Are you ready to make a long-lasting mark on your local community?
Would you like to boost your impact by working together with a group of like-minded women?
Then we’d like to invite you to join the Oakville Women’s Giving Collective.
Welcome to the Women’s Giving Collective!
The Women’s Giving Collective (WGC) is our community of Oakville-based women committed to pooling our collective philanthropic power for greater impact in Oakville.
We are so happy you want to join us!
Our mandate is to create a community of Oakville-based women committed to learning about local issues and needs and to direct our collective giving to help local charities with their specific initiatives. We are pleased to be a program of the Oakville Community Foundation (OCF) and have grown from an initial matching grant of $25,000 made in 2018.
Our objective is to create a sustainable endowed fund that sustains annual granting to deserving charities.
Our impact (to date) is that we have granted over $70,000 to four local charities. Our most recent grant of $13,399.39 in 2025 was provided to two charities: The Children’s Aid Society for youth out of care and Heartache 2 Hope. Each charity received $6,699.69 through GIVEOakville so that funds can be eligible for a top-up match from the OCF.
Through the WGC, you can tap into the collective power of amazing local women like you, working together. By participating in the WGC, you can give back to and learn about your community while benefiting from camaraderie, connections and support – we’ve been at this since 2018. Check out our WGC Events list!
We’re building a new approach to women’s philanthropy that will last for generations.
Is the WGC for you?
Commitment: $1,000 per year, for a 3-year commitment, due each January (or paid in monthly instalments over the year). If you give as part of the GIVEOakville campaign in November/December, your gift can be eligible for a top-up match from the OCF!
Eligibility: Live or work in Oakville and identify as a woman.
Connections: We meet in-person three times annually, with the costs of meeting contributed by the members (maximum contribution of $25 per person, to be advised per meeting) so that all of our giving goes to our selected charities!
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- Wednesday, January 14, 2026 – Welcomes and re-connections; the WGC structure and identify local issues of interest to the members.
- Wednesday, May 13, 2026 – Meeting charities to learn about their needs and impact.
- Wednesday, November 4, 2026 – Granting available funds; celebration.
- Venue: We meet in Oakville (galleries, restaurants, offices and homes).
Volunteers: If you are interested in helping organize an event, please let us know!
Support: The OCF provides marketing, financial and investment services to WGC and supports learning about local issues and needs. All other activities of the WGC are managed by the WGC.
Charter and Operating Procedure: The WGC has developed a Charter which sets out our operating model and governance.
2026 Co-Leads: Brenda Barrington, Bindu Cudjoe and Bonnie Jackson.
“I understand and strongly believe in the idea of women supporting women. Through the Women’s Giving Collective, we can help women be more empowered, more strategic, and achieve a more significant impact as a group than we might alone.”
~ Natalie Jamison, founding member, Women’s Giving Collective
Join the Oakville Women’s Giving Collective
Are you ready to learn together and be a part of something bigger? We are always looking for more members to join the WGC, so please talk to your friends, mothers, sisters, daughters and cousins about joining us.
Contact us at giving@theocf.org.
