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Equality Fund/Fonds Égalité / Jessica Tomlin, Co-CEO

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Address, activities & membership

Equality Fund / Fonds Égalité - Address, activities & membership

Address:

123 Slater Street
Suite 600 - 6th Floor
Ottawa, ON  K1P 5H2
Canada

Telephone number: 613-979-7478

  • Contact information in previous versions
    • 123 Slater Street
      Suite 600 - 6th Floor
      Ottawa, ON  K1P 5H2
      Canada

      Telephone number: 613-236-2664  Ext. 233

    • 123 Slater Street
      Ottawa, ON  K1P 5H2
      Canada

      Telephone number: 613-236-2664  Ext. 233


Description of the organization's activities:
In 2018, the Government of Canada issued a call for the Partnership for Gender Equality. The MATCH Fund, along with ten other partners from across fields and areas of expertise, built the Equality Fund collective, with a goal to build the world’s largest women’s fund. After incubating the Equality Fund partnership, The MATCH Fund changed its name to the Equality Fund in 2019 with a goal to design and build an innovative fund to fund women’s rights and gender equality for lifetimes.

  • Descriptions of the organization's activity in previous versions:
    • The MATCH International Women’s Fund provides direct financial support to grassroots women’s rights organizations in the global South. The MATCH Fund supports innovative and brave women to dismantle barriers, challenge perceptions, and change the world for women and girls. The MATCH Fund currently supports 28 grassroots women’s rights organizations around the world and, since The MATCH Fund’s inception nearly 40 years ago, the organization has supported projects in over 80 countries to advance women's rights.

Organization's membership or classes of membership:
Equality Fund does not have any members.

  • Organization's memberships or classes of memberships in previous versions:
    • The MATCH Fund does not have any members.

Public offices held: Melinda Wells


Government funding

End date of the last completed financial year: 2023-03-31
List of Government Funding
Government Institution Funding Received in Last Financial Year Funding Expected in Current Financial Year
Global Affairs Canada (GAC) $8,877,484.00 Yes

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