficiency.

$25,000
Centre for Sexuality Society

Linking Performance Management to Program Effectiveness: To develop and implement a comprehensive performance management system. 

$20,000
Closer to Home Community Services Society

Yes! We CANS: To implement the use of the Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths (CANS) assessment tool to assess presenting issues, prioritize service planning, gauge progress and measure outcomes.

$25,000
CUPS Calgary Society

Development of CUPS' Next Strategic Plan: To develop a strategic plan that will reflect the values and voices of CUPS' clients, community, and staff.

$25,000
Discovery House Family Violence Prevention Society

Planning for the Future - Strategic Plan Development: To strengthen strategic planning to ensure long-term organizational efficiency and sustainability with a focus on evidence-based and innovative programs and services.

$25,000
Families Matter Society of Calgary

Improving our Human Resources Response to COVID Recovery: To develop better policies, processes and strategies to address the areas of HR in response tp pandemic recovery and improved workplace wellness.

$14,000
Further Education Society of Alberta

Planning for the Future: To strengthen organizational effectiveness through Strategic and Succession planning to increase program impacts and to effectively address the needs of Calgarians experiencing vulnerabilities.

$20,000
HIV Community Link Society

Launch SafeLink Alberta: To align the name and visual brand of the organization to the broader work and its programs and services.

$20,000
Hull Services

Indigenous Strategy Development: To share knowledge, identify issues, present ideas for change and to establish a formal strategy to support the systematic, structural decolonization and indigenization of Hull Services.

$25,000
Immigrant Services Calgary Society

Immigrant Services Calgary Website Improvements: To create a new content management system and website to make it easier for newcomers to find the information they are looking for and connect with the services they need.

$25,000
Metis Calgary Family Services Society

Strategic Plan: To develop a strategic plan that builds on the past success of the organization and ensures relevancy and impact as an Indigenous organization within Calgary.

$20,000
Momentum Community Economic Development Society

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Organizational Audit: To undertake a transformational process to deeply understand and incorporate diversity, equity, and inclusion principles into programs, practices, and organizational culture.

$25,000
Ogden House Senior Citizens' Club

Update of Bylaws, Policies and Procedures: To update bylaws, policies, and procedures to ensure greater alignment to best practices and service delivery to seniors.

$5,550
RESET Society of Calgary

Leadership Effectiveness Through Better Governance: To update the governance processes and resources to enhance decision making, accountability frameworks and reporting structures.

$25,000
Sagesse Domestic Violence Prevention Society

Sagesse Agency Stats and Dashboard: Develop a strategic plan by prioritizing efforts, effectively allocating resources, aligning stakeholders and employees on the organization’s goals.

$20,000
Sonshine Society of Christian Community Services

Evaluation Framework Implementation project: To implement an evaluation framework to effectively define organizational outcomes and report to the community.

$11,220
Umoja Community Mosaic

Human Resources & Policies and Procedures: To establish occupational health and safety and psychological safety committees to create policies and procedures manuals that will enhance the health and safety protocols.

$25,000
Urban Society for Aboriginal Youth

Improving USAY's Reach: To increase the capacity of the organization in the area of storytelling and video production to enhance program outcomes.

$6,875
West Hillhurst Go-Getters Association

Strategic Planning: To revise the organization's strategic and business plans to reflect changes in service delivery to seniors.

$10,500
Women's Centre of Calgary

Building Women's Centre Anti Racist Organizational Capacity: To build internal organizational capacity to be an inclusive place for Racialized women to work and volunteer.

$15,000

2022 Capacity-Building and Emerging Issues (for Community-Based Organizations) - funding allocations

This year community-based organizations were encouraged, and supported, to submit proposals within either funding stream, to implement initiatives that will lead to positive change for the Calgarians they serve. Community-based organizations are those that are:

  • A registered non-profit organization;
  • Led by members of the community they serve, and;
  • Have an annual operating budget of less than $250,000 a year, or
  • Have four or less fulltime-equivalent (FTE) staff positions. 

The City has partnered with the Calgary Foundation and the United Way of Calgary and Area to collectively provide financial and in-kind support for the community-based organizations that receive funding.

Emerging Issues
​Organization name Project name and description ​Funding amount
Lionheart Foundation

Improving Mental Health Services for Racialized Youth: To improve access to anti-racist and appropriate mental health approaches for Racialized youth and their families impacted by anxiety and anxiety-related issues and disorders.

