Smart & Caring Muskoka Fund

Our Smart & Caring Muskoka Fund is an unrestricted community development fund, allowing us to grant to a wide range of registered charitable organizations in our community. We use this fund to help local charities create opportunities to improve Muskoka and collaborate with our community partners to tackle our region’s most pressing issues.

Every August the Muskoka Community Foundation’s Board of Directors sets the Granting Priority for the Fund to address the current concerns which require our time and attention. Grants are awarded each November during National Philanthropy Week.

Click here to apply for a grant from the Smart & Caring Muskoka Fund.

Dara’s Fund

This unique Fund was created by Olympic Gold Medalist Dara Howell to build a legacy, as well as provide resources and opportunities for Muskoka’s female athletes who excel in any sport to pursue their dreams of competing at a higher level.

Funding can be used for:

  • Coaching fees
  • Team fees
  • Travel expenses
  • Equipment

Click here to apply for a grant from the Dara’s Fund.

Commitment to reconciliation

As a Community Foundation operating on the traditional lands of the Ojibway, the Chippewa, the Algonquin and the Odawa, and home to three sovereign nations – Wahta Mohawks First Nations, Moose Deer Point First Nation and the Moon River Métis – we cannot walk in a good way if we do not honour all our relations in our communities, and actively work to address the impacts of colonialism on Indigenous peoples on these lands, both past and present. Read More

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