Today is the best time to donate to the Dauphin and District Community Foundation.
Today is the 24-hour Giving Challenge.
"It is an opportunity for their donations to the Dauphin and District Community Foundation stretched. For every five dollars donated the Winnipeg Foundation will donate one dollar, and the Province of Manitoba will donate one dollar. So, a five dollar gift becomes seven dollars. We can receive a maximum of two thousand each in stretch from the Winnipeg Foundation and the province. So that's potentially an extra four thousand dollars."
Kit Daley says it’s a straightforward process where you can either go to their website at Endowmantioba.ca or phone toll-free at 1-877-974-3631.
She explains where the money raised today is going.
“It goes into our Undesignated or Unrestricted fund. Which means the board will interview each applicant and get information on the project that they are applying for a grant for. And then the board will meet to discuss all the projects and who will benefit and what is the lasting legacy of the project and decide what we can support and with how much money.”
Last year the challenge raised $34,730 for Dauphin. Since 1996 the foundation has granted out one million dollars.
