Press Releases – 2024
- (February 6, 2024) Community Education Awards Hub reopens with new scholarships and bursaries for Oakville students
- (January 22, 2024) – Community Classroom returns with new in-class instruction and virtual learning for Oakville and Halton students
- (August 17, 2023) – Oakville Community Foundation grants $587k through Government of Canada’s Community Services Recovery Fund
- (March 29, 2023) – Golden Horseshoe partnership awards $1.1 million to social purpose organizations
- (March 21, 2023) – Post-secondary students recognized for artistic achievement on World Poetry Day, second Gimaa’s Allyship Poetry Contest
- (March 1, 2023) – Debwewin: The Oakville Truth Project Launches New Report, historical and Indigenous interpretation of Oakville-based treaty relations
- February 10, 2023) – Join Oakville Allies to participate in #ActsofAllyship and celebrate Treaty Day in Oakville
- (February 1, 2023) – Community Education Awards Hub reopens with 45+ scholarships, over $330k available
- (January 27, 2023) – Oakville Community Foundation grants $200k to local gender-equity charities
- (January 16, 2023) – Oakville Community Foundation’s Community Classroom launches its fifth year
- (January 10, 2023) – Oakville Community Foundation to distribute $550,000 through Community Services Recovery Fund
- (December 14, 2022) – New North Oakville kiosk honours Christopher Lockwood
- (November 10, 2022) GIVEOakville returns with a deepened focus on LOCAL
- (September 5, 2022) Gimaa Laforme’s Ally Leadership Council Announced for Debwewin, Treaty 14 Day
- (August 18, 2022) Oakville Community Foundation announces nearly $30k for eight local students
- (July 20, 2022) Oakville Community Foundation Grants $12.5k for Ukrainian Newcomers to Halton
- (June 7, 2022) Four ‘Gimaa’s Allyship Poetry Contest’ submissions recognized for artistic achievement
- (March 16, 2022) The Golden Horseshoe Hub provides over $1.1 million to community-led infrastructure projects
- (March 7, 2022) Enable Education helps Oakville Community Foundation reduce inequities in our community through new online course
- (March 2, 2022) – Community Classroom launches Gimaa’s Allyship Poetry Contest for students
- (February 28, 2022) – “What better place to begin to seek the Truth than your own local community?”: The Debwewin Project’s website launched on Treaty Day in Oakville
- (February 9, 2022) – Community Education Awards Hub reopens with new educational awards, $330K available
- (February 2, 2022) OTF helps Oakville Community Foundation’s Community Classroom move online
- (January 19, 2022 – REVISED) Oakville Community Foundation’s GIVEOakville campaign funds $575,000 for local charities
- (January 10, 2022) Oakville Community Foundation’s Community Classroom Online has new interactive videos and programs from Community Partners
- (November 15, 2021) Oakville Community Foundations launches GIVEOakville campaign, redesigned platform
- (October 7, 2021) Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation and Oakville Community Foundation Announce A Truth & Reconciliation Initiative: “Debwewin” – The Oakville Truth Project
- (July 7, 2021) Oakville Community Foundation addresses sedentary older adults with grant to Rotary Oakville Trafalgar
- (July 5, 2021) Oakville Community Foundation Announces Award Recipients for the Education Awards Hub
- (June 1, 2021) Golden Horseshoe Hub provides $736,076 to community-led infrastructure projects
- (April 7, 2021) Donovan Bailey Pass the Baton Canada
- (February 19, 2021) Oakville Community Foundation’s Community Education Awards Hub Opens with New Indigenous Student Awards
- (February 18, 2021) Brant | Halton | Peel Partnership Allocates $719,000 Through the Federal Investment Readiness Program
- (February 10, 2021) Golden Horseshoe Hub takes part in Healthy Communities Initiative
- (January 21, 2021) Oakville Community Foundation Awards $321,500 Through Equality Fund, ECSF
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(November 2, 2020) Oakville Community Foundation Launches Oakville Resiliency Report, GIVEOakville
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(September 25, 2020) Canadian Caribbean Association of Halton Provides 2,020 Meals, Online Entertainment for Halton Community Thanks to Emergency Community Support Fund
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(September 9, 2020) Brant | Halton | Peel Partnership Accepting Proposals for Round Two of Federal Investment Readiness Program
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(August 4, 2020) Oakville Community Foundation Announces $350,000 Through Two Programs to Support Recovery of Local Charities and Local Economy
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(July 22, 2020 – REVISED) Brant | Halton | Peel Partnership Allocates $715,550 Through the Federal Investment Readiness Program
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(June 30, 2020) Oakville Community Foundation Awards $502,500 in Grants Through the Emergency Community Support Fund
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(June 23, 2020) Oakville Community Foundation Announces Three Award Recipients for Alexander and Bernice DeMaio Education Fund
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(June 17, 2020) Oakville Community Foundation Awards $45,500 to Canadian Caribbean Association of Halton through the Emergency Community Support Fund
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(June 9, 2020) Community Funding and Collaboration Lead to a New Refrigerated Van for Food For Life
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(May 20, 2020) Three Halton-Based Community Foundations Take Part in Emergency Community Support Fund
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(May 15, 2020) Oakville Resiliency Fund, Rotherglen REACH Foundation, Family Fundholders Support Unique Food Programs, Services and Partnerships
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(May 14, 2020) We Love Oakville (WLO) Collaborates with Oakville Community Foundation to Support Resiliency Fund
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(April 30, 2020) Oakville Resiliency Fund Invests in Education Heroes and Supports Virtual Programming
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(April 21, 2020) Emergency Community Support Fund | Joint Statement: CFC, Canadian Red Cross, United Way Centraide Canada
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(April 21, 2020) Oakville “Community Hero” Turns Donor with $200,000 Personal Pledge and Challenge
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(April 20, 2020) Private Family Foundations Partner with Oakville Community Foundation to Support Resiliency Fund
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(April 8, 2020) Oakville Community Foundation Announces First Round of Grants From Oakville Resiliency Fund Phase I
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(March 31, 2020) Leading Together: Halton Region Charity Support by Your Local Community Foundations
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(February 25, 2020) Oakville Community Foundation Takes Part in Pilot Fund for Gender Equality
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(January 30, 2020) Oakville Community Foundation Announces New Community Education Awards Hub
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(December 20, 2019) Federal Investment Readiness Program Brings Local Partners Together to Advance Social Innovation
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