Oakville Community Foundation

Oakville Resiliency Fund

Supporting our Community Heroes.

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Investment Readiness Program

Round 2 of the Investment Readiness Program NOW Open! A new national initiative funded by the Government of Canada. IRP will provide time-limited investments to support a broad range of social purpose organizations.

Charity-Small Business Partnership Program

A unique program that encourages local charities to apply for funding to purchase goods and services from small Oakville businesses. Applications are now open.

GIVEOakville

An online giving program which will open in late Fall.  Charities are invited to submit applications until August 31, 2020.

Making Local Education Even Better

Community Classroom brings arts, culture and heritage programs to Oakville’s publicly funded elementary students free of charge.

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The Oakville Community Foundation

At The Oakville Community Foundation, we believe that the future strength and prosperity of our community starts with long-term investments made today. Our job is to keep an eye on our community’s needs and put resources where they are needed.

As a community foundation, we understand Oakville – from the local issues and needs to the agencies doing the best work to address these issues, to the people and organizations who are teaming up to make change possible.

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Tell Us What You Want, What You Really, Really Want

If you’ve decided to become a Fundholder, we can’t thank you enough for your generosity! We’re here to help you in any way we can. Giving back to our local community by supporting the causes that are important to you will have a tremendous impact both now, and in the future.  In some of our […]

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Brant Halton Peel Partnership Accepting Proposals for Round Two of Federal Investment Readiness Program

September 09, 2020 – The Brant | Halton | Peel Partnership (the Partnership), a consortium of 6 community foundations and Sheridan College which operates EDGE – the Entrepreneurship Discovery Growth Engine has begun its second and final intake of applications for non-repayable capital under the Investment Readiness Program (IRP). Local social purpose organizations (SPO) including […]

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The Fundamentals of starting a Fund

We’ll admit, the whole “planned giving, starting a fund, leaving a legacy” thing can feel a bit tricky. After all, you’re making significant financial and community impact decisions – not to mention, you want to create a legacy that keeps your vision of community impact alive. It’s a lot. And we understand. In our second article in the Estate […]

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Ways to give

We work to find solutions to make community philanthropy accessible and meaningful

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