Province-Wide Program
2003 - 2004
Please note:
We make every effort to show comprehensive grant listings. For official listings of our grants please refer to the Foundation’s Annual Reports or contact us at 1.800.263.2887 or trillium@trilliumfoundation.org.
211 Ontario Early Implementation Group c/o Community Information Toronto
$499,500 over two years to develop information service delivery capacity (211) in Niagara and Simcoe Counties, and to further build on the collaborative model for Ontario-wide implementation.
Active Living Challenge Project Team c/o Ontario Colleges Athletics Association
$315,000 over three years to improve and expand the Active Living Challenge program, an initiative that encourages Ontarians to become more physically active.
Adapted Music Collaborative c/o Ontario Association of Children's Treatment Centres (OACRS)
$166,300 over two years to develop and implement an adapted music program in six Ontario communities to provide children with disabilities a first-time opportunity to participate independently in music-making.
Artist Run Centres and Collectives of Ontario
$157,000 over three years to support the growth and development of artist run centres and collectives in Ontario through increased member services and outreach.
Bereaved Families of Ontario
$24,800 over eight months to prepare a needs assessment report that will enable the organization to enhance support for bereaved individuals and families through a coordinated province-wide approach.
Best Buddies - Vrais Copains Canada
$181,800 over three years to extend the Best Buddies program, an initiative that matches students with people with intellectual disabilities to foster mutually beneficial friendships at Ontario high schools.
Bethlehem Not-For-Profit Housing Projects of Niagara
$137,700 over 18 months to evaluate and establish the outcomes generated by the innovative SOS life skills program to determine best practices for implementation and pilot expansion of the program to other agencies in Ontario.
Better Child Care Initiative c/o Better Child Care Ontario Inc.
$74,800 over one year to develop a peer network of child care management consultants and enhanced web-based training and support for not-for-profit daycares to develop their management capacity.
BODYSENSE: A Positive Body Image Initiative for Sport Environments c/o The Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport/Centre canadien pour l'éthique dans le sport
$55,000 over six months to design an implementation plan with local and provincial sports representatives that promotes positive body image, educates coaches, parents and athletes and prevents eating disorders in sport settings.
Boundless Adventures Association
$148,000 over two years to purchase accessible adventure recreation equipment and pilot a wheelchair accessible program for 50 Ontarians with acquired brain injuries.
Business Solution to Information Management Initiative c/o Catholic Family Counselling Centre (Region of Waterloo)
$400,000 over two years to increase efficiency and improve accountability of family service agencies by creating, testing and implementing web-based information management software that will improve services to Ontario families.
Canadian Association of Fairs and Exhibitions
$280,200 over three years to organize a youth outreach program to increase youth involvement in the more than 220 fairs and exhibitions in Ontario, including involvement at the board level.
Canadian Association of Family Resource Programs/L'Association canadienne des programmes de ressources pour la famille
$376,300 over three years to decrease social isolation and increase leadership skills, child development knowledge and confidence in Ontario parents with young children through participation in the Program for Early Parent Support.
Canadian Conference of the Arts
$165,000 over three years to strengthen its capacity to engage and serve a broader constituency of artists and arts organizations that more fully reflect Ontario's diverse communities.
Canadian Inline Hockey Association
$24,500 over one year to increase the number of communities offering programs through promotional initiatives and improved administrative practices including an events team, enhanced promotional materials and an Ontario-dedicated administrator.
Canadian Institute of Cultural Affairs
$25,000 over eight months to support the development of a Youth as Facilitative Leaders Program, which would be delivered through partnerships to interested Ontario communities.
Canadian Music Centre
$104,500 over three years to roll out the Professional Readings program to nine Ontario cities, bringing new never-performed musical works by Ontario composers to audiences at behind-the-scenes rehearsals of original compositions.
Centre AlphaPlus Centre
$200,000 over two years to redevelop the content on the website AlphaRoute and provide an online learning tool for adult literacy programs that will be made available to over 200 literacy organizations in Ontario.
Centre d'intégration, de formation et de développement économique
$24,000 to organize local and regional consultations to evaluate the capacity of community organizations in Ontario serving francophone immigrants and to enable Ontario volunteers to participate in a national forum.
