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

Emergency Community Support Fund Grants Announced

Community Foundation Grey Bruce funds local organizations through the Emergency Community Support Fund (ECSF) in partnership with the Government of Canada

Applications Close for Emergency Community Support Fund

We are proud to have partnered with Community Foundations of Canada and the Government of Canada to deliver the Government of Canada's Emergency Community Support Fund (ECSF) in Grey and Bruce County.

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 of the day

"All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we enter another." ~ Anatole France, French author, 1844-1924

Grant Co-ordinator Wendy Bachiu stopped by the Markdale Soccer Field in July 2029 to find games in progress and the new nets and benches being well used.

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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 Books on the Bruce project introduce children, toddlers and even babies to reading. Each child is allowed to take a book home to keep!

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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