A grant from HCF’s immediate response fund helped support Hamilton’s first Homeless Baseball League. Organizers say the league helps give the players opportunities to be part of a community, and something to look forward to every week. It also provides individuals who are currently homeless the chance to engage with those who are now housed and witness the positive changes that have happened.
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September 29, 2010
Vice-President, Grants & Community Initiatives
I am very pleased to announce that Matthew Goodman has been appointed Vice-President, Grants & Community Initiatives at Hamilton Community Foundation, effective October 25, 2010. In this role, he will lead HCF’s work in developing, implementing and evaluating grant programs and collaborative community partnerships.
Matt Goodman comes to the Foundation with a breadth and depth of relevant experience. He has an extensive background in social work. As a principal consultant with Goodman & Associates for more than 10 years, he has led many community consultation, implementation and evaluation projects in health and social services. Matt has worked closely with many of the organizations and initiatives with which the Foundation is involved. He has a strong interest and extensive work experience in community building, social justice initiatives and developing partnerships for community change.
Matt assumes the Grants and Community Initiatives portfolio from Sheree Meredith, who has led this core aspect of our work for the last four years. With the addition of Matt to our team, Sheree will be able to focus her role as Vice-President of Philanthropic Services on donor development. Matt and Sheree will continue to work closely together to ensure that donors are connected with the community and opportunities to make a difference.
I hope many of you will meet Matt over the next few months; I know he looks forward to working with all of our community partners for the good of our city.
Terry Cooke, President & CEO