Launching FREE TO PLAY!

We're thrilled to launch Free to Play in Grey Bruce! Free to Play is funding local projects that help kids unplug and reconnect - with nature, friends, and their imaginations. Apply today!

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Community Foundation Grey Bruce

Community Foundation Grey Bruce enhances community vitality by fostering open discussion about local need, sharing knowledge, and growing endowments to provide strategic granting and support to a wide range of non-profit organizations.

Our vision is that everyone in Grey Bruce benefits from a vital, healthy, and resilient community.

What's Happening

Free to Play
Applications Open for Free to Play!
Community Foundation Grey Bruce (CFGB) is inviting eligible local organizations in Grey Bruce to apply for funding through Free to Play, a new initiative supporting outdoor, unstructured play for children and youth.
Launch of CDC
CFGB Launches a New CDC for Local Housing
CFGB is proud to announce the start-up of the Grey Bruce Community Development Corporation for local housing! The Grey Bruce CDC will be initially focused on affordable housing throughout the two counties. Click to learn more!

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Will Power: I'm Remembering Both
Your Will is powerful. Change the world with a charitable gift in your Will, while still supporting those you love.
Quotes from Our Community
"The funding and enthusiastic support of the foundation has had a very positive impact on Sweetwater and our community." - Colleen Purdon, Sweetwater Music Festival
Local students wrote letters of support for people living with mental illness in housing programs through CMHA's Good Deeds project that were hand delivered as part of The Heart Project kits.
Local students wrote letters of support for people living with mental illness in housing programs through CMHA's Good Deeds project that were hand delivered as part of The Heart Project kits.
GRANTS IN ACTION: The Heart Project Spreads Love
A great road trip to spread love wound through Grey Bruce on Thanksgiving Monday thanks to a 2021 community grant to CMHA (Canadian Mental Health Association) Grey Bruce, together with community champion Mary Sundermeier.
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Youth participants are taught woodworking techniques and safety considerations in The Triple S Skills Project.
Youth participants are taught woodworking techniques and safety considerations in The Triple S Skills Project.
GRANTS IN ACTION: The Hanley Institute
This past summer, The Hanley Institute in Flesherton offered "The Triple S Skills Project", supported by a grant from Community Foundation Grey Bruce. This program helped youth cultivate new competencies they may not have had access to previously.
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M'Wikwedong and Community Foundation Grey Bruce staff pose in front of the new M'Wikwedong Teaching Garden, located in Owen Sound.
M'Wikwedong and Community Foundation Grey Bruce staff pose in front of the new M'Wikwedong Teaching Garden, located in Owen Sound.
GRANTS IN ACTION: M’Wikwedong Teaching Garden
Through a 2023 Spring Community grant from Community Foundation Grey Bruce, M’Wikwedong Indigenous Friendship Centre has opened the M’Wikwedong Teaching Garden, an accessible space that allows for the expansion of gardening programs for the Owen Sound
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Learn about the impact of housing in Grey Bruce

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Read about what the Community Foundation Grey Bruce has done in 2024 / 2025.

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This Vital Focus on Youth Report digs deeper into the "issue clusters" that Grey Bruce youth brought forward in our Vital Conversations.

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This report contains important data on six topics related to life in Grey Bruce: health & wellness, the environment, living standards, arts & culture, education & lifelong learning, and community connections.