The Foundation awarded $1,121,421 in grants in 2025
Agency Funds are established by a non-profit organization that transfers certain assets to the Community Foundation and designates itself as the beneficiary of the fund. Agency Designated Funds are set up by an individual or family to support the organization(s) most important to them.
In 2025, $153,870 was dispersed to the following organizations:
4th Line Theatre
GreenUP
Hospice Peterborough
Kawartha Land Trust
Kawartha-Haliburton Children’s Foundation
Otonabee Region Conservation Authority
Peterborough Field Naturalists
Peterborough Historical Society
Telecare Distress Centre of Peterborough
YWCA Peterborough Haliburton
Community Funds
Support the people, ideas and activities that build community vitality in the Peterborough area. Grants from this fund are administered by the Community Foundation and support charities in the City and County of Peterborough that are working on our community’s top priorities.
In 2025, $21,100 was awarded to the following organizations:
Good Neighbours Care Centre
Kawartha Komets Special Needs Hockey
Peterborough Children’s Chorus
ReFrame Film Festival
Donor Advised Funds are created by a person or family who wish to be part of an ongoing conversation with the Foundation about where the money from their fund goes.
In 2025, $407,900 in grants were made to the following organizations through that process:
Alzheimer Society of Peterborough, Kawartha Lakes, Northumberland and Haliburton
Artspace
CCRC
Collingwood General Marine Hospital Foundation
Good Neighbours Care Centre
Heads Up for Inclusion
Hospice Peterborough
Kawartha Komets Special Needs Hockey
Kawartha Youth Orchestra
New Canadians Centre Peterborough
New Stages Theatre Company
North Kawartha Food Bank Inc.
One City Peterborough
PARN
Peterborough Singers
Peterborough Symphony Orchestra
Peterborough Theatre Guild
Public Energy
QEII Health Sciences Centre Foundation
ReFrame Film Festival
Rotary Clubs of Peterborough Foundation
The Elizabeth Fry Society of Peterborough
The Mount Community Centre
Trent University
Winnipeg Foundation
YES Shelter for Youth and Families
YMCA of Central East Ontario
YWCA Peterborough Haliburton
Designated funds are targeted toward supporting specific nonprofit beneficiary organization(s) chosen by the donors.
In 2025, $143,000 was awarded to these organizations:
Art Gallery of Peterborough
Artspace
Asphodel-Norwood Food Bank Association
Camp Kawartha
Five Counties Childrens Centre
Four Counties Addiction Services Team Fourcast
Good Neighbours Care Centre
GreenUP
Havelock-Belmont-Methuen Food Bank
Heads Up for Inclusion
Kawartha Komets Special Needs Hockey
Kawartha Land Trust
Kawartha Youth Orchestra
One City Peterborough
Peterborough Childrens Chorus
ReFrame Film Festival
YES Shelter for Youth and Families
YMCA of Central East Ontario
YWCA Peterborough Haliburton
Emerging funds allow donors to get started with a lower barrier to entry that. That way, they can build toward their philanthropic goals over time.
In 2025, $1,050 was disbursed to following organizations:
Camp Kawartha
Deb’s Circle
Flow Through Funding is non-permanent, flexible funds designed for immediate or short-term granting rather than long-term endowment.
In 2025, $366,630 was granted to the following organizations:
4th Line Theatre
Activity Haven Senior Centre Peterborough
Artspace
Camp Kawartha
Cordova Mines Recreation Association
Epilepsy Peterborough and Area
Five Counties Childrens Centre
Four Counties Addiction Services Team Fourcast
Frontenac Arch Biosphere Foundation
Georgian Bay Biosphere
Good Neighbours Care Centre
GreenUP
Hospice Peterborough
Kairos Non-profit Housing of Peterborough
Kawartha Food Share
Kawartha Land Trust
Kawartha Sexual Assault Centre
Kawartha Youth Orchestra
Kawartha-Haliburton Childrens Foundation
KWIC
Lakefield Animal Welfare Society LAWS
Lakelands Public Health
Lovesick Lake Native Womens Association
Market Hall Performing Arts Centre Inc.
Millbrook and District Food Share
New Canadians Centre Peterborough
Nogojiwanong Friendship Centre
One City Peterborough
Ontario Nature
Otonabee Region Conservation Authority
Otonabee-South Monaghan Public Library
PARN
PATH Peterborough Action for Tiny Homes
Peterborough and District Sports Hall of Fame
Peterborough Field Naturalists
Peterborough Historical Society
Peterborough Musicfest
Peterborough Science Fair
Quilts for Cancer Peterborough County
Salvation Army Peterborough
Showplace Performance Centre
Telecare Distress Centre of Peterborough
The Elizabeth Fry Society of Peterborough
Trent University
YWCA Peterborough Haliburton
Student Awards
In 2025, $3,750 was awarded to young people through these institutions:
Fleming College
New Canadians Centre Peterborough
Thomas A. Stewart Secondary School Scholarship Foundation
YWCA Peterborough Haliburton
Field of Interest Funds allow donors to support specific causes such as arts, education, the environment, or health, without limiting gifts to one charity.
In 2025, $12,400 was awarded to young people through these institutions:
Good Neighbours Care Centre
GreenUP
Kawartha Youth Orchestra
One City Peterborough
Operations Funding is core, or unrestricted funding offered to organizations to help cover day-to-day expenses
In 2025, $10,921 was awarded to young people through these institutions:
Camp Kawartha
Lovesick Lake Native Womens Association
Nogojiwanong Friendship Centre
