Building Movement Capacity

Durable movement infrastructure is a long-term goal for Atkinson. That’s why we provide multi-year funding to help stabilize or add organizational capacity to different types of movement builders:

Base builders who have constituencies to whom they are accountable and who organize and mobilize them to use their individual power collectively.

Case builders who generate evidence, crafting strategic arguments, and equipping advocates with the tools to shift public debate.

Community builders who provide legal support, housing assistance, worker protections, food security, civic education, and other services that address immediate needs; they are essential place-based infrastructure.

Capacity builders who are anchor institutions within movements like foundations, unions, and governments, and field builders who work within and across sectors.

ACORN Institute Canada

Association for Early Childhood Educators Ontario

Hamilton Community Foundation | Hamilton Community Benefits Network

Jamaican Canadian Association | Black Urbanism TO

Labour Community Services of Metropolitan Toronto | Toronto Community Benefits Network

Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants | Chinese Canadian National Council – Toronto

Ontario Employment Education & Research Centre | Decent Work and Health Network

Ontario Employment Education & Research Centre | Migrant Workers Alliance for Change

Ontario Employment Education & Research Centre | Workers’ Action Centre

National Aboriginal Trust Officers Association | Reconciliation and Responsible Investing Institute

Parkdale Activity-Recreation Centre | Toronto Environmental Alliance

Small Change Fund | Climate Emergency Unit

Social Planning Toronto

Toronto Neighbourhood Centres | Ontario Nonprofit Network

Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives | Centre for Future Work (Dr. Jim Stanford)

First Nations Child and Family Caring Society

The Governing Council of the University of Toronto | Atkinson Centre

OCAD University | Open Democracy

Shareholder Association for Research and Education

 The Local

Toronto Metropolitan University | Yellowhead Institute