Grant and Funding Programs Offered by Le Tremplin de Drummond Foundation

Le Tremplin de Drummond Foundation is the philanthropic arm associated with the Réseau d’Aide Le Tremplin, a community mental health organization serving adults in the MRC de Drummond. The foundation’s core mission is to provide financial support to Le Tremplin’s network of services for people living with mental health problems, as well as selected partner organizations active in listening, crisis prevention and suicide prevention. By mobilizing individual donors, businesses and community partners, it channels private and community resources toward mental health services that are free or low cost and rapidly accessible.

The foundation does not present itself as a competitive grantmaking body with open calls for proposals. Instead, it operates as a discretionary funder, collecting donations and organizing fundraising events, then transferring the proceeds to Le Tremplin and, on occasion, to other regional organizations whose work is closely aligned with its mission. Examples highlighted on the site include significant amounts remitted to the Réseau d’Aide Le Tremplin and to the Centre d’écoute et de prévention du suicide de Drummond.

Through the funding it provides, the foundation helps sustain a broad set of mental health services: individual helping relationships, mutual aid groups and day centre activities, a therapeutic residential house, and housing and community support including shared housing and access to subsidized rents. These services target adults aged 18 and over who are living with mental health issues or experiencing a particularly difficult life transition, and who wish to regain balance and autonomy.

Donations collected by the foundation contribute to maintaining high-quality services delivered by mental health professionals, ensuring that people without group insurance can access free support and benefit from short wait times. The foundation explicitly links its impact to preventing hospitalization and relapse, promoting social and professional integration, supporting access to safe and affordable housing, and helping people remain stably housed.

The foundation regularly organizes community fundraising events that also serve as awareness-raising activities around mental health. These include crab suppers, karaoke evenings, gin tasting events, tattoo days under the theme of resilience, virtual auctions and benefit shows. The site reports the amounts raised and thanks partners such as local businesses, municipal partners and elected officials, underlining the collaborative nature of the foundation’s work.

By combining fundraising, awareness and partnership-building, Le Tremplin de Drummond Foundation plays a key role in sustaining a flexible network of mental health services in Drummondville. Its funding model is closely tied to the needs identified by the Réseau d’Aide Le Tremplin and other community stakeholders, ensuring that resources are directed where they can most effectively support recovery, resilience and social inclusion.