NEWS RELEASE
MPP DOUG DOWNEY
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Today, Doug Downey, MPP for Barrie–Springwater–Oro-Medonte, announced that six local organizations would be receiving funding through the Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF)’s Resilient Communities Fund.
The Resilient Communities fund was launched to support the non-profit sector recover and rebuild from the impacts emerging from COVID-19 so they can effectively meet the needs of their communities.
OTF is investing in projects of eligible non-profit organizations to aide with their medium to longer term recover efforts, help with their stabilization and build their capacity and resiliency in the aftermath of COVID-19.
The Resilient Communities Fund is providing a flexible range of activities over two deadlines to address the diverse needs of organizations and to support them where they are in the recovery and rebuilding process. The six local organizations to receive approval are part of 486 grants that were approved province wide.
The local organizations receiving funding are:
- Catholic Family Services of Simcoe County - $150,000
- Theatre by the Bay - $116,900
- MacLaren Art Centre - $45,800
- Seasons Centre for Grieving Children $64,700
- Township of Springwater - $19,900
- Barrie Soccer Club - $50,1000
For a grand total local investment of $447,400.
“This funding is a great way to support the organizations that support those in need in our communities,” said Doug Downey, MPP for Barrie – Springwater – Oro-Medonte. “These organizations continue to serve the needs of our communities, even during these difficult times. It’s important that our government invests to keep their doors open and their operations possible in the long-term.”
Community organizations are eligible for OTF funding if they are a charitable organization or registered charity, an organization incorporated as a not-for-profit, Frist Nations or other Indigenous communities, municipalities with populations under 20,000, or a collaboration of two or more organizations where the lead organization meets OTF criteria and accepts responsibility for the application.
Any organizations interested in applying for OTF grant funding should visit the Ontario Trillium Foundation website at www.otf.ca.
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