$38,740
Nepalese Community Society of Calgary (NCSC)

Rise and Shine (RS): Preparing Immigrant Elders to address Social Isolation and Vulnerability: To develop the culture of volunteerism among elders from issue identification to devising strategies that increase social inlcusion.

$26,660
Organization Effectiveness
​Organization name Project name and description ​Funding amount
BeTheChangeYYC Ltd.

Strategic Plan Development: To develop a strategic plan will align team members with partners at all levels in a common framework to improve street outreach services.

$15,000
Calgary Vietnamese Women's Association (CAVWA or Hoi Phu Nu Viet Calgary)

Increasing Organizational Effectiveness through Sustainable Volunteer Management: To implement an effective volunteer management program that increases digital and virtual capacity to better mobilize its volunteers.

$30,000
Canadian Pakistani Support Group Association

CPSG Strategy and Technology Development: To develop a strategic plan and build the organization's technological capacity to improve client access to services and programs. 

$21,000
Circle of Wisdom Elder Senior Society

Circle Society Board Development: To strengthen the skill development of the Circle of Wisdom Elders Senior Society and its board members in creating a solid foundation to meet the special needs of the Urban Indigenous Elders & Seniors living in Calgary.

$20,600
CommunityWise Resource Centre

Organizational Sustainability Plan: To provide the board and staff with a strategy and actions that will guide  operations future operations.

$30,000
ECSSEN Career School

Enhanced Volunteer Management Strategies: To develop enhanced volunteer management strategies to streamline volunteer management process and increase  organizational efficiency and effectiveness.

$25,000
ETHIOCARE

Ethiocare Capacity-Building Project 2022: To improve the organizations ability to effectively and efficiently collect, utilize and report data on program participants, volunteers, services and outcomes.

$25,000
F.O.C.U.S on Seniors

Organizational Assessment and sustainability plan - F.O.C.U.S on Seniors (F.O.C.U.S): To improve operational, programmatic, and organizational maturity through stratgeic planning.

$30,000
North of McKnight Communities Society

Building the capacity of the organization and community partners: To build leadership capacity to of the organization, grass roots partner organizations and community  natural supports to respond to emerging issues. etc.)  to help the vulnerable community residents facing issues and challenges.

$30,000
SOS Congo Foundation

CC4AR continuation: To build staff capacity for facilitation and update resources for Cultural Capital for Anti-Racism that are accessable and shared with the community.

$30,000
Sunalta Community Association

Volunteer Management System: To design a volunteer management system that builds resident capacity and leadership.

$24,500
The Oladele Foundation

African Cancer Support Capacity Improvements Project: To develop a Strategic plan and guiding documents to improve organizationsl effectivenss.

$23,500

2021 Capacity-Building and Emerging Issues - funding allocations

Organization Name 2021 Funding 2021 Project
Action Dignity Society $25,000 Preparing for Successful Executive Transition
Autism Calgary Association $18,650 Virtual Volunteer Development and Management Initiative
Big Brothers Big Sisters Society of Calgary and Area $25,000 Elevating equity and diversity practices, supporting mentor connections for Racialized youth
Boys & Girls Clubs of Calgary $20,083 Trellis Indigenous Oral Practices & Placemaking Project
Calgary Between Friends Club, The $12,500 Inclusion Training
Calgary Chinese Elderly Citizens' Association $25,095 Technology development and training
Calgary Fetal Alcohol Network: An Alberta Society, The $20,000 FASD Connect -Strategic Alliance
Calgary Immigrant Women's Association $25,000 Renew, Reboot, Relaunch, Recover
Calgary John Howard Society, The $21,565 Improving our organizational structure and salary compensation to better serve Calgarians involved with the criminal justice system
Calgary Legal Guidance Society $12,000 Measuring impact through program design: A revision of program evaluative tools
Calgary Youth Justice Society $6,000 Policy, Process and Training to Address Emerging Issue of Mental Health Among Youth
Catholic Family Service of Calgary, The $28,400 Louise Dean Centre Redesign
Centre for Sexuality Society $27,000 WiseGuyz in Criminal Justice Settings Program Design and Evaluation Tool Modification and Refinement
Confederation Park 55+ Activity Centre $9,104 Business & Strategic Plan 2021
CUPS Calgary Society $25,000 Internal Risk Assessment and Mitigation Strategy
Discovery House Family Violence Prevention Society $31,693 Organizational Technology Upgrades
Distress Centre Calgary $20,000 Improved HR Processes
Immigrant Services Calgary Society $50,000 Gateway and The Knowledge Hub: Closing Gaps in the Settlement Sector
Kerby Assembly $33,600 Kerby Professional Development and Corporate Culture Shift
McMan Youth, Family and Community Services Association $23,100 Developing an Organizational Diversity & Inclusion Roadmap
Metis Calgary Family Services Society $50,000 Strengthening from Within - Assini Project
Millican Ogden Community Association $36,000 Scarcity to Strength Strategy
PolicyWise for Children & Families $62,225 Advancing Organizational Resilience
Siksika Family Services $40,000 Effective Service Delivery to Siksika Nation Members in Calgary
Two Wheel View - Calgary Ltd. $3,000 Two Wheel View Board Training and Evaluation Process
United Way of Calgary and Area $62,985 Akak'stiman Strategy - Journey to New Camp
Volunteer Centre of Calgary, The $22,000 Data Collection for Understanding the Experience of Racialized Volunteers

