2012/2013 ANNUAL IMPACT REPORT CONTENTS 3 Year at a Glance 4 Violence Prevention 10 Empowering Girls 14 Economic Development 18 Ending Human Trafficking 22 Statement of Revenue and Expenses 24 Board of Directors 24 Volunteer Committees 28 Endowment Fund 29 Individual Donors 37 Corporate and Community Supporters OUR VISION Invest in women and girls. Change everything. OUR MISSION We invest in the strength of women and the dreams of girls. The Canadian Women’s Foundation raises money to end violence against women, move women out of poverty and build strong resilient girls through funding, researching and promoting best practices. We are a leading voice for women in Canada. 2 Thanks to you “ Last year 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. With your help, the Canadian Women’s Foundation is making a profound difference in the lives of thousands of women and girls across Canada.” – MINA MAWANI, PRESIDENT AND CEO, CANADIAN WOMEN’S FOUNDATION YEAR AT A GLANCE Total amount invested Number of 122 447 $7,571,295 initiatives Major Shelter Grants Grants Investment in training, research, Number and development 8,835 $2,163,687 of donors Number of volunteers 672 Investment in community grants $5,407,608 3 VIOLENCE PREVENTION HAYDEE, Burnaby, BC We believe every woman has the right to live free from violence. 4 “ I knew I had two choices: leave or become a statistic. Now my mission is to be an advocate for women and children trapped by domestic violence. When I speak to women at the shelter, I find it very moving – I used to have that same look on my face. For my daughter and me, our own determination and strength were crucial. But without help from the community, we could not have transformed from victims to victors.” – HAYDEE, BURNABY, BC 5 HOW WE’RE STOPPING VIOLENCE We fund programs that help women rebuild their lives after escaping vio- lence, as well as emergency shelters that help women move out of violence. The programs we fund provide the compassionate and expert resources women need to help end the cycle of violence and to create healthy environments for themselves and their children. Our work impacts the most marginalized and high-need women across Canada. We also make multi-year investments in Teen Healthy Relationships programs in communities across Canada. These school-based programs are a key component to our violence prevention strategy, by teaching teenagers to recognize and prevent abusive behaviour. The Need Our Impact $1.4 MILLION INVESTED 67% 66% IN THE LAST YEAR IN of Canadians have of female victims PROGRAMS TO STOP VIOLENCE known a woman of sexual assault who has experi- are under age 24 enced physical or (11% are under sexual abuse age 11) 67 violence prevention programs 447 emergency shelters 23,500 funded women and girls were positively impacted Less than 10% LAST YEAR: of all sexual assaults are 13,000 children served in Teen reported to police Healthy Relationship grants 2,430 children served in annual Violence Prevention grants 35 communities impacted 60% Every 6 days by Violence Prevention of women with in Canada a annual grants a disability woman is killed experience some by her intimate 16 communities impacted by form of violence partner Teen Healthy Relationship grants 6 VIOLENCE PREVENTION GRANTS: Amount allocated in 2013 PROGRAM ORGANIZATION CITY GRANT Emergency grant for flood relief YWCA of Calgary Calgary $5,000 Immigrant Girls Against Calgary Immigrant Women’s Association Calgary $25,000 Gender Violence “Teen CANDO”: Healthy Relationship Project for Catholic Family Service of Calgary Calgary $24,714 Pregnant and Parenting Teens Extended Outreach Housing Camrose Women’s Shelter Society Camrose $28,000 Support AB ACWS Second Stage Shelter Alberta Council of Women’s Shelters Edmonton $25,000 Project Our Impact Emergency grant for flood relief Rowan House Emergency Shelter High River $5,000 Family Outreach Worker – Musasa Medicine Hat Women’s Shelter Society/ Medicine Hat $20,000 House Musasa House `Strengthening Our Spirit` Mountain Rose Women’s Shelter Rocky Mountain $26,500 Program Phase 2 Association House Creating Futures with Hope Westlock Women’s Association/Hope Westlock $28,000 through Outreach Services Resource Centre Cowichan Women Against Violence Strengthening Parenting Group Duncan $19,557 Society Skye’s Place Housing Coordinator Fort St. John Women’s Resource Society Fort St. John $25,000 Haven Society: Promoting the safety of Project Respect Nanaimo $25,000 women, children, youth and families Loans for Life Northern Society for Domestic Peace Smithers $16,500 BC Safehome/safe shelter/second- TR Cares (Tumbler Ridge Community Tumbler Ridge $18,000 stage housing Association for Extended Services) Indigenous Communities Safety Ending Violence Association of British Vancouver $28,000 Project (ICSP) Columbia Youth & Gender Media Project Check Your Head: The Youth Global Vancouver $20,000 Education Network Transitions Ndinawemaaganag Endaawaad