Featured Grantees 2023
Social Enterprise Incubation
Social Enterprise Incubation
Social Enterprise Incubation
$100,000 in funding to support Sustainable Capacity Solutions social enterprises: Eco-Internships, GreenBooks, Eco Executive Director, and the Capacity Building Institute.
Internship Funding
Social Enterprise Incubation
Social Enterprise Incubation
Collaborative funding of $1.9M in partnership with federal wage subsidy programs to support interns at environmental organizations across Canada. 186 youth internships at over 70 organizations has been supported to date.
Capacity Training
Social Enterprise Incubation
Jacqueline Lee-Tam
$825,000 in training funding has been provided collaboratively to support capacity building training. The focus is on leaders of small-shop environmental organizations across Canada through the Capacity Building Institute.
Jacqueline Lee-Tam
Jacqueline Lee-Tam
Jacqueline Lee-Tam
$10,000 to our BIPOC Fellow, Jacqueline Lee-Tam. Jacqueline is the director of the Climate Justice Organizing HUB.
Jasveen Brar
Jacqueline Lee-Tam
Jasveen Brar
$10,000 to the Youth Climate Lab to support BIPOC Fellow Jasveen Brar. YCL is a leading youth organization for climate action in Canada.
Nelly Leo
Jacqueline Lee-Tam
Jasveen Brar
$10,000 to support Nelly Leo, another BIPOC Fellow who joined in 2023. This org has been a driving force in creating diverse, welcoming spaces that nurture the sustainability.
Greening Sacred Spaces
Capacity Building Webinars
Greening Sacred Spaces
Partnership funding to launch the first Community Bond with a grantee - the Faithfully Green Fund Community Bond. A total of $642,000 has been raised to date with this bond.
CAFES Ottawa
Capacity Building Webinars
Greening Sacred Spaces
$1,000 to support Community Associations for Environmental Sustainability in Ottawa. Funds helped support a board strategic planning retreat in summer 2023.
Capacity Building Webinars
Capacity Building Webinars
Capacity Building Webinars
Funding to support capacity building training webinars held throughout the year with the Capacity Building Institute. Funding also helped subsidize training programs.
Featured Grantees 2022
Keepers of the Water
Keepers of the Water
Keepers of the Water
$1,000 to support of this important water organization as part of our commitment to The Circle on Philanthropy and Aboriginal Peoples in Canada.
Manitoulin Streams
Keepers of the Water
Keepers of the Water
$1,000 to support the Manitoulin Streams Improvement Association with restoration efforts on 6 sites on Smith Bay Creek in
Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory.
Biosphere Reserves
Keepers of the Water
Biosphere Reserves
$10,000 to support national excellence of the association working with 19 biosphere reserves across Canada.
BIPOC Fellowship
Nova Scotian Network
Biosphere Reserves
$50,000 in support of Year 2 of the BIPOC Fellowship program in Eastern Ontario to develop BIPOC leaders in seniors roles.
One Piece a Day
Nova Scotian Network
Nova Scotian Network
$1,000 to support One Piece a Day, an organization that encourages individuals to refuse single use plastics, reduce waste, and pick up one piece of trash a day.
Nova Scotian Network
Nova Scotian Network
Nova Scotian Network
$6,000 for the Nova Scotia Environmental Network to support core activities. This includes internship support, capacity training, and other costs of the organization.
Featured Grantees 2021
BIPOC Fellowship
BIPOC Fellowship
BIPOC Fellowship
$10,000 to support Biosphere Eco-Cities Canada and the Ottawa Biosphere Eco-City for BIPOC Fellow, Nasha Choudhury.
BIPOC Fellowship
BIPOC Fellowship
BIPOC Fellowship
$10,000 to support Sustainable Eastern Ontario in hiring Jean Ked Neptune, Deputy Director, as part of the BIPOC Fellowship.
BIPOC Fellowship
BIPOC Fellowship
Growing in the Margins
$10,000 to support BIPOC Fellow Julie Servant, Executive Director of the Frontenac Arch Biosphere Reserve.
Growing in the Margins
Growing in the Margins
Growing in the Margins
$1,000 to support Growing in the Margins, an organization providing training and support around food security and diversity.
NSEN
Growing in the Margins
BKN Group
$1,000 to support the capacity of the Nova Scotia Environmental Networking, including a new database launch.
BKN Group
Growing in the Margins
BKN Group
$1,000 to support the development of a nonprofit organization featuring sustainability designs and international connections.
PAGSE
Sea Change Canada
Discover Year
$1,000 to support by-law development for the Partnership Group for Science and Engineering.
