Funds in 2023-24

People who give to Hamilton Community Foundation share the commitment to make a difference for Hamilton and the wider community, forever. Donations to HCF are pooled and invested; investment income is the primary source for making grants.

Foundation donors can create their own fund or give to an existing one including the Community Fund. We are pleased to work with you to find the approach that best meets your goals and community needs. Visit hamiltoncommunityfoundation.ca for more information or contact us at 905.523.5600 or info@hamiltoncommunityfoundation.ca.

Community Fund: Unrestricted fund

Giving to the Community Fund fuels the Foundation’s leadership initiatives in areas like housing and education. It provides HCF with the greatest flexibility to meet Hamilton’s most pressing needs, with the Foundation determining the granting based on community knowledge and research. Donations of any amount are welcome; if, over time, your accumulated endowed donations total $5,000 or more, your generosity can be recognized with a named fund in the Community Fund. All donations to the Arts or Environment funds will be matched by the Foundation up to $1 million. The named funds are listed below.

Donors to this fund enable the Foundation to address the highest-priority charitable needs in the community.

#HamOnt Forever Fund
A. May Davis Fund
A.H. Tallman Bronze Co. Ltd. Fund
Alfred Charles & Pearl Gertrude Swanwick Fund
Alice Redman Gooch Fund
Alice Vera Morgan Fund
Alphonse Dirse Fund
Anne M. Biggar Fund
Annie S. Nieman Fund
Audrey and Alan Moffet Fund
Averil Gray & Florence Gray Fund
Bertha Savage Fund
Brabant Foundation Fund
Brenda & Reg McGuire Fund
Brenda Morris Fund
Buckley Family Foundation
Cameron K. MacGillivray Fund
Caroline May Alvey Fund
Catherine C.H. Murray Fund
Charles & Catherine Ralph Fund
Charlotte Cauley Fund
Christina Cooper Fund
Christina I. Hammant Fund
Clare B. Hunter Fund
D. Argue Martin Fund
Dan and Helen Geagan Fund
Daniel T. Lawrie Fund
Diffey Family Fund
Donald & Alice Cannon Fund
Donald A. Cooper Fund
Donald H. Henderson Fund
Donald J. Allan Fund
Doreen & Gordon Birk Fund
Doris M. Allen Fund
Dorothy & Travice Broadbent Fund
Dorothy Cauley Fund
Dorothy I. Linfoot Fund
Dr. Alexander A. Numbers Fund
Dr. Carl Martin Memorial Fund
Dr. Ronald P. Graham Fund
E. Francis Dennee Fund
Edna E.R. Reeves Fund
Edna Fern Flewelling Fund
Edna Robertson Memorial Fund
Eleanor Foster Fund
Eleanor Jean Milton Fund
Eleanor M. Smith Fund
Elizabeth Lee Fund
Elizabeth Mary Hamilton Fund
Elsie M. Husband Fund
Erie Hossack Fund
Erma Z.L. Goering Fund
Ernest & Ruth Brunton Fund
Ethel H. Prouse Fund
Eulalia D. Wall Fund
Evelyn & Richard Geraghty Storms Memorial Fund
Evelyn Patricia Lyons Fund
Fell Family Fund
Flora L. McNeil Fund
Florabel Condy Fund
Frances W. Ambrose Fund
Francis Spence Hutton Fund
Frederick J. Mills Fund
Gallagher Family Fund
George Earle Drewett and Arline Myra Drewett Memorial Fund
Gilbert P.V. Belton Fund
Gladys A. Whittaker Fund
Gordon & Ethel Holmes Fund
Grace J. Smith Fund
Hanna & Joseph Dubeck Fund
Harold E. Clarke Fund
Harvey and Audrey Smith Fund
Helen Gertrude Harrison Fund
Helen Mary Archambeault Fund
Henrietta F. Campbell Fund
Herbert P. and I. Flora Frid Fund
Horace A. Bennett Fund
Howard & Edna Tugman Memorial Fund
Ian & Donna Cowan Fund
Irene Caldwell Memorial Fund
J.M. Walter Hahn Fund
Jack A. Winser Fund
Jack McNie Fund
James & Irene Wilson Fund
James & Mary Phin Fund
James D. Redmond Fund
Jane Milanetti Fund
Jessie Rumney Fund
Joan W. Rutherford Fund
John and Joan Bothwell Fund
John H. Frid Fund
John Shea Memorial Fund
Josephine Magee Fund
Kathleen L. McBride Fund
Kathryn Jones Fund
Lakin Family Fund
Laurence Cholwill Patterson Fund
Leanora M. Spicer Fund
Lillian Boyd Barnby Fund
Lindsay M. McLennan Fund
Lois G. Greenall Fund
Lulu Blanche Hart & Harry Utter Hart Memorial Fund
M. Jessie Chagnon Fund
Mabel Beatrice Studd Fund
Mabel D. Leadlay Fund
Margaret & William Gilmour Fund
Margaret Anne Hayward Fund
Margaret E. Tschetter Fund
Marjorie L. Allan Fund
Marjorie Wild Fund
Marnie & Bill Brehm Family Fund
Marnie Spears Fund
Martha McKinnell Serrels Fund
Mary & Earl Brooks Fund
Mary Chantrell Fund
Mary E. Hatch Fund
Mildred E. Hunter Fund
Mount Hamilton United Church Legacy Fund
Noreen & Seymour Wigle Fund
Patricia Eileen Smith Fund
Peter & Rose Marie Palmer Fund
Petra Cooke Memorial Fund
Project Sunday Fund
Ralph E. Ingraham Fund
Ralph W. & Evelyn J. Cooper Fund
Renate & Bob Davidson Fund
Reynolds Family Fund
Robert C. & L. Ann Glass Fund
Robert D. Crockford Fund
Robert George Sparre Fund
Robert J. & Joan Harrison Fund
Robert P. McBride Fund
Royal Hamilton College of Music Faculty Fund
Russell & Mae Lindley Fund
Ruth G. & Fred J. Spencer Fund
The Samuel & Dora McFarlane Fund
Samuel Ringer Fund
Sandra (McCrudden) Black & John Shand Black Fund
Sarah Smith Fund
The Spectator Fund
Stait Family Fund
Stewart Philp Fund
Tanner Family Fund
Teresa Smith Fund
Tim and Dale Langs Fund
Tod Laing Fund
Vangie M. Crosthwaite Fund
Vera M. Elwin Fund
Vincenza Travale Fund
W. Jones Fund
West-Moynes Fund
Wheeler Family Fund
William F. Brand Fund
William Gordon Kitchener Fund
William S. Sparham Fund
Community Fund: Arts endowment fund

