Mar 9, 2018 | Grants - Project Updates
“The Café has become a space where seniors, our volunteers, and even our staff gather for coffee and pastries, card games, board games, and ad hoc meetings.” The face of our community is changing. Similar to the rest of Canada, the demographic make-up of...
Mar 7, 2018 | Grants - Project Updates
“The highlight of the program was applying all that I had learned to produce an acrylic on canvas painting of a vase filled with flowers” Since its inception, the generosity of donors has enabled Community Foundation for Kingston & Area Community...
Dec 6, 2017 | Grants - Project Updates, Grants – Community Grants, Uncategorized
“A Win-Win for All” Stretching the weekly grocery budget for one’s own family is a challenge, but just imagine trying to provide 50-100 individuals and families with nutritious food on a daily basis, week in and week out. As the price of meat has steadily...
Dec 6, 2017 | Grants - Project Updates
“The results are in: Canada’s 150 Best Books” Congratulations to Kingston WritersFest for a great finale to their Canada 150 Best Books project last week. The project, funded through the Community Foundation’s special Canada 150 granting round, held an...
Oct 19, 2017 | Grants - Project Updates, Uncategorized
This past summer, the Friends of Kingston Inner Harbour were delighted to accept a Community Foundation Canada 150 grant through a partnership of the Community Foundation for Kingston & Area, the City of Kingston and the Canada150 Fund. This grant supported a...
Sep 20, 2017 | Grants - Project Updates
Introduction When Kingston was preparing to welcome numerous Syrian refugees in 2015-16, the Community Foundation for Kingston & Area was one of the first funders to table to assist: providing a grant of $5,000 to support the Kingston Immigration Partnership (KIP)...