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grants & agency services: recent community grants (2007)
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Community Grant Listing - January 2007
Community Service
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Age & Opportunity
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Seniors Housing Expo
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$10,000
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Asperger Manitoba
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Public awareness campaign and conference
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$10,000
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Association for Community Living, Winnipeg
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Facility upgrades
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$22,000
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Bethlehem Aboriginal Fellowship
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Program for young, single mothers
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$4,800
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Broadway Neighbourhood Centre
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Commercial art program for youth
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$22,450
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Can You Imagine Day Care Centre
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Renovations
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$10,000
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Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, Manitoba
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Community consultations
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$50,000
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Centre Flavie-Laurent
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Volunteer and development programs
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$35,000
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Christ Apostolic Church, Vineyard of Comfort
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Programming for immigrants and refugees.
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$10,000
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Cornish Child Care Centre
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Infant playground
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$10,000
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Creative Retirement Manitoba
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Staffing
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$23,500
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Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Winnipeg
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Computer equipment
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$3,000
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D'Arcy's A.R.C.
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Staffing
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$10,000
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Direct Action in Support of Community Homes
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Renovations
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$20,000
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Dr. Jessie Saulteaux Resource Centre
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Computer and building upgrades
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$5,000
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Elizabeth Fry Society of Manitoba
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Database development
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$20,000
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Fort Garry Women's Resource Centre
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Rebuilding Our Lives program
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$20,000
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Forward House Ministries
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Security system
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$17,800
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Frontier Centre for Public Policy
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Anti-poverty project
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$10,000
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Gwen Secter Creative Living Centre
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Transportation for seniors
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$20,000
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Habitat for Humanity Winnipeg
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Safety training
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$15,190
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Helen Betty Osborne Memorial Foundation
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Development of a graphic novel
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$7,500
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Hospitality House Refugee Ministry
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Second Transition Support Project
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$15,000
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Inner City Youth Alive
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Wilderness Camp Program
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$12,000
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Invest in Kids
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Welcome to Parenting information kits
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$20,000
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Islamic Social Services Association
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Executive Director mentorship initiative
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$45,000
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Junior Achievement of Manitoba
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Volunteer management and stewardship program
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$30,000
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Luxton Play Centre
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Equipment upgrades
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$3,803
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Madison Memorial Lodge
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Boiler replacement
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$30,000
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Manitoba Rural Search and Rescue
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Professional development in the four First Nation communities of Island Lake
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$45,000
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Mood Disorders Association Manitoba
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Computer upgrades
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$5,000
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Native Women's Transition Centre
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Community Learning Centre program
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$10,000
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Organic Food Council of Manitoba
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Website development
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$10,000
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Osborne House
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Facility upgrades
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$25,792
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Pluri-Elles Manitoba
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Needs assessment
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$18,000
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River Heights Family Education Centre
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General operating support
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$25,000
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Riverview Ashland Child Care Centre
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Renovations
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$5,000
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Sparling United Church
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Community multi-use facility
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$30,900
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Spence Neighbourhood Association
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First Steps to Employment program
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$28,859
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Take Pride Winnipeg!
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Education programs for youth
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$5,000
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Vineyard Christian Fellowship
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Transitional housing
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$20,000
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Wahbung Abinoonjiiag
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Public Service Announcement
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$4,000
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West Broadway Community Services
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Staff and program support
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$30,000
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Westminster Housing Society
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Building rehabilitation
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$8,000
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Winnipeg Harvest
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Equipment purchases
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$20,000
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Winnipeg Military Family Resource Centre
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Project Coordinator position
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$15,000
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Education
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Bookmates
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Alphabet Soup in Motion literacy and wellness project
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$60,000
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Boys and Girls Clubs of Winnipeg
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Step-Up Project employment preparation program
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$31,405
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City of Winnipeg, Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service
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Public education program
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$15,000
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Connect Employment Services
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Support for working students with intellectual disabilities
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$23,025
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Literacy Partners of Manitoba
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Community Plain Language Project
