The Winkler Community Foundation impacting our community through Grants
The Winkler Community Foundation recently approved a total of $17,545 in Smart & Caring Community Grants and $35,320 in Designate Grants. For a total of $52,865 in grant money going into our community supporting 16 local projects this Fall. The approved grants include:
Smart & Caring Community Fund Grants
| Organizations | Project | Amount |
| Winkler Festival of the Arts | Music Scholarships | $ 500 |
| Garden Valley Collegiate | Scholarships | $1,000 |
| Northlands Parkway Collegiate | Scholarships | $1,000 |
| The Winkler Heritage Society | Preserving collages from GVSD | $1,000 |
| Salem Home | Rescue manikin for teaching | $1,355 |
| Pembina Valley Counselling Services | Office Upgrades to improve service | $1,000 |
| Child & Family Services Central MB Foundation Chance 2 Grow/Chance 2 Camp program | $2,500 | |
| Manitoba Choral Association | Central Manitoba Choral Workshop | $ 900 |
| Winkler Family Resource Centre | Imagination Library | $2,500 |
| Winkler Family Resource Centre | Program equipment | $ 790 |
| Pembina Valley Pregnancy Care Centre | Office upgrades to improve service | $2,500 |
| Central Cancer Resource | Increase wig supply | $1,000 |
| Northland Childcare Centre | Outdoor play equipment | $ 500 |
| Citizen of the Year Choice Grant | Imagination Library | $1,000 |
TOTAL SMART & CARING COMMUNITY GRANTS $17,545
Designated Grants
| Dr CW Wiebe Medical Fund | Portable ultrasound machine | $ 7,900 |
| Gateway Resources Fund | Kitchen Upgrade | $24,660 |
| Katie Cares Fund | TBA | $ 2,760 |
TOTAL DESIGNATED GRANTS $35,320
The Foundation pools and permanently invests gifts from donors of all walks of life. Through its spending formula the Foundation make grants to charitable agencies in the areas of: community service, education, health, arts, culture & heritage, and recreation. Since the Winkler Community Foundation began granting in 1996, the Foundation has granted $346,926 from its Smart & Caring Community Fund. And a total of $553,799 has been granted from our Community Fund, Designated Funds and Flow through Funds.
In All we say, and in All we do, the Winkler Community Foundation is All for Community!
