Granting 20 in action 15 Introduction

In 2015, Edmonton Community Foundation (ECF) granted more than $21.2 million (up from $16.8 million in 2014 and a record level of granting) to more than 500 registered charities and 300 students, primarily in the Edmonton area. Since its inception in 1989, ECF has granted over $170 million! These grants were primarily made from income from permanently endowed funds and were made possible by the generosity of donors, past and present.

In this document, we disclose our grants to raise awareness about our work and the work of our charitable partners. It is our most comprehensive look at how ECF fulfills our role supporting the charitable community.

For more information on ECF’s grant programs or for more detailed financial reporting, please visit our website at www.ecfoundation.org or contact ECF. For those who are interested, this information is available in raw format through the Open Data page on our website.

Grants by Sector

 Community & Social Services (31%)  Education & Learning (16.5%)  Arts, Culture & Heritage (15%)  Environment (12.5%)  Health & Wellness (10%)  Other (8%)  Student Awards (5%)  Recreation & Leisure (2%)

Grants by Program Introduction 1 $ Community Grants Program 2 Community Grants Program 2,630,657 $ Community Play Space Program 8 Community Play Space 42,000 $ Foundation Directed Grants 8 Foundation Directed Initiatives 2,025,811 $974,337 Student Awards 10 Student Awards $234,000 Vital Signs Grants 11 Vital Signs Grants $63,492 Young Edmonton Grants 12 Young Edmonton Grants Designated Grants $4,706,777 Designated Grants 14 Donor Advised Grants $10,494,408 Donor Advised Grants 17 Board, Committees and Staff 22 $21,171,482

Edmonton Community Foundation Granting in Action 2015 | 1 Organization Project Grant Organization Project Grant Community Grants Program Boyle McCauley Dental Clinic 10,000 Centre for Race Anti-Racism Workshop 1,125 Health Centre and Culture Series Support Subsidized dental care for patients who do not have Bursaries for individuals working in the non-profit sector coverage or who have limited coverage. to attend a three-day anti-racism workshop.

The Community Grants Program is ECF’s ‘one-stop shop’ Boyle McCauley Outreach Clinics 9,850 CGIT Board of Part-time Camp Director 39,235 Health Centre Edmonton Society for charities serving the Edmonton area. Through its Equipment purchases for new outreach clinic sites. Part-time Camp Director at Camp Wohelo. Community Grants Program, ECF supports requests from charities involved in arts, culture and heritage; education and Boyle McCauley Right to Housing 1,700 Christmas Bureau Festive Food 28,900 learning; community and social services; health and wellness; Health Centre Conference of Edmonton Hamper Program recreation and leisure; and the environment. Conference hosted by the Edmonton Coalition on Staffing and operation costs for Festive Food Housing & Homelessness. Hamper Program.

Community Grants are funded from the income of our Boyle Street Learn to Play Family Centre 5,000 Chrysalis - An Alberta Pan-Disability Connection 40,000 Community and Field of Interest Funds; donors to these Service Society Society for Citizens funds have given ECF discretion over allocation of fund Purchase of new equipment and furnishings. with Disabilities income. Support is also provided through the Community Using a collective impact approach, the project Boys & Girls Clubs Match Facilitator 52,000 assembles pan-disability agencies and employers to Investment Partnership, through which ECF donors provide Big Brothers Big Sisters create more meaningful, sustainable work opportunities support to particular projects from donor advised funds or of Edmonton & for persons with disabilities. flow-through gifts. Area Society Hiring additional Match Facilitator responsible for Citadel Theatre Sustainability 25,000 matching volunteer Big Brothers and Sisters with Little Analysis Project Brothers and Sisters. Analysis of patron data to develop marketing, Organization Project Grant Organization Project Grant sales and fundraising strategies in response to Abbottsfield Youth Growing Leaders 7,659 Alberta Council of Leading Change to End 40,000 Canadian Mental Living Life to the Full 10,000 changing marketplace. Project (AYP) Society Unplugged Women's Shelters Violence Against Women Health Association - Alberta Division, 1984 Citie Ballet Society Videography and 6,175 Activities as part of the Growing Leaders Unplugged Bridge funding to support development of new Photographic Support program, such as field trips, healthy lunches, uniforms, community and corporate sponsorships. Training four new facilitators for the Edmonton Region and a bullying prevention workshop. and one facilitator for the Alberta Division for an Videography and photography of their next two Alberta Emerald Outcomes - 25 Years of 10,000 8 week coping skill course. productions, for use in promotional activities. Aboriginal Consulting Creative Arts Therapies 53,015 Foundation Environmental Projects Canadian Mental Health Full Service Integration 80,000 CIVIX Democracy 33,000 Services Association to Support Wellness and Research to determine the impact of environmental Association Edmonton Bootcamp Edmonton of Alberta Resilience projects delivered by past awards recipients. Region Arts therapy program for men and women who live Professional learning conference for teachers with multiple challenges, including experiences of Alberta Science Professional Development 25,450 Integrating the services of The Support Network (TSN) designed to enhance their civic education violence, mental and emotional health challenges, Network for Edmonton Teachers and Canadian Mental Health Association - Edmonton commitment and capacity. and impacts of crime. Teacher Workshop program provides teachers Region (CMHA) under the CMHA banner to achieve Clean Scene Fentanyl Symposium for 2,500 with tools to teach science in a hands-on manner more effective service delivery. Key Stakeholders Adoption Council Edmonton Youth Speak Out 35,000 more effectively. of Canada Capital Region Transforming Low Income 5,000 Symposium on fentanyl for stakeholders working in law Housing Foundation Housing Research Review Program engages and empowers current and former Alberta SPCA Pet Safekeeping for Victims 42,900 enforcement, health, education, and addictions. youth in government care to share their stories, build of Domestic Violence in Examination of current provincial policies and practices which CNIB The Canadian Move. Orientation & 14,265 teams, and advocate for systemic change. Greater Edmonton can create barriers for individuals living with low incomes. National Institute For Mobility Support for Continuation of pilot program that cares for pets of CASA Child, Expansion into northeast 16,800 The Blind Blind & Partially-Sighted Alberta Adaptabilities Fund Development 40,000 domestic violence victims. Association Manager Adolescent and Family Edmonton Edmontonians Mental Health Fund Development Manager will build organization’s Alberta Sports & Goalball Program 6,700 Program provides training to blind and partially capacity to provide respite programs for children and Recreation Association in Edmonton In collaboration with the Moffat Family Fund at the sighted individuals to navigate the city safely adults with special needs. for the Blind Winnipeg Foundation, computer workstations to equip and independently. Development of a Goalball program in the fourteen new workspaces. Community Foundations Bursaries for National 5,000 Alberta Book Rwandan Artists Presenting 1,400 Edmonton area. Fair Society at LitFest CASA Child, Trauma Clinic 2,200 of Canada CFC Conference Adolescent and Family Incorporating a local Rwandan dance group into a Art Gallery of Alberta WEAC at the AGA 5,600 Supports bursaries for small Alberta community Mental Health presentation by author Will Ferguson and Rwandan Piloting a monthly art studio class for women living in foundations to participate in the national conference guide Jean-Claude Munyezamu at LitFest. Women’s Emergency Accommodation Centre. Support for an outpatient therapy program for held in Calgary. school-age children and adolescents who have Alberta Caregivers Communication Planning: 40,000 Arthritis Society Feasibility Study - Arthritis 20,000 experienced trauma(s). Concrete Theatre 2015 Sprouts New Play 3,500 Association Rebrand and Website (Northern Region) Screening Clinics Society Festival for Kids Catholic Social Services 48,766 Redevelopment Feasibility study to identify partners and develop a Winspear Emergency Costs associated with moving the festival to the Grants Rebranding to reach a broader client base and comprehensive plan to deliver arthritis screening clinics. ATB Financial Arts Barns. redeveloping website to accommodate online Funding to support one-time emergency financial Council for the #TheComeUp Youth 7,500 program delivery. Bent Arrow Traditional Coyote Kids 12,200 assistance to individuals living in poverty and Healing Society experiencing unexpected hardship. Advancement of African Conference Initiative Canadians in Alberta Alberta Council Deepening the Impact 16,000 In collaboration with the Moffat Family Fund at the CEASE: Centre to End 3,370 for Environmental Winnipeg Foundation, support of a weekly Aboriginal Single Parents First youth-led conference addressing and challenging All Sexual Exploitation Education culture program for children age 6 to 12. Independence Fund societal issues, barriers and challenges experienced by In-depth and action-oriented student learning that will Funding for low-income single parents as they strive for Black youth across Edmonton. increase students’ energy and environmental literacy. financial independence.

