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Featured Grantees 2022

Social Enterprise Incubation

Social Enterprise Incubation

Social Enterprise Incubation

$100,000 in funding to support incubation of key capacity social enterprises: Eco-Internships, GreenBooks, Eco Executive Director, and the Capacity Building Institute.

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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.  97 youth internships at over 34 organizations has been supported to date.

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Capacity Training

Social Enterprise Incubation

Keepers of the Water

$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.

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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

Manitoulin Streams





$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

Manitoulin Streams

$10,000 to support national excellence of the association working with 19 biosphere reserves across Canada.   

BIPOC Fellowship

Nova Scotian Network

BIPOC Fellowship

$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

BIPOC Fellowship


$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.

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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. 

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BIPOC Fellowship

BIPOC Fellowship

Growing in the Margins

$10,000 to support BIPOC Fellow Julie Servant, Executive Director of the Frontenac Arch Biosphere Reserve. 

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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

Grantee Profile Downloads

Grantee Profile-Julie (pdf)Download
Grantee Profile-Ked (pdf)Download
Grantee Profile-Nasha (pdf)Download
Grantee Profile-Cheyenne (pdf)Download
Grantee Profile-Abie (pdf)Download
Grantee Profile - One Piece a Day (pdf)Download

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