Increasing the Capacity of Indigenous Women and 2SLGBTQQIA+ Organizations to address GBV: Eligibility
We are no longer accepting applications for this call for proposals. The deadline for applications was March 10, 2022, at 12:00 p.m. (noon) Pacific time.
2. Eligibility
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- Applicants and funding
- Duration
- Eligible activities
- Ineligible activities
- Costs
- Eligible costs
- Ineligible costs
Applicants and funding
All applicants must be Indigenous not-for-profit organizations in Canada with experience working on GBV issues for Indigenous women, girls or 2SLGBTQQIA+ people. To show this, you must provide your mandate or describe your organization’s experience.
Examples of organizations led by Indigenous peoples include:
- Indigenous not-for-profit organizations such as healing lodges, friendship centres, Indigenous women’s shelters, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ shelters
- Indigenous not-for-profit women’s organizations
- Two-Spirit not-for-profit organizations
The Department will give priority to projects submitted by:
- Indigenous organizations led by Indigenous women and Indigenous 2SLGBTQQIA+ people
- Indigenous local organizations that serve Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people
- Larger Indigenous organizations that will partner with other Indigenous organizations to prevent violence
The Department will fund two types of projects:
Stream 1: Projects submitted by Incorporated or registered Indigenous not-for-profit organizations with experience working on GBV issues for Indigenous women, girls or 2SLGBTQQIA+ people.
For these projects, the maximum amounts (total per project) are:
- Up to $400,000 in total for local organizations. Their activities cover at least one community, such as a town, city, or regional municipality. The Department will focus on these organizations.
- Up to $500,000 in total for regional or provincial/territorial or interprovincial/interterritorial organizations. Their activities cover parts of a province or territory, an entire province or territory, or a few adjacent provinces or territories. For this call, organizations that cover one of Canada’s three largest municipalities would qualify as regional: Greater Toronto Area, Greater Montreal Area, and Greater Vancouver Area.
- Up to $750,000 in total for national organizations. Their activities have the potential of impact across Canada.
There are often extra costs of living and travelling in northern or remote areas. So, you may apply for an extra 25% for activities in these areas (see question Activity location type for definitions).
For this call for proposals, an Indigenous organization is one that represents First Nations, Inuit, and/or Métis Peoples and is controlled by members of the population it serves.
A not-for-profit organization is a society, or association organized and operated solely for social welfare, civic improvement or recreation, or any other purpose except profit.
Stream 2: Projects submitted by informal Indigenous groups with a GBV prevention mandate or experience in addressing GBV issues for Indigenous women, girls, or 2SLGBTQQIA+ people that are not yet incorporated or registered.
This is an opportunity for these informal groups to apply for up to $25,000 in total. The condition for this funding is that they become incorporated or registered. After, organizations will be able to carry out other activities to increase their capacity, within the limit of $25,000. This funding stream is not eligible for the extra 25% for northern or remote areas.
Organizations can only apply once for this call for proposals.
Duration
Projects should aim to start no earlier than summer 2022 and must end by March 31, 2026.
Eligible activities
Before starting an application, please take the free online course: Introduction to Gender-based Analysis Plus (GBA Plus).
GBA Plus is a process used to assess how diverse people may experience policies and programs. The “plus” in GBA Plus shows that GBA goes beyond sex and gender differences. We all have many identity factors that intersect to make us who we are. It also considers many other identity factors like ethnicity and age.
The activities must align with the call for proposals’ objective. You can include activities grounded in Indigenous culture linked to the project objectives. This may include creating a vision or making important decisions as a community. They can also include supports such as traditional healing circles and Elders.
