GRANTS UPDATE
These pages reflect the grants awarded subsequent to our last year end and since August 1, 2019. At our coming year end, July 31, 2020, these grants will form the core of our next annual report. These pages are updated regularly. Those grants marked with an asterisk ( * ) are new awards.
Family & Community Services
| LITE, Winnipeg This agency supports inner-city initiatives that build capacity and provide jobs. This grant helps offset the costs of their annual Wild Blueberry Pancake Breakfast | $5,000 |
| Selkirk & District Community Foundation This grant is for the Dare to Dream Education Fund for Nova House. The fund's income is to be used to help defray the cost of tuition and books for further education for women leaving violent relationships. | $25,000 |
| Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, Winnipeg The CCPA Manitoba office works with the community to conduct quality research that advances social justice and environmental sustainability. This grant helps to purchase furniture for their new location. | $5,000 |
| Day Nursery Centre, Winnipeg This centre is a network of five Winnipeg inner city Early Learning and Child Care units. This grant assists with the purchase of new lighting fixtures of the Gretta Brown Unit. | $7,500 |
| Rm. of Rosedale, Neepawa The municipality of Rosedale is located directly north of the Town of Neepawa, Manitoba and extends North alongside Riding Mountain National Park. This grant assists with the kitchen renovations for the Kelwood multi use facility. | $7,500 |
| Meadowood Manor, Winnipeg This personal care home serves under the umbrella of the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority and the attached elderly persons housing. This grant assists with refurbishing the family lounge in the Personal Care Home. | $7,500 |
| Inspire Community Outreach Inc., Winnipeg ICOI is a agency that provides services to meet the needs of children, youth & families living with mental health issues and neurological/cognitive differences. This grant assisted with funding to increase the hours of the assistant director position. | $12,000 |
| Brandon Area Community Foundation Inc. A project that started with the Community Foundations of Canada and was undertaken by the Brandon Area Community Foundation Inc., Vital Signs 2019 was partially funded with this award. | $5,.000 |
| Good Neighbours Active Living Centre Inc., Winnipeg GNALCI enhances the quality of life for older adults by providing programs, services, and opportunities for social interaction and contribute to overall well-being and a sense of community. This grant helps with the purchase & installing of remote controlled blinds. | $6,500 |
| Interlake Women's Resource Centre, Gimli IWRC is a community-based resource centre that is dedicated to working with women and families. They offer programing to empower, educate and facilitate growth toward a happy healthy lifestyle. This grant helps with the purchase of audible subscriptions for their book club. | $5,000 |
| Steinbach Community Outreach SCO is an organization that works with the homeless and those at risk of becoming homeless in the Steinbach area. They serve families, single parents, and individuals of all ages and backgrounds with their basic needs and support services. This grant helps to start a free counseling program for those who are experiencing, or have experienced the trauma of poverty and homelessness. | $10,000 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Winnipeg Inc. BBBSW offers a variety of diverse mentoring programs, both site-based and in the community, for children and youth 6-21 years of age. This grant helps with the purchase of new chain link fencing. | $15,000 |
| The Salvation Army Weston Child Care Centre, Winnipeg This Child Care Centre located in Weston (Inner City) is dedicated to brining an ideal learning environment to a diverse neighbourhood. this grant assists with repairs for their roof at the centre. | $10,000 |
| Habitat for Humanity Winkler-Morden Chapter, Winkler This chapter builds homes for lower income families, and serves the cities of Winkler and Morden. This grant assisted with the construction of a new build in Winkler. | $10,000 |
| Herman Prior Senior Services Centre Inc., Portage la Prairie Herman Prior Senior Services Centre Inc., Portage la Prairie HPSSC offers a number of different programs, focusing on the retired, or those 55 years of age or over. This grant helps with the centre's bathroom renovations. | $7,500 |
| Oak Table, Winnipeg Oak Table is dedicated to the pursuit of social justice and to improve the lives of those marginalized in society. They provide programs and services for the homeless, women, victims of domestic abuse, Indigenous people etc. This grant helps with the renovation costs for their new space. | $20,000 |
