The Manitoba Government is extending its commitment to support the annual Endow Manitoba 24 Hour Giving Challenge in partnership with the Winnipeg Foundation until 2026.  Our area takes part in the Challenge in November through the Northern Neighbors Foundation that includes Flin Flon, Creighton, Denare Beach, Snow Lake and Cranberry Portage.

For every donation made to a community foundation in the 24 hour period the Manitoba Government and the Winnipeg Foundation also contribute one dollar so every five dollar donation becomes a seven dollar donation to a maximum of two thousand dollars per foundation. 

The Challenge was established in 2014 administered by the Winnipeg Foundation providing incentives for rural community foundations to build their primary fund.  The province first participated in 2017 resulting in a 46 percent increase in the number of private gifts to foundations across the province.