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Join us as we celebrate our 100th anniversary
As part of our celebrations, the latest issue of our Working Together magazine is a collection of essays written by individuals representing different sectors and Cause areas in Winnipeg about their aspirations for our community and the potential role philanthropy might play in achieving them. Read the essays online!
Learn more about our centennial and celebration activities on our special Centennial website.
The Foundation’s first grant of its second century
The Winnipeg Foundation is bolstered by 100 years of working with, investing in, and learning from the community. As we enter into our second century, we have a responsibility to set a course for the next 100 years of grantmaking. In this vein, the i...
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in community support in 2020~1,000
organizations supported in 20209,311
gifts received in 2020Why I Give
“Because driving change is created through partnerships and goodwill.”
Transit drivers see firsthand the challenges in our city. Through their new fund at The Winnipeg Foundation, Transit employees are giving back.
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Arts, Culture & Heritage
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Wonderful! When you give to Arts, Culture & Heritage you’re helping to…
• MAKE art and culture accessible
• CREATE social change through art
• CELEBRATE our diverse cultural heritage
Support Arts, Culture & Heritage
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Engaging audiences through live theatre
Since 1958, Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre has been engaging Manitobans through live theatre. BeCause Radio spoke with Camilla Holland, Execu...
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Arts, Culture & Heritage
Using art to help make clinical care experiences better for patients and visitors
Artists in Healthcare Manitoba has been bringing music and art to patients and visitors in hospitals and health centres for the past two decades. Be...
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Arts, Culture & Heritage
Creating outstanding performances in Winnipeg and beyond
The Royal Winnipeg Ballet is one of The Winnipeg Foundation’s first arts grant recipients, in 1961. Since then, RWB has continued to c...
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Children, Youth & Families
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Wonderful! When you give to Children, Youth & Families you’re helping to…
• HELP individuals develop their potential
• EMPOWER families
• CULTIVATE belonging and safety in neighborhoods
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BeCause & Effect #68: Andrew Kussy
Andrew Kussy is helping to make dreams come true. That does sound hyperbolic until you learn he works as Development Manager for the Dream Factory, an...
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Children, Youth & Families
The Honourable Murray Sinclair, LLB, MSC, IPC
Change is going on around us as we speak and as I write this. One thing I have learned over the years is that change is unpredictable and the only thi...
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Children, Youth & Families
Shahina Siddiqui
I visited Winnipeg from New York in 1974 and fell in love with it. “This city has a soul,” I whispered to my husband. In 1976 we got our immigrati...
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Environment & Animal Welfare
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Wonderful! When you give to Environment & Animal Welfare you’re helping to…
• PROMOTE sustainable lifestyles
• TACKLE climate change
• PROTECT animals
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Environment & Animal Welfare
Alexis Kanu
As I write this, in the midst of the second wave of the global pandemic, Winnipeg’s rivers and ponds are frozen solid, snow-covered. And yet they ha...
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Environment & Animal Welfare
BeCause & Effect #57: Jessica Miller
Jessica Miller was made for her new role. As the new CEO of the Winnipeg Humane Society, Jessica could not be better suited to take the helm of this i...
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Environment & Animal Welfare
BeCause & Effect #56: Joanne Kelly
Joanne Kelly is many things to many people: Journalism instructor at Red River College, incredible advocate for animals/supporter of the Winnipeg Huma...
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Health, Wellness & Recreation
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Wonderful! When you give to Health, Wellness & Recreation you’re helping to…
• ENHANCE food security
• REMOVE barriers to recreation and sports
• REDUCE isolation for seniors and the vulnerable
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Health, Wellness & Recreation
Mark Chipman
I grew up in St. James, surrounded by dozens of kids my own age. We played baseball in spring and summer, football in fall and hockey all winter long....
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Health, Wellness & Recreation
Viola Prowse
Good nutrition is a key component of good health, development and academic success. Children spend much of their time in educational facilities during...
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Health, Wellness & Recreation
Samuel Unrau
My upbringing instilled a high degree of independence; a guiding principle that’s influenced every aspect of my life. As a young child, I would craw...
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Literacy, Education & Employment
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Wonderful! When you give to Literacy, Education & Employment you’re helping to…
• CLOSE education gaps
• INCREASE school readiness, high school completion, and post-secondary enrolment
• SUPPORT transition to the workforce
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Inspiring and building confidence in youth
For 10 years, CanU has been inspiring and building confidence in youth Grades 5-12 through its mentorship and educational programs. During the month o...
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Literacy, Education & Employment
Gerry Labossiere
“Nothing in the Universe ever grew from the outside in.” - Richard Wagamese, Ojibway author born in Northwest Ontario. We all generally aspire to ...
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Community
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Wonderful! When you give to Community you’re helping to…
• SUPPORT all the Causes
• DO IT ALL!
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BeCause & Effect #70: Brent Bellamy
Brent Bellamy is improving Winnipeg through design; as Creative Director at Number 10 Architectural Group, as well as a contributor to the Winnipeg Fr...
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BeCause & Effect #69: Sachit Mehra
Sachit Mehra is a strong community voice that spends so much of his time giving back. As an entrepreneur, speaker, and community advocate, Sachit is a...
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Community
Winnipeggers’ generosity celebrated on a tour through the historic Exchange District
The Winnipeg Foundation and Exchange District BIZ partner to present Walking Together: A Journey of Generosity through the Exchange. One hundred years...
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Community
BeCause & Effect #70: Brent Bellamy
Brent Bellamy is improving Winnipeg through design; as Creative Director at Number 10 Architectural Group, as well as a contributor to the Winnipeg Fr...
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Community
BeCause & Effect #69: Sachit Mehra
Sachit Mehra is a strong community voice that spends so much of his time giving back. As an entrepreneur, speaker, and community advocate, Sachit is a...
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Community
Winnipeggers’ generosity celebrated on a tour through the historic Exchange District
The Winnipeg Foundation and Exchange District BIZ partner to present Walking Together: A Journey of Generosity through the Exchange. One hundred years...
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