2 | Edmonton Community Foundation Granting in Action 2015 Edmonton Community Foundation Granting in Action 2015 | 3 Organization Project Grant Organization Project Grant Organization Project Grant Organization Project Grant Cultural Connections Saturday ESL Classes 7,535 Edmonton Folk Music Reusable Plates 10,000 Film & Video Arts Agamemnon's Fire 5,000 Kids Kottage Server Replacement 16,180 Institute - The Festival Society Society of Alberta Foundation Learning Exchange Purchase of reusable plates, reducing the festival’s Editing of Agamemnon's Fire, a documentary Replacing out of date server to protect client and Saturday Office Support position to support delivery of environmental footprint. about Edmonton composer Malcolm Forsyth by a program data. a pilot of Saturday adult ESL classes. local filmmaker. Edmonton International EIFF U: Films For Students 18,500 Kids on Track Let's Get Active 40,000 Dogs with Wings Autism Program 15,000 Film Festival Society Film & Video Arts Gotta Minute Film Festival 12,000 Association of Assistance Dog Society Unique film series for Jr./Sr. High School students Society of Alberta Edmonton In collaboration with the Moffat Family Fund at the at annual film festival. One minute film festival composed of 60 second silent Program offers technology free recreational activities, Winnipeg Foundation, preparation, equipment and short films screened at Edmonton Light Rail Transit free of charge, to youth and families at risk of being training of three autism service dogs, for families of Edmonton Kiwanis Pilot Class for Aboriginal 2,500 (LRT) Stations. marginalized due to socioeconomic disadvantages. children with autism. Music Festival Music and Dance Association Fringe Theatre LED Lighting and Lighting 80,000 Kompany Dance & Website Redevelopment 6,000 Dogs with Wings Development Officer 40,000 Pilot to develop a class in Aboriginal music and dance. Adventures Society Board Replacement Affiliated Artists Society Assistance Dog Society Retrofitting two theatres with new theatre lighting Redevelopment of the Kompany website. Full-time development officer to identify likely funding Edmonton Kiwanis Piano Plan I and II programs 1,400 fixtures and lighting control boards utilizing new sources and create long-term financial partnerships. Music Festival LED technology. Lac Ste. Anne County Darwell Centennial Hall 9,900 Association Flooring Project Dreamspeakers Rubaboo Arts Festival 10,000 Support for Piano Plan I and II recital programs. George Spady Centre Furniture for 38,000 Installation of new flooring in the Darwell Festival Society Detoxification Unit Centennial Hall. 7th Rubaboo Arts Festival, presenting local and touring Edmonton Meals Evening Volunteer Meal 40,000 Durable furniture and mattress replacements for Aboriginal artists, including performing, visual, and on Wheels Delivery & Grocery detoxification unit. L'Arche Association Air Conditioning 38,798 media artists, from January 25 to February 6, 2016. Shopping Program of Edmonton New coordinator position to recruit, train and engage Glenrose Rehabilitation Oral Health 5,000 Purchase and installation of air conditioning units for E4C (Edmonton School Lunch Program 5,337 evening volunteers for meal delivery and enhanced Hospital Foundation Services Clinic administrative offices and day program rooms at Fulton City Centre Church grocery shopping/delivery service. Oral Health Services Clinic that provides Place School and one residence. Corporation) services to people with complex conditions and Support of Edmonton's school nutrition initiative Edmonton Mennonite Somali Canadian Women 31,300 mobility challenges. Latitude 53 Society Nuit Blanche 6,500 through donations made at ECF's Annual Meeting. Centre for and Children Association of Artists Newcomers Society Glenrose Rehabilitation Technology for children 10,000 Independent projects presented in inaugural Nuit E4C (Edmonton Winspear 10,000 New part-time staff person at Somali Canadian Women Hospital Foundation at the I CAN Centre for Blanche Edmonton. City Centre Church Emergency Grants and Children Association to administer programs for Assistive Technology Corporation) the Somali-Canadian community in Edmonton. Purchase of technology for children at the I CAN Centre March of Dimes Canada Alberta Aphasia Camp 2,500 Funding to support one-time emergency financial for Assistive Technology. Opportunities for supported recreational activities for assistance to individuals living in poverty and Edmonton Mennonite Volunteer Program Capacity 40,765 people with a language disorder brought on experience an unexpected hardship. Centre for Building Project Good Women Love Fail 7,700 by stroke or brain injury at YoWoChAs Outdoor Newcomers Society Dance Society Education Centre. Earth Rangers Earth Rangers School 15,000 New staff position supports transition to program Full-length premiere performance of Love Fail, Assembly Program -based model for agency’s volunteer program. involving contemporary dance and live vocalists. Mediation and Bridge Funding for 5,650 Program engages elementary school students in Restorative Fund Development protecting the environment though curriculum-link, Edmonton Metropolitan Mozart 'Requiem' 54,500 Good Women The Other 37,250 Justice Centre Manager Position science-based school assemblies. Chorus Society & Bevan 'Nou Goth' Dance Society One month's salary to bridge between other grants. Performance of Mozart's "Requiem" and Allan Bevan's Premiers performance of The Other, by Edmonton Edmonton Chamber ECMS Summer 1,000 "Nou Goth" in collaboration with various Edmonton Playwright Matthew Mackenzie, by Pyretic Productions Miistakis Institute for Climate Resilient 31,000 Music Society Solstice Festival music and dance organizations on February 22, 2016. and Good Women Dance Society. the Rockies, Inc. Communities in the Cello performance scheduled for the ECMS Summer Edmonton Area Solstice Festival. Edmonton Edmonton Opera Rehearsal 80,000 Ground Zero Commemoration of the 2,500 Online tool assisting municipalities in the greater Opera Association Hall Renovation Productions Chartering of Local 120 at Edmonton area to become more climate resilient. Edmonton Chamber of Bursaries for Partnership 9,600 Re-development of Edmonton Opera's production GWG Plant Voluntary Organizations Broker Training facility to incorporate a rehearsal hall for use by Costs related to an event commemorating the Mile Zero Dance Society MZD Outreach 40,000 Bursaries to support participation by staff from the non- company and community groups. chartering of Local 120 at the GWG plant in 1911. Outreach in Boyle-McCauley including recreational profit sector in training partnership building. dance classes, community content, and marketing. Edmonton Student-Led Green 30,469 Heart and Stroke Increasing Healthy Food 39,000 Edmonton Do Likewise Professional Development 6,000 Public Schools Career Fairs Foundation Alberta, Choices in Recreation Misericordia Hospital, P.A.R.T.Y. (Prevent Alcohol 20,000 Society Supports program coordinator working with students at NWT & Nunavut Facilities Caritas Health Group and Risk-Related Trauma Participation by the Executive Director and Resource 5 Edmonton high schools presenting student-led green Project encourages families to make healthier food in Youth) Program Development Manager in the Peter Lougheed career fairs. choices that maximize the results of their physical Injury prevention program for grade nine students. Leadership Institute at the Banff Centre. activity at Edmonton public recreational facilities. Edmonton Feed-a-Rebel at Jasper 1,600 Multicultural Family Rental of gymnasium space 4,500 Edmonton Do Likewise Resource Development 50,000 Public Schools Place High School Jerry Forbes Marketing and 40,000 Resources Society Society Manager Hot lunch program at Jasper Place High School. Centre Foundation Communications Staff Rental costs for the gymnasium space at McDougall Continued support for Resource Development Manager New marketing staff positions supporting outreach to School for youth programs for the 2015-16 school year. to support fund and partnership development, while Edmonton Social We are Listening: 1,600 secure tenants for multi-tenant non-profit centre for providing leadership to volunteers involved Planning Council Sparking Public social/human services agencies. Natural Step Canada Energy Futures 10,000 in fundraising. Conversation on GSAs Lab Bursaries Jewish Senior Jewish Culture Day 350 Costs related to venue and live streaming for a public Bursaries for two leaders from Edmonton-based NGOs Edmonton Down Family Support Liaison 40,000 Citizens Centre conversation on Gay/Straight Alliances. to participate in the Energy Future Lab (EFL) to support Syndrome Society A multicultural gathering in early 2016 in collaboration transition toward a more sustainable and resilient New position to assist families of children with Down with the Edmonton Korean Seniors’ Centre. energy system. syndrome to navigate and access available services.

