Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies: federal grants and contributions

Updated 12 October 2026 · Ottawa, ON · grants and contributions register · Ottawa Centre

Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies: federal grants and contributions: 5 agreements; $4.2M value; 1 departments; 5 programs.

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5agreements
$4.2Mvalue
1departments
5programs

Largest agreements

2020 to 2025 GP to NVOs - Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies$2.3Mvalue2020start2025end

Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies (CAEFS) is a national organization with twenty-four self-governing member societies that work with and for women and girls in the justice system. CAEFS works to ensure substantive equality in the delivery and development of services and programs through public education, research, legislative and administrative reform. The organization’s two primary long-term objectives are: to reduce the likelihood of women and girls being criminalized, and to reduce the number of women in prison. CAEF’s target population is women and girls who may be marginal

2017 - 2020 - NVO GP - Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies$1.4Mvalue2017start–end
2025-2026 Renewal of GP to NVOs – Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies$452Kvalue2025start2026end

The Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies has applied for funding under the Grants Program to National Voluntary Organizations (GP to NVOs) which supports not-for-profit or national voluntary organizations that are active in the area of corrections, conditional release and/or community reintegration. The funding is meant to help these organizations maintain a national structure and cover core operating expenses. In the context of this program, the purpose of the grants is to contribute to the development of criminal justice policies and delivery of services.

Innovation and Transformation in Community-based Supports for Women and Gender Diverse people Exiting the Prisons during COVID-19$93.8Kvalue2020start2021end

The Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies (CAEFS) will implement a research project to learn from local member Elizabeth Fry Societies that operate Community Residential Facilities (CRFs), as well as from housing and transitional supports that operate outside of the CRF model. The research will focus on the experience of service-providers within the CAEFS network and of the women and gender diverse people who were mandated to CRFs during COVID-19 and will test promising practices used by local Societies and others to serve and support their communities during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Knowledge-Sharing and Relationship-Building: CAEFS' Northern Advocacy Gathering$42.5Kvalue2023start2024end

This knowledge-sharing project is Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies’ (CAEFS) first incremental step towards expanding its regional advocacy to the northern territories. This project will bring together cross-sectoral justice workers for two-days of knowledge-sharing in Whitehorse, Yukon, to co-develop strategies on community-identified barriers to community reintegration post-incarceration and recidivism reduction. Invitees will include representatives from all 14 First Nation governments, Indigenous organizations, non-profit organizations, territorial government justice workers,

Departments

Public Safety Canada5agreements$4.2Mvalue5programs
  • (GP to NVOs) The Grants Program to National Voluntary Organizations
  • National Voluntary Organizations (NVO)
  • (GCP-NVO) Grants and Contribution Program to National Voluntary Organizations
  • Policy Development Contribution Program (PDCP)
  • (PDCP) Policy Development Contribution Program

All grants from Public Safety Canada

Years

20251agreements$452Kvalue1programs
  • (GCP-NVO) Grants and Contribution Program to National Voluntary Organizations
20231agreements$42.5Kvalue1programs
  • (PDCP) Policy Development Contribution Program
20202agreements$2.4Mvalue2programs
  • (GP to NVOs) The Grants Program to National Voluntary Organizations
  • Policy Development Contribution Program (PDCP)
20171agreements$1.4Mvalue1programs
  • National Voluntary Organizations (NVO)

Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada. Source: Government of Canada proactive disclosure of grants and contributions (open.canada.ca, dataset 432527ab-7aac-45b5-81d6-7597107a7013), 1,327,352 rows as published, collapsed to one agreement per agreement number (per reference number where none is given) at its latest amendment, which carries the full agreement value. Years are the agreement start year. Agreements with individuals are counted but not named.