Chambre économique de l'Ontario
$200,000 over two years to extend an existing francophone business network to northern and south western Ontario, provide skills training to volunteers, and engage members in developing strategic plans to stimulate economic growth.
Clean Air Champions
$85,500 over three years to provide operational support for Clean Air Champions, an initiative led by national team athletes that encourages young Ontarians to choose healthy, active and environmentally friendly modes of transportation.
Community Living Toronto
$290,000 over two years to provide enhanced learning opportunities and support for Ontarians with intellectual disabilities and their families by creating ConnectABILITY, an innovative “virtual community” easily accessible by computer.
Cottage Dreams Recovery Incorporated
$205,000 over three years to build community support and volunteer programming to expand this program that offers a week of rest and recovery at a donated cottage to Ontario-based cancer survivors.
Council of Elizabeth Fry Societies of Ontario
$97,900 over 18 months to help at-risk women by supporting the coordination of an initiative that will enable Elizabeth Fry Societies and other community organizations to develop a common intake form and data base.
Cultural Human Resources Council / Conseil des ressources humaines du secteur culturel
$20,000 over six months to support the Creative Management Project, an initiative to revitalize the skills of experienced cultural managers and attract new people to the cultural sector in Ontario.
Dance Ontario Association
$144,000 over three years to build capacity for the presentation and touring of dance through partnering with local presenters and dance schools to present workshops, mentoring opportunities and special performances in communities across Ontario.
Destination Nord
$290,000 over three years to establish a Festival Network in northern Ontario that will showcase Franco-Ontarian culture and strengthen francophone tourism.
Dusk Dances Inc.
$175,400 over one year to bring outdoor dance events to six communities across Ontario as part of its 10th anniversary celebrations.
Fondation Acacia
$24,000 over one year to strengthen the foundation’s capacity to support opportunities for Ontario’s diverse francophone youth by developing partnerships and undertaking marketing and outreach initiatives.
Foundation for Rural Living
$139,400 over one year to develop a Rural Philanthropy Roundtable comprised of private foundations, businesses, community leaders and service providers to strengthen philanthropy in Ontario’s rural communities.
From Page to Stage: New Theatre Resources and Training for Youth and Adult Leaders c/o Theatre Ontario
$58,500 over one year to encourage the production of high calibre youth drama by providing web-based resources, books of Canadian plays and workshops for teachers, students and volunteers on various aspects of theatre production.
Giizhgaandag Gamig Healing Lodge Inc.
$25,000 over one year to assist in purchasing a vehicle that will be used to bring aboriginal abuse survivors from across Ontario to the Healing Lodge at Manitou Lake.
Go Girls! Partnership Group c/o Ontario Physical and Health Education Association
$595,300 over three years for Go Girls! Healthy Bodies, Healthy Minds, a collaborative program that addresses the physical activity, balanced eating, and positive self-image needs of girls based on a group-mentoring model.
Great Lakes United
$20,500 over one year to organize a two-day conference on Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for citizens, environmental groups, municipal recycling coordinators and the industry.
IMPACS: The Institute for Media, Policy and Civil Society
$84,700 over one year to develop and market communications training workshops that contribute to the capacity of the not-for-profit sector, with special attention to organizations serving Ontarians in French, Cantonese and Punjabi.
International Fun and Team Athletics
$300,000 over three years to train staff and volunteers to deliver programs such as Fun in Athletics that are designed to encourage physical activity among children and youth by emphasizing fun, participation and team involvement.
Just Add Water Initiative c/o Children's Water Education Council
$325,700 over three years to develop 12 new children's water festivals across Ontario to encourage water conservation and protection. New festivals will receive start-up equipment, a video, training manuals and implementation support.
L'Arche Canada Foundation
$24,000 over eight months to build the organization’s capacity to fundraise through the expansion of the subscription base of the quarterly e-newsletter “A Human Future”.
Les Galas de la relève musicale de l'Ontario français a/s Association canadienne-française de l'Ontario - Conseil régional d'Ottawa-Carleton
$215,000 over two years to assist in the development of emerging Franco-Ontarian singers and composers through competitions, training and promotion.
