Investment Readiness Program

Does your business help make a difference in our community? Social enterprises can apply for non-repayable capital under the IRP to help them grow!

Investment Readiness Program
 

Community Foundation Grey Bruce

Community Foundation Grey Bruce enhances community vitality by fostering open discussion about local need, sharing knowledge, and growing endowments to provide strategic granting and support to a wide range of non-profit organizations.

Our vision is that everyone in Grey Bruce benefits from a vital, healthy, and resilient community.

What's Happening

Community Foundation Grey Bruce responds to COVID-19 pandemic
Postponement of spring grant deadline to June 15 and cancellation of 25th Anniversary Dinner
Message from the Foundation
Community Foundation Grey Bruce shares its response to COVID-19 pandemic.

Feature Video

Community Foundation Grey Bruce 25th Anniversary
This year marks the 25th Anniversary for Community Foundation Grey Bruce! Hear from founders Ovid Jackson & Lyle Love on how the foundation got started back in 1994, and from Executive Director, Stuart Reid on how the foundation is having an impact on the community today!
Thought for the day
"The secret of happiness is freedom and the secret of freedom is courage." ~ Thucydides, Ancient Greek historian & author
August 2019 at the Gitche Namay-wik-wedong Reconciliation Garden, Kelso Beach, Owen Sound. Grants to Crime Stoppers Grey Bruce, VON Grey Bruce, Georgian Bay Folk Society, Owen Sound Little Theatre, RE

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Whether small or large, your gift can make a big impact because it is added to the Foundation's investment pool which provides income that is eventually distributed as grants to nonprofit organizations across Grey & Bruce Counties.
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The Events For Life folks show off their new life jackets - part of a 2019 grant from Community Foundation

Grants

Community Foundation Grey Bruce provides grants and scholarships each year to not-for-profit charitable, educational, cultural, recreational and environmental organizations in an effor to enrich the quality of life for people of the area.
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Stories

Grants in Action: Bruce Grey Mentorship
Bruce Grey Mentorship's purpose is to build villages of positive adults around children whose families have limited support and fill gaps in their support network by providing positive role model and advocates. Read more...
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Vital Signs Focus on Youth Report

Information about youth in Grey Bruce including Getting Around, Youth Voice, Youth Spaces, Health & Wellness, Substance Use, Economic Barriers, Identity & Belonging

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Vital Signs Community Report

This report contains important data on six topics related to life in Grey Bruce: health & wellness, the environment, living standards, arts & culture, education & lifelong learning, and community connections.

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