4 | Edmonton Community Foundation Granting in Action 2015 Edmonton Community Foundation Granting in Action 2015 | 5 Organization Project Grant Organization Project Grant Organization Project Grant Pembina Foundation for Alberta Landowner's 30,000 University of Alberta Aboriginal Community 9,000 YOUCAN - Edmonton Jr. High Youth Outreach 50,000 Environmental Research Guide to Oil and Gas Industry Relations Worker Project and Education Development Certificate Student Junior High Outreach Worker will work with at-risk Revising and distributing "The Alberta Landowner's Sponsorship youth attending Westmount Junior High School. Guide to Oil and Gas Development" to reflect changes Support of a student from a not-for-profit organization in legislation and policies related to Oil and Gas or Aboriginal community taking the Aboriginal Relations Young Alberta Book Story Avenue 5,000 Development in the province. and Engagement program from the Faculty of Extension. Society Writing workshops for inner city children in Pilgrims Hospice Compassionate 1,600 University of Alberta Data analysis on families 6,840 grades 5 and 6. Society Companions Program dealing with family violence Provides support for respite programs for families and Analysis of qualitative and quantitative data on Young Men's Christian YMCA Family 40,000 individuals facing life threatening illness. family violence collected as part of the Families First Association of Allies Program research project. Edmonton Pilgrims Hospice Residential Project Manager 40,000 Family Allies Program provides case management to Society Varscona Theatre Equipment & 39,425 vulnerably housed families. Residential Project Manager will oversee fundraising Alliance Society Furnishing Needs and construction of a 16 bed residential hospice. Furnishings for new Varscona Theatre opening YWCA of Edmonton Pregnancy Pathways: 39,000 in Fall 2016. First Steps Seniors Association Server Replacement 31,043 Full-time manager for Pregnancy Pathways, a multi- of Greater Edmonton Workshop West THIS IS YEG: New Plays for 40,000 partner collaboration addressing the needs of the 100 (SAGE) Playwrights' Theatre a Changing City pregnant women experiencing homelessness each year. Replace servers and install a cooling system in the server room. Society Program connects eight playwrights to write short plays YWCA of Edmonton Raiser's Edge Upgrade, 49,983 Sing for Life Society Building Sustainability 22,000 inspired by eight Edmonton communities. Customization and Training of Alberta Upgrades to donor management software and training New development position to build long term Writers' Guild Borderlines Writers Circle 8,000 for staff will support funding needs for increasing sustainability for Sing for Life. of Alberta demand for services. An intercultural initiative which aims to serve Society for Selections Youth Employment Program 13,330 multilingual, multicultural writers who live in Edmonton. Various Appreciation Donations 500 Program engages local high schools to support youth with Grants made in recognition of contributions to ECF. developmental disabilities in work experience programs. Writers' Guild Words in 3D Conference 2,000 Organization Project Grant of Alberta Bursary Opportunities Newly United Operatic Amahl and the Night 8,400 STARS (Shock Trauma Radio Infrastructure Project 40,000 Bursaries for local writers wishing to attend the Words Vocalists Association Visitors Youth Orchestra Air Rescue Society) in 3D conference. $2,630,657 (NUOVA) Purchase and installation of upgraded equipment Musician fees for the orchestra for their Christmas to be part of a province-wide integrated radio production, Amahl and the Night Visitors. communications network.

Nina Haggerty Centre Digital Storytelling 20,000 Teatro La Quindicina The Hothouse Prince 25,403 for the Arts at the Nina Theatre Society Digital storytelling project producing 30 multi-media Production of The Hothouse Prince, by Stuart Lemoine, digital stories based on the personal experiences of including 75% emerging artist cast. project participants. Theatre Network Fire Recovery 10,000 Northern Light Theatre Re-instate Northern 7,537 (1975) Society Light Theatre's Box For use at the agency’s discretion as they cope with the Office Systems aftermath of the recent fire to The Roxy Theatre. Reinstating a stand-alone ticketing system for the company. Theatre Network Improvements to 57,880 (1975) Society Temporary Venue Northern Light Theatre Wish 2,500 Improvements and equipment purchases for temporary venue, Co-production of Wish by Northern Light Theatre The Roxy on Gateway, to be used while theatre is rebuilt. and Good Women Dance Society. Theatre Prospero Aboriginal Adaptations of 81,500 NorthernStar Mothers Community 30,000 Association Macbeth Milk Bank Awareness Program In collaboration with the Moffat Family Fund at the Rebranding of organization to be more inclusive of Winnipeg Foundation, an adaptation of Macbeth Edmonton residents and increase participation of milk at schools with large Aboriginal populations, donors in the greater Edmonton area. incorporating Aboriginal beliefs.

NSTEP (Nutrition 'NSTEP Eat Walk 19,272 Ukrainian Shumka Marketing Strategy/ 40,000 Students Teachers Live: Edmonton Dancers Campaign for Kobzar Exercising with Parents) Marketing for new original production, Kobzar, to Program works with students, teachers, and parents in expand audience beyond Ukrainian community. development healthy habits for life. United Way of the Resiliency Surveys 5,500 Parents Empowering Executive Director 18,200 Alberta Capital Region Parents (PEP) Society Strategic Growth Resiliency Surveys to identify current needs of students Increased hours of Executive Director to grow to develop focused interventions and future planning to organization's resources and services. best address the well-being of students at each school.

