Brant Community Foundation has delivered $442,000 to 13 local community service organizations.
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The money comes from the federal government’s Community Services Recovery Fund and is being distributed to organizations in Brantford, Brant County and Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation.
The Community Services Recovery Fund was an extraordinary investment in the future of organizations across Brant County communities,” Anne Marie Peirce, the foundation’s executive director, said in a release. “Thanks to the Government of Canada’s foresight, our community will be better served through important infrastructure improvements.”
Peirce said community service organizations are at the forefront of addressing communities’ needs. Many, since the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, struggled with increased demand for their services, reduced revenues and declines in charitable giving due to the rising cost of living.
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Many were also forced to become more reliant on digital tools to continue to provide much-needed services.
As a result, many community service organizations are struggling to recover and adapt their services to the changing needs of Brant, Peirce said.
Following is a list of the organizations and the projects that received funding through the federal government program:
- Alzheimer Society of Brant, Haldimand Norfolk, Hamilton Halton, $32,250 for the “Systems Modernization for a Flexible Workplace” project.
- Brant County SPCA, $54,140 for the “Post-Pandemic Financial Development” project.
- Brantford & District Supervised Access, $10,000 for the “Modernizing our Communications and Technology” project.
- Canadian Mental Health Association, Brant Haldimand Norfolk Branch, $10,000 for its “Investment in equipment, IT/digital infrastructure” project.
- Crossing All Bridges Learning Center, $15,835 for its “Digital Software and Marketing Initiative.”
Hearts to Homes Feline Rescue & Sanctuary, $33,900 for its “Shelter & Donor Management Software Implementation” project. - Hotinohsioni INC / Brantford Native Housing, $55,489 for the “Brantford Native Housing’s Communication and Cultural Marketing Enhancements” project.
- Kids Can Fly, $35,470 for the project “KCF Capacity Building Project.”
- Lansdowne Children’s Center Foundation, $39,041 for its “Strategy to Advance Plans to Ensure Kids Don’t Wait” project.
- Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation $45,000 for its “Digitization of Documents and Artifacts” project.
- Nova Vita Domestic Violence Prevention Services, $50,000 for the project “Strengthening from Within.”
- The Raw Carrot Soup Enterprise, $36,750 for the “Investment in New Product Development to Increase Financial Sustainability” project.
- Society of St. Vincent de Paul received $24,125 for its “Cybersecurity Preparedness” project.
A one-time investment of $400 million, the Community Services Recovery Fund aims to help community service organizations to adapt, modernize, and be better equipped to continue to provide services.
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