| Norwest Coop Community Health Centre Inc., Winnipeg NCCHC is a charitable health and social services agency located in the Inkster community in the Northwest part of Winnipeg. They provide a wide range of services including primary care, counseling, early learning and childcare as well as community development. This grant helps with the renovations of their kitchen at the Alexander Resource Centre | $15,000 |
| Glenora Community Hall This hall is a valuable and well used facility serving all ages in the community of Glenora and surrounding area. This grant helps with the kitchen renovations. | $10,000 |
| South Central Regional Library, Winkler SCRL is a non-profit entity which consists of 5 Branches. This grant helps with the purchase of fencing & a pergola for the Reading Garden at the Manitou Branch. | $4,000 |
| Indigenous Family Centre, Winnipeg IFC is located in Winnipeg's North End, where Indigenous newcomers, and long-term settler families live side by side. They offer activities that address issues relevant to social and economic equity. This grant helps with equipment costs for their project: Meeting in the Circle: Stories of Home and Community. | $5,000 |
| St. Matthews Non Profit Housing Inc., Winnipeg SMNPHI along with West End Commons operates an inclusive Neighbourhood Resource Centre. This well used centre provides safe and accessible programming for vulnerable families and individuals in West Central Winnipeg. This grant helps with renovating the washrooms at the NRC. | $10,000 |
| Bibliotheque Allard Regional Library, St. Georges Bibliotheque Allard and it's second branch located at Victoria Beach serve the communities of the RM of Alexander, the Town of Powerview-Pine Falls, and the RM of Victoria Beach. This grant helps to purchase furniture at the St. George library. | $4,000 |
| Bear Clan Patrol Inc., Winnipeg BCP operates citizen patrols in three Winnipeg communities. Their volunteers patrol in the North End, West End, West Broadway and Central Park areas. They also offer a food program in the community. This grant helps with the expansion of their food security program. | $10,000 |
| St. Amant Foundation Inc., Winnipeg This foundation advances the quality of life of people with developmental disabilities and autism. This grant helps with capital items (wheelchair ramp, new shed, new beds etc) at their Albert Beach Cottage. | $10,000 |
| Royal Life Saving Society Canada Manitoba Branch Inc. RLSSC save lives, primarily through drowning prevention and water safety education, training and awareness. They wish to launch a new First Aid/CPR training program to run year around. This grant helps with the purchase of classroom furniture and equipment. | $10,000 |
| St. Thomas Anglican Church, Winnipeg STAC provides a community outreach program to the Weston area. This grant helps the Kreative Kids program, a drop-in community arts program. | $5,000 |
| Cartwright Centennial Auditorium CCA is a community hall for events in the Cartwright/Roblin Municipality. This hall also acts as the community shelter location in the event of an emergency or disaster. This grant helps with upgrading their washroom facilities. | $7,500 |
| Share the Magic Book Program, Winnipeg SMBP aims to increase literacy levels in low income populations. This program collects new and gently-used books for give away, free of charge, in traditionally disadvantaged Manitoba communities. This grant helps with the expansion of the program. | $5,000 |
| Samaritan House Ministries Inc., Brandon SHMI offers a number of community services including a food bank and a seasonal safe & warm shelter. This grant helps towards the increased costs of operating the safe and warm shelter. | $10,000 |
| Food Matters Manitoba FMM is a registered charity that is dedicated to advancing food security. Their mission is that good food nourishes strong communities and healthy people. This grant helped with the hiring of a council coordinator. | $7,500 |
| Habitat for Humanity, Dauphin Chapter This Chapter builds homes in the City and RM of Dauphin for lower income families. The current project is to build a single dwelling home in Dauphin. | $10,000 |
| Brandon & Area Youth for Christ. YFC's serves young people in the Westman Area. YFC's vision is to help create a community of hope where no young person goes hungry-spiritually, physically, emotionally or relationally. This grant helps towards the project "Blue Lions Building Campaign". They are purchasing two apartment buildings to provide housing for young people coming out of addictions. | $15,000 |
| Today House Inc., Steinbach This shelter provides immediate, overnight emergency temporary shelter for individuals who are experiencing homelessness. This grant helps to repair some broken window seals and to purchase a new security system. | $4,200 |