6 | Edmonton Community Foundation Granting in Action 2015 Edmonton Community Foundation Granting in Action 2015 | 7 Organization Project Grant Community Play Space Program Council for the Capacity Building - Year 1 50,000 Advancement of African Canadians in Alberta In collaboration with the City of Edmonton, funding The Community Play Space Program supports the creation supports a Programming Coordinator to build the or redevelopment of public use community playgrounds and strength and capacity of the Africa Centre and to parks in greater Edmonton. Priority is given to projects in expand programming around the city. low-income neighbourhoods with less capacity to raise the Edmonton and Area Organizational Capacity 50,000 funds necessary to build playgrounds and play spaces. Land Trust - Year 2 Operational support to enhance the organization's ability to steward gifts of land and to expand Organization Project Grant community outreach and engagement as they pursue financial sustainability. Friends of Florence Poplar Park Playground 6,000 Organization Project Grant Hallock Society Edmonton Arts Arts Sabbatical - Year 2 Council Society 50,000 Seniors Association Hoarding - Year 1 25,000 Holyrood Community Holyrood Greenspace of Greater Edmonton League Redevelopment 10,000 Support of a pilot program to provide local arts administrators with structured time to pursue (SAGE) La Societe des Parents Ecole Gabrielle-Roy professional development opportunities. In collaboration with Canadian Mental Health Association de l'Ecole publique Playground Project 20,000 Edmonton Region, this collective response to hoarding Gabrielle-Roy Edmonton Arts New Pathways in the Arts 25,000 behaviour provides integrated services that include Council Society - Year 1 Lendrum Community Lendrum Place increased access to treatment, expanded support groups, 6,000 League Park North An Adaptive Planning and Prototyping Process for public education, training, and centralized intake. Edmonton arts organizations, to enhance financial sustainability and community engagement and to Synod of the Diocese Interfaith Housing Initiative 30,000 42,000 develop innovative solutions to complex challenges. of Edmonton - Year 1 Supports the activities of the Capital Region Interfaith Edmonton Chamber of Governance and 50,000 Initiative on Homelessness and Affordable Housing Voluntary Organizations Leadership Development in their work engaging the faith community to break - Year 1 down stereotypes about homelessness and encourage Governance and leadership development activities a “Yes in My Backyard” (YIMBY) response to affordable for non-profit and charitable organizations in the housing. Engages allies in opening up communities to Edmonton area. supporting an end to homelessness. Foundation Directed Initiatives (FDIs) support both new and ongoing high priority charitable projects in our community Edmonton Opera Understudy Program 50,000 United Way of the Partners for Kids - Year 2 100,000 Association by offering multi-year funding to selected agencies. Each - Year 1 Alberta Capital Region Development of an understudy program for the principal A collaborative effort by school boards and key of the organizations has a reputation of exemplary program Foundation Directed roles in each Edmonton Opera production, reducing risk and community partner agencies to align their approaches delivery and is addressing a critical issue area. FDI funding providing rich artistic development opportunities. for low income children by addressing learning ensures they can focus on the work at hand while avoiding environments, policy development, advocacy, nutrition, Initiatives Edmonton Social Research Support Staffing 40,000 the cycle of annual grant applications. and support services. Planning Council - Year 2 Social justice research to improve the organization's United Way of the Starting with Families 50,811 Agencies cannot apply for FDI funding; FDIs are chosen ability to act as a source of knowledge for social issues Alberta Capital Region First: Phase II through a rigorous process internal to the Foundation and in Edmonton. Analysis of data from the Families First Edmonton complement ECF’s Community Grants Program. project, which strives to improve outcomes for families Edmonton Symphony YONA-Sistema Pilot Project 50,000 and children living in poverty. Society - Year 1 A program that helps children in underserved United Way of the United Way 1,000,000 Organization Project Grant Organization Project Grant communities grow socially and cognitively by giving Alberta Capital Region Matching Grant ABC Head Start Society Opening Doors - Year 1 50,000 Boys & Girls Clubs Cultural Diversity Focus 50,000 them the chance to participate in a musical ensemble. A gift matching program to encourage new and Additional spaces in headstart programming for children Big Brothers Big Sisters - Year 2 increased Leadership Donor gifts. Natural Step Canada NGO Sustainability 30,000 from low-income families which reduces waitlists, better of Edmonton & Champions Workshop University of Alberta 50,000 prepares these children for success in school, and Area Society Community-University Series provides family supports to help address other barriers Discretionary funding to support the organization's Partnership - Year 2 to success for both the children and their families. wide range of mentoring and other programs, with a Training and resources for Edmonton non-governmental Research of our community and its systems to identify particular focus on responding to the needs of growing organizations to improve their sustainability performance improvements that benefit children, youth, and families. Alberta Ecotrust Environmental Grants in the 50,000 immigrant populations. and reduce their environmental footprint. Foundation Edmonton Area - Year 2 University of Alberta WHY ACT NOW 50,000 Royal Alexandra Inner Health and Wellness 50,000 Supports the organization’s activities in the Edmonton Canadian Mental Hoarding - Year 1 25,000 (WAN) nutrition and Hospital Foundation Program - Year 1 area, including grants to environmental non-profits and Health Association physical activity enhanced capacity-building opportunities. Edmonton Region A clinical care and research initiative created to address intervention program In collaboration with Seniors Association of Greater gaps in care for inner-city patients who are at a high A culturally-appropriate and evidence based nutrition Bissell Centre Community Bridge - Year 2 100,000 Edmonton (SAGE), this collective response to hoarding risk of repeatedly accessing emergency rooms due to a and lifestyle intervention program for Indigenous and A program to prevent homelessness by directly funding costs behaviour provides integrated services that include combination of living in poverty, mental health issues, non-Indigenous youth. Implemented in partnership such as rent and utility arrears that may force eviction. increased access to treatment, expanded support groups, unstable housing, and struggling with addictions. with several well-known Edmonton agencies. public education, training, and centralized intake. $2,025,811

8 | Edmonton Community Foundation Granting in Action 2015 Edmonton Community Foundation Granting in Action 2015 | 9 Student Awards Vital Signs Grants

Edmonton Community Foundation administers several Program NO. of Students amount scholarship, bursary, and award programs, each with defined Don and Norine Lowry Awards for 7 16,893 criteria and a well-established process. Women of Excellence Supports women pursuing studies in the fields of water, power, finance, energy, accounting, healthcare, safety Program NO. of Students amount and/or community relations. Belcourt Brosseau Métis Awards 189 635,786 Al Maurer Awards 5 3,500 Support for Métis students by removing financial Assistance to public service employees barriers to support post-secondary education or seeking education to expand their ability to vocational training. serve their communities. Community Scholarships 45 79,740 Peter Mehl Memorial Awards 2 1,500 Support for leadership development in the Community Supports post-secondary education to students Benefits sector. enrolled in a Forestry, Ecological or Environmental Nancy Fairley Scholarships 5 7,500 related program, and who have been a member, leader or volunteer for a not-for-profit youth program. Recognition of academic achievement and leadership in school and community. Alexandra Munn Scholarship 2 2,500 Don Howden & Jane Squire 2 3,000 Assistance for a young person who demonstrates Howden Awards financial need and outstanding talent in classical music. Assistance for young people with financial need and a Probert Math Awards 5 18,862 Vital Signs is an annual check-up conducted by Edmonton Organization Project Grant history of community involvement. Recognition of academic achievement in mathematics Community Foundation, in partnership with the Edmonton at Eastglen High School. Heritage Agricultural Inquiring Minds Farm Site 20,000 Rose Margaret King Merit Awards 9 24,395 Social Planning Council. The 2013 edition of Vital Signs Society - Year 2 Assistance to students experiencing financial need with Ranald & Vera Shean Memorial 14 41,000 focused on the issue of Food Security and the 2014 edition Improves children’s knowledge of food production a commitment to pursuing post-secondary education. Scholarships focused on Youth. Vital Signs Grants turn the knowledge through week-long residencies at a farm. The experience is connected to the school curriculum in Catherine Lalonde Memorial Award 1 2,500 Recognition of quality of performance in classical music. from the previous year’s Vital Signs report into action by providing up to three years of funding to projects addressing multiple subjects. Support for a student in a program related to the Teri Taylor-Tunski Awards 4 8,876 advancement of wood products in construction. Support of students with financial need and a history of this issue. The focus of Vital Signs Grants will change from Jasper Place Health & Community Food Animator 40,000 year-to-year, to address the findings of the Vital Signs report. Wellness Centre - Year 2 Ernesto B. Lejano Award 1 500 community involvement. Support of multi-partner, community-based response to Awarded to a student who has been selected John & Andrea Wallin Awards 1 1,400 food insecurity, poverty, and economic development at as the winner of the University of Alberta Assistance for a young person who demonstrates the neighbourhood level. Concerto Competition. Organization Project Grant financial need and outstanding talent in classical music. Boys & Girls Clubs Male Outreach Support 40,000 Multicultural Family Animating Multicultural 40,000 Charmaine Letourneau Scholarships 1 2,386 Winspear Fund Scholarships for 24 124,000 Big Brothers Big Sisters Worker & Club Program Resources Society Communities towards Food Assistance for a student who is Deaf or hard of hearning Advanced Classical Music of Edmonton & Facilitator - Year 1 Security - Year 2 and with a history of leadership and a commitment Recognition of quality of performance and record of Area Society Support of Community Food Animators who will to studies achievement in classical music. A staff position that doubles a club’s open hours use multiple approaches to connect ethnocultural year-round. The facilitator will promote active play as communities with existing and new food part of a strategy to engage boys and recruit more security opportunities. 317 students; $974,338 male mentors and volunteers. Recreation for Aboriginal High Five 18,000 Concrete Theatre Character Building: 18,000 Life Foundation Society Teen Plays for Healthy Support to enhance the quality of sport and recreation Relationships - Year 1 programs in Aboriginal communities using the High A program designed to develop, deliver, and Five program. The program ensures leaders and disseminate four new plays for teens (12 to 18) over instructors have the tools and knowledge to create three years. The plays explore healthy relationships positive experiences for children by building healthy and a wide array of relationship issues in a variety of relationships and providing active play opportunities. perspectives and viewpoints. University of Alberta fYrefly in Schools - Year 1 25,000 Gay Lesbian Bisexual Safe Spaces Project - Year 1 33,000 Support of the fYrefly in Schools program which uses a and Transgendered peer-to-peer educational model to deliver participatory Pride Centre workshops led by experienced facilitators in local junior of Edmonton and senior high schools. Creation of welcoming spaces that foster authenticity, resilience and healthy peer relationships to support LGBTQ in schools and community. $234,000

10 | Edmonton Community Foundation Granting in Action 2015 Edmonton Community Foundation Granting in Action 2015 | 11 Organization Program Grant Young Edmonton Grants Kids on Track Kids On Track Blacklight 3,000 Association of Christmas Show 2015 Edmonton A blacklight puppet show for low income and new immigrant families. Young Edmonton Grants foster youth leadership by supporting activities and projects that are initiated, led, Kids on Track Youth Canoe Trip 2015 3,000 Association of and organized by young Edmonton and area residents. An Edmonton advisory committee of young residents reviews applications A five-day canoe trip to Lac La Biche to introduce and provides grant recommendations to the staff of ECF. wilderness activities to urban youth.

