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Announcing our 2022 Dufferin Emergency Support Fund Grants Recipients
Four local organizations that have been helping some of Dufferin County’s most vulnerable residents through the pandemic received $13,000 in Dufferin Emergency Support Fund (DESF) grants this summer. The grants, which were created by Dufferin Community Foundation in...
17th Anniversary Jim Cuddy Jamboree July 24, 2022
*Tickets On Sale Now*- Click Here It’s time once again to come together at Lyric Pond for a legendary evening of local food, craft beverages, and the musical stylings of Jim Cuddy and friends. Dufferin Community Foundation is proud to be the charitable beneficiary of...
Dufferin Emergency Support Fund (DESF) Grants are open for applications
The Dufferin Emergency Support Fund was created to provide extra support during emergency periods. In 2021, we issued grants to address the many challenges created by COVID-19 and the restrictions to combat it. This year, thanks to the generosity of Enbridge...
Local businesses show their appreciation
On Friday, February 18, 2022, some coffee shops and restaurants are offering a free treat to anyone who works in a nonprofit organization. All that nonprofit staff have to do is bring their business card or their e-mail signature to show where they work. Free coffee...
Nonprofit Appreciation Week celebrates our 150+ nonprofits and the care they bring to Dufferin County
Beginning on Valentine’s Day February 14th, Nonprofit Appreciation Week kicks off in Dufferin County and across Ontario. It’s a time to show our love and say “thank you” for everything that charities and nonprofit organizations do to enrich our quality of life. More...
Streams Community Hub awarded $18,000 by first Greenwood grant
Streams Community Hub, the dynamic arts organization serving youth in North Dufferin, has just received an injection of $18,000 from the Greenwood Family Fund. This is the first grant from the fund, which was established in 2020 by the Greenwood family as part of...
Enbridge Gas “fuels” Emergency Support Services in Dufferin County
Enbridge Gas may be best known for keeping us warm in the winter and cool in the summer, but thanks to a $10,000 donation to Dufferin Community Foundation (DCF), they are also energizing emergency support services across our county. Biké Balkanci, Director of GTA West...
Dufferin Community Foundation surpasses the $1 million milestone
Thanks to the generosity of two local families, Dufferin Community Foundation’s invested funds now exceed $1.25 million. The milestone means that up to $30,000 will be available for local charities in 2022, rising to approximately $50,000 a year beginning in 2023. The...
Strategic Gift Planning – How to achieve your client’s donor vision
Your clients have a dream. For financial security. For wealth. For legal protection of their estates. They also have a dream for the kind of change they want to see in the world… For the quality of community that they want to leave for their children, grandchildren...
Dufferin Community Foundation gives local charities a timely boost
2021 Booster Grants help three urgently needed programs in Dufferin County October 20, 2021... Today three non-profit charities received cheques for $1,500 from the Dufferin Community Foundation to fund programs that have a high impact on families in Dufferin County....
