Community Services Recovery Fund
This $400 million Fund will support Community Service Organizations including non-profit organizations, Indigenous Governing Bodies and Registered Charities located in Canada as they focus on how to adapt their organizations for pandemic recovery.
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Charity Microloans
Enabling up to $10,000 loans to local Halton Charities, for timely emergency bridge financing.
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GIVEOakville
GIVEOakville 2022 results are now live!
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Latest News
Golden Horseshoe Partnership awards $1.1 million to social purpose organizations
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Oakville, Ont., March 29, 2023 – The Golden Horseshoe Partnership, a consortium of eight community foundations and Sheridan College, has awarded $1,138,822 in funding to social purpose organizations as part of the Government of Canada’s Investment Readiness Program (IRP). The Oakville Community Foundation is the lead partner of the Golden Horseshoe Partnership […]
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Debwewin: The Oakville Truth Project Launches New Report, historical and Indigenous interpretation of Oakville-based treaty relations Copy
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Oakville, Ont., March 1, 2023 – The work of Reconciliation begins with the Truth, and as Mississauga Elder Peter Schuler explains “what better place to seek the truth than your own local community.” On the 203rd anniversary of Treaty 22, February 28th, Debwewin: The Oakville Truth Project marked the date by sharing […]
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Post-secondary students recognized for artistic achievement on World Poetry Day, second Gimaa’s Allyship Poetry Contest
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Oakville, Ont., March 21, 2023 – Three students who submitted poetry as part of Gimaa’s Allyship Poetry Contest have been recognized for their artistic achievement. In November, Gimaa (Chief) R. Stacey Laforme of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation (MCFN) partnered with Debwewin: The Oakville Truth Project to launch the second […]
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Making Local Education Even Better
Community Classroom brings arts, culture, heritage and environmental programs to Oakville’s publicly funded elementary students free of charge.
New 2022 Programming Now Available.
Oakville Resettlement Fund – Donate to support local Refugee families.
With the growing crisis in the Ukraine, donations made to the Oakville Resettlement Fund will help future Ukrainian refugees in the Oakville and Halton area. The Oakville Resettlement Fund was established in 2017 during the Syrian Resettlement crisis, and has helped support the local needs of new immigrants and refugees, specifically Syrian and Afghan refugees. Support from this fund will help provide needs such as food, clothing, shelter, transportation, and other basic needs.
