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Founding Board Chair Gord Gallaugher hands over the reins to Debbi Goss
After six years of leading Dufferin Community Foundation as Board Chair, Gord Gallaugher stepped down at our Annual General Meeting in June. He has handed over the gavel to Debbi Goss, who was our first managing director before she joined the Board last year. At a...
Investment Readiness Program is helping two local social enterprises to scale up their “businesses for good”
Dufferin Community Foundation is delighted to announce that Branching Out Support Services and the Dufferin Board of Trade have been awarded Investment Readiness Program (IRP) grants. The IRP is a $50 million fund from the Government of Canada that helps charities,...
Want to make a lasting difference in Dufferin County? Join our Board of Directors!
Dufferin Community Foundation is actively seeking community leaders to serve on the Board of Directors beginning this June. If you are collaborative, inclusive, team-focused and care about improving quality of life in Dufferin County over the long term, please apply....
Nonprofit Appreciation Week recognizes the “invisible champions” who dedicate their lives to helping people
This week is Nonprofit Appreciation Week in Dufferin County and local restaurants and businesses are showing their love. On Friday, February 17th – “Thankful Friday” – more than a dozen cafes, restaurants and food shops are offering anyone who works for a...
Community Service Recovery Fund opens to support pandemic recovery across Canada
Grants ranging from $10,000-$100,000 available to organizations in Dufferin County Orangeville ON – Dufferin Community Foundation is urging local charities and not-for-profit organizations to apply for a Community Service Recovery Fund (CSRF) grant to assist with...
Our Year in Pictures – The Top 10 of 2022
Before we turn the page on what has been an extraordinary year for Dufferin Community Foundation, we’d like to take you on a stroll through the "firsts" and "highs" of the past 12 months. This year wouldn't have been possible without our supporters. ...
This holiday season, choose the fund that’s closest to your heart.
We’ll make sure it lasts forever. The holiday season is the giving season, especially in Dufferin County where we are known to be generous in caring for each other. If you want to give a gift that makes a difference now and provides security for future generations,...
Five local charities get a $2,000 “boost” this holiday season
Dufferin Community Foundation’s 2022 Booster Grants fund array of community needs. Five local charities received cheques for $2,000 from the Dufferin Community Foundation to fund programs that have a high impact on people in Dufferin County. The Booster Grants...
Community Service Recovery Fund opens for applications on January 6
Local charities and non-profit organizations will be invited to apply for Community Service Recovery Fund grants beginning on January 6, 2023. The $400 million investment from the Government of Canada will help support community service organizations across the...
In The Hills magazine names Gord Gallaugher as a 2022 Local Hero
It came as a complete surprise that our Board Chair and Co-founder Gord Gallaugher was named a “Local Hero” in the Winter issue of In The Hills. Not because he isn’t deserving… we would have nominated him ourselves… but because Gord didn’t breathe a word that this...
