Current Grants

The Lyle S. Hallman Foundation is pleased to support the following programs and projects in 2024.

Grass Roots Support (GRS)

Patterned after General Operating Support GRS is unrestricted funds to support small, largely volunteer run organizations' ability to achieve their mission overall. It is flexible and allows grantees to allocate funds towards self-identified organizational priorities in order to develop and strengthen their internal systems.

Adventure4Change                                                     $160,000 (2-year Grant)

African Family Revival Organization AFRO                  $60,000 (2-year Grant)

Alison Neighbourhood Community Centre              $100,000 (2-year Grant)

Community Music School of Waterloo Region           $29,510 (2-year Grant)

Fiddlesticks Community Centre                                 $110,000 (2-year Grant)

Hespeler Village Neighbourhood Association          $110,000 (2-year Grant)

Muslim Social Services Kitchener Waterloo              $100,000 (2-year Grant)

Muslim Women of Cambridge                                      $47,700 (2-year Grant)

Preston Heights Community Group                             $90,000 (2-year Grant)

Rhythm and Blues Cambridge                                      $60,000 (2-year Grant)

Silverheights Neighbourhood Association                   $80,000 (2-year Grant)

The Ripple Effect Education                                           $50,000 (2-year Grant)

General Operating Support (GOS)

GOS provides unrestricted funds to support small, medium and large organizations' ability to achieve their mission overall.

It is flexible and allows grantees to allocate funds towards self-identified organizational priorities in order to develop and strengthen their internal systems.

BBBS Waterloo Region                                                  $170,000 (2-year Grant)

Cambridge Food Bank                                                   $180,000 (2-year Grant)

Camino Wellbeing + Mental Health                           $1,500,000 (3-year Grant)

Coalition of Muslim Women of KW                               $130,000 (2-year Grant)

Family & Children's Services                                          $840,000 (2-year Grant)

House of Friendship                                                    $3,750,000 (5-year Grant)

Kinbridge Community Association                                $328,000 (2-year Grant)

Kitchener Public Library                                                 $500,000 (2-year Grant)

KW Extend-A-Family Association                                   $170,000 (2-year Grant)

Langs Farm Village Association                                      $580,000 (2-year Grant)

Marillac Place                                                                   $130,000 (2-year Grant)

rare Charitable Research Reserve                                 $160,000 (2-year Grant)

Reception House Waterloo Region                               $250,000 (2-year Grant)

SHORE Centre                                                                 $200,000 (2-year Grant)

Waterloo Region Family Network                                  $200,000 (2-year Grant)

Women's Crisis Services of Waterloo Region               $160,000 (2-year Grant)

Woolwich Counselling Centre                                          $80,000 (2-year Grant)

YMCA of Three Rivers                                                     $500,000 (2-year Grant)

Community Support Grants

Camino Wellbeing + Mental Health

$1,429,000 (3-year Grant)

Wayfinding

A personalized service experience that supports the unique circumstances of individuals and families

Capacity Canada

$1,000,000 (2-year Grant)

Scaling of Capacity Building Impact

Capacity Canada will build and deliver on a plan to collaborate with 20 additional agencies and their leaders in Waterloo Region, that strengthens their capacity and long-term sustainability.

Capacity Canada

$500,000 (2-year Grant)

Expansion of Support Services

To develop a pilot program with agencies in the region, to test the effectiveness of additional professional supports, particularly with smaller agencies unable to invest in professional staff.

Counselling Collaborative

$525,500 (2-year Grant)

Financial support to help with unfunded counselling services for children and youth.

KidsAbility Centre for Child Development

$439,553

Capacity Building - Investing in our Future

Support for a new IT, financial, HR and Clinical support system

The Working Centre

$300,000

Preserving Deeply Affordable Housing

To preserve and operate deeply affordable housing in the Region, by purchasing at-risk rooming houses/apartments offering shared and affordable housing by purchasing an identified rooming house in Kitchener.

Children And Youth Planning Table

$500,000 (2-year grant)

A refined focus on Research, Knowledge Mobilization, Influence and Community Coordination in Waterloo Region to help maximize child and youth well-being, and to centre belonging extending benefits to ALL young people today, and to their capacity as future community leaders and residents of tomorrow.

Volunteer Canada

Intergenerational volunteerism hub project in Waterloo Region

$69,920

Developing an Intergenerational Volunteerism Hub to Strengthen Older Adult and Youth Participation in Waterloo Region.

Higher Education

Conestoga College

Hallman Foundation Scholars

$1,082,000 (5-year grant)

To create scholarships at Conestoga College in order to promote access to higher education for students in the Region of Waterloo.

University of Waterloo

Hallman Foundation Scholars

$1,080,000 (5-year grant)

For a defined term award designated for undergraduate students entering any program at the University of Waterloo or one of the affiliated and federated institutions

Wilfrid Laurier University

Hallman Foundation Scholars

$1,082,000 (5-year grant)

To create awards at Wilfrid Laurier University in order to promote access to higher education for students in the Region of Waterloo.