Last year’s granting by the Anglican Foundation of Canada reflects the breadth of the Anglican Foundation of Canada’s longstanding partnership with the Diocese of Niagara: parish renewal through diverse infrastructure grants, leadership development through bursaries, ongoing community ministries, and legacy-designated support.
Among the grant recipients in 2025 were Holy Trinity, Fonthill; St. Stephen on-the-Mount, Hamilton; and St. George’s, St. Catharines. Each received a grant, ranging from $5 to $15 thousand, to support a building project that supported their local ministries.
Since 2010, the Anglican Foundation of Canada has invested more than $453,000 in Niagara through nearly 90 grant recipients, strengthening ministries across the diocese. The Foundation’s endowment, faithfully stewarded by clergy and lay leaders from across Canada, has resulted in disbursements totalling $40 million since its inception nearly 65 years ago.
The foundation derives its capacity to support the Anglican Church of Canada through the memberships of parishes and parishioners. At Synod in 2024, Executive Director Scott Brubacher invited all parishes to become members, thereby enhancing the Church’s collective capacity to support ministry from coast to coast to coast. Check with your rector or priest-in-charge to determine if your parish is a current member.
The foundation not only supports diverse infrastructure projects, but also community ministries, leadership and education, Indigenous ministries, and sacred music and liturgical arts across the Canadian Church.
Each diocese is limited to submitting two applications in any given grant cycle, and four in any given year. Grants endorsed by the Diocese of Niagara are typically Category B grants, where a maximum grant of $15,000 can be applied for from the Foundation, provided 50% of project funding is in place.
If you are interested in applying for an Anglican Foundation grant, please be in touch with Archdeacon Bill Mous at the earliest opportunity for details
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