Bringing Community to Your Table

The Next25 fund grants every year to charities and non profits with projects that align with the greatest needs in our community in that year. We use our local knowledge to grant strategically for greatest local impact.

Next25 Fund Logo with Bowls of Food to Address Food Insecurity
 

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

Online Community Services Recovery Fund Q&A Session Hosted on Feb 9
Community Services Recovery Fund Q&A Session
Jan. 18, 2023: Community Foundation Grey Bruce and United Way of Bruce Grey will host an online question and answer session for Grey Bruce community service organizations applying to the Community Services Recovery Fund on February 9 from 4 - 5 pm.
Community Services Recovery Fund
Community Services Recovery Fund Launches January 6, 2023
Dec. 22, 2022: Community Foundation Grey Bruce and United Way of Bruce Grey will distribute the Community Services Recovery Fund locally to charities, non-profits and Indigenous Governing Bodies

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Nature is Nurture
Your community foundation supports many local environmental projects that build a healthy and resilient community for all. Consider a donation today, to preserve and protect our natural bounty and to connect more people with the healing power of nature.
Thought for the day
"The secret of happiness is freedom and the secret of freedom is courage." ~ Thucydides, Ancient Greek historian & author
Annual Emancipation Festival, Owen Sound, supported by endowed funds at Community foundation Grey Bruce

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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 regularly distributed as grants to nonprofit organizations across Grey & Bruce Counties.
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With the support of a 2021 Capital Grant from Community Foundation Grey Bruce, the Ripley Agricultural Society has renovated the exterior of their building.

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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Local students wrote letters of support for people living with mental illness in housing programs through CMHA's Good Deeds project that were hand delivered as part of The Heart Project kits.
Local students wrote letters of support for people living with mental illness in housing programs through CMHA's Good Deeds project that were hand delivered as part of The Heart Project kits.

Stories

GRANTS IN ACTION: The Heart Project Spreads Love
A great road trip to spread love wound through Grey Bruce on Thanksgiving Monday thanks to a 2021 community grant to CMHA (Canadian Mental Health Association) Grey Bruce, together with community champion Mary Sundermeier.
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Learn about the impact of housing in Grey Bruce

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This Vital Focus on Youth Report digs deeper into the "issue clusters" that Grey Bruce youth brought forward in our Vital Conversations.

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Read about what the Community Foundation Grey Bruce has done in 2022.

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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.