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$21,000
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Manitoba WorkinfoNET
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Development of bilingual web based employment tutorial
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$15,000
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Osborne Village Resource Centre/Winnipeg Technical Institute
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Computer upgrades
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$12,217
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Sexuality Education resource Centre
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Stregthening Families in Canada project
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$10,000
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Sierra Leone Refugee Resettlement
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Summer education program for refugee children
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$20,000
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University of Manitoba
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Strengthening Families Program
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$50,000
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University of Manitoba
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Soup Up Your Smile oral health program
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$10,000
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University of Winnipeg
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Sustainability program for students
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$25,000
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White Buffalo Spiritual Society
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Making of Sacred Objects program
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$10,000
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Winnipeg Board of Jewish Education, Gray Academy
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Science equipment
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$5,000
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Health
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Deaf Centre Manitoba
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International conference attendance support
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$1,500
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The Friends of the Assiniboine Park Conservatory
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Growing with Gardening program
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$10,000
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St. Mathew's Maryland Ministry
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Healthy Living Program
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$40,000
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L'Arche Winnipeg
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Staffing support
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$11,000
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Manitoba Medical Service Foundation
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Health literacy program
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$25,000
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Manitoba Riding for the Disabled Association
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Computer equipment
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$2,000
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Muscular Dystrophy Association of Canada
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Transition program for physically disabled youth
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$20,000
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Parkinson Society Canada, Manitoba Region
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Information and Referral Centre
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$10,000
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Rainbow Resource Centre
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Leadership camp for youth
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$13,250
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Sharon Home
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Expansion of Saul and Claribel Simkin Centre
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$25,000
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Spina Bifida & Hydrocephalus Association of Manitoba
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Communications materials and events
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$1,000
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Tourette Syndrome Foundation of Canada
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To distribute a publication to physicians in Manitoba
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$9,880
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Victoria General Hospital Foundation
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Matching grant
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$40,000
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Youville Centre
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Lose Inches Feel Energized healthy weight program
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$16,900
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Environment
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Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, Manitoba
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Aboriginal leadership in boreal forest conservation program
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$20,000
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Ducks Unlimited Canada
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Facility upgrades
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$10,000
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Partners for the Saskatchewan River Basin
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Educational material and game for youth
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$10,000
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Resource Conservation Manitoba
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Green Commuting project
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$15,000
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Western Canada Wilderness Committee
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Public awareness program
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$10,000
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Heritage
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Costume Museum of Canada (Dugald Costume Collection)
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Relocation expenses
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$5,000
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The Fort Garry Horse Foundation
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Distribution of historical publication to Manitoba schools
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$10,000
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Friend of the Naval Museum
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Public awareness campaign
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$2,500
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Heritage Winnipeg
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Doors Open Winnipeg
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$10,000
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Hong Kong Veterans Commemorative Association
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Display and presentation equipment
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$7,500
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Jewish Heritage Centre of Western Canada
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Holocaust Education Symposium
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$6,000
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Mennonite Heritage Village Museum Canada
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Special exhibit support
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$1,725
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Societe Historique de Saint-Boniface
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Storage system
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$10,000
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United Church of Canada Archives
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Staffing support
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$20,000
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Arts & Culture
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Agassiz Music
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Summer Chamber Music Festival
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$4,000
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Art City
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Community art projects
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$25,000
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Assiniboine Park Bandshell
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Lyric Theatre programming
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$15,000
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Associated Manitoba Arts Festival
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Provincial Music and Speech Finals
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$5,000
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Canzona
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Performance
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$5,000
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Contemporary Verse 2
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Organizational development and planning
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$10,000
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Graffiti Art Programming
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International Mural Festival and Symposium
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$15,000
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Louis Riel Institute
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Cultural and recreational programming for Métis youth
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$10,000
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Manitoba Arts Network (Manitoba Community Arts Councils)
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Manitoba Arts & Culture Week
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$5,000
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Manitoba Band Association
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Optimist Clubs of Winnipeg Band Festival
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$2,500
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Manitoba Foundation for the Arts
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ArtsSmarts Manitoba education program
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$60,000
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Manitoba Opera Association
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World premiere of a Manitoba opera
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$35,000