This fund addresses needs and priorities in Hamilton’s arts sector.

Callie Archer Fund
Gail Robinson-Gow Fund
Hamilton Arts Endowment Fund
Linda Towart Arts Endowment Fund
Community Fund: Environment endowment fund

This fund supports initiatives and organizations that work towards Hamilton’s environmental well-being.

Bob and Peggy Savage Fund
GT French Fund
Irene Emilie Lowes Estate
Robert D. Crockford Fund
US Steel Canada Environment Endowment Fund
The Young Fund
Field-of-interest funds

These funds enable donors to support a specific area of interest to them (e.g., the environment, children’s needs, the arts, etc.) The Foundation selects appropriate grant recipients each year.

Alfred & Joan Robertshaw Memorial Fund
The Alice Jean Ainsworth Memorial Fund
The Angel Fund
Antonina Lombardo Fund
Arthur & Helena Lemon Fund
Barbara & Bob Harwood Fund
Barbara Bethune Fund
Barbara Farnan Fund
Betty & Jack George Family Fund
Bill & Tina Seale Fund
Board Leadership Fund
Carolyn A. Milne Leadership Forum Fund
Charles & Ret Swire Fund
Chedoke Health Foundation Fund
Community Health, Education & Research Fund
    Dorothy & Frank Bliss Fund
    Mary S. & James P. Phin Respiratory Disease Research Fund
    McGregor Clinic Fund
Cupido Family Fund
Delaware Fund
Dougher Community Fund
Edward & Gladys Halloran Memorial Fund
Everard Hambro Fund
First Place, Hamilton Tomorrow Fund
Florence E.S. Hutton Fund
Foxcroft Family Youth Fund
Fund for Underprivileged Children
George & Shirley McBride Foundation Fund
Gibson Trust/Town of Flamborough
Giovanni & Grazia Criminisi Literacy Fund
The Glenn & Sidney Sellick Fund
Hogarth Family Pioneer Energy Fund
James Walker Culhane Trust Fund
Jane C. LeWarne Fund
Jeanne Scott Fund
Joan C. Watt Memorial Fund
John Dennis Holmes Fund
Kenneth Boothe Young & Marie Catherine Young Fund
Lillian & Marvin Goldblatt Family Fund
Lillian M. Shaw Fund
The Malloch Foundation Fund
Marchese Health Care 50th Anniversary Legacy Fund
Marguerite M. Cino Memorial Fund
Mary Lauder Cassidy Fund
McCallum, McBride Fund
Nelson Allan Fund
Note-Able Music Fund
Ray Lowes Environmental Fund
Royal Canadian Humane Association Fund
Russell I. Elman Fund
School Sisters of Notre Dame Legacy Fund
Shirley M. Elford Gift of Today Fund
Terry & Brenda Yates Fund
The Van Dusen Fund
Vera & Percy Tomlinson Fund
W. Robert & Marion S. Shivas Conservation Trust Fund
Women 4 Change Fund
Youth & Philanthropy Fund

Ontario Endowment for Children & Youth in Recreation Fund

These contributors helped establish this field-of-interest fund in 2002. Funds were matched at that time by the Province of Ontario to encourage the participation of children and youth in recreation.

