Who we fund

The Veteran and Family Well-Being Fund provides grants and contributions to private, public or academic organizations to conduct research and implement initiatives and projects that support the well-being of Veterans and their families. Some organizations are creating new and innovative ways to improve the well-being of women and 2SLGBTQI+ Veterans.

Some organizations that work directly with women and 2SLGBTQI+ Veterans are below.

Helmets to Hardhats

Helmets to Hardhats Canada provides opportunities in the construction and related industries for serving, transitioning and former military.

They are using funding from the Veteran and Family Well-Being Fund to assist women and 2SLGBTQI+ Veterans with finding rewarding skilled trades career opportunities across Canada.

La Maison des Champions

La Maison des Champions is a non-profit organization whose mission is to transform the transition experience for people coming from high-performance backgrounds such as sport, the military and business.

La Maison des Champions is using funding from the Veteran and Family Well-Being Fund to hold workshops that assist women Veterans to meaningfully apply their skills and experience following their release from the Canadian Armed Forces.

Veterans Emergency Transition Services (VETS Canada)

Veteran Emergency Transition Services Canada is a federally registered non-profit charity that works within Canadian communities to identify homeless Veterans, provide them with emergency support, and quickly re-establish the bond that exists between soldiers.

VETS Canada is using the funding from the Veteran and Family Well-Being Fund to offer their Equal Treatment for All program. This project focuses on Indigenous, women and 2SLGBTQI+ Veterans and their families who are homeless, at risk of homelessness or otherwise in crisis.

Serene View Ranch

Serene View Ranch offers a wide range of professional and confidentialpsychological and health related services, including Equine-Assisted Psychotherapy. They assess and treat trauma and PTSD in the general population as well as Veterans and first responders.

This organization is using funding from the Veteran and Family Well-Being Fund to provide community-based multidisciplinary, multi-modal, individualized and culturally sensitive trauma treatment for Indigenous Veterans and women Veterans and ultimately disseminate these programs to mental health clinics across Canada.

Free Spirit Therapeutic Riding Association

Free Spirit Therapeutic Riding Association provides programming to enhance physical, emotional, educational and social development through therapeutic riding, equine assisted learning and psychotherapy and horsemanship within Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia.

They are using funding from the Veteran and Family Well-Being Fund to provide the opportunity for 64 women Veterans to participate in this 18-month program.

Veterans Association Food Bank

The Veterans Association Food Bank is dedicated to supporting and enriching the lives of Veterans and their families by providing services that promote wellbeing, mental health, peer support and food security.

They are using funding from the Veteran and Family Well-Being Fund to develop new programming specifically to support 2SLGBTQI+ Veterans as well as survivors of Military Sexual Trauma and to implement new peer-led activities in Edmonton and Calgary.

Veteran Farm Project Society

The Veteran Farm Project located in Nova Scotia gives Veterans the opportunity to experience nature through horticulture programs.

Funding from the Veteran and Family Well-Being Fund will allow the Veteran Farm Project to continue supporting Veterans – and especially women Veterans – with a safe environment to come together, have new experiences, meet new friends and learn about themselves after service.

Fondation Québécoise des Vétérans

Foundation Québécoise des Vétérans is located in Montreal, QC and funds various therapeutic, social and commemorative programs for Veterans.

The funding they receive from the Veteran and Family Well-Being Fund is being used to help reduce the rate of isolation and suicide among women Veterans by encouraging local organizations to provide resources tailored to their unique needs.