2011 Grant Recipients
Total Disbursed: $111,245
The JLF provided funding for educational programming for Aboriginal Youth in Winnipeg.
Amount funded: $10,000
Sisters Achieving Excellence (SAGE)
The JLF provided funding for literacy and leadership programs for young women at risk of becoming in conflict with the law.
Amount funded: $7,500
Marianne and Susan Larsen at Unity Project.
The JLF provided funding for a Life Skills Program for homeless individuals.
Amount funded: $10,000
Eva’s Initiative Homeless Youth
The JLF provided funding for a financial literacy program for street-involved youth.
Amount funded: $5000
The JLF provided funding for free art class for children in underserved Mabelle public housing community.
Amount funded: $12,000
Kitchener Waterloo Working for Unemployed
The JLF provided funding for Money Matters, a financial literacy program for financially excluded individuals.
Amount funded: $7500
The JLF provided funding for the production of an educational booklet on importance of preserving turtle habitats.
Amount funded: $1,245
The JLF provided funding for the Say Word project, to provide marginalized youth in Scarborough with training and skills in journalism.
Amount funded: $10,000
The JLF funded The Journey Project summer seminar for teachers to learn about teaching topics such as marginalization and genocide with at-risk youth.
Amount funded: $5,000
The JLF provided funding for Arts Education and Media Literacy for inner city children.
Amount funded: $1,000
Canadian Federation of Humane Societies
The JLF provided funding for the Finding Fido Program, to educate people and discourage buying from puppy mills.
Amount funded: $2,500
Marianne and Susan Larsen with members of Childreach.
The JLF provided funding for a support program for young mothers and their children.
Amount funded: $6,000
The JLF provided funding the Open Studio program, for street-involved and homeless youth.
Amount funded: $12,000
The JLF provided funding a preparation-for-independence program for abused, neglected and at-risk youth preparing to live on their own.
Amount funded: $4,000
The JLF provided funding for an after-school arts program for at-risk youth.
Amount funded: $5,000
Learning Disabilities Association
The JLF provided bursaries for 25 at-risk youth to attend Some Assembly Required; a high school transition program for grade 7-9 students with learning disabilities.
Amount funded: $5,000
The JLF provided funding for Building Strong Futures, a youth oriented mentoring program for racially and ethnically diverse young women.
Amount funded: $7,500