Eligible project activities include:
- How your organization makes decisions
- Assess and improve board effectiveness
- Develop a mission and mandate
- Establish bylaws and policies
- How your organization makes plans
- Develop and implement a strategic plan
- Develop and implement a results evaluation plan
- Review your resources and the way you work to see what you could change to achieve your goals
- Increase the impact and effectiveness of your violence prevention programs (Activities cannot include direct program or service delivery)
- Develop and implement a succession plan
- How your organization manages money
- Learn how to write funding proposals
- Secure funding from many sources, for example:
- Develop and implement a sustainability plan
- Develop a social enterprise to support the ongoing activities of the organization
- Develop and implement a funding partnership with the private sector
- How your organization collaborates to end violence against Indigenous women, girls and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people
- Build partnerships to improve networks
- Include different Indigenous communities to make your organization more diverse
- Gather Indigenous communities to collaborate in a safe space
- Work with other organizations to develop policy
- Collaborate on advocacy initiatives such as taking part in dialogue with governments
- How your organization manages people
- Develop and put in place strategies to attract and keep the right people
- Adapt human resources products and tools using GBA Plus
- How your organization drives change to end violence against Indigenous women, girls and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people in Canada
- Develop an advocacy strategy to drive change
- Learn how to take part in consultations on legislation, policies, and programs
- How your organization learns
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To improve your ability to provide programs that prevent violence, learn about:
- How to lead an organization
- How to use technology to be more efficient
- How to manage projects
- How to manage finances
Note that these improved skills must increase the organization’s capacity, not just an individual’s capacity.
- Develop, put in place, and share tools for employee or volunteer development
- Mentor and coach to improve the ability of other organizations work to end violence
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- How your organization builds evidence and knowledge needed to end violence against Indigenous women, girls and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people in Canada
- Engage with the community to better determine its needs and to align services
- Research needs and evidence to address barriers to Indigenous communities
- How your organization gauges impact
- Put in place processes and systems to improve how you measure performance and risk
- How your organization is built
- Incorporate your organization online (mandatory for organizations that are not already registered or incorporated)
- Create a board or governing body
Ineligible activities
Activities that are not eligible include those that:
- deliver services or programs like personal support, health and wellness workshops, and career help. To be clear:
- you cannot create new services or programs
- you cannot expand existing services or programs
- take place outside of Canada
- deal with issues in other countries
- create unfair advantage or profit
- train employees or volunteers without improving how the organization works to end violence
- have to do with construction and renovation
- have to do with the purchase, lease, or long-term rental of real property
- are religious in nature
- are politically partisan in nature
Costs
The Department will only fund eligible costs. Eligible costs are those that are necessary to support the purpose of the project. They must only be incurred after the signature of the agreement. Please read the Guidelines on Eligible Expenditures for Funding Programs for more information.
Total government funding for the project must not exceed 100% of eligible costs. This includes federal, provincial, territorial, and municipal funds for the same goal. Otherwise, we will adjust the level of funding and seek reimbursement if necessary.
There are two categories of eligible costs:
- Direct costs: expenses related to the delivery of the project linked to specific activities
- Administrative costs: expenses incurred to manage and support the project
The Department will determine the final value of funding. It will remove costs that are not eligible, not necessary, or outside the range of the project.
Eligible costs
The Department will fund as many projects as possible to have a greater impact, but funding is limited. As such, please only request eligible costs that are necessary to deliver the project. For this call for proposals, eligible costs include:
Direct costs (necessary to deliver the project):
- Travel costs within Canada: Travel costs must not exceed the rates for civil servants in the National Joint Council Travel Directive. This includes the Travel Directive for Kilometric Rates and Meals Allowances.
- Salaries and benefits for staff related to project delivery
- Honoraria and professional fees, including those paid to Indigenous Elders for their services during the project
- Materials and supplies
- Facilities used for project activities
- Translation
- Training related to the project
- Publicity and promotion
- Other costs such as refreshments or meals served during key project activities
Administrative costs (to manage and support the project):
- Project oversight
- Project staff office space
- Telephones
- Computer equipment
- IT maintenance
- Accounting
Administrative costs can only add up to 20% of the total funding requested from the Department.
Ineligible costs
Ineligible costs include:
- General operating costs for the organization that are not related to this project such as:
- regular telephone
- rent
- utilities
- property taxes
- equipment for staff
- insurance that is not required for this project
- audits that are not required for this project
- Capital costs, such as land, buildings, vehicles, except for computer equipment such as desktops, portables, and small peripherals required to carry out the project
- Salaries, allowances, and benefits for directors of a board or other governance body
- Budget deficits, debt reduction, organizational reserves, or endowment funds
- Costs added to a project over the estimated project value to cover unexpected costs
- Costs incurred before a funding decision is made
- Further distribution of funds
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