Initiatives - Oakville Community Foundation

Community Classroom Learning Platform

Community Classroom brings arts, culture, heritage and environmental programs to Oakville’s publicly funded elementary students free of charge. With new content for 2024, we have both virtual and in-school offerings!

Charity Microloans

Enabling up to $10,000 loans to local Halton Charities, for timely emergency bridge financing.

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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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Halton Youth Collective

The program is a collaborative approach – or wraparound service – to address the issues that confront youth as they transition out of care.

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Canada Healthy Communities Initiative

The Healthy Communities Initiative is a $31 million investment from the Government of Canada to support communities as they create and adapt public spaces to respond to the new realities of COVID-19.

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Community Education Awards Hub

The one-stop, free, online source for students to access numerous community scholarships, bursaries and awards. The Onyx Initiative Awards are open until November 8th.

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Investment Readiness Program

IRP is designed to help social enterprises explore, grow and flourish across the country as they unlock solutions to pressing social, cultural, and environmental challenges.

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The Fund for Gender Equality

We know that investing in women, girls, Two-Spirit and gender diverse individuals is not just the right thing to do, it is a strategic choice. Results now live!

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