Lesbian Gay Bi Youth Line
$175,000 over four years to enable the organization to develop a province-wide profile and build relationships with lesbian and gay organizations to promote the peer support phone line for youth in Ontario.
Let's Talk Science
$300,000 over 17 months to develop and implement a strategic plan that positions the organization as a catalyst for building community partnerships to share expertise and build local capacity to deliver science programs to youth.
Making IT Work for Volunteers c/o Coalition of Ontario Voluntary Organizations
$22,700 over four months to assess the viability of an information technology resource centre for not-for-profit and charitable organizations in Ontario.
Métis Women's Circle
$150,000 over three years to work with urban Aboriginal youth on a program of story-telling to develop new knowledge about the determinants of health that apply to these youth and what strategies can be applied to help them to stay in school.
Mixed Company Theatre
$110,000 over three years to build recognition for this theatre for young audiences by touring its innovative, socially relevant dramatic productions to York Region, London and Sault Ste. Marie.
National Meals Network c/o Canadian Association for Community Care
$56,000 over two years to improve community-based nutrition services for vulnerable Ontarians by hosting a roundtable that will identify service gaps and best practices and by strengthening networks through an enhanced website.
Nature Conservancy of Canada
$250,700 over two years to develop and distribute the Conservation Blueprint for Ontario that will enable scientific and strategic use of resources towards conservation priorities.
Noojimawin Health Authority
$17,000 over six months to purchase and install computer hardware and software to build the capacity of the organization to meet the health needs of off-reserve aboriginal people in Ontario.
Northern Environmental Leadership Initiative c/o Sustainability Network
$47,000 over one year to support fundraising, communications, and volunteer management training to environmental leaders across northern Ontario through workshops and videoconferencing.
Number Eleven Theatre
$14,000 over one year for a tour of Ontario to perform original productions and to broaden the performance skill base through provision of workshops with community theatre groups at festivals and educational institutions.
Ontario Association of Triathletes
$214,000 over three years to implement a strategic plan to support the current growth of this sport. Key activities include developing new races, designing a club development program and a membership retention program.
Ontario Association of Youth Employment Centres
$488,000 over four years to develop and pilot an outcomes-based evaluation service to member organizations and other youth-serving agencies in order to better assist young Ontarians in finding work.
Ontario Council of Folk Festivals
$75,000 over one year to strengthen traditional, contemporary and multicultural folk festivals across the province by developing an enhanced database management system and redesigning the website.
Ontario Facility Action Initiative c/o Professional Association of Canadian Theatres (PACT)
$216,700 over two years to create a depository of programs and services to strengthen small and mid-sized arts organizations by assessing and addressing their long-term facility management needs.
Ontario Gerontology Association
$25,000 over six months to develop the Older Person's Mental Health and Addiction Network and better coordinate the efforts of organizations providing services to older persons at risk of, or coping with mental illness.
Ontario Horticultural Association
$117,000 over two years to improve internal and external communications capacity by developing a communications plan, purchasing computers, training volunteers, creating and distributing a marketing kit, and improving its website.
Ontario Justice Education Network / Réseau ontarien d'éducation juridique
$250,000 over three years to develop the network’s capacity to deliver public education on the justice system to youth in Ontario, including those in aboriginal, francophone and ethnic communities.
Ontario Minor Hockey Association
$217,500 over three years to make the Prevention Services program available to more community-based minor hockey associations across Ontario. The program provides governance and anti-harassment training.
Ontario Volleyball Association
$400,000 over three years to develop and deliver 'Fun to Learn,' a modified volleyball game for children (aged 9 to 12) that is based on healthy child development principles and that emphasizes skill development over winning.
Ontario Volunteer Centre Network c/o Volunteer Hamilton
$16,000 over six months to provide technical training and support to the volunteers of this online resource centre that serves community organizations throughout Ontario.
Parks and Recreation Ontario
$181,400 over two years to conduct research and workshops related to volunteers involved in sports activities with the long-term goal of attracting more people to become active volunteers in the sport and recreation sector.
PhotoSensitive
$154,900 over two years for the Life of Water, a collaborative photography initiative that features a travelling exhibition, school presentations, a book and CD-ROM.
