Bridgeway Foundation is pleased to partner with the following organizations through grants in 2017. Many of these grants were done in conjunction with Stronger Together 2017, a collaborative round of grants offered through a partnership with Stronger Philanthropy.
Bridgeway Foundation Grants Paid in 2017 | ||||
Organization Name | Project Name | Payment Date | Payment Amount | Purpose of Investment |
A Rocha Canada | Homes of Hospitality: Integrating Environmental Stewardship and Spiritual Growth | 12-05-2017 | 9,000.00 | To facilitate the growth of a residential internship program for environmental education through housing expansion in Surrey BC, and the launch of a new program for interns in Hamilton ON. |
ACTS | ACTS & The Water School Merger | 12-05-2017 | 10,000.00 | To support the merger of two faith-based, Vancouver charities focused on clean water initiatives in Uganda. |
Blue Sea Philanthropy | Essentials Fundraising Academy Pilot | 12-05-2017 | 5,000.00 | To develop and launch a sustainable process to train and mentor charity leaders in best practices for fundraising. |
Cambridge Pregnancy Resource Centre | Medical Initiative | 12-05-2017 | 2,000.00 | To set up and operate a Christian health care center offering limited medical services |
Cambridge Symphony Orchestra | Building Community Through The Power Of Music | 12-05-2017 | 3,000.00 | To continue to make the Cambridge Symphony Orchestra and the Youth Orchestra an integral part of the youth experience in Cambridge. |
City Kidz | Community Engagement Program | 12-05-2017 | 16,100.00 | To create a new program role to enable better linking of sponsored children in Hamilton, Ontario with community supports. |
City Movement Inc. | Movement Map | 12-05-2017 | 10,000.00 | To develop a digital space to network Christian leaders in Canada. |
Coping Centre | Wolfelt Event at Dunfield Theatre | 05-01-2017 | 5,000.00 | To support the mission of a charity through an awareness event |
Crossroads Christian Communication | Crossroads-Context Integration Project | 07-10-2017 | 100,000.00 | To merge two Canadian Christian media organizations allowing for greater synergy and impact. |
FH Canada | Ending Poverty Together Hub | 12-05-2017 | 30,000.00 | To create and launch a web hub through a partnership with at least eight organizations for shared education and resources on poverty. |
Ghana Rural Integrated Development (GRID) | Ghana Youth Initiative: Growing a Future | 12-05-2017 | 10,000.00 | To pilot a sustainable income-generating and savings program for adolescents in NW Ghana using fish hatcheries in community ponds and gardens for agricultural produce. |
Grand River Conservation Foundation | FWR Dickson Wilderness Area – Trails for a Whole Community | 12-05-2017 | 5,000.00 | To build and maintain boardwalks for free public nature enjoyment and education opportunities as well as create access for families with wagons and strollers and people using mobility assistance devices. |
Health Partners International of Canada | Bringing Donors to the Field through Virtual Reality | 12-05-2017 | 25,000.00 | To produce a virtual reality (VR) video to be used in engage current and future supporters, leading to a donor base that is broadened by 10-15%. |
Langs | Imagine A Place | 12-05-2017 | 5,000.00 | Langs will expand its current community hub in size and partners to provide increase of services to people in the community. |
Mealshare | Growing Mealshare’s Capacity | 12-05-2017 | 10,000.00 | To hire a full-time manager for frontline staff, enabling continued strong growth of a new hunger relief charity. |
Medical Ministry International Canada | Cervical Cancer Screening on the Amazon River Utilizing New Canadian Technology | 12-05-2017 | 15,000.00 | To pilot HPV screening for women in remote communities along the Colombian Amazon and tributaries using new Canadian medical technology. |
Northwest Baptist Seminary | Mastering Mission through Mentoring Leadership | 12-05-2017 | 12,500.00 | To invest in the development of tools and resources to allow for the multiplication of competency-based theological education for over 30 other organizations or institutions. |
Ontario Christian Gleaners | Dried With Love Symposium | 12-05-2017 | 10,000.00 | To convene key delegates from at least 8 food aid organizations to share best practices at a gathering in Vernon BC in spring 2018. |
Ratanak International | Trafficking Vulnerability Reduction Project | 12-05-2017 | 10,000.00 | To launch three new rice mills into rural communities in Banteay Meanchey province, Cambodia to address local issues of poverty and trafficking with an upstream, strategic solution allowing youth to remain in their villages. |
Save the Mothers | Investing in Midwives Through Midwifery Mentorship Model | 12-05-2017 | 51,400.00 | To develop a model in ten Ugandan hospitals allowing for the mentoring of midwives, and to publicize the model through an academic journal. |
Southwestern Ontario Youth For Christ | Catalytic Converters | 12-05-2017 | 5,000.00 | To complete renovations and secure tooling needed for Automotive Shop. |
Teen Challenge Canada | GTA Women’s Centre Case Management System | 12-05-2017 | 13,000.00 | To develop and implement a new Client Management System into a regional women’s addiction centre, piloting it for introduction in centres across the country. |
The Alzheimer Society of Grey-Bruce | Capital Campaign Project | 05-01-2017 | 10,000.00 | To support the mission of a charity through a capital campaign project |
The Wellspring Foundation for Education | School Development Start-Up (Rubavu, Rwanda) | 12-05-2017 | 30,000.00 | To establish a new field office and start up teacher training operations in a new district of Rwanda, and to develop a paperless monitoring and evaluation system for grassroots reporting. |
Trinity Western University | Student Success Plan (SSP) | 12-05-2017 | 33,000.00 | To expand the university’s wellness centre capability and to introduce standard curriculum on human flourishing for all first year students. |
Tyndale University College & Seminary | Uncommon Ground Campaign | 06-20-2017 | 150,000.00 | To become a lead partner in funding the expansion of a Toronto-based Christian university/seminary to the Bayview Avenue facility of the Sisters of St. Joseph. |
TOTAL | 585,000.00 |