The Commonwell is energizing learning throughout Commonwell Country!
L.E.A.F. is back in 2022 awarding $300,000 in grants for community projects that support learning and capacity improvements for our communities to thrive in the long-term. Thank you to all the community groups and organizations who applied this year and congratulations to the successful applicants.
Explore 2022 L.E.A.F Grant Recipients
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Submit a Project
Submitting a project isn’t complicated, but does require some thought up front. Get started and we’ll guide you through each step to help ensure you include everything required in order to have your project considered for a L.E.A.F. grant. The Commonwell will award L.E.A.F. grants based on the assessment of the impact the project will have on learning and engagement in the community, the demonstration of project of viability, the demonstrated need for funding and community support.
Applications are closed for 2022.

Support a Project
Eligible project submissions are strengthened when they’re backed by community supporters. That’s you! Add support to a project by spreading the word on social media, uploading a photo, leaving an encouraging comment or writing a short story about why this project matters to your community. Find a project in your community using the map search tool below and start supporting!
Community Support is closed for 2022.
THINK BIG!
What facilities, community centres or education spaces could use programming or space improvements to accelerate learning and engagement in your community? Where do you need more room, more capacity, better environments? And how will you put the grant to work to grow the community resiliency that comes from learning, working and connecting together? Here are some ideas to help you get started.

Could learning infrastructure be improved in your community? Is internet accessibility limited? Funding could support projects that help bridge those gaps, by providing things like hotspot and digital device access

Does your community need a new computer lab or an upgrade to an existing one? Funding could support better access, more learning opportunities or deeper connectivity.

Is there an under-utilized space in your community that can be repurposed into a teaching space? Are there opportunities to improve existing learning spaces? Funding could support accessible learning in better environments.

Opportunities for skills development gives community members a jump start or a second chance. Start a coding class at local library, build a financial literacy program for kids, or support tech literacy for seniors. Think big.

Funding for a maker space in your community can bring people of all ages together to create. From prototype making, STEM opportunities for youth, high and low tech activities, the opportunities here are limitless.

Community Kitchens
Community kitchens provide an excellent place to share resources, knowledge and food skills. They can help small food businesses launch. Does your community need a new kitchen or upgrades and more capacity for an existing one?
2021 COMMONWELL L.E.A.F. GRANT RECIPIENTS
These 21 inspiring, community lead projects across the province earned L.E.A.F. Grants in 2021. Explore each one to learn more about how learning and engagement will be reenergized in these communities and to get ideas.
- Build Back Better with Kingston Gets Active
- Troy Scott Community Fridge Expansion
- Launchpad 2.0
- Orangeville Public Library Creation Lab (makerspace)
- Killaloe Pathways Park
- Bridging the Digital Divide in Rural Cramahe Township
- The TRACKS tipi – A space where Indigenous and non-Indigenous youth build relationships
- The South Lanark Community Garden Off Grid Greenhouse, Solar, Water Reservoir Project
- ‘ The Completion of the Tatlock Hall “Field of Dreams” ‘
- Richmond Legacy Pavilion
- The Library: A Place for YOUth
- The Sharing Place Meals 4 Change Community Kitchen
- Kars Community Rink Improvement
- PSPL Kids’ Portal: Escape into Knowledge
- Refreshing the Technology Centre at the Whitestone Public Library
- The Drop
- Glen Walter Regional Park Tennis Court Resurfacing
- A Community Hub/Young Adult Centre and Affordable Housing for Gravenhurst
- Revitalization of Woodville/Eldon Community Centre
- Avonmore Community Park Concrete Pad
- Alexandria Skate Park Expansion