| Woodmore Hall. This hall was established in 1952 and is located southeast of Winnipeg near Dominion City. Other communities that support this hall include eastern communities of Stuartburn, Vita, Sundown and Piney. This grant helps with the costs of preparing blueprints for the reconstruction of the hall. | $4,500 |
| Logberg-Heimskringla Inc., Winnipeg. Logberg-Heimskringla is one of the longest published ethnic (Icelandic) newspapers. Established in 1959. This grant helps with the publication costs of producing a booklet to honor the Winnipeg Falcons hockey team and celebrate the 100th Anniversary of their historic gold medal in the 1920 Antwerp Olympics. | $2,000 |
| Victoria Albert Daycare Inc., Winnipeg VADI is located in the core of Winnipeg. This area is home to many immigrant and low income families. This grant helps with the painting costs and the purchase of new furniture for the centre. | $7,500 |
| Urban Stable, Winnipeg Urban Stable offers students at risk who are struggling in school to learn valuable skills at this therapeutic equestrian centre. This grant helps to purchase a mini-van to transport children to and from Camp Assiniboia. | $7,500 |
| Candace House, Winnipeg, Candace House provides a safe and comforting day refuge for victims and survivors of crime during their interactions with court process. This grant helps to renovate the exterior wheelchair ramp to allow for better access to Candace House for those who are disabled. | $7,500 |
| Winnipeg Harvest Is a non-profit community based organization. They collect and share surplus & donated food with people who are struggling to feed themselves and their families. This emergency grant is used to feed the less fortunate during the COVID-19 pandemic. | $20,000 |
| Boissevain Food Pantry This food pantry aims to alleviate hunger. It provides nonperishable canned goods, meats, dairy etc to help the less fortunate. This emergency grant helps to feed the less fortunate during the COVID-19 pandemic. | $3,000 |
Siloam Mission, Winnipeg SM is a Christian humanitarian agency offering programs and services at no charge to those experiencing homelessness. This emergency grant will be used to feed the less fortunate during the COVID-19 pandemic. | $10,000 |
| Main Street Project, Winnipeg MSP is a community health agency offering programs and services at no charge to those experiencing homelessness. This emergency grant will be used to feed the less fortunate during the COVID-19 pandemic. | $5,000 |
| Union Gospel Mission, Winnipeg UGM is a non-denominational Gospel Rescue Mission that serves the homeless, the addicted and impoverished in the heart of Winnipeg for over 85 years. This emergency grant will be used to feed the less fortunate during the COVID-19 pandemic. | $5,000 |
| Salvation Army, Winnipeg, The Salvation Army Booth College resides in the core of the downtown area. They minister to individuals and families coping with homelessness, poverty, addictions and mental illness. This emergency grant will be used to feed the less fortunate during the COVID-19 pandemic. | $7,500 |
| Samaritan House, Brandon Samaritan House core services operated through their head office includes a food bank and a seasonal Safe and Warm shelter. In addition they have an employment resource centre, training centre, and supports for woman and their children experiencing family violence. This emergency grant will be used to feed the less fortunate during the COVID-19 pandemic. | $5,000 |
| Inner City Youth Alive, Winnipeg ICYA is a faith based organization, focused on providing hope to disadvantaged kids in Winnipeg's core area. The provide a drop in centre, a wilderness camp, as well as a meal program. This emergency grant will be used to feed the less fortunate during the COVID-19 pandemic. | $5,000 |
| *Union Gospel Mission, Winnipeg UGM has provided valuable resources to those affected by additions, mental illness and poverty since 1933. This grant helps towards repairing their roof at the adult education center. | $15,000 |
| *Sprucedale Industries Inc., Austin SII provides training and work for persons with an intellectual disability. They primarily offer day programs including small manufacturing and service activities including the operation of a greenhouse & cafeteria, and other activities. This grant helps with the construction of a new greenhouse structure. | $15,000 |
| *Turning Leaf Inc., Winnipeg TLI provides support to those in our community living with intellectual disabilities and mental illness. This emergency COVID-19 grant helps with the purchase of personal protection equipment for their staff. | $5,000 |
Health
| First Steps Wellness Centre, Winnipeg FSWC is a not for profit charitable organization. Its focus is to offer services to people with neurodegenerative diseases including cerebral palsy, spina bifida and multiple sclerosis and stroke recovery. This grant assists with the start-up costs and equipment. | $15,000 |
