Coalition of Manitoba Cultural Communities for Families (CMCCF)

What Coalition of Manitoba Cultural Communities for Families (CMCCF) does

CMCCF (Coalition of Manitoba Cultural Communities for Families) is a Canadian nonprofit backbone organization headquartered in Winnipeg, Manitoba, founded in 2014 and formally incorporated under a Board of Directors in 2021. It convenes a coalition of 20+ cultural communities, community-based organizations, and public-sector partners to address systemic racism, discrimination, and barriers to inclusion faced by immigrant, refugee, and settler populations in Manitoba. Its program portfolio is built around facilitated dialogues, roundtables (including the Child Well-Being Roundtable with the General Child and Family Services Authority and the Cultural Communities and Families at Peace Roundtable), the Peace-First: CollaborationNet network of community hubs, the J.E.D.I. Initiative (a two-year federally funded engagement project running July 2022–March 2024), the Community Writers Project, the Building Bridges Project, the Engaging Communities through Dialogue training program, and the CMCCF Youth Social Justice Awards.

CMCCF does not operate a proprietary technology platform; its "core technology" consists of facilitation frameworks, dialogue methodologies, and peacebuilding approaches delivered through in-person gatherings, a WordPress-based website, and video/multimedia content. Distribution is primarily regional across Manitoba (Winnipeg, Thompson, Brandon, Portage la Prairie) with selected national reach into Vancouver and Toronto, and international collaboration with community engagement author Peter Block.

The business model is grant-funded rather than revenue-generating: principal financial support for Peace-First: CollaborationNet comes from the Department of Canadian Heritage with a supportive role from The Winnipeg Foundation, and the J.E.D.I. Initiative was federally funded for two years. The organization charges no fees for programs, has no venture or philanthropic endowment disclosed, and is currently navigating a leadership transition with Executive Director Martin stepping down in 2025 and Peace-First formally concluding March 31, 2026.

Name

Coalition of Manitoba Cultural Communities for Families (CMCCF)

Legal name

Coalition of Manitoba Cultural Communities for Families

Website

https://cmccfamilies.ca

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

CMCCF is a Winnipeg-based Canadian nonprofit backbone organization that convenes 20+ cultural communities, government partners, and community groups across Manitoba through facilitated dialogues, roundtables, and peacebuilding programs, funded primarily by federal and foundation grants.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Engagement Services

NAICS

Civic and Social Organizations (813410)

SIC

Services-Management Services (8741)

akta.pro primary industry

Corporate Foundations & CSR Grantmaking (BPAGAKAC)

Keywords

• Community engagement services
• Peacebuilding facilitation
• Cultural community advocacy
• Diversity inclusion programs
• Community storytelling projects

Headquarters

HQ city

Winnipeg

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Grant Funding: CMCCF operates as a nonprofit organization funded primarily through government grants and foundation support. The Peace-First: CollaborationNet initiative received principal financial support from the Department of Canadian Heritage, with supportive funding from The Winnipeg Foundation. The J.E.D.I. Initiative is federally funded for a two-year period (July 2022 through March 2024).

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

CMCCF is a nonprofit backbone organization that connects individuals and community-based groups across Manitoba to amplify diverse voices through justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion. It delivers facilitated dialogues, roundtables, storytelling projects, peacebuilding hubs, and community engagement training that bridge cultural communities with policymakers and service providers such as child welfare and healthcare authorities. Its work is funded primarily through government grants and foundation support rather than fees for service.

Product overview

CMCCF is a backbone organization offering a portfolio of community programs and initiatives rather than a unified software product. Its core offerings include the Peace-First: CollaborationNet (peacebuilding network with community hubs), the J.E.D.I. Initiative (Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion engagement project), the Community Writers Project (storytelling initiative), and multiple Roundtables (Child Well-Being, Cultural Communities and Families at Peace). Additional offerings include the Building Bridges Project, Youth Social Justice Awards, and the Engaging Communities through Dialogue training program. These programs work together through facilitated community dialogues, storytelling, and collaborative gatherings to strengthen cultural communities across Manitoba.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Peace-First: CollaborationNet A bottom-up peacebuilding network operating Peace-First Hubs across Manitoba with cultural communities as leaders, not recipients. The initiative integrates community hubs, cultural wisdom, and collective reflection to explore inner peace, collective vision, community cohesion, and cultural dignity and visibility.
• J.E.D.I. Initiative (Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion) Intercultural and Intergenerational Diversity and Inclusion Engagement Project addressing racism, discrimination, and barriers to inclusion by building relationships of trust and an expanding circle of participation across cultural communities in Manitoba.
• Community Writers Project Storytelling initiative that commissions community writers to explore issues related to Social Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, preserving and amplifying lived experience as a tool for change and healing for cultural community members in Manitoba.
• Child Well-Being Roundtable Collaborative roundtable bridging cultural communities with the Child and Family Services (CFS) system to help cultural communities positively influence child welfare policy, services, and practices, meeting regularly since January 2021.
• Building Bridges Project Traditional Cultural Wisdom For Community Peace Project bringing together cultural communities to participate in roundtable discussions focused on exploring traditional cultural systems for building peaceful communities.
• Cultural Communities and Families at Peace Roundtable Network focused on strengthening peace in families, creating sustained learning, sharing, co-creating, and advocacy to positively influence sense of peace and reduce stigma around family violence and mental health within cultural communities.
• CMCCF Youth Social Justice Awards Award program celebrating young people ages 15-26 from diverse cultural backgrounds who demonstrate leadership in social justice and community building across Manitoba.
• Engaging Communities through Dialogue Four-part training series in Community Facilitation and Convening, teaching participants facilitation skills, communication skills, and tools for effective community engagement, open to cultural community members and partners.
• Peace-First Library Living repository of peacebuilding resources including policy papers, practice documents, research literature, training materials, and community stories from the Peace-First initiative, offering capacity-building tools and framing papers communities can adapt to their own realities.

