OUR VISION

As Waterloo Region grows to one million residents, our communities are equitable, connected, and sustainable; and people are thriving.

OUR MISSION

Waterloo Region Community Foundation strengthens local organizations, spaces, and experiences to increase connection with communities across Waterloo Region.

OUR VALUES

Equity-centred, Approachable, Accountable, Catalytic, Collaborative, Impactful

ABOUT WRCF

Waterloo Region Community Foundation (WRCF) collaborates with partners to ensure our communities are equitable, connected, and sustainable; and people are thriving. As a leading community-building organization, we connect regionally and locally, working with the three cities and four townships, to include the people and places across our region. Together, using a trust-based philanthropic approach, we develop forward-thinking innovative solutions and seize opportunities to meet current and future needs of our community.

We make it easy for people to do more good.

At the heart of our work, WRCF has three great tools in our toolkit to make measurable and sustainable impact in our community – Granting, Investing and Mobilizing. And, we are focused on making philanthropy easy for individuals and companies to support organizations and issues they care about.

1 - In partnership with our Fundholders and donors, we Grant. When you make a donation to WRCF, we invest that gift into a permanent endowment fund which generates income that is then distributed to support a broad range of charitable causes within our community.

2 - We also Invest. A portion of our assets are used to make investments in organizations that are specifically focused on making social or environmental impact. Our remaining assets are invested in the market and we are in the process of transitioning to an overall 100% mission-aligned portfolio. These investments include directing at least 10% of our portfolio to impact investments.

3 - And, we Mobilize community to spark shared action on key regional issues; we build partnerships across organizations and sectors to support future-focused ideas; and we contribute research, stories, and expertise to inform community solutions.