2020 Anti-Racism Capacity-Building funding - funding allocations

The Anti-Racism Capacity-Building funding supports collaborative, community-based initiatives that build the capacity of organizations to facilitate policy and systems change that undo systemic racism.

Organization Program name and description Funding amount
Action Dignity Society

Calgary CARES (Calgary Collaborating for Anti-Racism, Equity and Social Justice): Strengthening the collaborative capacity of 15 diverse Racialized organizations to do impactful actions with decision-making bodies to combat racism at a systems level.

$70,000
African Canadian Immigrant Society

African-Canadian Anti-Racism Outreach Program: Creating a capacity-building program by bringing together schools, police service, youth, and African community members to discuss existing racism and identify concrete policy and system updates.

$47,012
Blackfoot Crossing Historical Park Limited

Blackfoot Crossing Cross Cultural Training Program: Providing cross cultural training through anti-racism workshops to all ages through K-12, employees, educators, medical professionals and community.

$40,000
CommunityWise Resource Centre

Anti-Racist Capacity-Building for Grassroots and Non-profit Organizations: Building capacity to support Indigenous, Black, and Racialized members of CommunityWise to address systemic-racism and increasing the capacity of Racialized community members to facilitate anti-racism training in the non-profit sector.

$84,243
Komkan African Institute

South Sudanese Community Anti-Racism Systems Change Pilot Project: Advancing systems change in an approach that builds power and voice of the South Sudanese community and mobilizes a community of practice to shape service delivery in an equitable, relevant way.

$70,000
Sankofa Arts & Music Foundation

Addressing Anti-Black Racism in the Arts Sector: Building capacity in the Calgary arts sector and establishing a steering committee of arts sector leaders and funders to develop a framework for creating equity and diversity.

$34,331
The Second Story Art Society O/A TRUCK Contemporary Art

Bringing Power to Truth - Citizen Artists Harnessing the Spiral for an Anti-Racist Calgary: Building capacity for artists as citizens to examine and confront racism by engaging with communities, systems and leveraging the arts sector to enable an anti-racist social change.

$79,014
SOS Congo

Cultural Capital for Anti-Racism (CC4AR): Growing the cultural capital of marginalized black youth to become self and system level advocates against racism.

$65,000
Urban Society for Aboriginal Youth (USAY)

New Tribe Magazine-Special Edition: Developing a New Tribe Magazine that focuses on systemic racism within the Calgary Police Service, which will be developed by a coalition of Indigenous youth and CPS staff members.

