$565,720.00 was granted in 2018 by the Brandon Area Community Foundation to a variety of community projects and organizations in Brandon and Southwestern Manitoba. Click here to view our grants.
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November is Endow Manitoba month, a good time to consider investing in the future of your hometown through a gift to your local community foundation. Only gifts made between 12:01 a.m. and 11:59 p.m. on November 16th at endowMB.org to Brandon Area Community Foundation’s Community Fund will be eligible.
Contact BACF for all the details.
$53,000.00 grant awarded to Ashley Neufeld Softball, Click here to watch video.
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4th Quarter Meeting 100 Women Who Care Brandon & Area
Tues., Nov. 19th, The Green Spot, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
The Brandon Area Community Foundation’s Youth in Philanthropy Students awarded grants totaling $10,000 to 21 local charities at their annual “YIP” grants evening held at Crocus Plain High School on Tuesday, May 7th. For more information about Youth in Philanthropy, click here.
The Brandon Area Community Foundation was established by an Act of Incorporation in 1965 and is currently a member of the Community Foundations of Canada, the national network for community foundations in Canada. The Foundation invests the contributions it receives in a perpetual endowment fund and uses the income earned to make grants to a wide range of charitable groups–grants that benefit our local communities in Southwestern Manitoba.
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Featured Stories
St. John Ambulance Brandon Medical First Responder Bike Patrol
St. John Ambulance, with the funding and support from Brandon Area Community Foundation (BACF), announce the launch of the Brandon St. John Ambulance Medical First Responder Bike Patrol Program. Their volunteers provide coverage at over 500 events throughout Manitoba...
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The Gord and Diane Peters Family Fund
The Brandon Area Community Foundation (BACF) have received a second gift of $1 million of personal shares in Cando Rail Services from Gord and Diane Peters for granting throughout Westman. Photo: Bev Cumming, Chair and Gord and Diane Peters.
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Heritage – Brandon “Daly House” Museum Fund
Brandon Museum Inc. (Daly House Museum) has partnered with Brandon Area Community Foundation to established this permanently endowed Manitoba Heritage Trust Fund to support their work. Until March 31, 2021, the Province of Manitoba will stretch gifts to this fund....
read more100 Women Who Care
100 Women Who Care is a group of women who share a common desire to give back and inspire local philanthropy in their community. Funds raised will go to support the Women’s Endowment Fund held at Brandon Area Community Foundation and supports CRA Charitable Organizations in our Westman Area. 100 Women Who Care recently awarded Adult Teen Challenge $2,200.00! This generous donation will help this wonderful program to continue doing wonderful work for our community. Congratulations!
