Gender Lens Philanthropy Gender-Lens Philanthropy: A practical guide for Canadian foundations Published: September 1, 2019 Download Documents Gender-Lens Philanthropy: A practical guide for Canadian foundations This guide is intended to help foundations increase the impact of their grantmaking by increasing the awareness of gender as an important factor throughout the organization and the granting process. There are many ways to apply a gender lens in philanthropy. This guide points to several opportunities and tools, some of which will work for a given foundation, and others will not.