Stories from organizations and people turning generosity into impact.
London Community Foundation partnered with Middlesex County Library in the Summer of 2025, inviting all branches to apply for funding to support their programming, upgrade underused spaces, and generally improve the experience of community members across Middlesex County at their local libraries.
September 28, 2026
Urban Roots London received a $282,354, 3-year Community Vitality grant in 2024 to grow their infrastructure with a focus on expanding their site at Siloam United Church. In 2025, with the support of the grant, they donated over 5,200lb of freshly grown produce to organizations running food security programming across the City of London, a 126% increase in their donated food from 2024.
September 21, 2026
Tributes to Dolly Parton following her passing highlight her incredible generosity and kindness, including the “Imagination Library” program she founded in 1995. The “Imagination Library” provides free books every month […]
August 27, 2026
London Community Foundation partnered with Middlesex County Library in the Summer of 2025, inviting all branches to apply for funding to support their programming, upgrade underused spaces, and generally improve the experience of community members across Middlesex County at their local libraries.
September 28, 2026
Urban Roots London received a $282,354, 3-year Community Vitality grant in 2024 to grow their infrastructure with a focus on expanding their site at Siloam United Church. In 2025, with the support of the grant, they donated over 5,200lb of freshly grown produce to organizations running food security programming across the City of London, a 126% increase in their donated food from 2024.
September 21, 2026
Tributes to Dolly Parton following her passing highlight her incredible generosity and kindness, including the “Imagination Library” program she founded in 1995. The “Imagination Library” provides free books every month […]
August 27, 2026
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Pathways Employment Help Centre and Chippewas of the Thames First Nation received a Community Vitality grant in 2022 to fund two years of the innovative Building New Futures Together project, which taught practical construction skills and resulted in new homes being built for community members. Three years on from the grant, people are now living in the homes built through the project.
August 21, 2025
Grant Summary: This project improves the services that Southwest Middlesex Health Centre provides to Indigenous patients. It includes timely access to mental health supports and foot care, and ensures all staff are trained in culturally safe health care so that Indigenous patients feel respected, safe, and represented while receiving care.
July 29, 2025
Grant Summary: Ontario Nature and Chippewas of the Thames First Nation will collaborate to improve climate resiliency, restore native habitat, educate the public and First Nations members on the environment, and foster cross-cultural knowledge sharing. This project enhances well-being by promoting stewardship and empowering individuals for a sustainable future.
July 29, 2025
Grant Summary: The Forest City Film Festival is expanding its Indigenous Program, Community Day, and Deep Dive Screenings. Doing so will deepen and transform our regional audience by supporting Indigenous cultures, connecting our various communities, and creating conversations around important local issues.
July 29, 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
London Community Foundation (LCF) in partnership with the Lawson Foundation announced its creation of the LCF COVID-19 Response Fund – a collaborative effort to support our community during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Led by LCF with an initial contribution of $300,000, matched by the Lawson Foundation by way of their Miggsie Fund, through which they have been supporting the London community since 2005, the $600,000 fund will provide a central location for philanthropists, corporations, individuals and families to support immediate needs in our community that have emerged as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
March 30, 2020
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