In December 1986, 13 public-spirited Ottawans came together to establish something very new, very challenging, and within little more than a decade, astonishingly successful, a groundbreaking organization dedicated to making philanthropy, easy, effective and enduring. This was the Community Foundation of Ottawa-Carleton (later the Community Foundation of Ottawa), a public charity that would allow individuals, families, corporations and non-profit
People. Partnerships. Community.
The First 15 Years of the Community Foundation of Ottawa
The First 15 Years of the Community Foundation of Ottawa
People. Partnerships. Community. (ISBN 0-9732638-0-6) is published by the Community Foundation of Ottawa and can be ordered from the Foundation, located at 75 Albert Street, Suite 301, Ottawa, Ontario K1P 5E7.
organizations to make gifts in perpetuity to their community and thereby help shape its future. This history traces the highlights of the organization's first fifteen years, spotlighting the people who were instrumental in getting it established and the exciting initiatives made possible by donors' gifts.
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