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Leslie and Irene Dubé have created a $6M endowment with Saskatoon Community Foundation, designated for six charitable organizations close to their hearts.

Province-wide funding through the federal CHCI designated for public space enhancements.

11 Saskatoon charities are receiving ECSF Round 2 grants through the Government of Canada program, including Saskatoon Crisis Intervention Service.

With the appointment of Carm Michalenko for a second term as CEO, and a donor funded awareness campaign, the foundation is working hard for donors who want to shape our community.

The second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic afflicting Saskatoon is causing safety concerns for both the city's most vulnerable and for the entire population, says Carm Michalenko, CEO.

This year’s Community Fund for Reconciliation projects and applications demonstrated strong community partnerships between Indigenous and non-Indigenous organizations with innovative ways of building bridges in local communities, despite the realities of a global pandemic.

See the 11 Saskatchewan organizations selected for the first round of federal Investment Readiness Program funding, designed to promote investment readiness within social enterprise.

Grants for 18 local charities announced through federal Emergency Community Support Fund administered by Sasakatoon Community Foundation. The funding targets charities serving vulnerable Canadians.

Announced April 21, the federal Emergency Community Support Fund will be administered by the Saskatoon Community Foundation locally, with grants issued on an ongoing basis through July 2020.

Due to COVID-19 and the current uncertainty about when large gatherings will resume, the Saskatoon Community Foundation Board of Directors and Planning Committee for the Nutrien Saskatoon Community Foundation Cultural Gala have rescheduled the Walk with the Wind gala to September 18, 2021.

Cindy Fuchs of the Saskatchewan Roughriders Foundation has seen firsthand the impact the South Saskatchewan Community Foundation and Saskatoon Community Foundation have had in our province. Now the three foundations are giving a hand to the most vulnerable people in Rider Nation.

Saskatoon Community Foundation marks its 50th anniversary in 2020. The current COVID-19 pandemic highlights the importance of a community foundation’s critical role in relief and recovery efforts.