Anonymous fund
Bank of Montreal Fund for Children & Youth in Recreation
The CHML Children’s Fund
The Clark Family Fund
The David Gow Fund
The Deslauriers Fund
The Emma Templeton Fund
The Foxcroft Family Fund
Gallagher Family Fund
Hamilton-Hydro Electric Company Fund
The Hamlin Family Fund
Judith & Peter McCulloch Fund
The Junior League Centennial Endowment Fund for Youth
The Mildred E. Hunter Fund
Morgan Firestone Foundation Fund for Youth
Mr. and Mrs. Colin S. Glassco Fund
Pioneer Energy Fund for Children & Youth
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Hamilton Children and Youth Millennium Fund
TD Bank Financial Group Fund
Zonta Club of Hamilton 1 Fund
Donor-advised funds

Donors to these funds recommend the charitable organizations or programs to receive grants.

Apollo Fund
ArcelorMittal Dofasco Fund
Arora Family Fund
Bennett/Zych Family Fund
Bisaro Family Fund
Bobbles Fund
Bruce Hamilton Family Fund
Clark Family Foundation Fund
Cooke Wilson Family Fund
David Davis Memorial Fund
Dr. Bob & Mildred Kemp Palliative Care Education Fund
Dufresne-Ray Family Fund
Ed Liptay Family Fund
Ed Smee Conserver Society Environmental Fund
Edith H. Turner Foundation Fund
Elham & Joseph Farah Family Foundation Fund
Ella Baird & Grace Baird McQueen Memorial Fund/A.J. McQueen
Ernst Family Fund
Fengate Community Foundation Fund
The Gilmour Fund
Glen & Debra Swire Fund
Grace Gives Community Fund
Great Lakes Trust Fund
Greenestyle Fund
GSC Community Impact Fund
Heather & Ross Hamlin Fund
Hogarth Family Foundation Fund
Hugh C. Arrell Memorial Fund
Hundred Waters Foundation Fund
Hutton Family Fund
Jeremy Hepner Fund
Joan Heels Vocal Award Fund
John & Esther Marshall Memorial Fund
John & Mary Reesor Fund
Joseph & Antonia Mensink Fund
Karen & Peter Turkstra Family Foundation Fund
Kathleen C. Nolan Education Fund
Kirkpatrick Fund
Kismet Fund
Lawyers’ Legacy for Children the Ray Harris Fund
Lee Hepner Award Fund
Lois Evans Natural Heritage Fund
Losani Family Foundation Fund
Marcia Marcaccio Trust Fund
Mario & Noreen Paron Family Fund
Marjorie Hawkins Clark Fund
Mark & Barbara Nimigan Fund
The Martin Foundation Fund
Mayberry Family Fund
Meredith Family Fund
Michael Chamberlain Fund
Mildred Dixon Holmes – Youth Orchestra Fund
Milli Fund
The Milne McGrath Fund
Pasquale & Anita Paletta Family Fund
Ray Brillinger & Cy Hack Fund
Richard & Justine Giuliani Foundation
Robert P. Beres Fund
The Ron & Gina Fraser Endowment Fund
Rotary Club of Hamilton Stoney Creek Foundation Fund
Shirley M. Elford Artist’s Fund
Stover Family Fund
Tara Lynn Giuliani Foundation
Ted & Karin Bossence Fund
Thorne Family Fund
Tran Family Fund
Trio Capital Foundation Fund
Turkstra Lumber Fund
The Unicorn Fund
W. L. Carpenter Memorial Fund
Williams Family Fund
The Young Fund
Designated funds

These funds benefit specific charities named by the donor.

Adam and Olive Clark Memorial Fund
Art and Barb Worth Fund
Barbara and Ronald Bayne Fund
Barbara Malcolmson Memorial Fund
Cygnus Fund
Douglas J. Clark Fund
Eva Rothwell Resource Centre Fund
Frank Charles Miller Fund
Iain & Martha Mitchell Fund
Ike & Shahnaz Ahmed Foundation Fund
James P. & Mary S. Phin Charitable Fund
Joe, Filomena and George Seliga Holdings Fund
Joseph & Antonia Mensink Designated Fund
Phenix Fund for Animal Welfare
Porto Family Fund
Samaritans’ Tithe Fund
Stollard Environmental Fund
Stoney Creek Health Fund
United Nations Culture of Peace Hamilton Fund
United Way Fund/Kenneth R. Walsh
Walter & Mildred Danby Fund
Scholarship and bursary funds

These funds assist students with education costs.

