If you’re a registered charity in need of funding, the Chatham-Kent Community Foundation wants to hear from you – and soon.
The foundation has $360,000 to give out to qualified community groups and charities but to qualify you must apply by the March 31 grant application deadline.
Last year, more than 40 grants were awarded to organizations ranging from large multi-year commitments to the Chatham-Kent Hospice and the Active Lifestyle Centre to smaller organizations such as Scouts Canada: Camp Cataraqui, the Buxton Historical Society, Jr. Achievement of South West Ontario and The Blenheim Youth Centre.
Applications are particularly encouraged from groups based in Wheatley, Dresden and Mitchell’s Bay.
The CK Community Foundation was initiated in 1990 by the late John Bradley and others who wanted to enrich the quality of life for the citizens of Chatham-Kent.
Over the years, donations, legacies and bequests of all sizes have been received by the Foundation and used to build endowments and other funds. The income earned by the Foundation’s permanently invested funds provides the money used to generate the grants. One hundred percent of any donation received is invested and grows over time.
In 2013, The South Kent Wind Community Fund was established with a donation of $1,000,000 from Samsung and Pattern Energy and a pledge to donate another $10,000,000 during the next two decades.
The income from these investments further enhances community projects within close proximity to the South Kent Wind Project.
Organizations wishing to apply for a grant should visit the CKCF website: www.chathamkentcommunityfoundation.ca to complete an online application and to find more information.
