Community Services Recovery Fund Wrap-Up
London and Middlesex Organizations Share Results from Community Services Recovery Fund Support
London Community Foundation was proud to support 33 charities and non-profits in London and Middlesex in 2023/2024 to help them adapt to the long-term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The funding, totalling $1.3 million, helped organizations improve the efficacy, accessibility, and sustainability of the essential community services that they provide.
The local funding was part of a national collaboration among Canadian Red Cross, Community Foundations of Canada, and United Way Centraide Canada called the Community Services Recovery Fund (CSRF), a one-time $400 million investment from the Government of Canada.
“This Recovery Fund program made it possible for community services organizations to address operational excellence in a wide range of areas such as fundraising, communications, technology and governance.” said Lori Runciman, Director of Grants, London Community Foundation. “It is inspiring to see how the London and Middlesex charitable and non-profit sector diligently worked to adapt, modernize and become more resilient in preparation for the future.”
Interested in learning more about the results of this funding? Read the short impact statements for each project.
Recipients
Aeolian Hall Musical Arts Association $ 31,000
Alzheimer Society Southwest Partners $ 32,400
Animal Outreach $ 50,000
Anova: A Future Without Violence $ 30,500
Big Brothers Big Sisters of London and Area $ 27,658
Camp Kee-Mo-Kee of the United Church of Canada $ 28,178
Crouch Neighbourhood Resource Centre $ 55,000
Elgin Middlesex Oxford Workforce Planning and Development
$ 28,524
Family Service Thames Valley $ 71,200
Forest City Film Festival $ 10,402
Four Counties Health Services Foundation $ 12,000
Grand Theatre $ 32,730
Hutton House Association for Adults with Disabilities $ 29,460
John Howard Society of London and District $ 90,000
Kinsmen Club of Greater London- District 1 $ 20,642
LIFE SPIN (Low-Income Family Empowerment Sole-Support Parents Information Network) $75,380
London Community Chaplaincy $ 36,925
London Cross Cultural Learner Centre $ 18,500
London Cycle Link Association $ 11,648
London Environmental Network $ 42,500
London Regional Children's Museum $ 54,360
London Symphonia $ 47,750
LUSO Community Services $ 60,000
Oneida Nation of the Thames First Nation $ 45,475
Parkinson Society Southwestern Ontario $ 85,000
Regional HIV/AIDS Connection $ 35,000
SARI (Special Ability Riding Institute) $ 52,115
Strathroy Middlesex General Hospital Foundation $ 23,980
St. Joseph's Hospice of London $ 42,980
The Reimagine Institute for Community Sustainability $ 26,160
Unity Project for Relief of Homelessness in London $ 64,490
WILL Employment Solutions $ 49,723
Youth Opportunities Unlimited $ 44,000