Preventing and Responding to Violence Against Women Through Technology Enhanced Education c/o Education Wife Assault (EWA)
$99,100 over one year to support the first phase of a plan to upgrade the Education Wife Assault website and create reliable and accessible web-based learning on violence against women and its impact on children.
Prise de parole
$165,000 over three years for operational support and equipment that will enable the association to undertake outreach to francophone communities in Ontario and to better promote the literary works of Franco-Ontarian writers.
ReBoot Network Initiative c/o Community Opportunity & Innovation Network (Peterborough) Inc.
$24,900 over six months to develop a marketing plan to increase access to refurbished computers by Ontario non-profit organizations and Ontarians with limited access to technology.
Regroupement des intervenantes et intervenants francophones en santé et en services sociaux de l'Ontario
$170,000 over two years for the project “Cliquer Santé”, a series of activities designed to increase the number of registrations by Franco-Ontarian youth to post-secondary programs in the health and social services sectors.
Réseau Ontario
$250,000 over three years to enable the organization to build capacity and consolidate its touring network for francophone artists throughout Ontario in order to raise the profile of new and established Franco-Ontarian artists.
Sci-Tech Ontario
$225,000 over two years to improve the website, create online tools, develop a regional expansion program to identify and support candidates for science fairs, and increase opportunities for youth facing barriers to participation.
Screening - A Community Training Model c/o Volunteer Canada
$135,000 over one year to assist Ontario voluntary organizations in recruiting and selecting effective volunteers through a train-the-trainer program, new resource materials, and an on-line discussion group.
SkillsInternational.ca c/o WIL Counselling & Training for Employment
$441,400 over 30 months to develop a website that will allow immigrant serving agencies across Ontario to connect internationally-trained professionals in employment preparation programs with potential employers.
Social Planning Network of Ontario 2001 Census Consortium Initiative c/o Community Development Halton
$263,600 over 31 months to build capacity in member councils of the Social Planning Network of Ontario to obtain and use Geographical Information Systems (GIS) software for community-based planning.
Softball Ontario
$236,500 over three years to offer 'Learn to Play' and 'Blast Ball' programs to local associations in order to increase the participation of young children (aged 3 to 8) in the game of softball.
Speaking Differently c/o The International Society for Augmentative and Alternative Communication
$16,400 over one year to bring people with severe physical and speech impairments out of isolation and into social relationships and community life.
Sport Alliance of Ontario
$171,900 over two years to develop the Ontario Sport Tourism Advisory Council to improve the quality and success of bids to hold sporting events in Ontario, which will attract more tourism to the province and enhance athlete and volunteer development.
Sport for Disabled - Ontario
$354,000 over three years to increase the awareness of sporting opportunities available to persons with a disability and to improve accessibility in community-based sports so that more Ontarians will be able to participate.
Squash Ontario
$156,000 over three years to attract more youth in Ontario to the game of squash through a coordinated outreach strategy that will expand and enhance squash programs for youth and make more squash facilities available to them.
Stratford Shakesperean Festival of Canada
$280,400 over two years to allow a team of actors to bring the magic of Shakespeare to students in six communities across the province through the Teaching Shakespeare School.
Strings Across The Sky
$53,000 over one year to enable youth in remote aboriginal communities in Ontario to learn about fiddling by producing traditional fiddling teaching videos and CDs as part of a training program that will augment live teacher-training.
Sudbury Basin Environment Networking Initiative c/o Ontario Environment Network
$156,000 over two years to develop a model for building and sustaining environmental not-for-profit organizations in the Sudbury Basin that can be used in other communities.
Tafelmusik
$247,000 over four years to develop Tafelmusik as a centre of excellence in music education by reaching out to schools, universities and concert halls in 21 communities across Ontario.
The Archives Association of Ontario
$24,200 over three months to conduct a user study of the web-based ARCHEION database to determine needs of the clientele and improve services offered to users, Ontario's archival institutions and archivists.
The Canadian Red Cross Society
$295,000 over two years to strengthen its capacity to serve Ontarians in times of crisis through the Provincial Disaster Services Program by providing enhanced management training and increasing the network of trained volunteers.
