The Griffiths Family Foundation

Meeting the need because we can.

We are a private foundation in Windsor, and our aim is a simple one: improve the quality of life in our communities through education, benevolence, citizenship, and steady support for the organizations closest to the work.

Several hundred young people, families, mentors and volunteers gathered together under trees at a community day in Windsor.

Registered Canadian charity

Charity number 721667707RR0001

Secure online giving

Donations are completed through CanadaHelps.

Based in Windsor, Ontario

Windsor is home, and it is where our work begins.

01 Where we focus

Four impact areas. One shared purpose.

They shape the programs we build, the organizations we walk alongside, and the decisions we make.

A group seated around a round table during a leadership training session, an open workbook in the foreground. 01

Education

Leadership training and development that helps people grow into the leaders they are capable of becoming; and scholarships and bursaries that help ensure cost is not what holds a student back.

Young people in a school hallway carrying bags of groceries and supplies from a community outreach night. 02

Benevolence

Practical help for people and families carrying the weight of poverty, illness, or a hard season of change.

Two coaches in conversation with a group of girls in matching shirts at a sports clinic. 03

Citizenship

Mentorship, coaching, and life skills, because healthy communities are built by people who know how to show up for them.

Two community leaders standing side by side in front of a painted mural. 04

Support

Identifying organizations already creating meaningful change, supporting them with resources and relationships, and co-creating initiatives where our strengths can add value.

590+

Participants in leadership training and development

70+

Nonprofit leaders coached

50+

Community grants made

18

Total partners supported

Our purpose shapes how we show up.

Our purpose is to walk out our Christian faith by living its values in all our spheres of influence, and to encourage others to do the same. When people meet a real need with generosity, maturity, and care, a community grows healthier. We have watched it happen here.

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02 How we work

Practical help, carried out with people we trust.

We develop, fund, and stand behind work that answers a real need. Much of it reaches people through partners who already know them, so support usually comes by referral rather than a public application.

How that help takes shape

How that help takes shape

Scholarships and bursaries Relief of poverty Mentorship and coaching Leadership training and development Transitional residential assistance Community grants
03 Story of partnership

What partnership looks like up close.

From the Foundation and our partners

The latest from our community.

Event March 8, 2026

Girls Can 2026

A look back at Girls Can 2026, a day dedicated to empowering the next generation of athletes.

With Border City Athletics

Partner Story December 29, 2025

Reflecting on a Meaningful Year with the Windsor Cancer Centre Foundation

A look back at a year alongside the Windsor Cancer Centre Foundation, and at the community effort behind local cancer-support initiatives throughout 2025.

With Windsor Cancer Centre Foundation

Partner Story January 28, 2025

GFF Partners with Windsor Essex Christian Soccer League

GFF continued its support of the co-ed Windsor Essex Christian Soccer League, whose family-focused program uses sport to encourage teamwork, discipline, and community.

With Windsor Essex Christian Soccer League

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Sometimes people just need help getting through a hard season. Their support allows us to be there when families need it most.

Jeremiah Bettany, Windsor Lifeline Outreach

Around the work

More moments from the work.

Scenes from Foundation programs and from the partners we support, across Windsor-Essex.

Hands writing in a notebook beside an open book during a leadership session.
A gymnasium full of young people seated together at an MH100 youth night.
A group of teenagers standing together on a field after a program session.
A room of participants at round tables during a leadership training day.
A large group of young athletes and coaches gathered in a field house.
A barber giving a young person a free haircut at a community outreach night.

Photographs supplied by the Foundation and its partners.

Put generosity into action.

Your gift helps us keep meeting real needs, through our own programs and alongside the organizations we support.