The Town offers an annual Grants and Donations Program that allows Community Groups and Organizations to apply for funding or subsidizations for any Town-owned facilities. Yearly results are listed below.
The application period for the 2025 Grants and Donations Program closed on Wednesday, April 30, 2025. The Grants and Donations Committee will make recommendations to Council on May 21, 2025, and Council will consider the recommendation of the Grants and Donations Committee on May 26, 2025. All applicants will be updated via email throughout the consideration process.
2025 Grants and Donations Program
The following organizations received a grant, donation, or subsidy as part of the Grants and Donations Program.
| Group/Organization | Amount |
|---|---|
| Beaver Valley Agricultural Society | $9,375 |
| Beaver Valley Outreach | $11,635 |
| Blue Mountains Curling Centre | $1,310 |
| Breaking Down Barriers | $500 |
| Climate Action Now Network | $500 |
| Crime Stoppers of Grey Bruce | $500 |
| Elora Environment Centre (Tree Trust) | $500 |
| Escarpment Corridor Alliance | $500 |
| Events for Life Centre | $500 |
| George's Cares Meal Program (St. George's Anglican Church) | $500 |
| Georgian Triangle Anglers Association | $500 |
| Grey Sauble Conservation Authority / Beaver River Watershed Initiative | $500 |
| Hanley Institute | $500 |
| Home Horizon Georgian Triangle Residential Services | $500 |
| Hospice Georgian Triangle Foundation | $500 |
| Magic of Children in the Arts | $500 |
| Meaford/Thornbury Special Olympics | $6,400 |
| Music in the Park | $2,375 |
| My Friend's House | $500 |
| Ontario Track3 Adaptive Sports Association | $500 |
| Pollinate The Blue Mountains | $500 |
| Rotary Club of Thornbury Clarksburg | $3,500 |
| Royal Canadian Legion Branch 281 | $500 |
| Seniors Network - Blue Mountains | $740 |
| Southern Georgian Bay Jewish Community | $500 |
| Theatre Collingwood Association | $1,500 |
| Thornbury/Beaver Valley Lions Club | $500 |
| Touch of Taryn Foundation | $780 |
| United Way Simcoe Muskoka | $500 |
| 2025 Grants and Donations Total: | $42,615 |
No grants, donations or subsidies were awarded through the 2024 Grants and Donations Program.
The following organizations received a grant, donation, or subsidy as part of the 2023 Grants and Donations Program.
Group/Organization 2023 Donation Beaver Valley Agricultural Society $5,540 Beaver Valley Outreach $11,820 Big Canoe Project $790 Blue Mountains Curling Centre $1,356 Blue Mountains Historical Society $1,000 Breaking Down Barriers and Independent Living Centre $1,500 Climate Action Now $1,500 Crime Stoppers of Grey Bruce $500 Elora Environment Centre (Tree Trust) $2,000 Events for Life $5,000 Georgian Bay Forever $500 Georgian Triangle Anglers Association $500 Golden Beavers $3,100 Grey Bruce Hospice $1,000 Grey Sauble Conservation Authority / Beaver River Watershed Initiative $1,500 Home Horizon Georgian Triangle Residential Services $1,500 Hospice Georgian Triangle Foundation $2,000 Living Better With Parkinsons $1,000 Magic of Children in the Arts $600 Marsh Street Centre $2,000 Music in the Park $4,200 My Friend's House $1,500 Ontario Track3 Adaptive Sports Association $2,500 Pollinate TBM $500 Rotary Club of Thornbury Clarksburg $4,000 St. George's The Parish of The Blue Mountains $2,500 St. John's Ambulance $500 Theatre Collingwood Association $1,500 2023 Grants and Donations Total: $61,406 The following organizations received a grant, donation, or subsidy as part of the 2022 Grants and Donations Program.