| KIDTHINK Children's Mental Health Centre Inc., Winnipeg KCMHC is a new made-in-Manitoba initiative designed to provide specialized expert mental health care to children 12 years of age and younger living with anxiety disorders, depression, behavior problems and learning difficulties or disabilities. This grant assists with the printing and production costs for a workbook that is provided to parents/caregivers and children. | $7,500 |
| Sunset Palliative Care, Portage la Prairie SPC is a non-profit charitable organization that exists to serve individuals and their families who live within the communities served by the Portage & District General Hospital. This grant assists with renovation costs for palliative care room. | $12,500 |
| Behavioral Health Foundation, St. Norbert BHF provides long term residential treatment services for adults and families affected by addictions and co-occurring mental health issues. This grant assists with roof repairs to one of their buildings. | $5,000 |
| Sara Riel Foundation, Winnipeg Sara Riel provides quality services in community support, housing and employment to persons with mental health challenges. This grant assists with roof repairs. | $10,000 |
| St. Boniface General Hospital Research Foundation, Winnipeg St. Boniface Hospital's Mental Health program provides multidisciplinary professional psychological and psychiatric services to adults of all ages. This grant helps with the renovations costs of the second and third floors of the McEwen building. | $20,000 |
| Cancercare Manitoba Foundation Inc., Winnipeg CCMB works in partnership with the government as the key funder for cancer treatment. CCMF supports all individuals in Manitoba with cancer and blood disorders. This grant helps with expanding the program entitled "Moving Forward after Cancer Wellness". | $10,000 |
| Manitoba Brain Injury Association MBIA provides education, support, and awareness of acquired brain injury throughout the Province of Manitoba. This grant helps fund a pilot support group for spouse caregivers and the young survivors. | $7,500 |
| Deer Lodge Centre Foundation, Winnipeg DLCF supports the broad range of programs and services offered by Deer Lodge Centre to meet the needs of the community. DLC is known for caring for those living with dementia. This grant helps to purchase furniture, equipment and supplies for their 5 dementia units. | $7,500 |
| *Muscular Dystrophy Canada, Winnipeg MDC's mission is to enhance the lives of those impacted with neuromuscular disorders by continually working to provide ongoing support and resources while relentlessly searching for a cure through research. This grant will assist with the "Personal Support Program", which facilities the purchase of equipment for their clients. | $15,000 |
| *St. John's Ambulance, Winnipeg SJA is part of one of the World's oldest humanitarian organizations founded in 1911. Their mission is to enable Canadians to improve their health, safety and quality of life by providing training and community services. This grant helps toward the construction of the new training and community service centre. | $15,000 |
Children & Youth
| *Manitoba Camping Association, Winnipeg The MCA, through the Sunshine Fund, provides a summer camp subsidy program for the financially disadvantaged youth ages 6-17. This grant helps towards the 2020 sunshine fund camp season. | $30,000 |
Education
| Frontier College, Winnipeg Frontier operates summer camps in remote Northern locations to help vulnerable children tackle the "summer learning loss". This grant helps the 2020 Summer Literacy Camp program expand to St. Theresa Point and Sandy Bay. | $10,000 |
| Literacy Works Inc., Winnipeg LWI is an Adult Literacy program geared to those struggling with basic reading, writing and numeracy skills. They provide essential literacy skills to enhance self-sufficiency and quality of life. This grant helps to hire a classroom assistant position. | $9,250 |
Heritage
| Winnipeg Architecture Foundation WAF is a registered charitable organization dedicated to advancing the awareness and appreciation of Winnipeg's built environment through public education. This grant assists with the purchase of a scanner. | $2,500 |
| St. Boniface Historical Society SBHS is essentially a Francophone historical society focused on the preservation and dissemination of Western Canada' French and Metis heritage. It sponsors archeological and historical research, and has a collection of museum quality artifacts. This grant helps with the purchase of two humidifiers to help protect their collection. | $7,500 |
| Zion Calvin United Church, Morden ZCUC which is part of the Pembina Pastoral Charge of United Church of Canada was built in 1908. It was designated as a heritage building in 2011. This grant helps with the restoration of the Bell-tower. | $5,000 |
