The Houssian Foundation is committed to allocating 100% of its resources to grant-making, impact investing, and fostering collaborations grounded in trust-based philanthropy and accountability.
Supporting organizations with multi-year grants who shape conservation policies, sustain feminist movements, and deliver frontline services, we aim to create a just, sustainable, and thriving future for all.
Together, we’re making a big impact
Our momentum grows as we collaborate across Canada and beyond.
$12.7M
Grants disbursed from 2020 to 2024.
45
Organizations supported from 2020 to 2024.
10
Panels, trainings and convenings shared with partners since 2022.
Areas of Impact
Gender Justice
Supporting feminist movements in Canada and globally through unrestricted grants.
Climate & Nature
Supporting programs that will sustain healthy ecosystems for future generations and the collaborative approaches needed to get there.
Community
Working closely with community-based organizations to support their core work through operating grants.
Impact Reports
The impact of our work is best reflected in who we support and how we invest our resources.
IMPACT INVESTING
Strategically Investing in Impact
The Houssian Foundation invests in impact funds across Canada, the United States and globally. With a fully-aligned portfolio, we ensure that our investments reflect the Foundation’s core focus areas of climate action and gender equality while supporting sustainable and impact investing practices.
News & Impact Stories
Shaping climate and conservation policy, strengthening feminist movements, and building the care economy.
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NewsWhat does the energy transition look like?
The Houssian Foundation’s director of climate and nature programs, Karen Wu Tam, recently attended the Canadian Climate Institute’s “Climate Policy in Changing Times,” panel featuring keynote speaker Michael Liebrich, and shares her learnings from the event. -
NewsNewsletter: February 2026
Our partners are pivoting in real time. -
NewsThe most important infrastructure isn’t in the budget
Philanthropy has a crucial role to play in supporting the chronically underfunded work of gender justice organizations – which are holding communities together in an age of precarity – and the moment is now. -
NewsPhilanthropic Investment vs. Social Need
In early 2025, the Houssian Foundation, in partnership with Catalyst Philanthropy, took a closer look at the state of gender justice philanthropy in Canada. What we found was both clear and concerning. -
NewsNewsletter: October 2025
How do we regroup, and not retreat, on policy at this moment in time?