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• Rotary Club of Windsor (1918) Centennial Scholarship Fund established
• Honey Family Foundation donates $100,000 to the Bank Theatre in Leamington for their revitalization project
• Sandra Beatty Endowment Fund established
• People First of Ontario Agency Fund established
• Jack Miner Migratory Bird Foundation Managed Fund Established
•  Michael G. Solcz Endowment Fund Established
• Martha Reavley Community & Leadership Award Scholarship Fund Established
• Inspiration 100 Association members distribute $30,000 in funding to six local charities
• WECF celebrates its 35th anniversary
• WECF announces donations of $36,000 in Community Impact Grants

• WECF holds first Vital Conversation on Sport & Belonging
• The Great Canadian Flag rises over Windsor Essex
• WECF announces 2nd round of $100,000 in funding to support Canada 150 initiatives
• WECF sends 10 athletes to the Summer Provincial Special Olympics Games
• WECF launches Youth Civic Engagement Workshop Series through an Ontario150 Grant from the Ministry of Culture, Tourism & Sport
• Inspiration 100 Members distribute their first $20,000 in funding to four local charities
• Honey Family Foundation Fund donates $15,000 to the South Essex Community Council
• Canadian Mental Health Association (Windsor/Essex) Agency Fund established
• WECF welcomes new Board Members Rachelle Booth and Wen Teoh
• Jelle Donga announced as new Board Chair
• WECF announces donation of $90,000 in Community Impact Grants
• WECF holds Vital Conversation on “Getting Started”

• Launch of Vitality program
• Hocktoberfest Legacy Scholarship Fund established
• Young Philanthropist’s Youth Endowment Fund established
• The Friends of Ojibway Prairie Managed Fund established
• The Foundation hosts inaugural meeting of Inspiration 100
• Constable John Atkinson Memorial Scholarship Fund established
• The Girard Riberdy Endowment Fund established
• The Foundation sponsors the Great Canadian Flag Project to celebrate Canada’s 150th birthday
• WECF announces $100,000 in funding to support local Canada 150 initiatives
• WECF welcomes new board members: Tom Touralias, Mohit Nayer, Richard Wyma, Jonathan Allison, and Michael Mueller
• Jay Strosberg announced as new Chair of the Board of Directors
• Marty D. Solcz is inducted as an Honourary Life Member
• Hocktoberfest Legacy Scholarship Fund established

• Inspiration 100 Endowment Fund established
• Young Philanthropist’s program established
• Great Canadian Flag Endowment Fund established
• Hitchcock Family Foundation Endowment Fund established

• Toldo Foundation Arts Matching Endowment Fund established
• Lisa Kolody is hired as the Foundation’s fourth executive director
• The Foundation holds inaugural Community Cup Pro-Am Golf Tournament
• Essex Region Conservation Authority Managed Fund established
• Gabby’s Endowment Fund Established

• MRH Foundation Endowment Fund established (later changed to Honey Family Foundation Fund)
• The Foundation is a Gold Sponsor of the International Children’s Games hosted in Windsor
• Launch of the Vital Signs Program in Windsor-Essex
• Joan & John Vollmer Endowment Fund established (later changed to J & J Vollmer Endowment Fund)
• Windsor-Essex County Sports Hall of Fame Managed Fund established

BERL Endowment Fund established

BMO Skopit Settlement Endowment Fund established, later changed to the Class Action Community Fund

• Facca Endowment Fund established
• The Foundation takes part in Random Act of Kindness Day for the first time
• Island of Green Endowment Fund established
• WFCU Endowment Fund established

• Solcz Family & Valiant Corporation Endowment Fund for Children established (later changed to the Solcz Group Inc. Community Fund for Children)
• Glenn Stresman is hired as the Foundation’s third executive director
• Joe and Hazel Lacey Memorial Endowment Fund established

• The Greater Windsor Community Foundation changes its name to the “WindsorEssex Community Foundation”
• Jennifer Walker is hired as the Foundation’s second executive director
• Chad Ranni Memorial Endowment Fund established
• Youth Sports Support Endowment Fund established
• Friends of Athletics Endowment Fund established
• Essex Nature Endowment Fund established

• The Foundation receives over 1 million dollars from the estate of Clifford Hatch
• James L. Scorgie Leadership Endowment Fund established
• Windsor Classic Chorale Managed Fund established
• The Foundation grants $534,815 to the City of Windsor for the Bert Weeks Memorial Garden
• The Foundation grants $250,000 to the City of Windsor for the Peace Beacon

• The Foundation grants $2,500 to the City of Windsor for the Bert Weeks Memorial Garden
• The Foundation grants $2,500 to the City of Windsor for the Peace Beacon

The Foundation gives out largest grant in its history, $982,177 to the City of Windsor for Charles J. Clark Square

• Windsor Symphony Society Matching Endowment Fund established
• ATHENA Scholarship Fund established

• The Foundation grants $20,000 to the City of Windsor for the Bert Weeks Memorial Garden
• The Foundation grants $20,000 to the City of Windsor for Charles J. Clark Square

• Dorothy and Sydney Lawton Endowment Fund established
• The Foundation grants $20,000 to the City of Windsor for the Bert Weeks Memorial Garden
• The Foundation grants $20,000 to the City of Windsor for Charles J. Clark Square

• Sunshine Point Camp Endowment Fund established
• Kiwanis Music Festival Endowment Fund established
• Teen Health Centre Managed Fund established – later changed to the Windsor Community Health Centre Managed Fund
• The Foundation grants $20,000 to the City of Windsor for the Bert Weeks Memorial Garden
• The Foundation  grants $20,000 to the City of Windsor for Charles J. Clark Square

• The Foundation grants $20,000 to the City of Windsor for the Bert Weeks Memorial Garden
• The Foundation grants $20,000 to the City of Windsor for Charles J. Clark Square

• Gale & Irene (Knister) Taylor Scholarship Fund established
• Morris and Ruth Harding-Smith Memorial Scholarship Fund established
• The Foundation grants $20,000 to the City of Windsor for the Bert Weeks Memorial Garden
• The Foundation grants $20,000 to the City of Windsor for Charles J. Clark Square

• Joan & Clifford Hatch Endowment Fund established
• University of Windsor Scholarship Fund established

Freed Orman Families Endowment Fund established

The Foundation becomes a member of Community Foundations of Canada

• Heritage Windsor grants $15,000 to the City of Windsor for the Gnatachio Trail development
• Heritage Windsor grants $150,000 to the City of Windsor for the Peace Fountain
• Heritage Windsor changes its name to “The Greater Windsor Community Foundation”

• Founded as Heritage Windsor