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
Oakville Awards for Business Excellence Recap
On Wednesday night (April 26th) I dug out my “Past Chair of the Board” badge to wear to the Oakville Awards for Business Excellence (OABE). I was looking forward to again receiving the Community Builder of the Year Award on behalf of my employer. I accepted it in 2015 on behalf of FCT Insurance (formerly […]
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Earth Day: Committing to Climate
Earth Day is an annual opportunity to celebrate the planet and bring awareness to environmental causes and organizations that are making our planet a better place to live, work and play. But that’s something we try to do everyday. In 2021, The Foundation signed the Canadian Philanthropy Commitment on Climate Change, a joint initiative of […]
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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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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 2015 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.