Winnipeg $25,000 MB Oyate Tipi Cumini Yape Volunteer Oyate Tipi Cumini Yape Winnipeg $25,000 Program Developing a Common Vision - Fundy Region Transition House St. Stephen $19,000 NB Creating a Province Wide Coalition Safe & Healthy: Preventing Sexual Stella’s Circle (Stella Burry Community St. John’s $16,632 NL Exploitation & Abuse of Young Services) Women GirlSpace Circle: Aboriginal Young YWCA of Halifax Halifax $28,000 Women’s Empowerment Project Sexual Assault Legal Support and Avalon Sexual Assault Centre Halifax $25,000 Advocacy Project NS Emergency grant to manage Avalon Sexual Assault Centre Halifax $25,000 increased demand on services and follow up on provincial sexual assault response in Nova Scotia in honour of Rehtaeh Parsons Northern Shelters Advocacy and NT YWCA of Yellowknife/NWT Yellowknife Support Network $14,291 7 VIOLENCE PREVENTION GRANTS (cont’d) PROGRAM ORGANIZATION CITY GRANT Will Power/Won’t Power: Basics, Girls Incorporated of Durham Ajax $25,000 Behaviors,& Boundaries INCLUSION, ACCESS & OUT- Community YWCA of Muskoka Bracebridge $28,000 REACH : Dec 6th Fund Canadian Domestic Homicide Centre for Research & Education on London $25,000 Initiative Violence Against Women and Children Supports for criminalized Aboriginal women who have been Elizabeth Fry Society of Ottawa Ottawa $25,000 victims of male violence Aboriginal Youth Non-Profit Housing Stepping Stones Ottawa $9,400 Corporation of Ottawa Innovating, Collaborating and Canadian Network of Women's Shelters Educating to End Violence Against Ottawa $40,000 & Transition Houses Women NASC Young Women’s Circle Niijkiwendidaa Anishnaabekwewag Peterborough $28,000 (YWC) Services Circle Building Foundations in Healthy ON Kawartha Sexual Assault Centre Peterborough $19,340 Relationships for Senior Women Strategic Visioning Planning Ontario Association of Interval and Transi- St. Catherines $28,000 Process tion Houses Trauma Skills for Young Women Children’s Centre Thunder Bay Thunder Bay $24,700 Homebound: Young Muslim Barbra Schlifer Commemorative Clinic Toronto $28,000 Women and Girls Arts Program YWCA Toronto December 6 Fund YWCA Toronto Toronto $25,000 Teen Girls Violence Prevention South Asian Women's Rights Organization Toronto $24,872 Project Safety Includes Me – violence prevention for women who have Community Living Toronto Toronto $18,634 an intellectual disability The Phoenix Project My Sister's Voice Whitby $25,000 The Financial Skills and Literacy National Aboriginal Circle Against Family Kahnawake $25,000 Training Project Violence Intervention for young women A Tire-D’Aile, Centre D’Aide et de Lutte Levis $24,786 with intellectual disability Contre Les Agressions A Caractere Sexuel ACCÈS: Accroître, Connaissances, Maison d’aide et d’hébergement Maria $25,000 Compétences, Estime, Sécurité l’Émergence Inc. Accessible Shelters and Transition DisAbled Women’s Network Montreal $26,250 Houses: A Collaborative Approach QC for Developing Best Practices À la rencontre de nos membres L’Alliance des maisons d’hébergment Montreal $25,000 de 2e étape pour femmes et enfants victimes de violence conjugale La violence faite aux femmes, Maison Flora Tristan Inc. Montreal $28,000 c’est assez! - volet3 « Je me protège… La Passerelle, centre de femmes de la MRC Weedon $25,000 ENCORE PLUS! » du Haut-Saint-Francois, Estrie, Quebec 8 PROGRAM ORGANIZATION CITY GRANT Empowerment and National Aboriginal Circle Against Family Violence Kahnawake $25,000 Well-being groups SK (Girl Power / 2BBoys) Battlefords and Area Sexual Assault Centre Inc North Battleford $12,547 Yukon Women’s Coalition Kaushee’s Place Whitehorse $25,000 YT Girls Club Victoria Faulkner Women’s Centre Whitehorse $23,588 TEEN HEALTHY RELATIONSHIP GRANTS PROGRAM ORGANIZATION CITY GRANT GRANTED (Over 4 IN 2013 or 2 years) RESPECT Immigrant Services Calgary Calgary $50,000 $25,000 AB Healthy Youth Relationships Canadian Red Cross Society - Red Deer $100,000 $20,000 Red Deer Strengthening Youth Initiative Cowichan Women Against Duncan $100,000 $20,000 Violence Society Respectful Relationships (R+R) SWOVA Community Salt Spring $160,000 $32,000 BC Development & Research Society Island Project Respect: Teen Healthy Victoria Women’s Sexual Victoria $100,000 $20,000 Relationship Program Assault Centre Sacred Seven – Healthy relationship The University of Winnipeg Winnipeg $50,000 $25,000 program Foundation, Wii Chiiwaakanak Learning Centre MB Newcomer Youth & Healthy Sexuality Education Resource Winnipeg $157,190 $29,965 Relationships Project Centre Manitoba Making Waves/Vague par vague Partners for Youth Inc.- Fredericton $160,000 $32,000 Making Waves/Vague par NB vague program Healthy Relationships for Youth Healthy Relationships for Youth Antigonish $160,000 $32,000 Program NS LOVE in Indian Brook and Leave out ViolencE (LOVE) Halifax $50,000 $25,000 Membertou “BE THE CHANGE”: educational Sexual Assault and Violence Oakville $50,000 $25,000 modules to end violence.