Group/Organization 2022 Donation Beaver River Watershed $1,500 Beaver Valley Outreach $6,750 Big Canoe Project $1,300 Blue Mountains Curling Centre $1,000 Blue Mountains Historical Society $1,000 Blue Mountains Watershed Trust $1,500 Breaking Down Barriers $2,000 Climate Action Now $2,000 Collingwood Minor Hockey $1,000 Crime Stoppers of Grey Bruce $500 Elora Environment Centre (Tree Trust) $2,000 Events for Life $5,000 Georgian Bay Forever $1,500 Georgian Triangle Humane Society $1,000 Golden Beavers $4,160 Grace United Church Thornbury $3,500 Home Horizon $2,000 Hope Haven $2,000 Hospice Georgian Triangle Foundation $2,000 Meaford Special Olympics $2,000 Music in the Park $5,700 My Friend's House $2,000 Ontario Track3 Adaptive Sports Association $2,500 Pollinate TBM $1,500 Rotary Club of Thornbury Clarksburg $2,500 St. George's Church - Project Safe Haven $2,500 St. George's Church - Seniors Meal Program $1,000 St. John's Ambulance $500 Theatre Collingwood Association $1,500 Thornbury Beaver Valley Lions $2,500 United Way Simcoe Muskoka $1,000 2022 Grants and Donations Total: $66,910 The following organizations received a grant, donation, or subsidy as part of the 2021 Grants and Donations Program.
Group/Organization 2021 Donation Beaver Valley Outreach $10,576 Blue Mountain Watershed Trust Foundation $686 Breaking Down Barriers $2,100 Diabetes Canada $900 Elora Environment Centre - Tree Trust $720 Events for Life Centre $6,000 Georgian Triangle Humane Society $600 Golden Beavers $1,700 Home Horizon Georgian Triangle $1,800 Hope Haven Therapeutic Riding Centre $1,500 Hospice Georgian Triangle Foundation $1,800 Kids in the Meaford Hall Arts Society $1,560 Music in the Park $2,925 My Friends House $1,500 Rotary Club of Thornbury Clarksburg $3,000 Seniors Network - Blue Mountains $526 Special Olympics Thornbury $1,950 Thornbury Farmers Market $ - Thornbury/Beaver Valley Lions $2,724 Women's House Serving Bruce and Grey $3,000 2021 Grants and Donations Total: $45,567 The following organizations received a grant, donation, or subsidy as part of the 2020 Grants and Donations Program.
Group/Organization 2020
DonationBeaver Valley Outreach $9,275 Blue Mountains Curling Centre $1,217 Breaking Down Barriers $500 Crime Stoppers of Grey Bruce $1,000 Diabetes Canada* $1,000 Events for Life $10,000 Georgian Bay Coyotes* $1,000 Georgian Triangle Anglers Association $750 Georgian Triangle Humane Society $1,500 Golden Beavers $1,000 Home Horizon Residential Resource Centre $2,000 Hope Haven Therapeutic Riding Centre $2,800 Hospice Georgian Triangle Foundation $3,000 Hundred Acre Wood Forest Preschool $1,500 Kids in the Meaford Hall Arts Society $1,250 Marsh Street Centre for Performing Arts $2,000 Music in the Park* $3,525 My Friend’s House $1,500 Rotary Club of Thornbury Clarksburg $5,000 Royal Canadian Legion Beaver Valley Branch* $1,648 Special Olympics Thornbury $750 St. John Ambulance Grey Bruce Huron Branch $500 Thornbury/Beaver Valley Lions $2,000 Women’s House Serving Bruce and Grey $1,500 2020 Grants and Donations Total: $56,215 The following organizations received a grant, donation, or subsidy as part of the 2019 Grants and Donations Program.
