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COMMUNITY COMES FIRST

Your gift to the Rivers and Area Community Foundation advances the quality of life in our community.

New Thomas Sill Manitoba Fund Grant supports its first projects in 2025

We are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2025 grants for the Thomas Sill Manitoba Fund:

  • Rivers Lions Club 50th Anniversary Project – Gazebo for the Kids Park – $4,700
  • Riverdale Golf and Country Club – Electrical Panel Project – $2,000
  • Rivers Firefighters Association – Hydraulic Ram Project – $5,000
  • Rivers Train Station Restoration Committee –  Heritage Website – $2,000
  • Rivers Baseball Association – Stainless Steel Sink as part of the Canteen Completion Project – $3,300
  • Riverdale Community Development Corporation – Bench for the Toboggan Hill by Redferns – $1,300
  • Clack’s Family Heritage Museum – Mannequin Display – $1,100
  • Royal Canadian Legion Branch #75 –  Refurbishment of Exterior Legion Sign – $1,500
  • Rivers Train Station Restoration Committee –  Historical Banners Platform Project – $1,600
  • Prairie Crocus Library – Inventory Scanner – $506.25
  • Rivers United Church –Parking Wall / Planter Project – $1,000
Thomas Sill, Manitoba philanthropist
BUILDING COMMUNITY
Apply for Grants by September 30th

Apply for Grants by September 30th

The Rivers & Area Community Foundation's grant period opens on September 1st and closes on September 30th each year. Visit our Grant Application Guidelines page to review the granting requirements.

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2022 Provincial Community Foundation Conference

2022 Provincial Community Foundation Conference

From October 27-29, 2022, Endow Manitoba held a Provincial Community Foundation conference in Winnipeg. Board members Donna Falkevitch, Susan Citulsky and Donna Morken attended the three-day conference and it was a tremendous success. Some of the highlights of the...

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2024 Grant Recipients

2024 Grant Recipients

The following grants were made in 2024: Clack Family Heritage Museum Front Row (L - R): Lawrence McFarlane (Director), Susan Citulsky, Maxine Shamray, Anne Rothne, Norma Vandusen. Back Row (L-R): Ron Citulsky, Harvey Wood, Vern Darrach, Allen Reid, and Darlene Reid...

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