$60,000

2020 Capacity-Building and Emerging Issues - funding allocations

​Organization 2020 Funding ​2020 Funded program
Organization: Autism Calgary Association 2020 Funding - approved: ​$34,689 2020 Funded program: Family Violence Prevention Capacity Development
Organization: Boys & Girls Clubs of Calgary 2020 Funding - approved: ​$40,000 2020 Funded program: ​Values and policies & procedures for a new (amalgamated) organization
Organization: Calgary Alpha House Society 2020 Funding - approved: ​$49,802 2020 Funded program: Building Community Engagement
Organization: Calgary Counselling Centre 2020 Funding - approved: ​$10,000 2020 Funded program: ​Improving Client Intake Experience and Effectiveness
Organization: Calgary Immigrant Women's Association 2020 Funding - approved: ​$20,520 2020 Funded program: ​Agency Enhancements for Social Advancements
Organization: Calgary John Howard Society, The 2020 Funding - approved: ​$18,260 2020 Funded program: Responding to Emerging Issues through Accreditation of our Services
Organization: Calgary Legal Guidance Society 2020 Funding - approved: ​$28,000 2020 Funded program: ​Enhancing Capacity & Service through Board/Governance Development
Organization: Calgary Seniors' Resource Society 2020 Funding - approved: ​$34,500 2020 Funded program: SeniorConnect: Building Capacity for Seniors and Homelessness
Organization: Calgary Young Men's Christian Association 2020 Funding - approved: ​$15,000 2020 Funded program: ​YMCA Calgary and Hull Services Social Emotional Learning Services
Organization: Calgary Youth Justice Society 2020 Funding - approved: ​$10,500 2020 Funded program: ​In the Lead Evaluation and Youth Engagement/Relationship Building Tool
Organization: Canlearn Society for Persons with Learning Difficulties, The 2020 Funding - approved: ​$13,000 2020 Funded program: ​Navigating through Adversity with Purpose and Focus
Organization: Catholic Family Service of Calgary, The 2020 Funding - approved: ​$25,000 2020 Funded program: Joint Service Delivery Process
Organization: Closer to Home Community Services Society 2020 Funding - approved: ​$20,000 2020 Funded program: ​Getting the Word Out - A New FRN
Organization: Burns Memorial Fund 2020 Funding - approved: ​$50,000 2020 Funded program: ​Collaborative Funders Table
Organization: CUPS Calgary Society 2020 Funding - approved: ​$15,000 2020 Funded program: ​Developmental Evaluation of An Inter-Agency Collaboration
Organization: ​HIV Community Link Society 2020 Funding - approved: ​$19,000 2020 Funded program: Broadening Our Scope of Practice
Organization: Jewish Family Service (Calgary) 2020 Funding - approved: ​$23,500 2020 Funded program: Memory Care
Organization: Metis Family Services Calgary 2020 Funding - approved: ​$20,750 2020 Funded program: Metis Calgary Service Realignment
Organization: Miskanawah Community Services Association 2020 Funding - approved: ​$28,500 2020 Funded program: ​​Building Database Capacity
Organization: Urban Society for Aboriginal Youth 2020 Funding - approved: ​$20,200 2020 Funded program: USAY Learns Self-Promotion

2019 Capacity-Building and Emerging Issues - funding allocations

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​Organization ​2019 Funding ​2019 Funded program
Organization: Action Coalition On Human Trafficking Alberta Association​ 2019 Funding - approved: ​$25,000 2019 Funded program: Capacity-Building for Human Trafficking Response
Organization: Alexandra Community Health Centre 2019 Funding - approved: ​$20,000 2019 Funded program: ​Building Evaluation Capacity
Organization: Big Brothers Big Sisters Society of Calgary and Area 2019 Funding - approved: ​$20,000 2019 Funded program: ​Strengthening Volunteer Recruitment
Organization: Calgary Between Friends Club - Fun and Fellowship for Disabled Youth 2019 Funding - approved: ​$15,000 2019 Funded program: ​Marketing Communication Plan
Organization: Calgary Cerebral Palsy Association 2019 Funding - approved: ​$12,350 2019 Funded program: ​Creating Supports for New Canadians parenting a child with a neuromotor disability
Organization: Calgary Chamber of Voluntary Organizations 2019 Funding - approved: ​$2,500 2019 Funded program: ​2019 Connections Conference
Organization: Calgary Chinese Community Service Association​ 2019 Funding - approved: ​$17,300 2019 Funded program: ​Strengthening curriculum on mental health
Organization: Calgary Chinese Elderly Citizens' Association 2019 Funding - approved: ​$11,839 2019 Funded program: Accreditation Preparation
Organization: Calgary Counselling Centre 2019 Funding - approved: ​$7,500 2019 Funded program: ​A Strategy to Enhance Calgary Counselling Centre's Current and Future Leaders
Organization: Calgary Drug Treatment Court Society 2019 Funding - approved: ​$7,000 2019 Funded program: ​Partnership Development - Drug Treatment Court Conference
Organization: Calgary Fetal Alcohol Network: An Alberta Society 2019 Funding - approved: ​$9,450 2019 Funded program: ​FASD Collective - Developmental Evaluation Support
Organization: Calgary John Howard Society 2019 Funding - approved: ​​$13,200 2019 Funded program: ​Building Organizational Capacity through Staff Training in Trauma-informed Approaches
Organization: Calgary South West Communities Resource Centre Society 2019 Funding - approved: $10,000
2019 Funded program: ​Building the Organizational Capacity of the SWCRC
Organization: Calgary Women's Emergency Shelter Association 2019 Funding - approved: ​$20,000 2019 Funded program: ​Quality Improvement
Organization: Calgary Youth Justice Society 2019 Funding - approved: ​$9,500 2019 Funded program: ​HR Policy and Procedure Review and Enhancement
Organization: Canadian Mental Health Association - Calgary Region 2019 Funding - approved: ​$20,000 2019 Funded program: ​Implementing Systems for Increased Organizational Effectiveness - CMHA Database Development & CMHA Recovery College Calgary Website Reconfiguration
Organization: Carya Society of Calgary