Old Strathcona Kids4Cameras 2,600 Youth Society Documentary Organization Program Grant A documentary created by young people to reduce Boyle Street Sapling Poet Tree 1,800 stigma about youth homelessness in Edmonton. Service Society Weekly poetry program with open-mic nights. Selected Rapid Fire Stories on the Hills 2,950 works were recorded to a CD. Theatre Society A gathering of storytellers, dance, and improvised Council for the Youth Empowerment 3,000 theatre to honour the thousands of years of Indigenous Advancement of African All-Star League storytelling gatherings in Edmonton. Canadians in Alberta Basketball league where young people mentor and St. Albert Community Giving Back (Packs) 2,500 engage new Canadians. Information and Volunteer Centre Edmonton Catholic Oscar Romero 2,750 Youth purchased 140 back packs with school supplies Separate School High School - Braided for primary and secondary students who rely on the District 7 Journeys Round Dance Food Bank. Round Dance and feast for Indigenous students at Blessed Oscar Romero. St. Albert Public School Amplify Paint Party 2,950 District No. 5565 Edmonton Catholic St. Joseph High School 3,000 Youth engage in a “paint fight” to create artwork for an Separate School - Art Through the Eyes upcoming festival. District 7 of Our Elders, Youth, Nature and Self Stollery Children's Annual Lemonade Stand 3,000 Twice-monthly students create art projects built on Hospital Foundation Indigenous teachings. Organization Program Grant After seven years of impressive growth, this lemonade stand started by two sisters raises over $15,000 for the Edmonton Catholic St. Mark Junior High - 1,960 Information & Battle of the Bands 1,186 Stollery Children’s Hospital. Separate School We Are Dreamers Volunteer Centre for Youth Showcase District 7 Strathcona County Stratchona County Strathcona County 1,186 After attending writing and photography workshops A fun event to showcase young talented Youth Council High Five Awards students create a book about the hopes they have local musicians. An award show where youth nominate adult mentors for their community. that have impacted them in a positive way. Information & Youth Rocks Dance 2,000 Edmonton Centre High Campus - 2,750 Volunteer Centre for Sturgeon County YOUth Connect Conference 2,500 Public Schools The Need for Read Strathcona County A 1.5 day youth conference, open to the entire A project promoting literacy at Centre High, students A free semi-formal dance for Junior and Senior province, to provide team building activities, are encouraged to take “shelfies” – a posed picture high school students. motivational speakers, and networking. with them and their favourite book. John Humphrey Centre Festival of Faiths 1,500 Theatre Network Theatre Production of "Hot 3,000 Edmonton Michael Strembitsky 3,000 for Peace and (1975) Society Mess" by Ella Hickson Public Schools School - Say YESS to Human Rights Cardiac Theatre, a new youth-led theatre collective, will Great Expectations A welcome event where Edmontonians of all ages and premiere their first production. Students hosted a gala event to showcase their new faiths learn about the city’s diverse faiths, perspectives, University of Alberta, Edmonton Pride Festival 3,000 knowledge of Youth Empowerment and Support and ways of being. Institute for Sexual Youth Zone Services and how it helps disadvantaged young people. John Humphrey John Humphrey Centre 1,500 Minority Studies Elizabeth Fry Society Cup of Plenty 3,000 Centre for Peace News Network and Services of Edmonton and Human Rights A Youth Zone at the Edmonton Pride Festival featuring Youth will purchase menstrual cups for clients of A three-part (blog, podcast, and street reporting) performers, an art wall, and face-painting. Elizabeth Fry and provide information sessions media network analyzing Edmonton-specific human YOUCAN Youth Community Garden 1,200 about their use. rights issues. Construction of a greenhouse as part of a Grant MacEwan Family Literacy 3,000 John Humphrey Youth Action Project 2,160 community garden. University Carnival 2016 Centre for Peace on Poverty MacEwan students will plan a variety of literacy- and Human Rights related activities for families to raise awareness of Youth invite the public to help them create murals once $63,492 the important roles parents play in supporting their a month that challenge stereotypes. The murals are children’s early learning. displayed around the city.

12 | Edmonton Community Foundation Granting in Action 2015 Edmonton Community Foundation Granting in Action 2015 | 13 Organization Amount Granted Organization Amount Granted Designated Grants Cosmopolitan Music Society 918 Heart & Stroke Foundation of Alberta 7,510 Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of Canada 577 Hervey Foundation for Cats 6,066 Dogs with Wings Assistance Dog Society 615 HIV Network of Edmonton Society 535 Dr. Dasha Goody Memorial Foundation 564 Hope Mission 7,433 Through its designated funds, Edmonton Community Foundation is an important source of funding, mostly for Dreamspeakers Festival Society 1,046 Horizons Training Centre Society 266 use at the charity’s discretion, for many charities working Ducks Unlimited Canada 1,877 Jasper Community Team Society 3,573 in the Edmonton area and beyond. Charities cannot E4C (Edmonton City Centre Church Corporation) 109,383 Jellinek Society 215 apply for these grants. Edmonton and Area Land Trust 158,559 Junior Achievement of Northern Alberta & NWT 5,049 Edmonton Arts Council Society 122,629 Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Canada 533 Organization Amount Granted Edmonton Caring Clowns Society 436 Kidney Foundation of Canada 4,671 ABC Head Start Society 13,163 Edmonton Catholic Separate School District 7 3,400 KidSport Edmonton 696 Action Canada for Sexual Health & Rights 14,000 Edmonton Chamber Music Society 1,404 KidSport St. Albert 2,233 Alberta Abilities Lodges Society 1,173 Edmonton Community Foundation 175,652 Knox Metropolitan United Church 612 Alberta Ballet Company 76,750 Edmonton Down Syndrome Society 4,043 Leadership Edmonton 1,365 Alberta Baroque Music Society 12,455 Edmonton Folk Music Festival Society 88,628 Learning Disabilities Association of Alberta 1,000 - Edmonton Chapter Alberta Cancer Foundation 27,960 Edmonton Gleaners Association 13,500 Legal Archives Society of Alberta 5,941 Alberta Committee of Citizens With Disabilities 944 Edmonton Humane Society (SPCA) 18,523 Organization Amount Granted Leprosy Relief Canada Inc. 2,266 Alberta Emerald Foundation 22,090 Edmonton Inner City Housing Society 41,907 Canadian Career Development Foundation 4,000 Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Arts Awards Alberta International Band Festival Association 4,535 Edmonton Interfaith Centre for Education 99,796 1,090 Foundation Canadian Diabetes Association 871 & Action Society Alberta Legacy Development Society 658 Literacy Alberta Society 500 Canadian Liver Foundation 4,671 Edmonton Kiwanis Music Festival Association 68,541 Alberta Lung Association 5,616 Lurana Shelter Society 18,116 Canadian Mental Health Association – Edmonton Meals on Wheels 2,697 Alberta Sport Connection 1,377 8,041 Alberta Division,1984 ManCap Foundation 18,000 Edmonton Musical Theatre Society 1,250 Alberta Synod of the Evangelical Canadian Mental Health Association – 14,055 2,741 Marian Centre 17,600 Lutheran Church in Canada Edmonton Region Edmonton Opera Association 287,109 McMan Youth Family & Community Services Association 536 Alzheimer Society of Alberta & Northwest Territories 4,671 Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society 12,167 Edmonton People in Need Shelter Society 5,666 Mile Zero Dance Society 869 Alzheimer Society of Canada 496 Canadian Red Cross Society, Edmonton 5,157 Edmonton Police Foundation 31,193 Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada, Amiskwaciy Academy 545 Edmonton Public Library 62,751 4,671 Canmore & Area Health Care Foundation 26,741 Alberta and NWT Division Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Society of Alberta 420 9,631 Canterbury Foundation 8,164 Edmonton Public Schools Mustard Seed Foundation 15,406 Andrew School 1,008 454 Capital Care Foundation 4,367 Edmonton Radial Railway Society National Theatre School of Canada 55,918 Anglican Parish of Christ Church 2,115 168,424 Caritas Hospitals Foundation 12,705 Edmonton Symphony Society Nature Conservancy of Canada 48,629 Art Gallery of Alberta 119,548 37,545 Catholic Charities Society 18,471 Edmonton Women's Shelter Ltd. Newly United Operatic Vocalists Association (NUOVA) 3,000 Arthritis Society (Alberta Division) 4,671 1,564 Catholic Social Services 18,883 Edmonton YMCA Foundation Newman Theological College & St. Joseph Seminary 459 Ascension Lutheran Church 737 5,269 CEASE: Centre to End All Sexual Exploitation 13,155 Edmonton Youth Orchestra Association Nina Haggerty Centre for the Arts 449 Banff Centre 2,115 857 Central Baptist Church 12,376 Esk-Omi Missions Inc. NorQuest College Foundation 27,145 Banff Community Foundation 448,076 53,332 Central Lions Seniors Association 4,138 Family Centre of Northern Alberta (Association) Northern Alberta Institute of Technology 2,000 Bissell Centre 32,150 Film & Video Arts Society of Alberta 1,610 Centre for Family Literacy Society of Alberta 6,687 Northern Alberta Institute of Technology Foundation 4,039 Black Gold Regional Division #18 300 Fort Edmonton Foundation 1,128 Centre for Spiritual Living (Edmonton Society) 841 Northern Alberta Society for Animal Protection (NASAP) 6,066 Bow Valley Community Foundation 495 Foundation of Newman Theological College 322 Cerebral Palsy Association in Alberta 18,361 Northern Gateway Regional Division No. 10 4,200 Boyle McCauley Health Centre 7,439 Franciscan Sisters Benevolent Society 322 CFMTA Trust 17,600 Northern Lights School Division No. 69 582 Boys & Girls Clubs Big Brothers Big Sisters 744 99,658 Friends of St. Albert Children's Theatre Society of Edmonton & Area Society CFRN-TV Good Neighbour Fund Society 641 Our House (Edmonton) Ltd. 521 Friends of the University of Alberta 17,600 Boys' & Girls' Clubs of Alberta 1,500 Children's Ability Fund 945 Devonian Botanic Garden Outward Bound Canada 1,223 Boys and Girls Clubs of South Coast BC 89,375 Christmas Bureau of Edmonton 444 Fringe Theatre Adventures Society 25,497 Ovarian Cancer Canada 2,195 Brian Webb Dance Company 9,230 Citadel Theatre 316,254 Girl Guides of Canada - Alberta Council 1,260 Pilgrims Hospice Society 1,881 Calcutta Mercy Ministries 2,266 City of Edmonton, Office of Traffic Safety 2,162 Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital Foundation 10,460 Pro Coro Society - Edmonton 1,321 Camosun College Foundation 1,000 CKUA Radio Foundation 27,533 Good Samaritan Society 2,243 Rainbow of Hope for Children Society 17,600 Camp Health, Hope & Happiness Society 17,140 CNIB The Canadian National Institute for the Blind 9,909 Grant MacEwan University Foundation 10,153 Recovery Acres Society 216 Canadian Cancer Society 871 Compass Centre for Sexual Wellness 14,788 Habitat for Humanity Edmonton Society 169,353 Richard Eaton Singers 8,273