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National Screen Institute
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NSI Film Exchange Youth Outreach Program
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$10,000
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Phoenix Kildonan Production Theatre Company
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Two original productions
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$3,750
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Platform: Centre for Photographic and Digital Arts
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Exhibition catalogue
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$4,990
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Prairie Theatre Exchange
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Production support
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$6,000
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Sarasvati Dramatic Theatre Productions and Repertory
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Performance support for International Women's Week
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$3,000
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St. Norbert Arts Centre
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Video production
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$20,000
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Storyline FX/Freeze Frame
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Multimedia workshops
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$6,590
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Theatre Projects Manitoba
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Production support
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$10,000
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University of Winnipeg Foundation
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Virtuosi Concert Festival
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$7,500
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Urban Shaman
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Publication on contemporary Aboriginal art in Winnipeg
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$15,000
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Video Pool
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Facility upgrades
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$10,000
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Winnipeg Folk Festival
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Development plan
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$10,000
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Winnipeg Jewish Theatre
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Production support
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$10,000
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Winnipeg Philharmonic Choir
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Special concert support
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$3,000
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Winnipeg Scottish Festival
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2007 Festival
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$3,000
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Women's Musical Club of Winnipeg
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Concerto competition
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$7,000
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Recreation
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B'nai B'rith Jewish Community Camp
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New furniture
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$20,000
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Camp Wasaga
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Facility upgrades
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$20,000
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Rose and Max Rady Jewish Community Centre
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Canadian National Bridge Championships
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$2,500
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Winnipeg School Division
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IIHF World Women's Hockey Championship Schools program
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$15,000
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Community Grant Listing - May 2007
Community Service
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Alhijra Islamic Foundation
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Playground structure
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$10,000
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Aulneau Renewal Centre (Centre de Renouveau)
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Drama therapy program
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$15,000
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Breakfast for Learning
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Child Nutrition Initiative in schools and community organizations
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$141,750
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Discovery Children's Centre
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Kitchen renovations
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$30,000
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Downs Children Centre
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Facility upgrades
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$5,200
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Duke of Edinburgh's Award Young Canadians Challenge, Manitoba
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Program expansion
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$10,000
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Elizabeth Fry Society of Manitoba
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Housing assistance for women in transition
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$22,500
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Fred Douglas Society
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Renovation of apartments
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$25,000
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Helping Hands Resource Centre for Immigrants
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Transition programs for Afro-Manitoban immigrants and refugees
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$20,000
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Ka Ni Kanichihk
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Hosting a community spring feast and traditional summer pow wow
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$5,000
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Ka Ni Kanichihk
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Indoor and outdoor play equipment
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$30,000
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Kikinaw Housing
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Full-time staff position
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$30,000
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Learning Disabilities Association of Manitoba
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Multi-faceted capacity building
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$15,000
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Lögberg - Heimskringla
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Matching grants
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$9,000
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Ma Mawi Wi Chi Itata Centre
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Purchase of office space
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$45,000
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Manitoba Wheelchair Sports Association
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Elevator installation at West Kildonan Curling Club
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$14,572
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North End Housing Project
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Reintegration and employment program for former street gang members
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$22,136
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North End Women's Centre
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Peace Begins at Home parenting program for mothers of at-risk youth
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$20,000
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North Kildonan Little Thinkers
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Playground structure
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$6,000
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Open Access Resource Centre
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Speech-generating devices for Equipment Loan Program
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$26,526
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Prairieaction Foundation
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Breakfast with the Boys event, part of Family Violence Prevention Month
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$10,000
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R. B. Russell Infant Centre/ Manidoo Gi Minini Gonaan
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Positive Parenting Program.
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$3,000
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R.C. Parish of Saint Bernadette
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Community outreach worker
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$15,000
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SISTARS Community Economic Development Co-op
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Childcare centre in North Point Douglas
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$75,000
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St. Boniface Children's Place d'enfants
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Playground structure
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$10,000
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St. James-Assiniboia Senior Centre
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Capacity building
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$20,000
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Union Gospel Mission
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Office equipment
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$8,640
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Weston Memorial Community Centre
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Community computer resource lab
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$20,448
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Winnipeg Citizen Advocacy
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Strategic planning consultation
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$5,512
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Winnipeg Harvest
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Canstruction food raising project
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$15,000
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Winnipeg Housing Rehabilitation Corp.
