Recipient organizations of the Women's Impact Montréal Collective Fund's grants
For the 2021-2022 granting cycle, nine community organizations from across Greater Montreal are sharing a combined sum of $250,000 through the Women’s Action Montreal (WIM) Collective Fund at the Foundation of Greater Montréal (FGM). They work in fields are diverse as mental health, violence against women, employment or women’s entrepreneurship. Their main activities also cut across three of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.
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| Name of the organization | Place of work | Main issue | SDGs | Amount granted |
| Nouvelle-Étape (w) | Montréal |
Violence against women
|
Gender Equality (SDG 5) |
$30,000 |
| Mission Exeko (w) | Montréal-Nord |
Violence against women
|
Gender Equality (SDG 5) |
$30,000 |
| Shield of Athena (w) | Laval |
Violence against women
|
Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions (SDG 16) | $30,000 |
| Société canadienne de la CIDIH (w) |
Le Plateau-Mont-Royal |
Violence against women
|
Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions (SDG 16) | $30,000 |
| Support Centre for Young Immigrant Women (CEFJI) (w) |
Saint-Laurent |
Access to employment and entrepreneurship
|
Gender Equality (SDG 5) |
$30,000 |
| Femmes en emploi (w) | Laval |
Access to employment and entrepreneurship
|
Gender Equality (SDG 5) |
$30,000 |
| Service d’interprète, d’aide et de référence aux immigrants (SIARI) (w) |
Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce |
Access to employment and entrepreneurship
|
Gender Equality (SDG 5) |
$25,000 |
| GRIS-Montréal (w) | Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve |
Mental health for young women
|
Reduced Inequalities (SDG 10) |
$25,000 |
| Femmes du Monde à Côte-des-Neiges (w) |
Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce |
Mental health for young women
|
Gender Equality (SDG 5) |
$20,000 |
Recipient organizations also use intersectional approaches in order to reach and support populations including Black or racialized people, LGBTQ2S+ people or those who live with disabilities, or that display a combination of those characteristics. The FGM team and the members of the WIM Fund’s Advisory Committee wish to thank all who participated in the selection process.
To learn more about the current situation of women and girls in Greater Montréal, see FGM’s 2022 Vital Signs report.