14 | Edmonton Community Foundation Granting in Action 2015 Edmonton Community Foundation Granting in Action 2015 | 15 Designated Grants Donor Advised Grants

Organization Amount Granted Organization Amount Granted Robertson Wesley United Church 1,297 Sustainable Food Edmonton 1,160 Roots of Change Foundation 7,858 Teen Time of Edmonton 2,664 Some donors provide annual advice as to which charities 14,731 Rotary Foundation Canada 621 Terra Centre for Teen Parents they would like to support from the fund they established. Royal Alexandra Hospital Foundation 1,353 Tevie Miller Heritage School Society 482 ECF provides our expertise about our community and Royal Canadian College of Organists Edmonton Centre 1,400 TUXIS Parliamentary Alumni Society of Alberta 1,195 emerging needs. Charities cannot apply for these grants. Saint John's School of Alberta Legacy Foundation 2,709 United Way of the Alberta Capital Region 499,570

Salisbury Composite High School 1,000 University Hospital Foundation 12,365 Organization Amount Granted Salvation Army Alberta & NWT Division 30,048 University of Alberta 89,945 Abbottsfield Youth Project (AYP) Society 119,571 SAR Alberta (Search And Rescue Association of Alberta) 795 Valley Zoo Development Society 5,753 ABC Head Start Society 51,000 Scarboro Foreign Mission Society 871 Victoria School Foundation for the Arts 84,484 Aga Khan Foundation Canada 10,000 Seniors Association of Greater Edmonton (SAGE) 32,623 Westend Seniors Activity Centre 1,086 Agriculture For Life Inc. 6,147 Shaun Anthony Lewis Cable Foundation 14,656 Wildlife Rehabilitation Society of Edmonton 6,066 Alberta Animal Rescue Crew Society 250 Sign of Hope Society, Archdiocese of Edmonton 322 WINGS of Providence Society 4,657 Alberta Association for Community Living 200 SKILLS Society Creating Supportive Environments for People 16,182 Works International Visual Arts Society 11,360 Alberta Aviation Museum Association 3,310 Societe des Missionnaires D'Afrique (Peres-Blancs) 322 World Vision Canada 4,532 Alberta Ballet Company 4,776 Organization Amount Granted South East Cornerstone School Division No. 209 4,848 Writers' Guild of Alberta 1,234 1,568 Alberta Baroque Music Society Billy Graham Evangelistic Association of Canada 5,000 St. Albert Community Foundation 35,503 Young Alberta Book Society 827 43,425 Alberta Cancer Foundation Birch Bay Ranch Association 500 St. Joseph Priests' Foundation of Edmonton 618 Youth Emergency Shelter Society of Edmonton 43,343 10,000 Alberta Conference of The Seventh-Day Adventist Church Bissell Centre 62,764 STARS (Shock Trauma Air Rescue Society) 4,167 YWCA of Edmonton 5,751 25,000 Alberta Council for Environmental Education Boyle McCauley Health Centre 33,176 Stollery Children's Hospital Foundation 12,063 5,250 $4,706,777 Alberta Council of Women's Shelters Boyle Street Service Society 181,255 Alberta Craft Council 5,000 Boys & Girls Clubs Big Brothers Big Sisters 61,947 Alberta Easter Seals Society 500 of Edmonton & Area Society Alberta Ecotrust Foundation 50,000 Braemar Baptist Society of Edmonton 193,205 Alberta Emerald Foundation 971 Brentwood College Association 500,000 Alberta Hospice Palliative Care Association 20,000 British Columbia Guide Dog Services 70,000 British Columbia Society for the Prevention Alberta Lawyers' Assistance Society 750 50,000 of Cruelty to Animals Alberta Life Issues Educational Society 25,000 Buffalo Nations Cultural Society 10,000 Alberta Lung Association 1,320 Calgary Field Naturalists' Society 5,000 Alberta Wilderness Association 20,000 Calgary Mothers' Milk Bank 10,200 Alzheimer Society of Alberta & Northwest Territories 3,606 Calgary Opera Association 5,000 Amarok Society 5,000 Anglican Parish of Christ Church 23,000 Calgary Rotary Challenger Park Society 2,500 Art Gallery of Alberta 21,128 Calgary Young Men's Christian Association 5,000 Arthritis Society (Alberta Division) 235 Camp Health, Hope & Happiness Society 4,762 Association for Action On Smoking & Health 200 Canada Come Up Higher Ministries 500 Autism Society of Edmonton Area 1,702 Canadian Baptist Ministries 500 Ballet Victoria Society 15,000 Canadian Bible Society / Societe Biblique Canadienne 5,000 Banff Canmore Community Foundation 50,000 Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation 6,392 Banff Centre 55,000 Canadian Diabetes Association 1,749 Banff Community Foundation 10,000 Canadian Down Syndrome Society 2,250 Bent Arrow Traditional Healing Society 52,950 Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network 30,000 Bernadette N Swan Social Care Foundation 529 Bev Facey Composite High School 500 Canadian Institute for Advanced Research 1,000 Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada Foundation 7,500 Canadian Liver Foundation 500 Biggar Museum and Gallery 3,000 Canadian Lung Association - Association Pulmonaire Du Canada 500