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Housing Training Initiative for inner-city residents
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$10,000
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Winnipeg Inner City Missions of the Presbyterian Church in Canada
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Place of Hope Transitional Housing project
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$60,000
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YM/YWCA of Winnipeg
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Women of Distinction Awards 2007
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$5,000
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Education
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Brandon University Foundation
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Concert series, tour and workshops
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$10,000
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Canadian Evaluation Society Educational Fund
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Conference attendance
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$5,000
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Canadian Guild of Health
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Hosting Manitoba Healing Conference
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$250
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Division Scholaire Franco-Manitobaine
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Festival for Francophone youth
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$4,000
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Frontier College Foundation
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Volunteer recruitment, training and support
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$10,000
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Lake Winnipeg Foundation
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Equipment for education program
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$7,500
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Literacy Partners of Manitoba
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Transitional funding
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$37,080
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Manitoba School Improvement Program
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Capacity building consultation
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$5,100
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O.K. Before & After School Child Care Centres
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Computer equipment
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$6,500
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Order of St. Luke
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To host Manitoba Healing Conference
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$1,000
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Polar Bears International, Canada
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Adventure Learning Program
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$12,000
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Reaching E-Quality Employment Services
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Wage support for participants
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$23,009
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River East Transcona School Division
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Coordination of community and school partnerships
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$25,000
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Volunteer Manitoba
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Leadership Winnipeg
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$45,000
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Winnipeg School Division #1 Children's Heritage Fund
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Family literacy and adult literacy resources
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$10,000
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Health
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Canadian Centre on Disability Studies
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Think Tank coordination
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$10,000
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St. Raphael Centre
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Capital campaign
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$15,000
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Victorian Order of Nurses
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Seniors Maintaining Active Roles Together (SMART) program
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$9,020
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Environment
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Coalition To Save the Elms
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Broadway Adopt-a-Tree program
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$25,000
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Fort Whyte Alive
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Fort Whyte Foundation Trust Fund Matching Program
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$60,000
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Manitoba Recreational Trails Assoc.
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Foot bridge in Whiteshell Provincial Park, part of TransCanada Trail
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$20,000
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Winnipeg Housing Rehabilitation Corp.
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Net Zero Energy House in the inner city
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$25,000
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Heritage
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Air Force Heritage Fund
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75th anniversary publication
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$10,000
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The Forks Foundation
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Celebration of designation of the Red River as a Canadian Heritage River
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$15,000
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Friends of Ralph Connor House
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Campaign planning
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$15,000
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Heritage Winnipeg
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Publication on history of Armstrong's Point
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$5,000
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Mennonite Heritage Church Canada
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Facility renovations
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$31,665
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St. Andrew's Society of Winnipeg Trust Fund
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To install a monument
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$20,000
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Western Canada Aviation Museum
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Renovation of Skyways children's exhibit
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$15,000
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Arts & Culture
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Aboriginal Peoples Television Network
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Video story traditional indigenous justice system
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$10,000
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Alliance Francaise Du Manitoba
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Inaugural French Music Festival
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$12,500
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Artbeat Studio
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Mentorship program and capacity building endowment campaign
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$40,000
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Dante Alighieri Cultural Society
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Italian language and cultural community events
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$5,000
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The Forks Foundation
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Outdoor summer concert series
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$7,500
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Hellenic Greek Orthodox Church of Winnipeg/The Greek Cultural Society of Manitoba
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Multipurpose room
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$50,000
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Jazz Winnipeg
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Jazz on Wheels program
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$15,000
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Manitoba Artists in Healthcare
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Project Coordinator position
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$30,000
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Manitoba Chamber Orchestra
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Playground Symphony school program
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$5,000
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Manitoba Printmakers' Association
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Capacity building program
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$15,000
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Manitoba Theatre Centre
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Matching grants
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$50,000
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Manitoba Theatre for Young People
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Aboriginal Arts Training and Mentorship Forum theatre piece
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$10,000
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Manitoba Writers' Guild
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Youth writing camp
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$15,000
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Musical Offering
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MusicNet events and Marketing Coordinator position
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$5,000
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Plug In
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Post-Prairie Landscape multi-media project
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$10,000
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Royal Winnipeg Ballet
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World premiere of Carmen
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$10,000