Quantifiable outcome

• 20+ cultural communities engaged through the coalition network
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

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Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• ACOMI (African Communities of Manitoba Inc.)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerKey partner in Peace-First: CollaborationNet initiative. Hosted inaugural Winnipeg Positive Peacebuilding Hub gathering with 40+ community members. Part of network weaving local leadership and cross-community learning.
• ECCM (Ethiopian Community of Manitoba)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner-supported Peace-First Hubs are volunteer-led spaces where community connectors gather to listen, reflect, and imagine peaceful communities.
• MIA (Multicultural Interfaith Agency)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization in Peace-First: CollaborationNet initiative contributing to cross-community learning and peacebuilding.
• Palaver HutcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommunity-based organization within Manitoba's Sierra Leonean community dedicated to social and restorative justice. Partner in Peace-First initiative, contributing cultural grounding and mediation expertise. Commissioned paper on healing harm and building positive peace.
• MANSO (Manitoba Association of Newcomer Serving Organizations)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAlly organization supporting peacebuilding work and cultural community engagement across Manitoba.
• Mediation ServicesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAlly organization contributing to peacebuilding and conflict resolution efforts within cultural communities.
• CanU CanadaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAlly organization supporting cross-community learning and peace initiatives.
• PCHS (Parkland Community Health Services)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAlly organization supporting community health and well-being initiatives.
• General Child and Family Services AuthoritycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-term collaboration partner for over 11 years. Collaborating on Child Well-Being Roundtable since January 2021, working to help cultural communities positively influence child welfare policy, services, and practices.
• Winnipeg Child and Family ServicescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in child well-being initiatives and roundtable discussions, working with CMCCF to facilitate survey and engagement with frontline staff regarding engaging cultural communities.
• George and Fay Yee Centre for Healthcare InnovationminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on provincial patient-reported measurement strategy and healthcare engagement. Sarah Kirby led development of patient-reported outcomes initiative, receiving input from CMCCF network participants.
• Designed Learning (Peter Block)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational author and thought leader recognized for community engagement and belonging approaches. CMCCF is collaborating with Peter Block and his network to grow cultural community facilitators.
• 4Better2MorrowminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization collaborating with CMCCF on young adults mental well-being program with free online workshops.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• Immigrant Services Association of Nova Scotia (ISANS): Nova Scotia's leading immigrant-serving organization delivering settlement, language, and community engagement services. Comparable mission and multi-stakeholder coalition structure, but regional to Atlantic Canada.
• Calgary Catholic Immigration Society (CCIS): Alberta-based newcomer-serving agency providing settlement, language training, and community integration programs. Comparable in cultural-community service orientation, operating in a different regional market.
• Affiliation of Multicultural Societies and Service Agencies of BC (AMSSA): BC-wide umbrella supporting multicultural and immigrant-serving agencies through training, resources, and sector coordination. Highly comparable model to CMCCF's backbone-coalition role, but operating in a different province.

Others

• Canadian Council for Refugees: National umbrella coordinating refugee and immigrant-serving organizations across Canada. Operates at the sector/advocacy level rather than delivering direct community programming; comparable in cultural-community stakeholder constituency.
• Tamarack Institute: Canadian institute focused on community engagement, collective impact, and place-based change methodologies. Not a direct peer in cultural-community programming, but an adjacent enabler shaping the frameworks CMCCF applies.

Emerging players

• Braver Angels: US-based nonprofit deploying structured dialogue and depolarization workshops to bridge divides across political, cultural, and identity lines. Comparable in dialogue-based methodology and "backbone convening" approach, with partial overlap in cultural-community peacebuilding use cases.

Broad incumbents

• COSTI Immigrant Services: One of Canada's largest multicultural community service agencies, delivering settlement, language, employment, and community engagement services to newcomers in the Greater Toronto Area. Comparable in mission to cultural-community service delivery but at significantly larger scale and broader scope.
• YMCA of Greater Toronto — Newcomer Services: Large established charitable network delivering settlement, language, employment, and youth programs for newcomers across the GTA. Comparable in cultural-community engagement activities but part of a much broader national YMCA portfolio.

Direct peers

• Multicultural Interfaith Agency (MIA): Manitoba organization working at the intersection of multicultural and interfaith community engagement. Direct peer; listed as a core strategic partner in CMCCF's Peace-First: CollaborationNet initiative.
• Manitoba Association of Newcomer Serving Organizations (MANSO): Manitoba-based umbrella association coordinating newcomer-serving organizations across the province. Direct peer in mission, geography, and cultural-community focus; also an active ally partner to CMCCF.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles20 records

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