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Community Impact is about achieving meaningful, long-term improvements to quality of life in Guelph Wellington and Dufferin communities by addressing not just the symptoms of problems but also getting at the root causes.

Recognizing this, we have chosen to focus efforts in five impact areas essential for our community to thrive. We do this by investing in programs and by working closely with local community groups – those that receive United Way funds and those that do not – to address the social needs of individuals and groups in our community that are vulnerable to social and systemic barriers to create meaningful change.  Our support is rooted in ‘local’ – solving local problems with local solutions and aim to empower those closest to the issues.

We approach our funding and organizational support with the aim of reducing barriers to supports, connection and community, providing flexibility to respond to our communities’ needs and making lasting, positive change to build a stronger community.  We provide funds using a trust-based philanthropic model and work to foster trust-based relationships throughout the granting period with our partners.  Our goal is to not only act as a transactional funder, but to support all community partners through network building, convening, knowledge sharing, amplification and capacity building.