We collaborate with partners across Nova Scotia and the country, championing issues that will make for a stronger future for Nova Scotians – issues such as affordable housing, food insecurity, gender equality, mental health, social entrepreneurship, youth and more.
Green Shield Canada
Green Shield Canada (GSC) celebrated its 60th anniversary of social responsibility and charitable giving in 2019, and established the GSC Impact Fund to mark this milestone. Through the Fund, they donated $6 million to priority projects across six Canadian communities. Titled “Six 4 Six,” the program included the Atlantic region.
CFNS partnered with GSC to administer the program in Atlantic Canada where the initiative’s granting focused on oral and mental health.
2021 Grant Recipients
Mental Health
- Association of Black Social Workers
- Brigadoon Village
- Chebucto Family Centre
- Mawita’mk Society
- John Howard Society of Nova Scotia
- The North Grove
- Third Place Transition House
Oral Health
- Bright Smiles Project – Mental Health Foundation of Nova Scotia
- Chebucto Connections
- Dalhousie University – Community Oral Health Partnership
Nova Scotia Nonprofit Coalition
Nova Scotia’s nonprofit, volunteer and social enterprise sectors are a vital part of the fabric of our communities. Perhaps more than ever, we see the difference our more than 6,000 organizations and 20,000 staff are making.
In March 2020, nonprofit leaders came together to form the Nova Scotia Nonprofit COVID-19 Coalition. Their collective goal was to support, champion and celebrate this valued sector as we worked through – and rebuild from – the pandemic.
Today, this team of leaders continue to come together to engage a larger network of organizations that share a common goal: supporting non-profit, voluntary and social enterprise organizations help their clients and communities.
RURAL COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF NOVA SCOTIA
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