From $3,350 for helmets for therapeutic horseback riding to $10,000 to help seven adult women with developmental disabilities secure a permanent home, the Peterborough Foundation has awarded nine local charities with a combined total of $52,150.
Following its June meeting, the Peterborough Foundation’s board of directors decided to distribute the grant money to nine organizations in Peterborough to help fund pilot projects or capital purchases.
“Our greatest hope would be that these funds have a meaningful impact on providing needed funding to support the mission of these organizations, who provide a broad range of services in the city and county of Peterborough,” Pat Hooper, Peterborough Foundation board member and secretary, told kawarthaNOW.
The Peterborough Foundation has supported hundreds of local charities over the past seven decades.
Incorporated in 1953 from the estate of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Magie, the foundation has distributed more than $2 million from an original capital base of just under $1 million. The work of managing and distributing the foundation’s funds is done by volunteers.
“Since 1953, dedicated individuals have volunteered their time and expertise to watch over the foundation’s investments and to disburse funds to local charities which bring people together to make Peterborough a great place to live,” Hooper noted.
The following organizations received the latest grants:
- Our Daughters’ Home: $10,000 towards the down payment for a home in East City
- The New Canadians Centre: $10,000 for building renovations
- Trent Valley Archives: $6,000 for the purchase of a point-of-sale technological device
- VON Peterborough-Victoria-Haliburton: $5,000 for a video intercom system
- St. Joseph’s at Fleming: $5,000 for the purchase of iPads
- Market Hall Performing Arts Centre: $5,000 for enhancing its sound system
- Geriatric Health/Alzheimer Society: $4,000 towards its “Dementia Care at Home” film
- Peterborough Folk Festival: $3,800 for an equipment purchase
- PARD Therapeutic Riding: $3,350 for the purchase of helmets
Hooper said the Peterborough Foundation will issue another round of grants in December, with applications due by November 1. The board will meet in December to review the applications, and will then follow up with the submitting organizations before deciding which organizations will be granted money and how much.
Applicants must be not-for-profit charitable organizations with a charitable number carrying out operations within the city and county of Peterborough. Grants are for capital purchases only, not operating costs or deficits.
Visit www.peterboroughfoundation.org to learn more about the application process.
