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

Apply Today: Walkerton Clean Water Legacy Award

Apr 29, 2021: The Walkerton Clean Water Legacy Award is now open to local students pursuing careers in environmental science or clean water management.

Southgate Community Fund Seeks New Members

Apr 9, 2021: Committee members sought for new Southgate Community Fund Management Committee

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Next 25

What do you want to see happen in the Next 25 years? The Next25 Fund will provide grants to charities and non profits whose projects address priorities that are identified in the Vital Signs®report. Supporting health & wellness, arts & culture, education & life long learning, living standards, the environment and community connectedness are indicators of community well being.

Thought for the day

"There are some things you learn best in calm, and some in storm." ~ Willa Cather, American author, 1873-1947

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

Give

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 regularly distributed as grants to nonprofit organizations across Grey & Bruce Counties.

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Walkerton Action Committee's project ensured people with physical challenges can still garden! Ecoraster grid on the ground lets wheelchairs or wheeled walkers access the raised beds easily

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: Words Aloud

Words Aloud's overall vision is to stimulate empathy, creativity and interconnection between and among the region's various communities and age groups. Read more...

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2020 Annual REport

Read about what the Community Foundation Grey Bruce has done in 2020.

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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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