Funders

Green Venture would like to thank the following funders for their generous support. Our positive impact on the Greater Hamilton area is made possible through donations from people like you, and the contributions of these organizations.

The Ontario Trillium Foundation generously supports:

• Rain - Stormwater best management practices for home and property owners. A partnership between with Green Communities Canada.
• Hamilton Community Garden Network - to support the growing interest and demand for community gardens in Hamilton through education, networking and resource-sharing and to foster mentorships between established and emerging community garden volunteers. A partnership with Canadian Organic Growers.

 

The Hamilton Community Foundation generously supports:

• CATCH Community Garden Program - community garden activities for low-income and new immigrant families.
• Riverdale Container and Backyard Garden Project - local container and backyard gardening activities for local and new Canadian families.
• Riverdale Recycling Education Pilot - waste audit, improved signage, and multilingual outreach related to recycling in a prominent apartment building.

 

ArcelorMittal's Community Investment Fund generously supports:

• The creation of two new stormwater management presentations (to be shared with both homeowners and school children)
• The disconnection of 25 downspouts across Hamilton (including installation of rain barrels)

 

 

Hamilton Port Authority has geneoursly supported: 

• The disconnection of downspouts and installation of rain barrels throughout Hamilton.

 

 

The Hamilton Industrial Environmental Association generously supports:

• EcoHouse Interpretive Signage development.

 

TD Friends of the Environment generously supported

• EcoHouse Interpretive Signage development

 

The City of Hamilton has been Green Venture's long-standing primary partner and represents our strongest relationship. Green Venture was born out of an initiative between the Municipal and Provincial governments, utilities, and community groups in 1995, and has served the Greater-Hamilton community ever since. The following deparment and projects of the City have been generous supporters:

 

                      

 

• Public Works Department helping between 3,000 and 4,000 students visit EcoHouse annually and learn about environmental issues, promoting community presentations, and
   support the Hamilton Community Garden Network Coordinator
• Public Health Department supprting Hamilton Community Garden Network Coordinator
• Smart Commute (Hamilton) partners with Green Venture to present Bike to Work Days, Wear Yellow for Active School Transportation Days and Transportation and Healthy Living Fair
• HSR (Hamilton Street Railway) provides a significant in-kind contribution of high quality chartered bus service to facilitate student learning in Green Venture’s Totally Transit bus education program               
• Open Streets Hamilton  Leave your car at home and come walk, ride, or roll down James St. North!
• Economic Development & Planning Department   supported the following programs in partnerships with Clean Air Hamilton: EcoDriver, Woodburning, BIA Green Zones, Totally Transit (Bus Education), Climate Change Champions, Hamilton High School Heroes, Clean Air Events and Speakers, Clean Air is a Yard Away - Small Engine Equipment Recycling.
• Water & Wastewater Division Green Venture provides the following services to, or is one of several partners in the Hamilton Children's Water Festival

RBC

RBC Blue Water Fund has generously supported: 

• Creation of pet waste composters and plants for our upcoming rain garden

 

The Province of Ontario provides generous funding for the following programs:

• Climate Change Champions program through the Community Go Green Fund. This is a partnership with Environment Hamilton.
• Healthy Communities Fund - Riverdale Community Garden Project - community garden activities for local and new Canadian families.
• ecoDriver - a partnership with Green Communities Canada, and the Provincial & Federal Governments.

Metrolinx has generously funded the: 

• Stepping it Up Program - focuses on identifying the possibilities for enhancing and encouraging use of active and sustainable travel options for students and staff, such as walking, cycling, and carpooling through a partnership with Green Communities Canada

CHML / Y108 Children's Fund generously supported:

• Development of curriculum-based educational programming and transportation to EcoHouse for low-income schools.

 

The Benjamin Moore Community Restoration Program, through Community Foundations of Canada, generously supported:

• Heritage repainting of Glen Manor (EcoHouse).

The John & Pat McCutcheon Foundation

The John & Pat McCutcheon Foundation generously supported:

• The Depave Paradise project through which Green Venture helped St. Augustine Catholic Elementary School remove asphalt from their schoolyard, and put native species and natural play areas in its place.

          

Through partnership with Green Communities Foundation, the Commission for Environmental Cooperation and the Metcalf Foundation generously provided grants to support:

• The Depave Paradise project through which Green Venture helped St. Augustine Catholic Elementary School remove asphalt from their schoolyard, and put native species and natural play areas in its place.

Nature's Path Gardens for Good Award generously supported: 

• Oliver's Garden Project

Whole Kids Foundation School Garden Grant generously supported:

• Green Venture Community Garden redesign and educational programming.

 

        

Through the Hamilton Clean City Liaison Committee affiliate, the UPS/Keep America Beautiful Community Improvement Grant generously supported:

• The Small Space Gardening workshop series and display garden hosted at Volunteer Hamilton