The Canadian Thyroid Cancer Support Group (Thry'vors) Inc.
$14,000 over one year to support the development and distribution of information to assist individuals suffering from thyroid cancer through brochures, booklets and a website.
The Centre for Contemporary Canadian Art
$205,000 over three years to build its capacity to sustain the Ontario portion of the Canadian Art Database, a comprehensive online resource on Canadian visual arts and artists.
The Conservation Council of Ontario
$138,600 over three years to promote conservation solutions to the public through public awareness initiatives, website, eco-conference and increased activity by members.
The Council for Business and the Arts in Canada
$25,000 over six months to support the second phase of an initiative to develop a network of Canadian grantmakers in the arts, which includes holding its first forum. Ontario artists and arts organization stand to benefit significantly.
The EcoCommunities Project c/o Ontario Healthy Communities Coalition
$198,600 over two years to help small and medium-size Ontario communities take action on climate change by assisting them in developing and implementing initiatives to reduce greenhouse gases.
The Hearing Foundation of Canada c/o The Canadian Hearing Society
$366,800 over three years to develop and deliver 'Don't Kiss Your Hearing Goodbye! Wear Your Ear Plugs', a prevention and awareness teaching unit for Grade 6 students on the harm noise can do to one's hearing.
The Jane Goodall Institute for Wildlife Research, Education and Conservation
$65,400 over two years to support the expansion of the Roots and Shoots educational program to encourage more children and youth in Ontario to undertake environmental and humanitarian projects within their own communities.
The Ontario Aging and Developmental Disabilities (ADD) Project c/o Reena
$490,000 over five years to complete the second phase of the Ontario Aging and Developmental Disabilities Project which fosters cross-sector cooperation to better support aging individuals with developmental disabilities across Ontario.
The Ontario Rural Council
$23,400 to conduct a study to determine the feasibility of enhancing the efficiency of rural not-for-profit organizations in Ontario through shared management services acquired on a purchase-of-service basis.
The Organic Landscape Alliance
$63,900 over three years to support ongoing operations, coordinate volunteer work, and develop and distribute information to the public on organic gardening techniques.
The Schizophrenia Society of Ontario
$350,000 over three years to implement strategic changes to the Ontario chapter. These include making the chapter more accessible, establishing an information and support phone line and increasing membership and volunteer participation.
Théâtre du Trillium
$465,000 over three years to establish a summer theatre season and a theatre summer day camp for youth in Francophone communities in Ontario.
Theatre in Your Community Initiative c/o Roseneath Theatre
$215,000 over two years to create a new touring circuit of theatre for young audiences within Ontario.
Wildlife Habitat Canada
$301,000 over three years to protect private uplands for the benefit of wildlife and nature through landowner contact and stewardship projects in French and English.
Women in Motion Career Education Inc.
$163,500 over three years to build the organization’s capacity to provide young women in Ontario with motivational and practical support in career planning by undertaking organizational development and fund generation initiatives.
Women's Art Resource Centre
$25,000 over six months for a heritage research initiative that will highlight the contributions made by Ontarians of Syrian and Lebanese origins in northern Ontario and the Ottawa region, including their involvement in Ontario’s mining industry.
Women's Courtwatch - Provincial Project c/o Woman Abuse Council of Toronto
$227,800 over three years to implement the Women's Courtwatch project in Owen Sound, Timmins and Goderich to determine whether adaptations are necessary for the project to succeed in different community settings such as urban, rural and northern.
Women's Future Fund / Le Fonds pour l'avenir des femmes
$128,900 over three years to support the organization developing the long-term strategy of their workplace giving campaign which supports organizations that work to improve the lives of girls and women.
YOUCAN PB Pilot Partners c/o YOUCAN Youth Canada Association/ L'Association des jeunes canadiens
$400,000 over three years to pilot the Peacebuilders program in three Ottawa-area high schools. The program uses a peer-to-peer framework to train youth in conflict prevention, conflict management and conflict resolution.
Young Singers, Ontario, Canada
$14,000 to launch Ontario Sings, a celebration of youth choral music uniting young singers in 10 Ontario communities through simultaneous public performances.