Rise Women's Legal Centre

Published purpose

This 48-month project will diversify Rise’s funding and create a sustainable fund development plan. This objective will be achieved by hiring an experienced fund development expert who will (1) develop and implement an annual fundraising plan; (2) cultivate donors and spearhead a fundraising plan; (2) cultivate donors and spearhead fund-raising campaigns; (3) build organizational capacity to write grants; and (4) develop a social enterprise. These activities will help to provide a stable revenue stream for Rise and extend its services. By supporting Rise in its fund development goals, legal staff will be able to focus on improving legal services to women throughout B.C. The additional funding will be used to address additional capacity building activities and improving capacity to service increased traffic to virtual services with the rise of family violence since the onset of COVID-19. Supplemental funds will be used to further develop RISE’s capacity through an HR assessment, compensation review, and governance policy manual assessment