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Golden Horseshoe Community Foundations join Truth and Reconciliation Week 2022
All nine community foundations of the Golden Horseshoe region are coming together to help fund Truth and Reconciliation Week 2022.
A Garden Party with Big Impact
Good intentions, without action, remain just that- good intentions. But when you put your intentions into action, you get impact! And that’s exactly what two Niagara women did, taking a small garden party idea and growing it into a $57,000+ endowment fund with NCF, impacting women and girls across Niagara for 20 years!
MEDIA ADVISORY: New Look. Same Foundation.
After 21+ years in the community, Niagara Community Foundation is launching a new brand and visual identity for the organization, on June 8, 2022, positioning itself as Niagara’s philanthropic partner.
New look. Same foundation. Our rebrand story.
In 21+ years, the foundation has grown to $76 million in assets, over 400 fundholders and grants over $2.5 million each year. This exceptional growth has shaped and changed Niagara.
Largest Grant in NCF History
The generous $655,000 grant from the NCF’s David S. Howes Fund will supply all of the high-performance training and testing equipment at the new David S. Howes Sport Performance Centre.
Spring Wave of Niagara Community Foundation Grants
Niagara Community Foundation (NCF) is injecting over $620,000 into the charitable sector this spring with three grant programs, including the David S. Howes Fund Grant program.
Michael Berlis-Ellen Cheslock Fund
When Michael Berlis and Ellen Cheslock retired to Niagara-on-the-Lake more than 15 years ago, they weren’t about to quietly retreat into their golden years.
Fiorentino Scholarship Fund
Dr. Lisa Fiorentino and Dr. K. James Evans have worked with the Niagara Community Foundation to establish a pair of scholarship funds for students at Brock University and Niagara College.
Trout Unlimited
When it comes to gauging the health of the environment, Niagara’s canary in the coal mine is the brook trout in Upper Twelve Mile Creek.
