The Chatham Kent Community Foundation is accepting applications for the South Kent Wind Community Fund.
The grant applications are being accepted until September 30, 2016.
You can submit a grant application here.
Charitable organizations may apply for funding to support capital, operating and special one-time costs for facilities, programs and events that are related to the South Kent Wind Community Fund’s five areas of giving:
– Community: Inspiring local spirit and engagement through community events and projects.
– Environment: Enhancing community action on ecological preservation, restoration, land stewardship and education.
– Health and Wellness: Fostering individual and community health and wellness.
– Youth and Education: Meeting the needs of children and youth development through education, recreation and safety.
– First Nations and Métis: Supporting cultural awareness, the environment, health and wellness, and youth and education.
2016 Spring Grant Recipients
The South Kent Wind Community Fund administered through the Chatham Kent Community Foundation congratulates the following organizations upon receiving grants totaling over $70,000 from our spring grant cycle:
– Walpole Island First Nation Employment & Training
– Merlin & Area Kinsmen Park Foundation
– Blenheim Youth Centre
– SWONT Optimist Education Trust Fund
– Lower Thames Valley Conservation Authority
– IODE Kent Regiment Chapter
– Chatham-Kent Black Historical Society
– New Beginnings Stroke Recovery Association
– Exceptional Riders Therapeutic Riding Program
– Loads of Love Humanitarian Aid Society
– Victorian Order of Nurses of Chatham-Kent
– Chatham Kent Children’s Safety Village
– Let’s Make a Splash Pad Wallaceburg
About the SKW Community Fund
The purpose of the SKW Community Fund is to help build strong and vibrant communities in the Municipality of Chatham-Kent throughout the life of the South Kent Wind facility and beyond.
South Kent Wind donated one million dollars to establish the SKW Community Fund’s endowment and will contribute an additional $10 million over 20 years to provide a stable source of community funding for the long-term.
The Chatham Kent Community Foundation is a broad-based, volunteer-driven, philanthropic organization creating, preserving and growing perpetual funds to enrich the quality of life of Chatham-Kent citizens now and in the future.
On April 23, 2013, Samsung and Pattern Energy announced the establishment of the South Kent Wind Community Fund with the Chatham Kent Community Foundation
