2021 Grant Recipients

Community Grants

Ballinran Productions Limited (Kiwanis Club of Stratford Charitable Foundation) $7,500
Faces of Diversity Video Series
Smart & Caring Community Fund

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Listowel and District $2,000
In School Mentoring Program
Corey and Malory Conners Family Fund

Brain Injury Association of London and Region $15,000
Perth Concussion Group
Brain & Mind Matters Community Fund
The Cowan Foundation

Family Services Perth-Huron $7,000
Youth Counselling Project
Melanson Family Fund

Gallery Stratford $1,000
Unrestricted
John and Jill Skinner Family Fund

Goals $1,000
Goals Program
Annie and Isabelle Chesterfield Fund

Hamlet Public School (Foundation for Education) $5,000
Help Our Hornets Build Their Hive
Frank and Edda Lang Family Fund
Gateman-Milloy Inc. Fund
Jim and Laurel Laughton Family Fund
Lloyd and Nancy Robertson Youth Initiative Fund
Maranger Family Fund

Hospice Care Avon Maitland (Rotary Hospice)  $10,000
Grief and Bereavement Services
Brain & Mind Matters Community Fund
Irene McKennitt Fund for Nursing Excellence
John and Colleen MacDonald Family Fund
Melanson Family Fund
The Cowan Foundation

JA South Western Ontario $1,200
Growing Financial Literacy and Confidence in Youth
Keith and Frances Culliton Family Fund

Maitland Conservation $4,500
Middle Maitland Restoration Project
Carnegie Family Fund
Meulensteen Environment Fund

Millbank Heritage and Arts Society (Township of Perth East) $6,000
MHAS Relief of Fixed Expenditures 2021
Richardson Family Fund

Municipality of West Perth $1,575
Cooking with Class
McGratten Children’s Fund

ONE CARE Home & Community Support Services $5,000
Community Support Services Bundled Care
Annie and Isabelle Chesterfield Fund
CULLITON Fund
John and Leslie Wright Fund
Melanson Family Fund

Optimism Place Women’s Shelter and Support $500
Operational Support
Judi Hemmingway Memorial Fund 

Perth East Public Library $1,000
Storywalk in the Park 2021
The Reading Fund

Rotary Club of Stratford Charitable Foundation $2,500
Shoreline Plantings for Lake Victoria
Orr Family Fund

Stratford and District Horticultural Society $6,000
Stratford Public Library Garden Renewal
CULLITON Fund
Judy Reibling Legacy Fund
Mansbridge Environment Fund
Smart & Caring Community Fund
The Reading Fund

Stratford General Hospital Foundation $6,250
Closing the Gap – Youth Mental Health
Annie and Isabelle Chesterfield Fund
Brain & Mind Matters Community Fund
The Cowan Foundation
Tobin and Erin Schlegel Family Fund

Stratford Perth Museum $1,000
Unrestricted
Laura Pogson Child and Youth Fund

Stratford Symphony Orchestra $6,300
SSO Virtual Cushion Concerts
Hachborn-Courtnage Fund for the Arts
Ideal Supply Community Fund
Jeff and Keltie Keller Family Fund
Stratford Perth Youth Arts Fund

The Avon Trail $1,000
Grass Cutting Power Equipment
Annie and Isabelle Chesterfield Fund
Donald McTavish Conservation Fund
Stratford Perth Community Foundation

The Lions Club of Milverton (Knollcrest Lodge) $5,000
Knollcrest Lodge Courtyard Redevelopment
2005 International Plowing Match (IPM) Fund
Tobin and Erin Schlegel Family Fund

The Local Community Food Centre $10,500
Community Meals
George and Edna Hislop Family Fund
John and Leslie Wright Fund
Larkworthy Family Fund
Mathieson Family Fund

Town of St. Marys $5,000
Friendship Centre Without Walls
Annie and Isabelle Chesterfield Fund

Town of St. Marys $1,000
The St. Marys Yak Shack
Annie and Isabelle Chesterfield Fund

Town of St. Marys $2,500
St. Marys Picnic Project
Annie and Isabelle Chesterfield Fund