Group/Organization 2019
DonationBeaver Valley Agricultural Society $4,043 Beaver Valley Outreach $10,135 Big Brothers & Big Sisters of the Georgian Triangle $500 Blue Mountain Chamber of Commerce $3,000 Blue Mountain Village Association $5,000 Blue Mountains Animal Shelter $2,000 Breaking Down Barriers $500 Clarksburg Village Association $3,000 Elephant Thoughts $1,500 Events for Life $10,000 Golden Beavers $1,700 Home Horizon Residential Resource Centre $500 Hospice Georgian Triangle Foundation $1,500 Marsh Street Centre for Performing Arts $900 Music in the Park (formerly Jazz by the Bay) $3,094 My Friend’s House $1,500 Royal Canadian Legion Beaver Valley Branch $373 Seniors Network - Blue Mountains $532 Special Olympics Thornbury $1,500 St. John Ambulance Grey Bruce Huron Branch $450 Thornbury Big Band Festival (formerly Jazzmania) $1,200 Thornbury Clarksburg Rotary Club $3,750 Thornbury Farmers Market $1,243 Women’s House Serving Bruce and Grey $1,500 2019 Grants and Donations Total: $59,420 2019 Budget
The following organizations were given a donation as part of the 2019 Approved Budget.
Group/Organization 2019
DonationBeaver Valley Outreach [1] $20,000 Total: $20,000 [1] Allocated for three years for Beaver Valley Outreach's new location (2019 - 2021)
The following organizations received a grant, donation, or subsidy as part of the 2018 Grants and Donations Program.
Group/Organization 2018
DonationBeaver Valley Agricultural Society $3,000 Beaver Valley Outreach $10,135 Blue Mountain Chamber of Commerce $3,000 Blue Mountain Village Association $5,650 Blue Mountains Animal Shelter $2,000 Blue Mountains Toastmasters $500 Breaking Down Barriers $500 Clarksburg Village Association $2,000 Collingwood General & Marine Hospital $5,000 Drive Fore Teens $958 Georgian Triangle Anglers Association $1,000 Golden Beavers $1,700 Home Horizon Residential Resource Centre $1,000 Hope Haven Therapeutic Riding and Family Camp $500 Hospice Georgian Triangle Foundation $1,500 Jazz By the Bay $2,500 Jazzmania $2,000 My Friend’s House $2,000 Royal Canadian Legion Beaver Valley Branch $265 Special Olympics Thornbury $1,500 St. John Ambulance Grey Bruce Huron Branch $450 Thornbury Clarksburg Rotary Club $3,000 Thornbury Farmers Market $1,187 Women’s House Serving Bruce and Grey $500 2018 Grants and Donations Total: $51,845 2018 Budget
The following organizations were given a donation as part of the 2018 Approved Budget.
Group/Organization 2018
DonationEvents for Life [1] $10,000 Meaford Hospital Foundation [2] $25,000 Total: $35,000 [1] Added as an Addition to the 2018 Base Budget for one year.
[2] As per a 2013 Deputation, for five years – 2014 to 2018.
The following organizations received a grant, donation, or subsidy as part of the 2017 Grants and Donations Program.
Group/Organization 2017 Donation Artsburg Day $500 The Beaver Valley Agricultural Society $3,517 Beaver Valley Outreach $7,750 Blue Mountains Animal Shelter Inc. $2,000 Blue Mountain Village Association $5,650 Blue Mountain Chamber of Commerce $3,000 The Blue Mountains Toastmasters $500 Breaking Down Barriers Independent Living Resource Centre $500 Collingwood General & Marine Hospital $5,000 Drive Fore Teens $958 Events for Life Centre $4,000 Georgian Triangle Housing Residential Resource Centre $2,000 Golden Beavers $1,700 Georgian Triangle Anglers Association Inc. $1,000 Hope Haven Therapeutic Riding and Family Camp Inc $500 Hospice Georgian Triangle Foundation $2,000 Jazzmania $2,000 Jazz by The Bay $2,500 Manito Shrine Club Ceremonial 2017 $500 My Friend's House, Collingwood Crisis Centre $2,000 Royal Canadian Legion Beaver Valley Branch 281 $205 Seniors Network - Blue Mountains $594 Special Olympics Ontario Inc. $1,500 St. John Ambulance Grey Bruce Huron Branch $1,000 Thornbury Clarksburg Rotary Club $3,000 Thornbury Farmers Market $1,186 Women's House Serving Bruce and Grey $500 2017 Grants and Donations Total: $55,560 2017 Budget
The following organizations were given a donation as part of the 2017 Approved Budget.
