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Annual Report 2013/2014

January 1, 2015

Over the last 24 years, your support has helped to make the Canadian Women's Foundation one of the ten largest women's foundations in the world. Thanks to you, we are now the leading voice for women and girls in Canada. Last year, you helped us to raise over $7 million to help women and girls move out of violence, out of poverty and into confidence. This funding has been invested in the most effective community programs and capacity building support for organizations across Canada that help thousands of women and girls transform their lives and realize their full potential.

2012/2013 Annual Impact Report

January 1, 2014

In 2012/2013 we invested $7,571,295 to help women and girls in Canada move out of violence, out of poverty, and into confidence.  You supported ground-breaking programs that address the most critical challenges facing women and girls in Canada.  Because of you, women and girls have the help they need to transform their lives, right in their own communities.

2011/2012 Annual Report

January 1, 2013

Over the last year, more than 8,850 individuals, foundations and corporations invested in the power of women and the dreams of girls. Investment of $7.1 million to help move women and girls out of violence, out of poverty and into confidence.

Annual Report 2010/2011

January 1, 2012

Stories from our program participants, individual donors, volunteers, staff, Board members, and corporate partners about hardship and hope, empowerment and courage, journeys of transformation, and the strength that comes from sharing.Investment of $5 million to help move women and girls out of violence, out of poverty and into confidence.

Annual Report 2009/2010

January 1, 2011

Violence against women remains a critical issue in Canada.Violence affects not only a woman's physical and emotional wellbeing but also her children, her career and her life. With your support, we invested over $1million this year in programs that help women and children rebuild their lives after experiencing violence, and programs that prevent violence against women, by working with girls and teens to educate them before the violence starts. In the last year, you helped us fund programs that provide emergency shelter and basic needs; emergency loan programs to help women get re-established in the community after leaving an abusive relationship; programs that focus on healing and re-building self-esteem for women and for their children that have witnessed abuse; and programs that work to provide safe, affordable and independent housing away from the abuser. We have also focused our investments on programs that educate girls and teens about healthy relationships.

Annual Report 2008/2009

January 1, 2010

The Canadian Women's Foundation helps women to move out of poverty by supporting life-changing programs that get them on their feet both financially; through skill-based training, and personally; by supporting them in other aspects of their lives like building confidence, networking and securing child care. Thanks to your support, CWF was able to invest $552,000 in first-year funding to 10 initiatives that provide women with practical on-the-job training and skills in the areas of self-employment, social purpose enterprise, or trades and technology.

Annual Report 2007/2008

January 1, 2009

In 2008 CWF's Economic Development Fund funding cycle was coming to completion: we helped over 1,500 women on their journey out of poverty over the last five years. In the last fiscal year alone, CWF invested $502,910 in 13 initiatives that provide women with practical on-the-job training and skills in the areas of self-employment,social purpose enterprise or trades and technology. In 2008 CWF's Economic Development Fund funding cycle was coming to completion: we helped over 1,500 women on their journey out of poverty over the last five years. In the last fiscal year alone, CWF invested $502,910 in 13 initiatives that provide women with practical on-the-job training and skills in the areas of self-employment,social purpose enterprise or trades and technology.

Annual Report 2006/2007

January 1, 2008

CWF-supported initiatives go through a rigorous grant selection process which is informed by a national strategic framework on each issue we fund. Applications are screened by a national panel of experts and community leaders, and initiatives that promise the greatest long-term impact are selected. Last year, CWF awarded $2,311,245 in grants to 73 such programs (in addition to 451 small grants awarded to shelters).