Discover Year
Sea Change Canada
Discover Year
$1,400 to support Human Resources for MentorU Community Foundation in partnership with Discover Year.
Sea Change Canada
Sea Change Canada
Sea Change Canada
Funding to support the national development of Sea Change Canada, promoting coastal projects from coast to coast to coast.
Capacity Partner
Capacity Partner
Sea Change Canada
Funding to support small-shop organizations looking for bookkeeping support and third party financial reports by GreenBooks, our capacity partner in financial support.
Capacity Partner
Capacity Partner
Capacity Partner
Funding to support the scaling of this important Capacity-building partner with a focus on training and development for leaders of environmental organizations.
Capacity Partner
Capacity Partner
Capacity Partner
A shared ED model for small environmental groups. SCF has provided matching and seed funding for 2022 pilots with 5 Eco EDs and 16 organizational clients.
Featured Grantees 2020
National Farmers Union
National Farmers Union
National Farmers Union
$5,000 to support Capacity training for the National Farmers Union from the Capacity Building Institute.
Ottawa Riverkeeper
National Farmers Union
National Farmers Union
$5,000 to support Engagement Organizing.
Watersheds Canada
National Farmers Union
Watersheds Canada
$5,000 to support capacity-building through an Engagement Organizing lens.
Just Food
Green Economy Canada
Watersheds Canada
$10,000 to support capacity building training for Just Food leadership. Just Food is a leader in food security and policy.
Discover Year
Green Economy Canada
Green Economy Canada
$1,400 to support Human Resources for MentorU Community Foundation in partnership with Discover Year.
Green Economy Canada
Green Economy Canada
Green Economy Canada
$5,000 to support Capacity Building for staff as part of the Capacity Building Institute "Capacity Building Certificate Program."
Maison Tucker House
Ottawa Eco Talent Network
Peace & Environment News
$10,000 to support sustainable leadership of Tucker House Renewal Centre and HR support for the organization.
Peace & Environment News
Ottawa Eco Talent Network
Peace & Environment News
$5,000 to support the 35th anniversary of the Peace & Environment News at the Peace & Environment Resource Centre (PERC).
Ottawa Eco Talent Network
Ottawa Eco Talent Network
Ottawa Eco Talent Network
$5,000 to support capacity building and transition work at the Ottawa Eco Talent Network (OETN)
Greening Sacred Spaces
Canadian Environmental Network
Ottawa Eco Talent Network
$5,000 to support development of the Ottawa Chapter of Faith & the Common Good.
Canadian Environmental Network
Canadian Environmental Network
Canadian Environmental Network
$10,000 to support the Canadian Environmental Network. RCEN is a national leader for the environmental movement and important key player in the fabric of the sustainability nonprofit sector.
sustainable retreat
Canadian Environmental Network
Canadian Environmental Network
$5,000 to support the sustainable retreat / retraite durable site. This facility supports a glamping and off-grid camping sites in Gracefield, Quebec.
Featured Grantees 2019
Wintergreen Studios
Healthy Transportation Coalition
Healthy Transportation Coalition
$5,000 to support HR and capacity training of this off-grid sustainable retreat centre in South Frontenac, ON.
Healthy Transportation Coalition
Healthy Transportation Coalition
Healthy Transportation Coalition
$5,000 to support Trevor Hache with capacity training in the Capacity Building Certificate Program.
Earth Path
Healthy Transportation Coalition
Ecology Ottawa
$10,000 to support leadership development of Earth Path key staff, including Bryarly McEachern and Brent Lamborn.
Ecology Ottawa
Capacity Building Institute
Ecology Ottawa
$5,000 to support capacity-building for Ecology Ottawa, a local organization working to make Ottawa the green capital of Canada.
Capacity Building Institute
Capacity Building Institute
Capacity Building Institute
Funding to support the development and establishment of the Capacity Building Institute as a capacity training organization in Eastern Ontario as a pilot region.
Sustainable Eastern Ontario
Capacity Building Institute
Capacity Building Institute
Funding to support social enterprise development at Sustainable Eastern Ontario to help incubate and transition key capacity services.
Our Early Years
2010 to 2020
In the early years of our capacity funding work, we operated the "Sustainable Capacity Fund" in partnership with Sustainable Eastern Ontario. Our pilot funding supported over 3.2 Million $ in capacity building funding and support to grassroots organizations across the region. We also established a Donor Advised Fund (DAF) at the Ottawa Community Foundation which we continue to operate at this time.
Early Fund Partners
