The Landscape of Environmental Grantmaking in Canada 2016 Data - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

The Landscape of Environmental Grantmaking in Canada 2016 Data Update June 19, 2018

Presenters: Pegi Dover & Sandy Hoang

§ About CEGN § Project Overview and Research Methodology § Key Research Results § Grants Data Alignment with UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) § Opportunities and Next Steps § CEGN’s Online Database Tool § Questions

Presentation Outline

Project Overview

§ Providing updates on environmental philanthropy activity is a key activity under one of CEGN’s strategies § Build and Share Skills and Knowledge § Data collection has been ongoing since 2001 and publishing summary reports § 2016 data captured over 3,300 grants, totalling $116.5 million from 105 funders to identify trends and gaps in funding

§ Grant data came from two main sources § Voluntary submissions by funders § Funder websites, annual reports and granting reports § Grants are coded according to 15 broad issue areas, 12 granting strategies, location and keywords § Coding taxonomy is similar to those of our sister affinity groups: § Australian Environmental Grantmakers Network § Environmental Funders Network (United Kingdom) § Environmental Grantmakers Association (United States) § *New*Coded each grant with one UN Sustainable Development Goal

Methodology

Keyword tags are used along with our coding taxonomy to pinpoint the issue being addressed in finer detail

Examples:

“Habitat conservation (Preservation, Protection)” “Urban air quality” “First Nations/Aboriginal/Metis/Inuit/Indigenous Peoples”

Taxonomy: 15 Issue Areas

Taxonomy: 12 Grantmaking Strategies

Number of Grants and Funding Dollars across Issue Areas

Biodiversity and Species Preservation $22,690,768 Costal and Marine Ecosystems $15,282,602 Energy $9,045,510 Terrestrial Ecosystems and Land Use $13,573,032 Freshwater/Inland Water Ecosystems $14,025,673 Top 5 Most Funded Issues

Top 5 Most Funded Issues in Canada

Top 5 Most Commonly Supported Strategies in Canada

Direct Activity 35% Education/Youth Organizing 16% Research (Scientific/Environmental) 14% ` Public Education/ Awareness 12% Capacity Building 11%

Other: 12% Advocacy Communications & Materials Development Litigation Market Transformation Public Policy/Analysis Stewardship/Acquisition/P reservation Other

Top 5 Most Common Strategies

17 Goals 169 Targets

United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

SDG 14 – Life Below Water works to address marine pollution, managing fisheries and protecting marine species and ecosystems, which mirror those in our own issue area of Coastal and Marine Ecosystems. SDG 6 – Clean Water and Sanitation aims at improving water quality, protecting freshwater and water resource management, which aligns with our Freshwater/Inland Water Ecosystems issue area. SDG 15 – Life on Land seeks to protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, which aligns with our Biodiversity & Species Preservation and Terrestrial Ecosystems & Land Use issue areas.

Funding Distribution and Sustainable Development Goals

British Columbia and Ontario are again the most funded provinces receiving 75% of funding dollars in 2016 As with Atlantic Canada, northern Canada receives a small proportion

• f funding at only

2.3% in 2016. Atlantic Canada remains one of the least funded areas, receiving only 2.5%

• f funding since last

reported in 2014. Alberta 8.93% Manitoba 1.72% New Brunswick 0.87% Newfoundland & Labrador 0.50% Nova Scotia 0.89% Northwest Territories 1.01% Nunavut 0.43% Prince Edward Island 0.23% Quebec 5.69% Saskatchewan 0.68% Yukon 0.84% Ontario 28.04% British Columbia 46.73% Canada-Wide 3.43%

Geographic Distribution

Biodiversity & Species Preservation 2011: $23M 2014: $15M 2016: $22.6M $22.6M $23M $15M Direct Activity taking the top strategy spot from Education and Youth Organizing

Energy Funding

*New* Top 5 most funded Issue Area

Grantmaking Trends from 2011 to 2016

§ 54% increase in grants tagged with our “First Nations/Aboriginal/Metis/Inuit/Indigenous Peoples” keyword tag § Grant sizes ranged from $75 to $2,398,911 § 41% of grants having a value of less than $5,000 (2016) § 46% of grants having a value of less than $5,000 (2014) § Atlantic region and Northern Canada continue to be the least funded areas receiving less than 3% total funding

Grantmaking Trends from 2014 to 2016 (Con’t)

§ Opportunities for CEGN members and other funders to bring new knowledge into their funding strategies and decision making § Biannual updates will continue with the next update focusing on grant data from the year 2018 § CEGN will continue to engage with new funders with a view to increasing the scope of our research § CEGN will continue to upgrade our online database platform to better inform our users (members, NGO community, affinity groups)

Opportunities and Next Steps

Accessible

• nline at:

Access to CEGN’s Online Grants Search Tool

www.grants.cegn.org/

CEGN Members sign in here

Step #1: Select the issue area(s), strategy, location(s) and/or grant years(s) for your search

Step #2: View live updates to the summary graphs based on the selected criteria

Sample Search Filter selected Primary Issue: Climate & Atmosphere Funding Strategy: Communications/media/materials development Location: none selected (note: defaults to search all provinces and territories Year: 2016

*

Search Results: In 2016, 7 funders granted a total of $400,000 to support their grantees in enhancing communications, media and materials development around climate and atmosphere focused issues. Ontario received $150,000 of this funding

Tip: Hover your cursor over the live graphs to see more info.

Reports available at:

Questions?

www.cegn.org/learn/reports

CEGN c/o Foundation House Sandy Hoang (sandy@cegn.org) Pegi Dover (pegi_dover@cegn.org) Tel: 647-288-8891