Dec 23, 2020 | Featured, Foundation News/Updates
Where are they now? Where are they now? Reconnecting with former CFKA leaders. As part of our 25th Anniversary year, we re-connected with former Executive Directors of the Community Foundation to see what they were up to now. We invited them to share memories of...
Dec 23, 2020 | Community Reports, Foundation News/Updates, Grants – Community Grants
Community Grants Spotlight We have been busy throughout December hand delivering cheques to the recipients of our Fall Community Grants program. This adapted COVID-friendly alternative to our traditional, in-person Fall Grant Celebration, has allowed us the...
Dec 4, 2020 | Featured, Foundation News/Updates, Media Releases
ECSF Round 2 Grants Emergency Community Support Fund (ECSF) – Round 2 Grants Local charities have received a boost of over $350,000 in federal funding to help them adapt and increase frontline services for vulnerable populations during COVID-19. This funding was...
Dec 1, 2020 | Featured, Foundation News/Updates, Grants – Community Grants
Fall 2020 Community Grants 33 grants totalling $400,388 awarded to local charities With record breaking funding applications to our Fall Community Grants Program (over $1.1 million in requests), it is evident that charities in all fields of interest are feeling the...
Nov 12, 2020 | Featured, Foundation News/Updates, Fund Updates
Marin Pest Management Fund We would like to thank Sarah and Daniel Marin, owners of Marin Pest Management, for establishing a new Community Fund with us. Marin Pest Management is a local, family-run business that has been serving residential and commercial sites in...
Nov 11, 2020 | Featured, Foundation News/Updates
Where are they Now? In our final ‘where are they now’ piece, undertaken in recognition of our 25th anniversary year, we reconnect with Vikram Varma. Vikram served as the Foundation’s Executive Director (ED) from 2009 to 2013, before passing the reigns over to Tina in...
