Over 35 funds have been established at the Sudbury Community Foundation.  They have been established by individuals, families, groups and corporate organizations based in Greater Sudbury to support our community now and into the future.

Bill Goring Memorial Fund Bill's family established this field of interest fund in outdoor education and recreation to acknowledge Bill's strong love for the outdoors. Family members advise the Foundation in selecting appropriate charities to receive grants from this fund.

Bourse Hélène Gravel This bursary fund was established to assist post-secondary students from Northern Ontario who are pursuing education in theatre arts. Hélène Gravel was a well-known Sudbury thespian who was instrumental in establishing a theatre arts program at Laurentian University.

CMHC Children's Wish Fund In 2001, the staff of Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation established a field of interest fund for children with special or health needs to respond to special requests they may have.

Compassionate Community Fund This Fund is donor-advised and intended to benefit a wide range of local charities.

Courtney Herold Children's Fund Established by the Herold Family in memory of Courtney Herold, this fund is a wish fund for children with medical or health difficulties.

Ernie Impola Fund When Mr. Impola passed away, his employer Mitch Spiegel established this fund as a stand-alone foundation. In 2000, Mr. Spiegel moved it to the Sudbury Community Foundation to administer as a donor-advised fund. Mr. Spiegel continues to be active in determining charities to receive grants from the fund.

Fonds Gabriel et Laura Bélanger This donor-advised Fund was established by Gabriel and Laura Bélanger in 2007 on the occasion of their 50^th anniversary.  Friends and family celebrated the event with donations to their fund.  

Gord and Pat Slade Heritage Fund This Fund is donor-advised and intended to benefit a wide range of local charities.

Greater Sudbury Charities Fund This fund was started by the City of Greater Sudbury to enhance the operating capacity of charities who deliver programs beneficial to the Sudbury Community.

GSU Fund The Greater Sudbury Utilities Fund is donor advised, and will be used to support local charitable activities.

James and Carmen Simmons Family Fund This fund was established as a designated fund to assist the Foundation with its sustainability.

James Grassby Youth Fund Dr. Grassby, founder and patron of the Sudbury Action Centre for Youth established this Fund to help sustain the Youth Centre.

Joey Packota Charitable Trust in Honour of Ella and Joseph Packota This donor advised fund was established to support charities, projects and activities benefiting Coniston, Ontario as well as bursaries for students from Coniston studying in the arts.

John and Mary Stefura Family Fund John and Mary Stefura started this designated fund to support the Art Gallery of Sudbury and the Sudbury Symphony Orchestra.

Kids Come First Fund This field-of-interest fund was established by CIBC with a $3,000 gift to the Foundation and a challenge to the City of Sudbury to match it (which the City did). It has become Sudbury 's flagship fund for the Ontario Endowment for Children and Youth in Recreation.

Killarney-Shebanoning Outdoor Environmental Education Centre This Fundwas established by the Sudbury Catholic District School Board in 2010 to support the activities of the Killarney-Shebanoning Outdoor Environmental Education Centre.

L'Arche Sudbury Fund This designated fund was recently established to help sustain L'Arche Sudbury.

Maurice Keaney Memorial Fund This is a field of interest fund for children and youth. It was the first endowment fund received at the Foundation in 1996.

Michaëlle Jean Sudbury Afro-Canadian Heritage Foundation Fund The Foundation shall award bursaries from the Fund to secondary school graduates of African heritage who reside in Greater Sudbury or north-eastern Ontario and who have demonstrated financial need.  Scholastic performance will be considered an asset.

Northern Ontario Railroad Museum and Heritage Centre Fund This agency fund, started in 2011, was created in order to help sustain the Northern Ontario Railroad Museum and Heritage Centre in Caprerol.

Ontario Endowment for Children and Youth In Recreation In the Ontario 1999 Budget, the government set aside $5 million in matching funds for Ontario community foundations. These matching funds were field of interest funds for children and youth in recreation and culture. There are three named endowment funds that have been established and been given matching dollars: Kids Come First Fund; Parenting the Environment Fund; Place Bonaventure Mall Fund.

Parenting the Environment Fund This fund was created by Chris and Roger Nash, two well-known Sudburians and philanthropists. By linking the Fund to the Ontario Endowment for Children and Youth in Recreation, Chris and Roger brought together their love of children, the outdoors and recreation, and the environment.

Pauline and Herbert Goodspeed Penniac United Baptist Church Fund This Fund was established for the maintenance and improvement of the church and cemetery.

Performing Arts Fund SCF started a performing arts fund as a result of a small donation from a Toronto-based film company.

Pioneer Manor Fund. An anonymous donor has made a gift of appreciated securities for awards to staff members at Pioneer Manor who had reached 20 years of service.

Place Bonaventure Mall Fund This fund was started by the retailers at Place Bonaventure Mall who fundraised during special mall activities. This is a field of interest fund for children and youth in recreation and has been matched by the Ontario Endowment for Children and Youth in Recreation.

Professional Engineers of Ontario (Sudbury Chapter) Fund This donor-advised fund was established through the fundraising efforts of Sudbury 's Professional Engineers. At present the endowment holds over $59,000 and this association has pledged to build it until it reaches $100,000

Richard Roy Dixon Bursary Fund This fund was established by Mr. Dixon to help students from the Sudbury area who wanted to pursue post-secondary education but were held back through financial constraints.

Romeo Cundari Memorial Music Bursary Fund This Fund was established by the Cundari family in memory of Romeo Cundari, a well-known local musician, to assist students pursuing post-secondary music studies.

Science North Fund This Fund was established by Science North in 2010 to support their work.

Sofie Manarin Bursary Fund Sofie Manarin was an elite cross-country skier and Canada 's top junior skier the year she lost her life in a tragic traffic accident. Her father, John Manarin, established this bursary fund as a flow-through fund to help other young talented skiers achieve their athletic goals. Grants will be distributed through Ski Canada to selected athletes.

Sudbury Community Foundation Sustainability Fund The Sustainability Fund has been created to build sustainability for the Foundation by contributing to annual administrative costs.

Sudbury Living Magazine Group Fund Established by the Laurentian Media Magazine Group, this fund supports the charitable activities of Habitat for Humanity.

Sudbury Regional Tree Fund The Tree Fund was set up by the Lougheed Family as a designated fund to support the region's ecosystems and regreening programs.

The Pegasus Student Equity Fund This agency fund was established by The Pegasus Equity Fund Advisory Group at Chelmsford Valley District Composite School to assist students who have significant financial need so that they can continue with their studies at that school.

Tom Davies Millennium Fund Tom Davies, Sudbury 's Regional Chairman until his death in 1997, envisioned a community foundation to strengthen Sudbury 's charitable and volunteer sector. The Foundation named its community (discretionary) fund in his honour.

Ukrainian Seniors Fund Proceeds from the Garlic Festival were used to establish this donor-advised fund.

United Way Tomorrow Fund This designated fund was the result of a bequest to United Way . All earnings are returned to United Way .

W. Bruce Martin Memorial Fund This is a field of interest endowment favouring health and the arts.

Xstrata Nickel Community Development Fund is a community fund established in 2007, to address areas of concern in need as they arise year to year.

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