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.
Blog: What You Might Not Know About Donor Advised Funds, and Why Local Matters
WRCF's Director of Philanthropy, Dan Robert, marks DAF Day by answering common questions about donor advised funds and explaining why working with a local community foundation makes a difference.
Community By Design Season 2, Episode 1 - Social Infrastructure and Places
WRCF and Midtown Radio have launched a second season of Community By Design, a podcast series focused on insights from our Vital Ideas® Reports. In Episode 1 of Season 2, host Shannon Knelsen chats with Dr. Troy Glover and Mouna Andraos.
North Dumfries residents step up to make park revitalization project reality
Residents of Brown's Subdivision in North Dumfries spent a year transforming an underused greenspace into Oakwoods Park. Reopened in June, the park now includes The Meeting Place, a new pavilion funded through WRCF's Community Grants program with support from the North Dumfries Community Fund.
Celebrating 25 years of Impact across Waterloo Region
In 2000, Michael Barnstijn and Louise MacCallum made charity history by donating $13.4 million to WRCF – the largest gift ever made by a living donor to a Canadian community foundation at the time. Twenty-five years later, their contributions have grown to nearly $27 million, funding over 500 grants that have transformed arts and conservation across Waterloo Region.
