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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....
Dufferin Community Foundation Hires New Executive Director
Dufferin Community Foundation reached another major milestone last week in hiring Michele Fisher of Mono as its Executive Director. This appointment coincides with the extensive growth in donors, endowment funds, and grants to Dufferin charities over the past three...
How does an annual Booster Grant fit into our DCF mission?
You may be wondering how an annual Booster grant sponsored for $1500 fits within the DCF mission to build income-earning, permanent endowment funds. Surely the two models are incompatible - or at least, confusing. Fair question. Here's the reality: our...
Booster Grants are back!
Would you turn down an extra $1500 to pump up the budget for a project that works? The Dufferin Community Foundation has been listening to you. Now that the peak of the pandemic emergency has passed, we have brought back the Booster Grants to ensure that...
Vital Conversations with Youth
What Dufferin Should Know about Our Youth and the Future they Seek? The Dufferin Community Foundation is pleased to have been a partner with the RBC Foundation in bringing the RBC Future Launch Community Challenge to Dufferin County. In addition to funding two...
Crystal Queer Project Showcase
We applaud the youth leaders of Crystal Queer, part of the The Speak Out Project funded by the RBC Future Launch Community Challenge and delivered by the Dufferin Community Foundation, for bravely sharing their stories to help others feel increased inclusion and acceptance.
