Sher Vancouver LGBTQ Friends Society

Published purpose

Through this 36-month project, Sher Vancouver LGBTQ Friends Society will build stronger capacity of queer community organizations and networks to advance queer equality. It will address how the organization develops financial sustainability. The project will include developing and putting in place HR processes and systems to hire grants committee members, creating a grants committee that will research, learn and develop resources on how to find and write funding proposals and how to develop other financial sustainability options and funding partnerships with the private sector, creating two strategic plans for the committee, gathering feedback, evaluating and updating the resources, and developing an online resource library to train new committee members and the Sher Vancouver team. With the Supplemental funds and extension provided in early 2026, Sher Vancouver LGBTQ Friends Society will be implementing their financial sustainability plan which includes development of a financial sustainability strategy to include succession planning and the development of a grant writing strategy. Through this they will further advance Gender Equality.