Group/Organization 2017 Donation Meaford Hospital Foundation [1] $ 25,000 Total: $ 25,000 [1] As per a 2013 Deputation, for five years – 2014 to 2018.
The following organizations received a grant, donation, or subsidy as part of the 2016 Grants and Donations Program.
Group/Organization 2016 Donation Beaver Valley Agricultural Society $3,000 Beaver Valley Outreach $8,695 Blue Mountain Village Association $5,650 Blue Mountains Animal Shelter, The $2,000 Breaking Down Barriers Independent Living Resource Centre $500 Collingwood General & Marine Hospital Foundation $5,000 Drive Fore Teens $957 Events for Life Centre $4,000 Georgian Triangle Anglers Association $1,000 Georgian Triangle Residential Resource Centre $2,000 Golden Beavers $1,800 Hospice Georgian Triangle Foundation $2,000 Jazz By the Bay $2,500 Jazzmania $2,000 My Friends House, Collingwood Crisis Centre $2,500 Royal Canadian Legion Beaver Valley Branch 281 $205 Special Olympics Ontario Inc. $1,500 St. John Ambulance Grey Bruce Huron Branch $1,000 Thornbury Clarksburg Rotary Club $2,000 Thornbury Farmers Market $1,187 Women's House Serving Bruce and Grey $500 2016 Grants and Donations Total: $49,994 2016 Budget
The following organizations were given a donation as part of the 2016 Approved Budget.
Group/Organization 2016 Donation Meaford Hospital Foundation [1] $ 25,000 Total: $ 25,000 [1] As per a 2013 Deputation, for five years – 2014 to 2018.
The following organizations received a grant, donation, or subsidy as part of the 2015 Grants and Donations Program.
Group/Organization 2015 Donation The Beaver Valley Agricultural Society $3,000 Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Georgian Triangle $500 Beaver Valley Outreach $8,867 Blue Mountain Village Association $5,650 Blue Mountain Chamber of Commerce $4,000 The Blue Mountains Animal Shelter $2,000 Collingwood General & Marine Hospital $5,660 Drive Fore Teens $1,024 Georgian Triangle Anglers Association $1,000 Georgian Triangle Housing Residential Resource Centre $1,500 Golden Beavers $1,800 Hospice Georgian Triangle Foundation $1,500 Jazzmania $2,000 My Friend's House, Collingwood Crisis Centre $2,500 Special Olympics Ontario Inc. $1,500 Thornbury Clarksburg Rotary Club $2,000 Women's House Serving Bruce and Grey $500 2015 Grants and Donations Total: $45,001 2015 Budget
The following organizations were given a donation as part of the 2015 Approved Budget.
Group/Organization 2015 Donation Meaford Hospital Foundation [1] $ 25,000 Total: $ 25,000 [1] As per a 2013 Deputation, for five years – 2014 to 2018.
The following organizations received a grant, donation, or subsidy as part of the 2014 Grants and Donations Program.
Group/Organization 2014 Donation Beaver Valley Agricultural Society $3,000 Beaver Valley Curling Club $2,100 Beaver Valley Outreach $8,400 Blue Mountain Village Association $5,000 Breaking Down Barriers $2,000 Clarksburg Business Association $5,000 Clarksburg Farmers’ Market $1,865 Collingwood General and Marine Hospital
Foundation
$5,000 Drive Fore Teens $930 Georgian Triangle Housing Resource Centre $1,500 Golden Beavers $1,800 Jazzmania $2,000 Rotary Club of Thornbury Clarksburg $1,200 2014 Grants and Donations Total: $39,795 2014 Budget
The following organizations were given a donation as part of the 2014 Approved Budget.
Group/Organization 2014 Donation Meaford Hospital Foundation [1] $ 25,000 Total: $ 25,000 [1] As per a 2013 Deputation, for five years – 2014 to 2018.