MakeWay

Let’s make way for nature and
communities thriving together.

Let’s make way for
the momentum of change.

Let’s make way for
community-led solutions.

Let's make way for
partnerships to amplify impact.

What’s Happening at MakeWay

Check out our brand new Strategy! We head into the next three years with a clear sense of our unique role: to apply all our tools and resources in support of community-led transformation. Knowing that change is inevitable, this strategy is our North Star to help guide us toward the impact we hope to achieve.

Denise Williams appointed Chair of MakeWay’s board of directors

In exciting news, we announce that Denise Williams is now appointed as the Chair of MakeWay’s board of directors! With 11 members, MakeWay’s board provides governance and oversight for both MakeWay Foundation and MakeWay Charitable Society

Clearing the path to ‘right relations’

This article was originally written by Amy Romer for The Philanthropist Journal. After a decade of baby steps towards correcting power in conventional philanthropy, the Right Relations Collaborative is a leap forward.

CommUNITY Doulas: recreating the village and supporting Black parents and families

CommUNITY Doulas’ mission is to bring longer-term community care support to new and pregnant parents. They aim to increase and provide doula education, support, and services for marginalized communities, and specifically Black families.

Our planet is counting on all of us.

At MakeWay, we believe in a world where everyone is living in a stable climate and is treated fairly and equally. Where people feel secure and part of a community. Ecosystems are in balance, and waters are clean. When our environment is healthy, economies and communities can thrive. This is the world we work toward. We do it with collaboration and creativity, with changemakers, funders, community organizations and investors from coast to coast to coast.

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Healthy people. Healthy planet. Healthy economy.

MakeWay programming leverages our expertise, experience, strategic partnerships and deep community connections to tackle pressing local and systemic challenges.

Key programs:

We are stronger together.

On the ground, providing support, creating opportunities. We work with our partners to advance environmental, social, and economic justice. We see a better future and rely on one another to build it.

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Our planet is counting on all of us.

Get to know us:

Healthy people. Healthy planet. Healthy economy.

MakeWay programming leverages our expertise, experience, strategic partnerships and deep community connections to tackle pressing local and systemic challenges.

Key programs:

We are stronger together.

On the ground, providing support, creating opportunities. We work with our partners to advance environmental, social, and economic justice. We see a better future and rely on one another to build it.

We partner with:

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Stories of Impact

Digital NWT supports digital literacy and Indigenous sovereignty in Northern communities

With internet access becoming more ubiquitous and accessible, what does that mean for a community that hasn’t had digital literacy training, or where it isn’t widely accessible? DigitalNWT is answering these questions.

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Stories of Impact

Digital NWT supports digital literacy and Indigenous sovereignty in Northern communities

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Do you envision a world where nature and communities thrive together? We do. Join us as we back transformational ideas and help local leaders achieve their goals.

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What’s Happening at MakeWay

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MakeWay Strategy 2022 – 2025

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Denise Williams appointed Chair of MakeWay’s board of directors

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Clearing the path to ‘right relations’

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CommUNITY Doulas: recreating the village and supporting Black parents and families

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Our planet is counting on all of us.

Get to know us:

Healthy people. Healthy planet. Healthy economy.

Key programs:

We are stronger together.

We partner with:

Our planet is counting on all of us.

Get to know us:

Healthy people. Healthy planet. Healthy economy.

Key programs:

We are stronger together.

We partner with:

Read all Stories of Impact

Do you envision a world where nature and communities thrive together? We do. Join us as we back transformational ideas and help local leaders achieve their goals.