DONATIONS AND GIVING

Make an impact today

Rise is working to restore balance by raising money for our services that support women and gender diverse people in British Columbia's family law system.

By giving to Rise, you can help survivors across the province take their power back. With your gift, survivors will be able to access vital family law supports and resources, and you will support our efforts to create change across the justice system.

Rise Women’s Legal Centre is a registered charity. #76336 8099 RR0001
A tax receipt will be issued for every donation in any amount.

We also accept donations through cheque, which can be sent to:
Rise Women’s Legal Centre
Suite #820, 510 Burrard St.
Vancouver, BC V6C 3A8

Questions about donating and giving?
Email: development@womenslegalcentre.ca | Call: (604) 757 5002

Help survivors take their power back.

For almost a decade, Rise has worked to create a more fair, just and equal family law system for women and gender diverse people in BC. Celebrate our tenth birthday with a gift to support our work and help balance the scales, for good.

Donate to the campaign, or sign up to fundraise today

Why give?

  • Rise services are in response to the systemic marginalization of women and gender diverse people, who need legal help and are unable to access it, for financial, geographic, or other reasons.

  • Without Rise, women and gender diverse people in BC who can’t afford a private lawyer and who are not eligible for provincial Legal Aid are faced with the choice of trying to navigate the legal system by themselves.

  • When women cannot access legal services they may remain in violent relationships, lose parenting rights to their children, or forgo important economic entitlements like child support, spousal support and property division.

  • The lack of access to family law services, and its disproportionate impact on women and gender diverse people, is a gender equality issue in the province.

Current grantors and funders


Major Donors

Lori Lothian

Michelle Simpson

Magal Huberman & Ury Segal

The Hon. Risa Levine

Jenkins Marzban Logan LLP

…and Major Donors who have requested anonymity.

Sustaining Circle

The following donors have pledged their support to Rise by committing to an ongoing annual contribution. Their ongoing commitment strengthens our financial foundation and helps to ensure Rise’s future. We’re grateful for their generosity.

Scott Booth, KC

Nancy Bradshaw & Robert Brown

Morag MacLeod, KC

The Hon. Marion Allan

Roberta Beiser

Susan Boyd & Claire Young

Jasmine Neilsen

Brenda Scragg

Jane Reid

The Hon. Donna Martinson

May Chan

Margaret Clarke

Nicholas Cotton

The Hon. Kirsti Gill

Andrea Glen

Agnes Huang

Judith Korbin

…and other members of the Sustaining Circle who wish to remain anonymous.

We thank our monthly donors for their ongoing support and the stability they provide our organization.

Donors in kind

We are very grateful for the on-going support from the following donors, without whom our work would not be so seamless. Thank you!