2005 Grants - $75,657.00

Angelo & Rina Longo Fund
$200.00 - awarded to student Corey Dugay attending Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic High School for determination and achievement. . 

Bruce Graham Memorial Fund
$1,000.00 -awarded to U of G student Ashley Welsh for outstanding academic achievement.

Charlie Whittaker's Pledge to the WERC
$4900.00 to the West End Recreation Centre for the swimming pool wheelchair lift.

Valcom Employee Guelph Health Centres Benefit Fund
-$2,000.00 to the Foundation of Guelph General Hospital
-$2,000.00 to St. Joseph's Health Care Foundation

Guelph Girls Fastpitch Championship Fund
$10,000.00 to the Guelph Girls Minor Softball Association for the purchase of two pitching machines, softballs, pitching screens, hitting tees and nets, Blastball programming, pitching & catching clinics, and the final installation of fencing of the dugouts at Exhibition Park.

Laurie Nicholl Education Fund
$2952 -awarded to nine students attending post secondary educational institutions across Canada to assist with the financial challenges of education.

McNeil Consumer Health Care Fund
$2,900 granted to the Guelph Wellington Seniors Association toward the Evergreen Action Nutrition Program. 

The Guelph Mercury Kids-to-Camp Fund
The Guelph Mercury Kids-to-Camp Fund, held by the Guelph Community Foundation provides disadvantaged children and youth the opportunity to experience the thrills of summer camp.

Guelph Mercury Kids-to-Camp Grant Recipients:
_{^{Big Brothers Big Sisters of Guelph ~ $1,695
Community Resource Centre of North & Centre Wellington ~ $1,700
Creative Encounters ~ $420
KidsAbility ~ $450
Macdonald Stewart Art Centre ~ $340
Neighbourhood Support Coalition ~ $2,000
Project C.A.N.O.E. ~ $2,000
Rainbow Programmes for Children ~ $1,550
Sunrise Therapeutic Riding & Learning Centre ~ $1,000
The Salvation Army ~ $600}}

Musagetes Fund & The Guelph Community Foundation's Community Fund
$34,500 was granted out to the Guelph Wellington Community in support of arts & culture. Recipients include:
Guelph Collegiate Vocational Institute's Heritage Project ~ $2,500
John McCrae Public School's ART Image Program ~ $700
Guelph Contemporary Danve Festival's Workshops in the Schools Series ~ $2,000
Edward Johnson Music Foundation's Music in the Schools program ~ $2,500
ED Video Media Art Centre's Fast Forward Filmmaking for Youth program ~ $4,000
Guelph Jazz Festival's Jazz in the Schools program ~ $4,800
Guelph Creative Arts Association's Painting on the Green event ~ $500
Guelph Symphony Orchestra ~ $5,000
Guelph Community Health Centre's Helping Hands program ~ $3,000
Guelph International Film Festival ~ $2,000
Guelph Arts Council ~ $7,500
  
Guelph 175th Anniversary Scholarship
$2,000 awarded to Miranda Johnston, a student attending the University of Guelph for outstanding achievement within the scholarship criteria.

Class of '71 Kathryn Winegard Award
$500 awarded to Hannah Smit for her determination, achievement, and character. 

Tom Incledon Memorial Fund
$1,350 to the professional development of select nursing staff at the Guelph General Hospital.