 

2019 Funding - approved: ​$20,000 2019 Funded program: ​Carya EAST 
Organization: Carya Society of Calgary 2019 Funding - approved: ​$35,000 2019 Funded program: ​Enhancing Carya's Organizational Effectiveness in Engaging Men and Boys
Organization: ​​Catholic Family Service of Calgary 2019 Funding - approved: ​$25,600 2019 Funded program: ​Catholic Family Service Organizational Development Support
Organization: Closer to Home Community Services Society 2019 Funding - approved: ​$20,200 2019 Funded program: ​Strengthening Evaluation and Training capacity and effectiveness
Organization: Confederation Park 55+ Activity Centre 2019 Funding - approved: ​$1,750 2019 Funded program: ​Risk Management Workshop
Organization: Constellation Consulting Group Ltd. 2019 Funding - approved: ​$23,760 2019 Funded program: ​CPIP Evaluation
Organization: Deaf & Hard of Hearing Services Calgary Region Society 2019 Funding - approved: ​$29,000 2019 Funded program: ​Barrier-Free Emergency Preparedness & Communication Access Plan for Deaf & Hard of Hearing
Organization: Discovery House Family Violence Prevention Society 2019 Funding - approved: ​$18,000 2019 Funded program: ​Mental Health Supports Program Design and Development
Organization: Elizabeth Fry Society of Calgary, Alberta 2019 Funding - approved: ​$5,000 2019 Funded program: ​Honouring our Voices
Organization: Hillhurst-Sunnyside Community Association 2019 Funding - approved: ​$10,000 2019 Funded program: ​HSCA Strategic Planning
Organization: HIV Community Link Society 2019 Funding - approved: ​$12,000 2019 Funded program: ​HIV Community Link Strategic Plan
Organization: Hull Services 2019 Funding - approved: ​$15,000 2019 Funded program: ​Roots of Empathy 2019 Instructor Training
Organization: Jewish Family Service (Calgary) 2019 Funding - approved: ​$22,000 2019 Funded program: ​Volunteer Enrichment
Organization: ​​McMan Youth, Family and Community Services Association 2019 Funding - approved: ​$15,000 2019 Funded program: ​Health & Wellness Staff Initiative
Organization: Metis Calgary Family Services Society 2019 Funding - approved: ​$20,000 2019 Funded program: ​MCFSCapacity
Organization: Miskanawah Community Services Association 2019 Funding - approved: ​$15,250 2019 Funded program: ​Weaving the Sash: Integrating cultural knowledge into organizational practices and governance
Organization: Punjabi Community Health Services Calgary Society 2019 Funding - approved: ​$20,000 2019 Funded program: ​Sahara Family Enhancement Program Development Project
Organization: Sagesse Domestic Violence Prevention Society 2019 Funding - approved: ​$18,000 2019 Funded program: ​Organizational On-boarding and Socialization
Organization: S.H.A.R.P. Foundation (Society Housing AIDS Restricted Persons) 2019 Funding - approved: ​$20,000 2019 Funded program: ​Phase I - Capturing the Trauma (Audio-Visual Qualitative Needs Assessment for HIV and Aging Challenges)
Organization: ​Societe de la petite enfance et de la famille du sud de l'Alberta 2019 Funding - approved: ​$10,000 2019 Funded program: ​New Database: More programs, less administration
Organization: Sonshine Society of Christian Community Services 2019 Funding - approved: ​$11,970 2019 Funded program: ​Feedback Informed Treatment training
Organization: Two Wheel View - Calgary Ltd. 2019 Funding - approved: ​$9,500 2019 Funded program: ​Two Wheel View Strategic Plan Refresh
Organization: United Way of Calgary and Area 2019 Funding - approved: ​$40,000 2019 Funded program: ​Sector Capacity-Building
Organization: Variety-the Children's Charity of Alberta Association 2019 Funding - approved: ​$18,000 2019 Funded program: ​Increasing Inclusion in Playgrounds and Play Spaces
Organization: Women's Centre of Calgary 2019 Funding - approved: ​$25,000 2019 Funded program: ​Sustainability planning
Organization: Youth Central Society 2019 Funding - approved: ​$5,000 2019 Funded program: ​Engaging Vulnerable Youth and Training

