Working together to support affordable housing in Hamilton

Working together to support affordable housing in Hamilton The following remarks were delivered by Yulena Wan, Vice President, Finance & Operations, to the City of Hamilton General Issues Committee on November 20, 2024. Good morning, Thank you for the opportunity to talk to you today. My name is Yulena Wan, Vice President, Finance and Operations and acting CEO at Hamilton Community Foundation (HCF). I am speaking to you today in support of the Housing Secretariat’s Housing Sustainability & Investment Roadmap…

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Vital Signs TV: Co-operative Housing in Hamilton

Rudi Wallace hosts Emily Power and Doug Sider for a Vital Signs episode about co-op housing

Vital Signs TV: Co-operative Housing in Hamilton It’s a brand new season of Vital Signs on Cable 14! It’s also Rudi Wallace’s first episode as our new President & CEO. In this episode, Rudi hosts Emily Power (President, Caroline St. Co-op) and Doug Sider (Executive Director, Golden Horseshoe Co-op Housing Federation) to talk about co-op housing and its potential to address affordability in Hamilton. Co-op housing is certainly not a new phenomenon. According to the Co-operative Housing Federation of Canada,…

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Affordable housing efforts in action

Affordable housing efforts in action Two recent developments supported by Hamilton Community Foundation demonstrate that the affordable housing crisis can be approached in a variety of ways. This past year the Foundation helped facilitate an agreement that will see the Trinity Lutheran Church in east Hamilton converted to affordable housing by local developer Indwell. HCF has worked with Indwell on a number of affordable housing projects like the Royal Oak Dairy and Rudy Hulst Commons. In an incredible act of…

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ABACUS turns 10

ABACUS turns 10 ABACUS, the foundation’s education initiative is marking a decade of supporting students in Hamilton. The initiative was launched in 2014 as a partnership with The Fairmount Foundation with the overarching goal of increasing the likelihood that young people graduate high school and access post-secondary education. ABACUS was launched with a focus on the middle school years: Grades 6, 7, 8 and the transition into Grade 9. A review in 2021 deepened its emphasis on equity-deserving communities and…

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Granting decisions shift to local charities through HCF program

Hamilton Community Foundation launches $500,000 participatory granting pilot A pilot program that shares decision-making power with local charities is one way that Hamilton Community Foundation is addressing historical underfunding for marginalized communities. The pilot employs “participatory granting” — a trust-based, community-engaged approach to granting that shifts decision-making power to those most impacted by the funding. It was launched late last year with the goal of enhancing equitable resource distribution and community empowerment among local equity-deserving community-led charitable organizations. According to…

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Hamilton Community Foundation grants almost $1.3 million to student programs

Hamilton Community Foundation recently announced almost $1.3 million in grants to programs that support students with an eye to increasing the likelihood they will continue their education beyond high school. Twenty-eight grants were distributed to 25 organizations for programs that include literacy, math, recreation, digital learning and the arts. The funding comes from ABACUS, an HCF initiative launched in 2015 that focuses on students in the middle school years. In 2022, this expanded to include students in Grades 4 and…

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New President & CEO named for Hamilton Community Foundation

Hamilton – Hamilton Community Foundation today announced the appointment of Rudi Wallace as its new President & CEO, the fifth in its 70-year history.  “Rudi is no stranger to the Foundation, having served as its Vice-President of Grants & Community Initiatives since 2020,” said board chair Cheryl Jensen. “We are thrilled that his new leadership role will deepen and expand the many initiatives and relationships he has already forged at HCF.  We conducted an extensive, national search drawing a number…

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