The Sudbury Community Foundation is an independent public foundation and registered charity. The Foundation has been a gateway to the community since 1996, enabling donors to create philanthropic legacies that will benefit Sudbury and its people both now and in the future. The Foundation's unique combination of grant-making expertise, knowledge of community needs, professional financial and fund management expertise, and knowledge of donor philanthropy, provides donors with higher impact for every dollar donated.  In addition, it gives local charities access to a permanent flow of grant dollars.

SCF provides

• flexible, comprehensive donor services to philanthropic citizens
• inclusive, visionary grants to a broad range of charitable organizations
• leadership in the community by identifying and addressing current, urgent needs.

We invite you to learn more about the Sudbury Community Foundation and our philanthropic partners in the following pages. Your questions, comments and suggestions are more than welcome.

Sudbury's Vital Signs 2008
online report: www.vitalsignssudbury.ca