Albert & Betty Walters Fund
Amanda Marie Cowan Memorial Scholarship Fund
Bernie Morelli Memorial Bursary Fund
Charlie and Mabel Duncan Memorial Bursary Fund
Christina Hamilton Scholarship Fund
Cowan Family Fund
CPRS Hamilton Legacy Fund
     Mark Gregory Legacy Fund
Daniel Giannini Fund
Eugene B. Eastburn Fellowship Fund
General Bursary Fund/Genevieve A. Chaney & Cordelia C. Ensign
Geritol Follies Bursary Fund
Howard Fairclough Organ Scholarship Fund
James Darby Bursary Fund
Jeff Dickins Memorial Fund
Jervis B. Webb Company of Canada (Daifuku) Scholarship Fund
John E. VanDuzer Scholarship Fund
Mildred Dixon Holmes – Artist of the Year Fund
Music Bursary Fund
Music Man Fund
Ross F. Webb Bursary Fund
Rundle Foreign Study Bursary
Russell & Elizabeth Lindley Fund
William Allison Haynes Fund
Agency endowment funds

These charities have established endowed funds with HCF to provide a permanent source of income for their work.

AbleLiving Services Inc. Mary Traini Legacy Fund
Art Gallery of Hamilton – Building a Legacy Fund
Bay Area Science & Engineering Fair Fund
Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum Endowment Fund
Cancer Assistance Program (CAP) Endowment Fund
Catholic Children’s Aid Society – Ersilia Dinardo Scholarship Fund
Catholic Children’s Aid Society – Sazio Family Scholarship Fund
Catholic Children’s Aid Society of Hamilton Endowment Fund
Children’s International Learning Centre Endowment Fund
Community Living Hamilton Endowment Fund
     Community Living Hamilton Endowment Fund – Elizabeth Thurgood
Dr. Bob Kemp Hospice Endowment Fund
Dundas Valley School of Art:
     Dundas Valley School of Art Endowment Fund
     Dundas Valley School of Art Scholarship Fund
     Parkside/Brenda Evans Bursary Fund
Hamilton Naturalists’ Club:
     Conservation & Education Endowment Fund
     Ecological Research Endowment Fund
     Habitat Preservation Endowment Fund
Hamilton Public Library Library Legacy Fund
HWDSB Foundation Endowment Fund
Interval House (Hamilton) Freedom and Hope Fund
The RHLI Endowment Fund
Rotary Club of Hamilton – Rotary Forever Fund
Scouts Canada, Hamilton Wentworth Endowment Fund
Susan Jasper Telling Tales Endowment Fund
United Way Tomorrow & Forever Fund
YWCA Hamilton Endowment Fund
Supporting funds

Donors to these funds have chosen to support Hamilton Community Foundation’s operations, enhancing its ability to undertake its community leadership, philanthropic services, granting and communications programs.

Anonymous Fund
Brenda & Terry Yates Fund
Cameron K. MacGillivray Fund
Dr. Robert & Helen Lofthouse Fund
Judith & Peter McCulloch Fund
Judith McCulloch Tribute Fund
Marjorie & Bill Nelson Fund
Ross & McBride, LLP Fund
Thérèse & Kent Newcomb Fund
Funds in progress

Donors to these funds have chosen to build their funds gradually.

Bruce Trail Conservancy Endowment Fund
Conducive Fund
Dream Weaver Fund
Evans Family Fund
Fraser Cowan Fund
Mark Preece Family House Endowment Fund
Phantom Moms Fund
Revolution Hope:  Claire Lewis Foundation Fund
Ruth Chappell Fund
Sons of Italy Hamilton Trieste Lodge Legacy Fund
Tamara and Robert Henderson Family Fund
Tweedell Goodbrand Family Fund
Flowthrough funds

The capital and income from these funds are distributed over time.

#HamOntForever Fund
Ambery Fund
Ellen Creaghan Fund
Fengate Recreation Fund
Green Shield Canada Community Granting Fund
Hamilton Prosperity Fund
Hamilton Spectator Summer Camp Fund
Marlies & Alan Clark Fund
School Nourishment Fund

In addition to the funds listed above, the Hamilton Public Library has placed funds with HCF for long-term investment.