Celebrating Deaf Culture Fund

Purpose

The purpose of the Fund shall be to advocate better appreciation of cultural work of art, ASL literature, and ASL media works with a positive, lasting impact upon the Deaf community, and to support events of a charitable, cultural, or educational nature in the Region of Waterloo when reasonable opportunity arises.

History

In the Spring of 2001, the defunct Waterloo Region Centre of the Deaf made a donation to the Ontario Cultural Society of the Deaf (OCSD) upon the following conditions: that the donation be set-up as a Trust Fund; and, that its proceeds would support its purpose.

OCSD donated the assets of the Fund to the Foundation on September 16, 2003.

Investment Objectives

The Fund is to increase in capital and in investment income every year, in order to support activities, pursuant to fulfilment of its charitable objectives.