Upper Thames River Conservation Authority $2,600
Reforesting near Wildwood Conservation
Donald McTavish Conservation Fund

Upper Thames River Conservation Authority $1,000
Windbreak Planting in Perth County
Donald McTavish Conservation Fund

Upper Thames River Conservation Authority $2,000
Invasive Species Control at the Cade Tract, Perth South
Donald McTavish Conservation Fund

YMCA of Three Rivers (Midwestern Ontario) $2,500
Youth Consultation and Program Co-Creation
CULLITON Fund
Maranger Family Fund

Designated Grants

Elgin Missionary Church $700
Laverne Heath Fund

Golf Canada Foundation $30,000
Junior National Team Program
Corey and Malory Conners Family Fund

John Howard Society $700
Dave Persad Fund

Kiwanis Club of Stratford Charitable Foundation $6,000
Geoff and Marion Neigh Fund

Listowel Minor Hockey Association (Municipality of North Perth) $500
Youth hockey programs
Wightman Family Fund

Maitland Conservation $25,000
Middle Maitland Restoration Project
Middle Maitland Restoration Fund

Mennonite Central Committee Ontario $280
Laverne Heath Fund

North Perth Community Hospice $600
Sid and Margaret Henry Fund

North Perth Public Library $500
North Perth Public Library Fund

Ontario Student Nutrition Program Huron Perth (Foundation for Education) $500
In school nutrition programs
Teahen Family Nutrition and Wellbeing Fund

Salvation Army Listowel $5,000
Youth sports and recreation bursaries
North Perth Sports for Kids Fund

Salvation Army Stratford $1,000
Youth hockey registration bursaries and equipment 
John Mavity Hockey Legacy Fund 

Salvation Army Stratford $280
Laverne Heath Fund

Salvation Army Stratford $1,000
Youth sports and recreation bursaries
Stratford Sports Fund for Kids

Stratford and District Horticultural Society $140
Laverne Heath Fund

Stratford General Hospital Foundation $1,000
Tim and Heidi Culliton Fund

Stratford House of Blessing $500
Florence Kehl Fund

Stratford Perth Community Foundation $78,000
Community Foundation Legacy Fund
DesRosiers Endowment for the Advancement of the SPCF
Tim MacDonald Founding Chair Operating Fund

Stratford Rotary Hockey League (YMCA of Three Rivers) $500
Youth hockey programs
Wightman Family Fund

*If there is no project name listed, the grant is unrestricted and can be used by the organization to meet their needs. 

Scholarships

Listowel District Secondary School $1,300
Teahen Construction Ltd. Scholarship Fund
Tim MacDonald Scholarship Fund

Mitchell District High School $300
Teahen Construction Ltd. Scholarship Fund

St. Marys District Collegiate and Vocational Institute $300
Teahen Construction Ltd. Scholarship Fund

St. Michael Catholic Secondary School $650
Peter and Lisa Hyde Family Fund
Teahen Construction Ltd. Scholarship Fund

Stratford District Secondary School $11,900
Alan Slater Memorial Scholarship Fund
Gordon and Elaine Steed Family Fund
Hayter Family Scholarship Fund
Ian Garner Scholarship Fund
Jean Aitcheson Nursing Scholarship Fund
Neigh Scholarship Fund
Peter Donaldson Memorial Fund
Peter and Lisa Hyde Family Fund
Scott Diamond Legacy Fund
Teahen Construction Ltd. Scholarship Fund

Educational Partnership Grant

Canadian Association of Gift Planners Foundation $2,000
Business Building & Giving Webinar on Charitable Giving

Smart & Caring Community Grants

Choices for Change Drug, Alcohol & Gambling Counseling Centre $8,200
The Talking Circle…and Beyond!
Stratford Smart & Caring Community Fund

Facile: Independent Facilitation Perth $5,240
Capturing Diversity in Community
West Perth Smart & Caring Community Fund
Smart & Caring Community Fund
Flow-through donations

Perth East Public Library (Township of Perth East) $2,500
Community Inclusion Programming
Perth East Smart & Caring Community Fund