• Senior multiracial female friends meeting and hugging each other in the city
  • Multicultural friends taking selfie picture outside - Happy young people having fun walking on city street - Friendship concept with teenagers laughing at camera
  • Young couple holding hands in the field
  • Portrait Of Multi-Cultural Children Hanging Out With Friends In Countryside Together
  • Multicultural friends taking selfie picture outside on city street
  • Cheerful gay man hugging bearded partner while sitting on couch at home.
  • A close-up of holding hands of senior couple in an autumn nature at sunset.
  • Portrait of a little boy with down syndrome while playing in a park with his mother
  • Portrait of happy Muslim family in nature and looking at camera.
  • Hands of young people cooperate on air for create power of team, Teamwork Concept, Startup teamwork concept
  • Portrait of multicultural girlfriends looking at the camera - only women concept
  • Home, relax and hug with grandmother, girl and happiness with weekend break, embrace and bonding together. Old woman, senior person and child with joy, conversation or support with love, care and kid

Vision: As Waterloo Region grows to one million residents, our communities are equitable, connected, and sustainable; and people are thriving.

 

Press: $1.7 million provided to 84 local organizations through WRCF’s grant streams focused on social infrastructure

Nominations for the 2025 WRCF Community Awards are now open

 

Just released: WRCF 2024 Annual Impact Report

Blog: Exploring the Power of Place: Reflections on Hubs, Havens, and Hangouts

 

2024 Impact

  • 12 New Funds
  • 429 Funds
  • 1,451 Number of Donations
  • $6.2M Total Donations
  • $162M Total Assets
  • 25 Impact Investments Since 2017
  • $2.7M Dollars Committed to Impact Investments in 2024
  • $16M Total Impact Investments Since Inception
  • 15.7% Rate of Return
  • 8.4% Average Ten Year Rate of Return
  • 422 Organizations That Received Grants
  • 1,111 Grants
  • $7.6M Total Grants
  • $89M Total Grants Since Inception

Scroll through to view WRCF’s 2024 Impact

 
 

GIVING PEOPLE A CHANCE: Ted Paling Legacy Fund aims to help vulnerable youth and families

“We wanted to establish a fund that would enable us to honour him, first of all, and his legacy of volunteering that way. Secondly, to allow us to spread it out across different kinds of populations that he would want to support.” — Elizabeth Paling

 
 
Ted Paling surrounded by his family

Ted Paling surrounded by his family