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The Sudbury Community Foundation is an independent public foundation and registered charity. The Foundation has been a gateway to the community since 1996, enabling donors to create philanthropic legacies that will benefit Sudbury, Ontario and its people both now and in the future. The Foundation's unique combination of grant-making expertise, knowledge of community needs, professional financial and fund management expertise, and knowledge of donor philanthropy, provides donors with higher impact for every dollar donated. In addition, it gives local charities access to a permanent flow of grant dollars.

History
The Sudbury Community Foundation was established in 1996 as a registered public foundation by a group of local citizens. With support from Tom Davies, then Regional Chair of Sudbury, and an initial endowment from the Regional Municipality, the Foundation began the task of raising a fund to benefit the community.

Since then, the Foundation’s endowment holdings have grown in excess of $1.5 million, and over $95,000 has been distributed as grants within Greater Sudbury.

The Sudbury Community Foundation has also spearheaded a number of community projects, including Our Millennium, a national program dedicated to encouraging Canadians to celebrate the new millennium by giving gifts back to their community, and Countdown for Kids, a matching fund campaign for children under the umbrella of Ontario Endowment for Children and Youth in Recreation.

Like other community foundations in Canada, the Sudbury Community Foundation, since 2007, has also published annual Vital Signs reports.

In 2009, the Foundation introduced Jazz Sudbury which is a major fundraising initiative that will introduce the first ever jazz festival to Northern Ontario.

Foundation Initiatives

 * Vital Signs is an annual community check-up conducted by community foundations across Canada that measures the vitality of our cities, identifies significant trends, and assigns grades in at least ten areas critical to quality of life Vital Signs is based on a project of the Toronto Community Foundation and is coordinated nationally by Community Foundations of Canada. Greater Sudbury’s Vital Signs first publication was in 2007.


 * Jazz Sudbury is a multi-season set of cultural events, culminating in an annual jazz festival, which started in 2009 on the grounds of Science North. Jazz Sudbury also includes an annual Cabaret event and an online talent search seeking future jazz stars from Northern Ontario.

Funds at the Foundation

 * Bill Goring Memorial Fund
 * Bourse Hélène Gravel
 * CMHC Children's Wish Fund
 * Compassionate Community Fund
 * Courtney Herold Children's Fund
 * Ernie Impola Fund
 * Fonds Gabriel et Laura Bélanger
 * Gord and Pat Slade Heritage Fund
 * Greater Sudbury Charities Fund
 * GSU Fund
 * James and Carmen Simmons Family Fund
 * James Grassby Youth Fund
 * Joey Packota Charitable Trust in Honour of Ella and Joseph Packota
 * John and Mary Stefura Family Fund
 * Kids Come First Fund
 * Killarney-Shebanoning Outdoor Environmental Education Centre
 * L'Arche Sudbury Fund
 * Maurice Keaney Memorial Fund
 * Michaëlle Jean Sudbury Afro-Canadian Heritage Foundation Fund
 * Northern Ontario Railroad Museum and Heritage Centre Fund
 * Ontario Endowment for Children and Youth In Recreation
 * Parenting the Environment Fund
 * Pauline and Herbert Goodspeed Penniac United Baptist Church Fund
 * Performing Arts Fund
 * Pioneer Manor Fund.
 * Place Bonaventure Mall Fund
 * Professional Engineers of Ontario (Sudbury Chapter) Fund
 * Richard Roy Dixon Bursary Fund
 * Romeo Cundari Memorial Music Bursary Fund
 * Science North Fund
 * Sofie Manarin Bursary Fund
 * Sudbury Community Foundation Sustainability Fund
 * Sudbury Living Magazine Group Fund
 * Sudbury Regional Tree Fund
 * The Pegasus Student Equity Fund
 * Tom Davies Millennium Fund
 * Ukrainian Seniors Fund
 * United Way Tomorrow Fund
 * W. Bruce Martin Memorial Fund
 * Xstrata Nickel Community Development Fund