Working Together
Environment & Animal Welfare
Planting seeds of knowledge with ‘rotten broccoli’
Green Audit Pilot program works with youth-serving organizations to change habits and build climate change resilience. Changing behaviours when it comes to our daily practices is key to building resilience in the face of climate change. Our youth ar...
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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
BeCause & Effect #55: Mitch Bourbonniere
Mitch Bourbonniere has spent his life in service of others. As an educator and community activist in Winnipeg, he’s made it his life’s mission to ...
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The Winnipeg Foundation distributes a record $73 million in 2020; celebrates its centennial in 2021
During the year in which we experienced great upheaval due to the global pandemic, The Winnipeg Foundation aimed to provide stability and support to o...
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Community
New Leadership Announced for The Winnipeg Foundation
The Winnipeg Foundation is pleased to announce that Sky Bridges will become the venerable organization’s next Chief Executive Officer, effective Apr...
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Community
2021 Board Appointments
The Winnipeg Foundation is pleased to announce the following new appointments to our Board of Directors, effective January 2021. The Winnipeg Foundati...
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Children, Youth & Families
BeCause & Effect #54: Phil Chiappetta
Phil Chiapetta has been with Rossbrook House for over 40 years. As their Executive Director, he knows what it takes to assist at-risk children and you...
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Literacy, Education & Employment
Raising support for inner-Winnipeg students
Westland Foundation is an organization that empowers inner-Winnipeg youth through post-secondary education. Because of the pandemic, Westland did not ...
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Literacy, Education & Employment
BeCause & Effect #53: Adele Perry
Adele Perry is a wealth of knowledge when it comes to history, indigenous studies, and human rights. She is the Associate Professor and Canada Researc...
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Children, Youth & Families
Winnipeg Impact Maker: Visions of Sugarplums Pyjama Project
This week’s Winnipeg Impact Maker, the Visions of Sugarplums Pyjama Project, delivers pyjamas to children this holiday season: BeCause Radio&nbs...
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Community
Manitobans work together to raise more than $1.2 million for community foundations during the Endow Manitoba Giving Challenge
Each qualifying $5 gift was worth $7 thanks to stretch funding from the Manitoba government and The Winnipeg Foundation. This past November, Manitoban...
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