Stories from organizations and people turning generosity into impact.
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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
Hutton House teamed up with London-based digital studio Web.is.odes in the summer of 2025 to produce Root Awakening – a documentary about The Patch, told through the lens of volunteer Faye Simmons. Faye, who uses a wheelchair, first became involved with Hutton House as a volunteer receptionist, but has been involved with The Patch since the project started in 2020.
August 24, 2026
We’re excited to introduce Michael Morphew, one of the 2026 recipients of the Rainbow Youth Leadership Bursary. This award recognizes young leaders for their outstanding efforts in promoting inclusivity and support for 2SLGBTQIA+ individuals.
August 17, 2026
2025 saw the repayment of a $2.5 million loan to London Community Foundation’s Social Impact Fund by the London Particular Council of the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul. The bridge loan was used to accelerate the development of St. Vincent’s on Huron – a 73unit mixed-income housing development, where affordable units will be open to some of the most vulnerable people in our society.
August 5, 2026
London Community Foundation’s Community Vitality grant program – one of the Foundation’s largest funding streams – has awarded over $1.45 million to support six projects in London and Middlesex County run by local charities. Learn more about these grants to ALUS Middlesex, Daya Counselling Centre, Humane Society London & Middlesex, Lionhearts London, London ACORN, and Queer Intersections.
July 29, 2026
Latest photos from the first-of-its-kind in Canada mixed-income housing development. With tenants now living in the new builds on the main block developed by Chelsea Green Home Society, Homes Unlimited (London) Inc., London Affordable Housing Foundation, and Zerin Development Corporation, Village SoHo is coming to life.
July 21, 2026
In 2023, a Community Vitality Grant of $65,000 was awarded to Strong Start for their Letters, Sounds and Words program, a project that acts as a literacy intervention for young children to develop foundational reading skills. Over two years, the program aimed to address gaps in equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) across its educational materials, ensuring that all children and volunteers were represented.
June 9, 2026
Ahead of legacy month, former London Community Board Chair Erin Naylor – a wills, estates, and corporate lawyer with Scott Petrie LLP – discusses the benefits of legacy giving and how you can leave a gift in your will to London Community Foundation.
April 27, 2026
For people living with chronic joint pain, everyday movements as simple as standing and walking can become overwhelming challenges. For patients served by Operation Walk Canada, access to joint replacement surgery can mean the difference between a life limited by pain and one renewed with independence and dignity.
April 27, 2026
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