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Dave Gunning playing guitar outdoors, wearing a gray hat and a blue shirt, sitting in a natural setting with trees in the background.

The Dave Gunning Zero Hunger Fund is meant to establish or stock school free stores with much needed food and supplies for students to take home.

In 2024 the DGZH Fund granted $104,000 across rural schools. We hope to grant even more in 2025.


Named for astrophysicist and climate activist, Joan Feynman, this family fund grants to initiatives that address community challenges faced by climate change.


Rural Pride Fund page - A pattern of rainbow-colored heart shapes with a large heart in the center filled with rainbow stripes.

In 2025, RCFNS established the Rural Pride Fund to support community-led initiatives meant to support and uplift members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community in rural areas.

Sunflower in a field at sunset with text overlay promoting the Ukrainian Nova Scotia Resettlement Fund and a donation URL.

Designed to support Ukrainian refugees fleeing the Russian invasion of their soverign country, this fund provides grocery cards to families in need.



Logo of the Rural Communities Foundation of Nova Scotia, featuring a stylized sunrise over rolling hills and water in green, yellow, orange, and blue colors.