16 | Edmonton Community Foundation Granting in Action 2015 Edmonton Community Foundation Granting in Action 2015 | 17 Organization Amount Granted Organization Amount Granted Organization Amount Granted Organization Amount Granted Canadian Mental Health Association Edmonton Region 7,000 Compassion Canada 2,688 Edmonton Youth Orchestra Association 1,000 Inclusion Alberta 2,800 Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society 28,301 Concordia University College 6,500 Eleanor Luxton Historical Foundation 40,000 Inn From The Cold Society 5,000 Canadian Red Cross Society, Edmonton 47,802 Concrete Theatre Society 5,000 Elizabeth Fry Society of Edmonton 500 Instrumental Society of Calgary 5,000 Canadian Rockies Regional Division No. 12 10,000 Covenant Health 9,728 EMAS Canada 3,000 International Nepal Fellowship Canada 50,000 Canadian Women for Women in Afghanistan Inc. 5,000 Cultural Connections Institute - The Learning Exchange 8,750 Environmental Law Centre (Alberta) Society 10,000 Iqaluit District Education Authority 27,500 Canmore & Area Health Care Foundation 500 Dalhousie University 500 Eurovangelism 1,000 Islamic Family and Social Services Association 350 Capital Care Foundation 2,000 Dayspring Presbyterian Church 2,400 Evan Grykuliak Memorial Society 4,000 Jasper Place Health & Wellness Centre 25,000 CARE Canada 5,459 Diabetes Research Institute Foundation, Canada, Inc. 235 Evenstart For Children Foundation of Calgary 2,500 Jellinek Society 235 CASA Child, Adolescent and Family Mental Health 30,000 Disabled Sailing Association of Alberta 200 Excel Resources Society 14,084 Jewish Family Services 200 CASA Foundation 2,750 Discovery House Family Violence Prevention Society 5,000 Faith & the Common Good 500 Jewish National Fund of Canada 600 (Keren Kayemeth Le'Israel) Inc. Catalyst Theatre Society of Alberta 1,500 Doctors Without Borders Canada 94,570 Fathers of Confederation Buildings Trust 1,377 John Humphrey Centre for Peace and Human Rights 900 Catholic Archdiocese of Edmonton 4,000 Dogs with Wings Assistance Dog Society 7,107 Finca Canada 500 Junior Achievement of Northern Alberta & NWT 45,000 Catholic Social Services 3,201 E4C (Edmonton City Centre Church Corporation) 287,324 Focus On The Family (Canada) Association 5,000 Justice Centre For Constitutional Freedoms 2,000 CEASE: Centre to End All Sexual Exploitation 30,450 Early Music Voices Concert Society In Elbow Park 5,000 Fort Edmonton Foundation 25,450 Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Canada 25,000 Central Organization for Jewish Education Chabad-Lubavitch 200 Ecojustice Canada Society 59,335 Fort Saskatchewan Hospital Foundation 1,015 Keyano College 2,000 Centre for Affordable Water and Sanitation Technology 5,300 Edmonton & District Historical Society 27,865 Foundation Baptist Church of Edmonton 278 Kids Cancer Care Foundation of Alberta 5,085 Centre For Evangelical Spiritual Formation of Edmonton and Area Land Trust 1,521,842 Foundation of Newman Theological College 500 735 Edmonton Kids Help Phone 500 Edmonton Arts Council Society 12,000 Franciscan Sisters Benevolent Society 6,000 Centre for Family Literacy Society of Alberta 35,200 Kids Kottage Foundation 66,500 Edmonton Beth Shalom Congregation 200 Free the Children 500 CGIT Board of Edmonton Society 2,000 Kids on Track Association of Edmonton 1,000 Edmonton Buddhist Research Institute 2,000 Free Will Players Theatre Guild 1,342 Champion City Church of Edmonton Christian Community 5,000 Kids Up Front Foundation (Edmonton) 31,510 Edmonton Catholic Separate School District 7 3,756 Fresh Start Recovery Centre 415 Change for Children Association 9,778 Kids With Cancer Society of Northern Alberta 60,385 Edmonton Community Foundation 403 Frontier College 10,000 Chartered Accountants' Education Foundation 12,000 KidSport Calgary 250 Edmonton Do Likewise Society 26,339 Gay Lesbian Bisexual and Transgendered 3,550 CHED Santas Anonymous Incorporated 1,500 Pride Centre of Edmonton KidSport Edmonton 116,331 Edmonton Down Syndrome Society 8,500 Child Evangelism Fellowship of Canada 4,000 George Spady Centre 8,000 KidSport Greater Victoria 50,000 Edmonton Gleaners Association 26,101 Children of The Promise Canada 25,000 Girl Guides of Canada - Alberta Council 5,000 Knowledge Network Corporation 1,342 Edmonton Hebrew Association-Congregation Beth Israel 200 Chimp: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada) 2,000 Glenbow - Alberta Institute 10,000 Land's End Chamber Music Society of Calgary 5,000 Edmonton Heritage Festival Association 400 Chinook's Edge School Division No. 73 10,000 Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital Foundation 2,500 Laugh For Life Foundation of Canada 2,500 Edmonton Humane Society (SPCA) 64,435 Christ the Redeemer Catholic Separate Regional Global Angel Charitable Organization 15,000 Learning Disabilities Association of Alberta - 1,000 Edmonton Inner City Housing Society 180,488 2,000 Division No. 3 Edmonton Chapter Goodseed Canada 2,334 Edmonton Jewish Community Charitable Foundation 1,000 Christcity Church Ltd. 10,000 Lethbridge College 15,000 Edmonton John Howard Society 25,000 Gordon Russell's Crystal Kids Youth Centre 1,331 Christian Research Institute - Canada 5,000 LI - The Leadership Institute 10,000 Edmonton Kiwanis Music Festival Association 553 Grant MacEwan University Foundation 36,878 Christmas Bureau of Edmonton 18,803 Light Up Your Life Tri-Community Palliative/ 2,036 Edmonton Lifelong Learners Association 500 Greater Edmonton Foundation - Housing For Seniors 1,000 Hospice Care Society Chrysalis - An Alberta Society for Citizens with Disabilities 10,000 Edmonton Mennonite Centre for Newcomers Society 45,542 Greenfield Community Church 10,144 Literacy & Learning Day Society of Edmonton 5,000 Church of St John the Evangelist 1,500 Edmonton Native Healing Centre Society 1,004 H I K E Fund (Canada) 15,543 Little Warriors 902 Circuswest Performing Arts Society 2,000 Edmonton New Shadow Theatre Society 1,500 Habitat For Humanity Canada Living Positive Through Positive Living Society of Alberta 1,200 Citadel Theatre 181,235 750 Habitat Pour L'Humanité Canada Edmonton Opera Association 5,335 Loran Scholars Foundation / City of Edmonton, Edmonton Police Service 3,822 80,000 Habitat for Humanity Edmonton Society 3,136 The Canadian Merit Scholarship Foundation Edmonton Public Library 2,445 CKUA Radio Foundation 701 Hazel Bluff Community Agricultural Society 2,000 Lurana Shelter Society 51,050 Edmonton Public Schools 20,033 Clean Scene 9,500 Make-A-Wish Foundation of Northern Alberta 40,000 Edmonton Regional Parent/Guardian Partnership Society 15,000 Heritage Agricultural Society 1,722 Clean Scene Network for Youth Society 3,000 Make-A-Wish Foundation of Southern Alberta 250 Edmonton Regional Search and Rescue Association 300 HIV Network of Edmonton Society 10,000 CNIB The Canadian National Institute For The Blind 3,364 Manna Homeless Society 1,000 1,000 Hope International Development Agency 500 Collaborative Radically Integrated Performers Edmonton Society Against Mind Abuse (1985) 5,000 Mark Mercier Foundation 10,000 Society In Edmonton Edmonton Symphony Society 107,682 Hope Mission 18,045 McDougall House Association 57,054 Community Foundations of Canada 37,000 Edmonton United Jewish Appeal 5,000 Hugs for Africa 500 McDougall United Church 2,000 Compass Centre for Sexual Wellness 500 Edmonton Women's Shelter Ltd. 7,032 iHuman Youth Society 243,787

