About
About GFF
Faith expressed through action.
The Griffiths Family Foundation is a private family foundation with a Christian purpose: to walk out our faith by living its values in all our spheres of influence, and to encourage others to do the same.
Our story
A conviction to meet the need.
The Foundation began with a Windsor family and a business built here at home. As that work grew, the Griffiths family kept coming back to a simple belief: if a need is in front of you and you can help, you help. That belief led to the formal creation of the Foundation in 2022.
It started small and close to home, supporting a handful of organizations the family already knew and trusted—people doing work they had seen firsthand. Over time, that support grew through relationships, referrals, and shared purpose. That part has not changed. We still stay close to the people doing the work in the community we call home.
340+
Students supported to date
45
Nonprofit leaders coached
60+
Community grants made
24
Total partners supported
Our vision
Meeting the need because we can.
Our purpose
To walk out our Christian faith by living its values in all our spheres of influence, and to encourage others to do the same.
Our values
Cultivating a healthy culture everywhere we go.
We believe a healthy community rests on three things: identity, maturity, and mission.
Identity. Maturity. Mission.
How we do the work matters.
We want these to show in more than what we fund. They should show in how we treat people, and in why we do any of this at all.
I
Identity
Living with integrity, and staying grounded in who we are wherever we happen to be.
II
Maturity
Letting faith grow into every part of life, so that our choices and the way we treat people reflect Christ.
III
Mission
Faith comes with responsibility: to welcome people, to serve them, and to help cultivate God’s Kingdom wherever we are.
“Do not withhold good…”
““Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in your power to do it.”
Proverbs 3:27
Our team
The people who steward the work.
Between them they keep the Foundation running, and keep it close to the community it serves.
Des Griffiths
President & Co-Founder
Des co-founded the Foundation and helps guide its vision alongside the board, keeping its Christian purpose and values at the heart of the work while building relationships across the community.
Kim Griffiths
Co-Founder
Kim co-founded the Foundation with Des and looks after its finances, giving careful thought to what it can commit and keeping its records honest, so that what is promised to a partner is what arrives.
Jade Cameron
Executive Director
Jade leads the Foundation’s work day to day and keeps its partnerships personal, from the first conversation with an organization through to the support that follows.
Kelly Penner
Executive Administrator
Kelly keeps everything moving behind the scenes, minding the details, the files, and the correspondence, so that anyone who reaches out to the Foundation is answered well.
Foundation details
Registered name
THE GRIFFITHS FAMILY FOUNDATION
Charity/business number
721667707RR0001
Founded
2022
Location
Windsor, Ontario
Foundation type
Private foundation