South Asian Women's and Immigrants' Services Inc.: federal grants and contributions

Updated 12 October 2026 · Scarborough, ON · grants and contributions register

South Asian Women's and Immigrants' Services Inc.: federal grants and contributions: 4 agreements; $1.3M value; 2 departments; 2 programs.

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4agreements
$1.3Mvalue
2departments
2programs

Largest agreements

Scaling up - Advancing systemic change with women leaders in highly impacted communities$899Kvalue2024start2027end

Through this 33-month systemic change project, South Asian Women's and Immigrants' Services Inc. (SAWIS) will scale the “Pandemic Response by Highly Impacted Communities” project to advance women’s economic security and prosperity and increase representation in leadership and decision-making roles. It will work with visible minority newcomer women (VMNW) in SAWIS's catchment community (Scarborough and Greater Toronto Area (GTA)) previously identified as women leaders and activists to scale-up the scope and level of engagement in system change activities. It will address inequalities related to

Pandemic Recovery for Highly Impacted Communities$300Kvalue2021start2021end

This 30-month project will support a feminist response and recovery from the current impacts of COVID-19 through systemic change. South Asian Women’s and Immigrants’ Services Inc. will achieve this by addressing systemic barriers within social policy decision making, networking and collaboration among equity-seeking organizations and initiatives, and allocation of social policy development and delivery resources; by engaging visible minority newcomer women of a community highly impacted by the pandemic as project leaders, activists, and participants; by investigating the lived experience of th

East Danforth Anti-Racism Initiative Project$67.1Kvalue2022start2023end

Community Support, Multiculturalism and Anti-Racism Initiatives Program - Multi Inter-Action - Projects

  • Canadian Heritage
  • Community Support, Multiculturalism and Anti-Racism Initiatives Program - Multi Inter-Action - Projects
Accessing External Resources for Internal Strength$56.5Kvalue2019start2024end

This 58-month project will address organizational capacity needs to allow the South Asian Women's and Immigrants’ Services Inc. (formerly known as South Asian Women's Rights Organization Inc) to become a strong emerging community-based women’s organization. Organizational capacity will be enhanced through an in-depth organizational evaluation; strategic planning; and strengthening of the Board of Directors’ capacity to develop strategies relating to fundraising, administration and initiatives. The 2023 supplemental funding will be used to: 1) support their transition from a non-profit to a ch

Departments

Women and Gender Equality Canada3agreements$1.3Mvalue1programs
Canadian Heritage1agreements$67.1Kvalue1programs
  • Community Support, Multiculturalism and Anti-Racism Initiatives Program - Multi Inter-Action - Projects

All grants from Canadian Heritage

Years

20241agreements$899Kvalue1programs
  • Women's Program
20221agreements$67.1Kvalue1programs
  • Community Support, Multiculturalism and Anti-Racism Initiatives Program - Multi Inter-Action - Projects
20211agreements$300Kvalue1programs
  • Women's Program
20191agreements$56.5Kvalue1programs
  • Women's Program

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.