Stack Family Fund
Tom and Melissa Stack know well how much a bursary can help a college or university student, even if it’s just enough to buy a textbook.
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Cooper Family Fund
Grandmothers often hold a special place in our hearts. Trevor Cooper’s two family matriarchs, Verna Smith and Josephine Cooper, lived to be 99 and 96 respectively, leaving an indelible imprint on the St. Catharines resident. So when it was time for Trevor and his wife Christine to update their estate, they decided to make a lasting impact on Niagara’s senior community in return.
Welland Public Library
The Welland Public Library is a valuable resource, where you can learn to create a garden and grow your own food, even borrowing seeds to start.
Improving Financial Literacy
Niagara organizations that teach or encourage financial literacy now have access to a permanent source of funds, thanks to Credit Counselling of Regional Niagara.
Niagara Community Foundation awards more than $360,000 in David S. Howes Fund Grants
The legacy of David S. Howes is delivering an additional $360,000 in funding this year, to charitable causes in the Niagara Community.
Niagara Community Foundation continues the work of the Rittenhouse Legacy
The Niagara Community Foundation (NCF) is honoured to carry on the legacy of Moses F. Rittenhouse with the establishment of the Moses F. Rittenhouse Trust Fund, an opening valuing of just under $500,000.
If You Can Help Somebody, Do it
Angelo Nitsopoulos has a philosophy: If you have an extra dollar, give it to someone who needs it.“Give it to charity; give to someone on the street, help somebody."
Niagara Community Foundation awards $918,000 in grants through the Emergency Community Support Fund
NCF is proud to have partnered with Community Foundations of Canada and the Government of Canada to deliver more than $900,000 through the Government of Canada’s Emergency Community Support Fund (ECSF) in Niagara.
History of Niagara Community Foundation
Former Regional Chair Debbie Zimmerman brought together a group of leaders from across the region to discuss the formation of a community foundation as a millennium project of the Region.
The Tansey-Fitzsimmons Fund
Murray Fitzsimmons was a generous man who loved a good laugh and a good political joust. But he also spent his career as a financier, so he valued the careful handling of financial resources.
