Movement51: federal grants and contributions

Updated 12 October 2026 · Calgary|Calgary, AB · grants and contributions register · Calgary Centre

Movement51: federal grants and contributions: 5 agreements; $1.9M value; 2 departments; 3 programs.

Assay record ASY-CA-0LXL1620F9 · Cite as: Assay Systems, “Movement51: federal grants and contributions”, https://assay-systems.com/register/ca/grants/r/movement51/

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5agreements
$1.9Mvalue
2departments
3programs

Largest agreements

Financial Feminism Investment Lab- Founders - Cohort #1 and #2$664Kvalue2023start2025end

The CTO is to support female founders in raising capital to grow their enterprises.

000023001$486Kvalue2022start2025end

Deliver financial literacy workshops and coaching to women investors in Prairies

Founders Lab Cohort$400Kvalue2025start2026end

Movement51’s Founder Lab has seen great success to date, with 60 participants raising a cumulative $1.5M in capital, $3.3M in non-dilutive funding, $5.5M in revenue and 390 jobs created across two cohorts. This project will scale the organizations Founder Lab program, delivering more Founders Lab cohorts, hosting an event to facilitate capital activation into Founders Lab participants (inclusive webinar program to best equip Founders to secure capital investment), and an ongoing community to sustain connections amongst peers and continue to deliver education relevant to their stage of growth.

Scaling Movement51 Founder Lab: Iterating a Proven Model to Support 20 SMEs per Cohort$175Kvalue2026start2027end

Movement51’s Founder Lab has seen great success to date, with 120 participants raising a cumulative $61.2 M, generating $7.3M+ in revenue, and creating 400+ new roles. Building on the proven success of Movement51’s Founder Lab, this project will scale and iterate an established program model to support 20 SMEs per cohort, for 2 additional cohorts, while integrating structured feedback loops and enhanced expert engagement. The initiative will expand delivery capacity, deepen mentorship, and strengthen outcomes related to capital readiness, revenue growth, and job creation across participating v

FFIL - Founders Edition - Pilot$130Kvalue2022start2022end

Pilot CTO with Movement51 for their Financial Feminism Investment Lab - Founders Edition. This program leverages partnerships to provide women and gender-diverse people opportunities to acquire tools, practice skills and build their financial acumen and confidence.

Departments

National Research Council Canada4agreements$1.4Mvalue2programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Organizations
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program

All grants from National Research Council Canada

Prairies Economic Development Canada1agreements$486Kvalue1programs
  • Regional Economic Growth through Innovation

All grants from Prairies Economic Development Canada

Years

20261agreements$175Kvalue1programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program
20251agreements$400Kvalue1programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program
20231agreements$664Kvalue1programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Organizations
20222agreements$616Kvalue2programs
  • Regional Economic Growth through Innovation
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Organizations

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.