Desjardins launches $150 million community recovery fund

Author Brennan Doherty
The Montreal-based credit union’s GoodSpark Fund will fund projects aimed at boosting the long-term socio-economic rebound from COVID-19

Why It Matters

Grantmakers across Canada are launching emergency relief funds in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic’s unprecedented challenges, but few are aimed at funding long-term community recovery. Desjardins’ GoodSpark Fund is intended to do just that.

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