EMPOWERING LOCAL WOMEN TO REACH FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE

Encourage Train Support

HEADLINES

THE ANNUAL 2024 BALL

Under the co-chairmanship of Benoît Lacoste Bienvenue, Regional Managing Partner, Québec Region at KPMG and Roger T. Duguay, Managing Partner, Canada at Boyden, this 11th edition allowed us to raise the incredible net revenue of $1,358,753 to support women on their journey toward financial independence.

A helping hand for women

As an organization working for financial independence for women, the role of the Lise Watier Foundation is to offer women resources, training, support, and access to a network to enable them to develop their self-confidence and their full professional potential.

Our intervention pillars

Encourage
Unlocking the professional potential of women by strengthening their confidence in their abilities to build a solid foundation for a fulfilling professional life.
Train
Giving women the support, knowledge, and tools they need to acquire and strengthen the knowledge and skills necessary to achieve their professional goals.
Support
Cultivating achievements by valuing collaboration, continuous education, and professional development.

OUR IMPACT

Programs that change lives

1250

women supported towards financial independence.

6

regions served
(Montreal, Quebec City, Laurentians, Montérégie, Sherbrooke, and Toronto).

171

businesses launched or propelled.

59

women have received or are receiving financial aid to pursue post-secondary education.

33 %

are in a better
financial situation after just one year.

MARIE-ÈVE

Graduate of the Entrepreneurship Program

The Lise Watier Foundation offers the Let’s Start Up Pathway in Montreal, Quebec City, the Laurentians, Montérégie, Sherbrooke and Toronto. More than 300 women a year are committed to taking action through the Let’s Start Up Pathway. They graduate with a better understanding of their strengths and skills, as well as the knowledge and tools to implement their professional project. Women thus begin a new journey towards financial independence through entrepreneurship, a return to school or a more fulfilling job.

Major donors

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CDPQ
Fondation J.A. DeSève
RBC
Succes Finder
Sanimax