Catapult Canada’s vision is for every young person in Canada to achieve their own learning goals, build the skills they need to be full participants in their communities, and be the architects of their own career paths.
Established by the Rideau Hall Foundation (RHF), Catapult Canada channels new resources to community programs, helping them build know-how, capacity, funding, evaluation frameworks, partnerships, and infrastructure.
Catapult supports youth-serving organizations in Canada to design, build, scale up, and evaluate the impact of initiatives to better support Canadian youth in their learning goals, especially those underserved by the education system and disengaged from education and/or career pathways.
Get notified!
Never miss a funding opportunity announcement! Join our mailing list to receive the latest Catapult announcements.
The objectives of the funding are to:
- Support community organizations to scale-up current practices related to improving youth learning outcomes and increase their reach and effectiveness.
- Support community organizations committed to improving the educational and career pathways of young learners, particularly those youth disconnected from career and learning opportunities.
- Advance learning opportunities for youth not in education, employment, or training (NEET); and youth from vulnerable groups including newcomers to Canada, refugees and those fleeing trauma.
- Address systemic gaps in secondary completion and access to post-secondary education.
- Support community groups and organizations interested in learning more about what works (and what doesn’t work) in supporting opportunity for youth.
- Build organizational capacity, particularly with respect to leadership.
- Support creative and effective practices for building organizational long-term sustainability.
- Support initiatives that foster greater community engagement and partnership across the sector through peer-to-peer learning and other promising practices.
- Distribute and disseminate promising practices related to improving youth learning outcomes across Canadian communities.
Joining the Catapult Community
Catapult is committed to building a sustainable and dynamic ecosystem of youth-serving organizations in Canada that facilitates peer-to-peer learning and problem solving; the sharing of resources, promising practices and innovative ideas; and providing community support and partnership. To that end, all grantees will be part of a community of practice, facilitated by Catapult and co-developed by grantees to meet their evolving needs.
About the Rideau Hall Foundation
The Rideau Hall Foundation (RHF) is an independent and non-political registered charitable organization established to amplify the impact of the office of the Governor General as a central institution of Canadian democracy, and to better serve Canadians through a range of initiatives linked to learning, leadership, giving and innovation.
Today the RHF has become a nation-building charity: a catalytic platform to connect people, causes and organizations which – while they will exist for differing purposes – share a common belief in and commitment to the potential of Canada. Learn more about how we work to shine a light on Canadian excellence here: www.rhf-frh.ca.
Connect with us via @RideauHallFdn on twitter or subscribe to the RHF newsletter for updates and announcements of key dates for subsequent open calls.
