Community Connect - June 2025 WRCF e-newsletter

Jun 11

Written By Dani Siddique

Community Connect - June 2025

June 2025 View this email in your browser

WRCF’s monthly e-newsletter to keep you connected to granting information, investing, what’s new, and ways we are mobilizing and collaborating to make an impact in our community.

Just released: WRCF 2024 Annual Impact Report

We are excited to share our latest Annual Impact Report, which highlights the impact we made in 2024, including:

Work we’ve done to advance local social infrastructure
Stories about our partnerships and initiatives, including spotlights on a few of our Fundholders, and our collective impact on the region
A snapshot of our 2024 grant streams, which supported a variety of community organizations as they work to improve the lives of people living in Waterloo Region
An overview of WRCF’s financial results, and commentary about our transition to having a 100% mission-aligned investment portfolio
A list of the amazing volunteers, partners, donors, and Fundholders who helped us do work in support of community in 2024

We are extremely grateful for our sponsors, Cober and The Blondes, for their ongoing assistance in producing our report.

Read and download our Annual Impact Report

WRCF launches GatherWR – an AI tool to help bring people together in Waterloo Region

In partnership with Gambit Technologies Inc., WRCF recently launched GatherWR, an innovative AI-driven tool that provides a simple way to discover places and spaces to come together in Waterloo Region.

Check out GatherWR

Nominations are now being accepted for the 2025 WRCF Community Awards

Do you know:

A community volunteer or philanthropist who creatively tackles issues of today, with an eye to the future, using innovative approaches and solutions?
A business or organization that is committed to building and supporting our community through “Doing More Good”?
An individual or organization in the community who is advancing social infrastructure in Waterloo Region?

Learn more about the awards and nominate someone here

National Indigenous History Month

National Indigenous Peoples Day falls on June 21, and multiple events will be hosted across the region. Below are a few events you can check out:

June 19, 2025 - National Indigenous Peoples Day Celebration (University of Waterloo)
June 20, 2025 - From Stories to Steps: FNMI Kids Day Honouring Hoop Dance (Region of Waterloo Museums)
June 21, 2025 - Sunrise Gathering (O:se Kenhionhata:tie)
June 21, 2025 - At First Light (THEMUSEUM)
June 22, 2025 - Ode’imin Giizis: Healing Through UNITY Traditional Powwow (Region of Waterloo Museums)
June 24, 2025 - Art from the Heart (Crow Shield Lodge)

Local events for Pride!

Please continue to join people across our community in celebrating Pride! Here are a few (of the many) local events happening:

June 12, 2025 - Glam As You Are (Grand River Pride)
June 14, 2025 - Pride Street Party (Grand River Pride)
June 14 - 15, 2025 - Queer & There Market (Midnight Earth Events)
June 17, 2025 - Queer Life Fair (WUSA)
June 20, 2025 - Pride Clay Workshop (Grand River Pride)
June 21, 2025 - Pride Month with Pottery! (Canadian Clay & Glass Gallery)
June 21, 2025 - QueerKPL: Family Pride Breakfast with Spectrum (Kitchener Public Library)
July 12, 2025 - A yr Pride (Grand River Pride & Ayr Pride)