| St. Pauls United Church, Boissevain SPUC resides in the town of Boissevain and the RM of Morton. This church was built in 1893 and was designated as a heritage building in May, 1989. This grant helps with the masonry renovations on the church. | $5,000 |
Arts & Culture
| Winnipeg Jewish Theatre WJT is a non-profit, Canadian, professional theatre company. Their mandate is to present of high artistic quality that broadly and reflects the rich diversity of the Jewish experience and to promote a better understanding of Jewish culture. This grant helps with the production of Narrow Bridge which premieres in 2020. | $5,000 |
| Manitoba Theatre for Young People Inc., MTYP is a professtional theatre company devoted to young people. This grant helps with the "Take a Seat" program. This program subsidizes the cost of tickets for children to attend the productions. | $7,500 |
| Royal Winnipeg Ballet The RWB mission is to enrich the human experience by teaching, creating and performing outstanding dance. This grant helps the "Sharing Dance" program to motivate Canadians of all ages to participate in free, healthy, fun and creative dance activities. | $10,000 |
| Friends of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights, Winnipeg The Canadian Museum for Human Rights is the first museum solely dedicated to the evolution, celebration and future of human rights. This grant assists with the restoration costs for the Witness Blanket. | $10,000 |
| Prairie Debut Inc., Calgary Prairie Debut, the only organization of its kind in Western Canada, facilities classical and cultural performances by world-class musicians for residents in rural and remote communities. This grant assists with the Manitoba component of the 2020 tour. | $5,000 |
| Hoosli Ukrainian Folk Ensemble Inc., Winnipeg Hoosli is a cultural organization featuring a male vocal chorus performing traditional and contemporary music of the Ukraine. This grant assists with the purchase of new costumes. | $3,000 |
| Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre RMTC exists to celebrate the widest spectrum of theatre art. They tour rural and northern Manitoba to facilitate exposure to professional theatre for isolated Manitobans. This grant helps for the 2020 regional tour in rural and northern Manitoba. | $10,000 |
| Rainbow Stage (1993) Inc., Winnipeg, RS's mandate is the development of Manitoba talent on stage and back of stage. The grant has enabled children, who would not otherwise be able, to attend performances at Winnipeg's famous stage in Kildonan Park. | $5,000 |
| Pembina Hills Art Council Inc., Morden PHACI facilitates and encourages the growth and diversity of arts and culture for the Pembina Valley Region. This grant helps to sponsor 12 art talks. | $1,440 |
| Plug in Institute of Contemporary Art, Winnipeg Plug in Institute of Contemporary Art, Winnipeg PICA is a contemporary art organization established in 1972. It focusses on projects such as architecture, film, photography & sound. This grant helps to purchase and install UV protective window film which will protect the art from exposure to sunlight. | $5,000 |
| *Scandinavian Cultural Centre, Winnipeg The Scandinavian Centre is a multi-cultural centre in Winnipeg, incorporated in 1961. They are home to five cultural groups representing the Nordic countries of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. This grant helps towards creating a mural that will be painted on their building to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the incorporation of the Scandinavian Cultural Centre. | $5,000 |
Environment
| Water First Education and Training Inc. WFETI has been successful working with First Nations youth to complete a variety of watershed restoration efforts over the past seven years. Growing Roots is a new project that builds upon their successful Water Tree program. This grant helps with the pilot expansion program into two Manitoba First Nations. | $5,000 |
| Lake Winnipeg Foundation LWF advocates for change and coordinates action to improve the health of Lake Winnipeg. This grant payable over three years helps with the new Agricultural Water Stewardship program whose goal is to reduce phosphorus losses from agricultural landscapes ensuring beneficial nutrients stay on farm fields and out of our waterways. | $60,000 |
| Save Our Seine River Environment Inc. SOSREI's mandate is to protect, preserve, enhance, and promote the enjoyment of the Seine River Greenway including associated shoreline, wetlands, natural forests, and grasslands in Winnipeg. This grant helps to develop a fully-accessible dock on the Seine River at John Bruce Park in Winnipeg. | $10,000 |
Services for Seniors
| Grandview Drop in Centre Inc. GDCI is a nonprofit organization that provides a space for seniors to socialize, learn and age actively. They serve the residents primarily from the Grandview area and includes the Tootinaowaziibeeng First Nation and Gilbert Plains. This grant helps with building repairs for the centre. | $7,500 |