Community Knowledge

Build Back Stronger: The Government of Canada’s Community Services Recovery Fund Empowers Organizations to Meet the Demands of a Changing World
The Community Foundation of Greater Peterborough is pleased to announce $492,000 in funding to support 17 projects in the City and County of Peterborough, as well as Haliburton County through the Government of Canada’s Community Services Recovery Fund. The Community...

Remembering Environmental Champion, Artist, and Educator Ralph Ingleton (1939-2023)
Giving back to the next generation of environmentalists has been a labour of love for Carol and Ralph Ingleton. Amongst other philanthropic endeavours, it is what prompted them to establish the Camp Kawartha Kids Endowment Fund at the Community Foundation. Camp...

Community Success Story: Peterborough’s first Consumption and Treatment Services Site, One Year Later
Last June, Peterborough opened its first ever Consumption and Treatment Services site (CTS). “The first year of operations has exceeded our expectations,” says Donna Rogers, Executive Director of Fourcast. “We had a very short time to move from funding to operation...

Empowering Impact: Community Foundation Celebrates Charitable Organizations
Community Foundation of Greater Peterborough celebrates its Agency Fundholders at first in-person reception in nearly four years The Community Foundation of Greater Peterborough welcomed several local charities to the Trinity Centre yesterday afternoon to celebrate...

One City Peterborough’s StopGap Program Highlights Urgent Need for Permanent and Sustainable Housing Support
The StopGap overnight drop-in centre launched on January 16 to provide a warm space for people experiencing homelessness in Peterborough. The program ran every night of the week, from 8 p.m. to 8 a.m., and provided access to washrooms, snacks, staff support, and...

New Initiative: Faces of Leadership
Are you a woman or a member of gender-diverse communities who is trying to push for change locally? Are you wanting to strengthen and broaden your skills to become a strong community advocate? If so, we would like to invite you to join us for Faces of Leadership. ...

Foundation grants $120,000 to local women, girls, Two-Spirit and Gender-Diverse led and serving organizations
The Community Foundation is pleased to announce funding totalling $120,000 to advance gender equality in Peterborough. The grants to Elizabeth Fry Society, GreenUp, Kawartha Sexual Assault Centre, Kawartha World Issues Centre (KWIC), New Canadians Centre, and Trent...

New Funding: Community Services Recovery Fund
The Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, Karina Gould, recently announced that Community Foundations of Canada alongside Canadian Red Cross, and United Way Centraide Canada have been selected to distribute the Community Services Recovery Fund, a...

Catch up on the latest Foundation News
The latest edition of Foundation Focus is available now! Read about a new funding opportunity, a new fund benefiting the Kawartha Youth Orchestra, and more. Read it here.