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Sarasvati Dramatic Theatre Productions and Repertory
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Youth component to FemFest
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$5,000
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Shakespeare in the Ruins
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Theatre education program for youth
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$15,000
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TRIP Dance Company
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Portable dance floor
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$4,000
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Winnipeg Art Gallery
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Andy Warhol exhibit
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$35,000
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Winnipeg Folk Festival
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Creative Core Exchange District Arts Festival
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$20,000
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Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra
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Education outreach program
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$20,000
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Recreation
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Camp Massad
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Camperships for immigrant children
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$7,500
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Canadian Diabetes Association, Manitoba
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Specialized camp for children with Type 1 Diabetes
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$10,000
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Knox United Church, Downtown Y Program
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Recreation opportunities for at-risk inner city youth and adults
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$5,000
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Ma Mawi Wi Chi Itata Centre
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Positive Athletic Cultural Experiences program
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$36,100
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Manitoba Camping Association
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Camperships
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$32,500
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Manitoba Pioneer Camp and Wild-Wise Wilderness Adventures
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Camperships and renovations
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$18,000
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Red Rock Bible Camp
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Facility upgrades
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$15,000
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Rossbrook House
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Camperships
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$8,100
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Wellman Lake United Church Camp
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Recreation hall
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$10,000
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Winnipeg Inner City Missions of the Presbyterian Church in Canada
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Camperships
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$8,000
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Women in Media Foundation
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Girls' TV and New Media Camps
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$15,000
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Community Grant Listing - September 2007
Community Service
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Alpha House Foundation
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Live Life Empowered Campaign
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$10,000
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Alpha House Project
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Renovations to residential suites
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$17,500
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Best Buddies of Canada
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Buddy program for those intellectual disabilities and local students
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$20,000
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Boys and Girls Clubs of Winnipeg
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Community Support Worker project
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$20,000
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Business Council of Manitoba
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Aboriginal Education Award Program
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$22,500
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Busy Bee Day Care Centre
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Towards building purchase
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$50,000
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Carpathia Children's Centre
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Facility upgrades
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$30,000
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Central Baptist Church
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Community development projects and facility updates
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$5,000
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Centre Flavie-Laurent
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Coordinator position
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$20,000
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Child Find Manitoba
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Child identification for low income families
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$21,000
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Circle of Life Thunderbird House/Whaka Pimadiziiwii Pinaysiiwigamic
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Cultural programming and community development
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$15,000
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Community Legal Education Association
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Computer upgrades
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$7,500
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Country Gospel Music Outreach
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Square dancing program
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$3,500
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D'Arcy's A.R.C.
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Relocation costs
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$15,000
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DEN 205
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Volunteer training program, registration subsidies and furniture
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$10,000
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Elizabeth Fry Society of Manitoba
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Community Outreach/Clothing Depot program
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$16,391
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Fort Rouge Child Care
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Play structure and lockers
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$11,717
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Foyer Valade
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A Perfect Summer Day campaign
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$15,000
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Gio's Cares
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Support packages for people living with HIV/AIDS
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$3,500
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Good Neighbours Senior Centre
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Relocation costs
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$15,000
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Hope Centre
|
Furniture and computers
|
$25,000
|
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Horizons Children's Centre
|
Renovations
|
$15,000
|
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International African Child Relief & Peace Foundation of Canada
|
Better Integration of at-risk Newcomer Youth project
|
$20,000
|
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Jewish Community Centre of Winnipeg
|
Equipment and furniture
|
$6,500
|
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Kidi-Garden Day Nurseries
|
Facility upgrades
|
$10,000
|
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Kings Park Day Care
|
Renovations and barrier-free upgrades
|
$25,000
|
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Little Saints Learning Center
|
Furniture and play equipment
|
$8,115
|
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Machray Day Nursery
|
Facility upgrades
|
$20,000
|
|
Madison Memorial Lodge
|
Water heater and storage tank
|
$8,891
|
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Manitoba League of Persons with Disabilities
|
Thumbs Up program to promote accessibility
|
$10,000
|
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Mediation Services
|
Marketing Specialist and Volunteer Coordinator positions
|
$40,000
|
|
Massed Pipes and Drums of Manitoba
|
Replacement of uniforms
|
$7,500
|
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North End Community Ministry
|
Program sustainability
|
$20,000
|
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North End Women's Centre
|
Community Proctor
|
$40,000
|
|
O.K. Before & After School Child Care Centres
|
Digital copy machine
|
$6,436
|
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On The Move
|
Facility upgrades
|
$30,000
|
|
Optimist Clubs Foundation of Winnipeg
|
Winnipeg Optimal Health Early Years summer program
|
$15,000
|
|
Osborne House
|
Awareness campaign and equipment
|
$23,000
|
|
Prince of Peace Senior Social Centre Volunteers
|
Interim operating support
|
$3,500
|
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Resource Assistance for Youth
|
Relocation costs
|
$100,000
|
|
Sara Riel
|
Facility upgrades
|
$22,000
|
|
SMD Self-Help Clearinghouse
|
Disability, Health & Wellness Conference
|
$7,500
|
|
Society for Manitobans with Disabilities
|
Consultant for job activity analysis and training
|
$10,000
|
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South Winnipeg Family Information Centre
|
Staff for Clothes Closet
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$15,821
|
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SPLASH Child Care
|
Facility upgrades
|
$30,000
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