Community Fund

Needs change, but your gift to the Community Fund helps forever. Give with confidence that your support will always go where it's needed most, no matter what comes.

Flexible giving, lasting impact

You can’t predict what’s coming. But you can make sure your community is ready for it.

Help where it’s needed most

None of us can see into the future. Needs shift, priorities change, and what matters to our community today may look nothing like what matters a generation from now.

When priorities change

A donor 20 years ago couldn’t have anticipated how AI may disrupt job security. Some of our generous donors 100 years ago permanently tied their gifts to polio research, a cause that looks very different today.

The future is uncertain. Your impact doesn’t have to be.

How it works

You give

Every contribution to the Community Fund is pooled with gifts from Winnipeggers who share your commitment to this city.

Invested forever

Your gift is invested as an endowment, so the returns can go to work in the community every year, while the fund itself keeps growing stronger over time.

Winnipeggers decide

A diverse board of volunteers, all community members themselves, determines where support will do the most good.

Your gift gets to work

Grants go to the charities and initiatives that can do the most good — for the Winnipeg we know today, and the one still taking shape.

Why flexible giving matters

When you give to the Community Fund, your gift joins thousands of others who want to make this city better. Through the power of endowments, those gifts go further than any single donation could alone — staying flexible, responding to whatever Winnipeg needs, whenever it’s needed.

A century of knowing Winnipeg

Winnipeg Foundation is Canada’s first community foundation, and for over 100 years we’ve been responding to the changing needs of our city. Our unmatched history means deep connections, insights and relationships that make us uniquely positioned to understand where support is needed most. Our organization was built by everyday Winnipeggers who understood the collective power of generosity: that we are stronger together.

Give knowing your support will always find its way to a better Winnipeg, no matter what comes.