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2018 Capacity-Building and Emerging Issues - funding allocations

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​Organization ​2018 funding ​2018 funded program
Organization: Alberta First Nations Information Governance Centre 2018 funding: ​$24,960 2018 funded program: ​Knowledge Keepers and Helpers
Organization: Autism Calgary Association 2018 funding: ​$34,936 2018 funded program: ​New Immigrant Program Development Project
Organization: Big Brothers Big Sisters Society of Calgary and Area 2018 funding: ​$30,000 2018 funded program: ​Increasing Capacity to Serve LGBTQ+ Children and Youth
Organization: Boys and Girls Clubs of Calgary 2018 funding: ​$20,000 2018 funded program: ​The starting of our journey - BGCC and Elders Council 2018
Organization: Calgary Between Friends Club - Fun and Fellowship for Disabled Youth 2018 funding: ​$10,000 2018 funded program: ​Policy & Systems Change Work Orientation
Organization: Calgary Bridge Foundation for Youth 2018 funding: ​$82,725 2018 funded program: ​Bridge Support Project for Vulnerable Youth (BSP)
Organization: Calgary Chamber of Voluntary Organizations 2018 funding: ​$2,500 2018 funded program: ​Connections Conference 2018 - Sponsorship
Organization: Calgary Chinese Community Service Association​ 2018 funding: ​$10,020 2018 funded program: ​Improving communication through WeChat
Organization: Calgary Chinese Elderly Citizens' Association 2018 funding: ​$30,000 2018 funded program: ​Evaluation of Chinese Community Helpers Program
Organization: Calgary Urban Project Society 2018 funding: ​$30,000 2018 funded program: ​Enhancing Organizational Effectiveness: Building Pathways to Self-Sufficiency
Organization: Calgary Young Men's Christian Association 2018 funding: ​$19,920 2018 funded program: ​YMCA Ihkanakaatsiks "Bunch Stars" Framework & Strategy
Organization: Canlearn Society for Persons with Learning Difficulties 2018 funding: ​$20,000 2018 funded program: ​Youth Thrive: Exploring Opportunities for Facilitating Positive Youth Development and Well-Being
Organization: Carya Society of Calgary

 

2018 funding: ​$37,500 2018 funded program: ​Carya Performance Measurement System Development Project
Organization: ​​Catholic Family Service of Calgary 2018 funding: ​$24,000 2018 funded program: ​Catholic Family Service (CFS) Change Management Project
Organization: Closer to Home Community Services Society 2018 funding: ​$20,000 2018 funded program: ​Continuing to Build Ethical Spaces for Meaningful Engagement of the Indigenous Worldview -  Indigenous Cultural Advisor
Organization: Discovery House Family Violence Prevention Society 2018 funding: ​$16,000 2018 funded program: ​Discovery House Child and Youth Program Evaluation and Enhancement
Organization: Jewish Family Service (Calgary) 2018 funding: ​$25,000 2018 funded program: ​The Way In Collaborative
Organization: Kerby Assembly

 

2018 funding: ​$5,000 2018 funded program: ​Kerby Centre Crisis Communications Plan
Organization: Kerby Assembly​ 2018 funding: ​$21,500 2018 funded program: ​Workstream Project
Organization: Mennonite Central Committee Alberta 2018 funding: ​$10,000 2018 funded program: ​Restorative Actions for Transformation (RAFT) Evaluation Project
Organization: Momentum Community Economic Development Society 2018 funding: ​$30,000 2018 funded program: ​Financial Literacy Curriculum Development
Organization: Pathways Community Services Association 2018 funding: ​$18,000 2018 funded program: ​Building Capacity for Cultural Evaluation and Measurement
Organization: United Way of Calgary and Area 2018 funding: ​$100,000 2018 funded program: ​Homeless Youth Sector Capacity-Building
Organization: West Hillhurst Go-Getters (Senior Citizens) Association 2018 funding: ​$3,750 2018 funded program: ​Working Together Effectively, Part 2
Organization: Women's Centre of Calgary 2018 funding: ​$22,810 2018 funded program: ​Reconciliation at the Women's Centre​

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