Recent Grants

The Kids to Camp Fund gives financial support to organizations providing a camping experience to ensure that children from financially challenged families have the opportunity to participate in a camping experience.

Cambridge Memorial Hospital Foundation

Building a Healthier Community

www.cmhfoundation.ca

$100,000

This grant to the Cambridge Memorial Hospital was for the Surgical Day Care area and will help in the purchase of an operating table and other crucial surgical equipment for the more than 12,000 procedures performed annually.

Catholic Family Counselling Centre

Families & Schools Together Program

www.cfcchelps.ca

$25,000

F&ST is a preventative program that improves young children's classroom behaviour & academic performance and fosters relationships between schools, families & communities.

Conestoga College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning

Professional Development Resource Centre for Early Learning and Care

http://www.conestogac.on.ca

$20,000

This project will develop a resource centre to provide professional development to enhance the skills and capabilities of early childhood practitioners across the Region of Waterloo, benefiting over 10,000 children and their families.

Evergreen

Engaging Children and Youth in School Ground Naturalization

http://www.evergreen.ca

$20,000

A grant to expand Evergreen’s support for school greening projects in Waterloo Region involving children and youth in school ground naturalization projects. With support from the Hallman Foundation, Evergreen will help up to 72 Waterloo Region school over the next three years to naturalize their school grounds while engaging children and youth in our participatory process and expanding our strong partnerships

Future Vision Ministries (Canada)

Get Ready For School

http://www.fvm.on.ca

$21,370

This project will provide children with very early pre-literacy skills and school readiness behaviours in Cambridge North.

Grand River Hospital Foundation

Architects of Care

www.grhf.org

$150,000

This grant was directed to the GRH Hospital Foundation’s Architect of Care program, specifically to be used for the redevelopment of the Child and Adolescent Inpatient Psychiatry (CAIP) unit, and for the Adult Inpatient Psychiatry Unit courtyard renovations.

Kitchener Downtown Community Health Centre

Strengthening Mental Health in Cultural Linguistic Communities

http://www.kdchc.org

$22,234

This project will provide mental health education and leadership training to members of seven cultural-linguistic communities, who will become mental health navigators who bridge their communities with local mental health service providers.

Kitchener-Waterloo Counselling Services Incorporated

Parenting with Passion Television/Website Series

http://www.kwcounselling.com

$25,000

This project is a primary prevention television series, as well as numerous e-learning parenting modules, designed to promote universally positive parenting practices and positive family relationships based on the 40 developmental assets.

KW Symphony

School Concerts Program

http://www.kwsymphony.on.ca

$20,000

This grant is for the funding of the KW Symphony’s School Concerts program with a particular focus on underserved schools.

Social Planning Council Of Cambridge & North Dumfries

Building Community Capacity in Rural Waterloo Region

http://www.socialplanningcouncil-cnd.org

$21,396

Building Community Capacity in Rural Waterloo Region provides funds to address multiple determinants of health, and add quarterly skill development workshops and inter-community knowledge sharing opportunities in all four rural townships of Waterloo Region.

Supportive Housing Of Waterloo

Erb Street Building Project

http://www.supportivehousingofwaterloo.org

$20,000

This 30 one-bedroom unit apartment building with amenity space will provide long term affordable housing complete with support services for people who are homeless and/or hard-to-house.

The Kitchener and Waterloo Community Foundation

Waterloo Region's Vital Signs

http://www.kwcf.ca

$10,000

Waterloo Region's Vital Signs is an annual community check-up that measures the vitality of our Region, identifies significant trends, and asks the community to assign grades in 11 key areas critical to Waterloo Region's quality of life.

Woolwich Counselling Centre

Capital Relocation Project

$25,000

The project focuses on building capacity by transforming a former church building into the new Woolwich Counselling Centre; a welcoming place to all residents of North Waterloo Region, regardless of age, ability, gender, or religion.

Young Women's Christian Association-Cambridge

Roots of Empathy

http://www.ywcacambridge.ca

$20,000

Roots of Empathy is an evidence-based classroom program (K-8) that has shown a dramatic effect in reducing levels of aggression and violence among school children while raising social/emotional competence and increasing empathy.