Oakville, Ont., February 27, 2020 – The Oakville Community Foundation is excited to announce its participation in the Pilot Fund for Gender Equality, a collaboration between Community Foundations of Canada and the Equality Fund, with support from the Government of Canada. The Pilot Fund for Gender Equality is part of the “consult and design” phase […]
Federal Investment Readiness Program Brings Local Partners Together to Advance Social Innovation
For Immediate Release: December 20, 2019 Oakville, Ontario: Earlier today, the Government of Canada announced that stage one of its ten-year, $800 million commitment to funding social innovation and social finance across Canada has launched. Called the Investment Readiness Program (IRP), the initiative builds on existing supports to help catalyze community-led solutions to persistent social […]
Funding Solutions: Discovering Community Needs
We get it; Oakville has a reputation, but that reputation doesn’t tell the full story “I don’t know what the needs are in Oakville – it’s a really safe, affluent community.” “I’ve lived here all my life, and I’ve never seen a homeless person on our streets. We just don’t have this problem.” These are […]
