Community Vitality Grant
Applications now closed
The Community Vitality grant supports innovative projects seeking to improve the quality of life for our region’s citizens. Proposals are especially encouraged that represent true partnerships, demonstrate commitment to collaboration and leverage existing or new funding resources within the region’s First Nations, the City of London or Middlesex County, ON, Canada.
Find out about the 2023 recipients.
We welcome applications that align with the Vital Signs issue areas: housing, racial equality, well-being (including mental health and addictions), gender equality, food security, education, and the environment.
Also, we expect proposals to value and embody the concept of "nothing about us, without us". How are the individuals representative of the population(s) being served, involved in the decision making and delivery of the project?
The Community Vitality program has roughly $1,000,000 total available to grant to successful applicants. Disbursement may be requested over one, two, or three years. London Community Foundation reserves the right to provide full or partial funding.
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Application Assistance
You can contact us with questions about your application at any time at grants@lcf.on.ca.
Community Vitality 2024 Webinar
The 2024 Cycle opened on Tuesday, November 14, 2023, with a live webinar on the program from the Foundation's Grants Team and Committee.
Download the slides from the webinar here, and watch the webinar below.
Previous Recipients:
2023 Recipients +
London Environmental Network
Sakeenah
Strong Start
Thames Talbot Land Trust
Unity Project
2022 Recipients +
Pathways Employment Help Centre and Chippewas of the Thames First Nation
London Cares Homeless Response Services
CMHA Thames Valley Addiction and Mental Health Services
Glen Cairn Community Resource Centre
Southwest Ontario Aboriginal Health Access Centre
2021 Recipients +
Big Brothers Big Sisters of London and Area
Yotuni Social Enterprise and Carolinian Canada
Hutton House Association for Adults with Disabilities
The John Howard Society (JHS) of London and District
Muslim Resource Centre for Social Support and Integration
2020 Recipients +
2020 Honouring Community Vitality
2019 Recipients +
2019 Community Vitality Celebration
2018 Recipients +
Green Economy London - London Environmental Network (LEN) & City of London
$200,000 over 2 years
London Community Dental Alliance Low-cost Dental Clinic - Glen Cairn Community Resource Centre
$230,000 over 1 year
Prevention of Homelessness Among Families (PHAF) - Mission Services
$250,000 over 2 years
Recovery Community Centre - Salvation Army Centre of Hope
$280,180 over 1 year
2017 Recipients +
Centre at the Forks Indigenous Legacies Project - Museum London
$175,000 over 2 years
Bridging Community & Campus Services to Support Students’ Mental Health - Canadian Mental Health Association Middlesex; USC Western; Society of Graduate Students- Western University; King’s University College; Western University; Fanshawe College
$238,181 over 3 years
Adapting Housing First to the Emergency Shelter Context - Unity Project for Relief of Homelessness in London
$200,108 over 3 years
The New Addition - Youth Opportunities Unlimited
$206,253 over 3 years
2016 Recipients +
Transforming the System Response to Mental Health Through Cross-Sector Collaboration - Family Service Thames Valley, Sexual Assasult Centre London, Craigwood Youth Services, Women's Rural Resource Centre, WAYS Mental Health Support, Vanier Children's Services
$377,070 over 2 years
The London Community Woodshop - Pathways Skill Development & Placement Centre
$190,000 over 2 years
London Middlesex County Hoarding Support Services Network - VHA Home HealthCare
$186,000 over 2 years
Youth City - Boys and Girls Club of London
$85,000 over 1 year