LCF is pleased to announce new funding opportunities supporting innovative community projects across our region. Eligible organizations are encouraged to apply today. Matt tested this.
Showing results 11-20 of 22
Social Impact Loans are large loans for affordable and supportive housing developers, registered charities, and social enterprises. These loans allow the Foundation’s unrestricted assets to create positive change in the community on a large scale.
This story was first published in London Community Foundation’s 2024 Impact Report, in May 2025.
“For some time now, what we do goes beyond the programming for Black History Month and goes beyond just history. It’s about culture and heritage. It’s about being a hub for anything involving Black people in the city,” says Carl Cadogan, a volunteer on the board of the newly renamed London Black Heritage Council.
January 2, 2026
Recognizes individuals or groups working in charity sector with funding for professional development.
In 2024, London InterCommunity Health Centre’s “Women of the World” Childcare Provision project received a $63,000 Community Vitality Grant.The program supports the healthy integration of newcomer women as they navigate the challenges of settling in London. Recently, we received the following update that speaks to the impact the project is making.
Written by Selma Tobah, Community Development Worker at London InterCommunity Health Centre.
October 16, 2025
Grant Summary: The Learn to Grow, Grow to Give Project combines food literacy/education and food security programming in innovative, efficient ways by growing and providing fresh, healthy foods for food-insecure families, while delivering equitable, accessible food education programming for children, families, and schools.
July 29, 2025
Project Summary: In 2022, Statistics Canada reported that 38% of Black households were food-insecure—twice the rate of white households and surpassing all other racialized communities. Alarmingly, 4 in 10 Black homes face food insecurity, and 46.6% of Black children live in food-insecure households. The Type Diabeat It Kitchen Project directly addresses these challenges by developing its 1.5-acre agricultural site.
July 29, 2025
Type Diabeat-It is dedicated to ensuring Black and People of Colour understand what it means to live with diabetes by offering education and support.
Much of their work revolves around food education, with classes and events about diet and cooking held regularly in community spaces. In 2024, they made significant progress on their Harvest Haven project, which tackles food insecurity among the community in London that Type Diabeat-It serves.
February 12, 2025
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.
October 24, 2024
A Community Vitality grant of $63,000 over three years will help the London InterCommunity Health Centre expand its successful peer-led program for newcomer women by incorporating childcare.
Known as Women of the World, or WOW, the program supports the healthy integration of newcomer women as they navigate the challenges of settling in London. The health centre currently hosts three WOW groups: a Farsi-language group for Afghan women, a Kurmanji-language group for Yazidi women, and a multicultural English language group.
August 19, 2024
An innovative approach to mental health support influenced by a model created in Zimbabwe, known as the Friendship Bench, is coming to the London and Middlesex area.
With a three-year $140,181 Community Vitality grant, the Canadian Mental Health Association Thames Valley Addiction and Mental Health Services (CHMA-TVAMHS) is introducing a new approach to support diverse French-speaking people, many of whom are newcomers to Canada from countries in Africa.
August 19, 2024
Showing results 11-20 of 22