18 | Edmonton Community Foundation Granting in Action 2015 Edmonton Community Foundation Granting in Action 2015 | 19 Organization Amount Granted Organization Amount Granted Organization Amount Granted Organization Amount Granted Medicine Hat College 10,000 Pilgrims Hospice Society 82,940 Stephen Lewis Foundation 1,459 Vancouver Society For Early Music 1,342 Mental Health Foundation 27,500 Plan International Canada Inc. 1,468 Stollery Children's Hospital Foundation 19,366 Varscona Theatre Alliance Society 5,570 Metis Child & Family Services Society 10,363 Power to Change Ministries 500 Stratford Shakespearean Festival of Canada 1,342 Victoria Women's Transition House Society 20,000 Miistakis Institute for the Rockies Inc. 15,000 Prelature of the Holy Cross and Opus Dei Student Christian Movement of Canada 750 Volunteer Canada - Benevoles Canada 1,000 2,000 for Canada Trust Mile Zero Dance Society 10,000 Suit Yourself - Wardrobe for Women Association 20,000 Walterdale Theatre Associates 1,500 Pro Coro Society - Edmonton 1,000 Missionaries of Charity Inc. 2,000 Taylor College & Seminary 37,000 War Amputations of Canada 3,312 Providence College 1,000 Momentum Community Economic Development Society 10,000 Teatro La Quindicina Theatre Society 12,100 Water Matters Society of Alberta 5,000 PSFA Primary Schools For Africa Society 20,000 Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD Canada) 1,000 Temple Beth Ora Congregation of Edmonton 850 Watermark Theatre Inc. 14,000 RCMP Foundation 24,154 Multicultural Family Resources Society 5,000 Terra Centre for Teen Parents 141,000 Wecan Society Trust 1,973 Recreation for Life Foundation 1,000 Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada, Alberta The Alberta Theatre Projects Society 5,000 Wellspring Edmonton 5,000 500 and NWT Division Rehoboth A Christian Assoc. for the Mentally 5,000 The Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra Foundation 25,000 Westmount Charter School Society 130,000 Handicapped of AB Music by the Sea Society 10,000 The Canadian Heritage Arts Society 2,000 Westside Church Vancouver 25,000 Rehoboth Christian Ministries Foundation 4,024 Natural Step Canada 750 The David Suzuki Foundation 2,500 Wetaskiwin Regional Division No.11 3,000 Rio Terrace Moravian Church 1,000 Nature Canada 5,000 The Gideons International in Canada 5,000 Wildlife Rehabilitation Society of Edmonton 20,000 River West Christian Church 278 Nature Conservancy of Canada 150,052 The International Knightly Order of St. George Foundation 4,000 Wildsight 10,000 Riverwatch Institute of Alberta 10,000 Neuchatel Junior College Fund 2,000 The Kitchener and Waterloo Community Foundation 1,000 WINGS of Providence Society 10,365 Robertson Wesley United Church 11,500 New Tribes Mission of Canada 22,000 The Marian Centre 1,000 Women Building Futures Society 1,000 Ronald McDonald House Southern Alberta 250 Newly United Operatic Vocalists Association (NUOVA) 7,335 The Mustard Seed Foundation 49,364 Women In Need Society of Calgary 5,000 Room to Read Canada 65,000 Nina Haggerty Centre for the Arts 3,493 The Scottish Rite Charitable Foundation Learning Wordfest 5,000 Rotary District 5370 Charitable Foundation 5,000 200 NorQuest College 101,128 Centre For Edmonton Works International Visual Arts Society 2,859 Rotary Foundation Canada 1,500 NorQuest College Foundation 11,157 The Shakespeare Company Theatre In The Round Guild 10,000 Workshop West Playwrights' Theatre Society 1,500 Royal Alexandra Hospital Foundation 75,888 Northern Alberta Institute of Technology 32,050 The Terry Fox Foundation 1,000 World Renew 2,000 Royal Conservatory of Music 2,000 Northern Gateway Regional Division No. 10 500 The University of New Brunswick 3,000 World Wildlife Fund Canada 1,459 Royal Military College Club of Canada Foundation Inc. 5,000 Northern Light Theatre 1,500 The Wye String Ensemble Society 504 Yellowhead Koinonia Christian School 500 Salvation Army Alberta & NWT Division 62,258 Norwood Child & Family Resource Centre 1,000 Theatre Calgary 13,000 Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative Foundation 83,312 Samaritan's Purse - Canada 32,780 Novayana Society for Eastern and Western Studies 2,000 Theatre Network (1975) Society 10,000 YOUCAN - Edmonton 20,000 Save the Children - Canada 2,459 1,200 Tides Canada Foundation 150,000 NSTEP (Nutrition Students Teachers Exercising with Parents) Young Life of Canada - Alberta 1,000 Schizophrenia Society of Alberta 18,672 Toronto General & Western Hospital Foundation 1,000 Nunastar Properties Inc. 10,000 Young Men's Christian Association of Edmonton 9,120 Scouts Canada - Northern Lights Council 10,000 Transport For Christ 500 Olive Tree Projects Society 10,000 Young Women's Christian Association 5,000 Scouts Canada Chinook Council 5,000 TUXIS Parliamentary Alumni Society of Alberta 650 On Site Placement Services Association 2,000 Young Women's Christian Association of Banff 3,000 Sexual Assault Centre of Edmonton 1,999 Ugandan Girls Scholarship Foundation 650 One Hope Ministries of Canada Alberta Branch 2,486 Youth Emergency Shelter Society of Edmonton 144,832 Shiloh Rebman Youth Ranch Society 2,000 34,159 Operation Eyesight Canada 1,000 UNICEF Canada Youth Restorative Action Project 35,000 Sierra Club of Canada Foundation 5,000 Operation Friendship Seniors Society 3,802 United Victims Assistance Foundation 5,000 YouthWrite Society Canada 5,000 Sign of Hope Society, Archdiocese of Edmonton 1,000 Opportunity International Canada 796 United Way of Calgary and Area 50,000 YWCA of Edmonton 36,129 Simon Fraser University 10,000 5,000 United Way of the Alberta Capital Region 80,433 Zebra Child Protection Centre Society 500 Outward Bound Canada SKILLS Society Creating Supportive Environments for People 500 United World Mission of Canada, Inc 18,000 Ovarian Cancer Canada 10,000 Somali Canadian Education & Rural Development 500 $10,494,408 Oxfam Canada 459 Organization (SCERDO) University Hospital Foundation 68,338 Pacific Opera Association 15,000 South Peace Regional Archives Society 409 University of Alberta 819,370 Parents Empowering Parents (PEP) Society 13,554 Special Olympics Edmonton 2,250 University of Calgary 201,000 Spinal Cord Injury Treatment Centre University of Regina 10,000 Parkinson Alberta Society 1,320 34,000 (Northern Alberta) Society Pembina Foundation for Environmental University of Victoria 200 125,000 Sport Central Association 2,519 Research and Education University of Waterloo 1,000 Springboard Dance Collective Calgary Society 5,000 Peter & Catharine Whyte Foundation 15,000 UrbanPromise Ministries 17,306 St. Joseph's Auxiliary Hospital of Edmonton 1,300 Phillips Exeter Academy Canadian 400,000 USC Canada 860 Scholarship Foundation St. Paul's United Church 3,000 Valour Place Society 1,000 Pigeon Lake Watershed Association 5,000 STARS (Shock Trauma Air Rescue Society) 42,000

20 | Edmonton Community Foundation Granting in Action 2015 Edmonton Community Foundation Granting in Action 2015 | 21 Granting 20 in action 15

Board of Edmonton Granting Programs Grants Staff Community Foundation Committee Craig Stumpf-Allen Ted Kouri, chair Terena Delaney, Chair Director of Grants and Community Engagement Nancy Reynolds, vice chair Joanne Berger Joanne Berger Alex Draper Brenda Kim Christiansen Gurvinder Bhatia Donor Grants Associate Chandra Clarke Judy Clarke Ashley Dryburgh Terena Delaney Shaun Emes Focus Grants Associate John Mah Anne McLellan Sandy Fleming Cassandra Lundell Carman McNary Nancy Reynolds Community Grants Associate (maternity leave) Liz O’Neill Toscha Turner Clive Oshry Anna Opryshko Gary Smith Doug Weir Student Awards Associate David McCalla, q.c., secretary Stephen Williams Chris Roberts Community Grants Associate

Sub-Committee Members

Joanne Berger Muriel Dunnigan Kristy Harcourt Fraser Murch Ginel Stephenson Lloyd Bloomfield Shaun Emes Ainsley Hillyard Annand Ollivierre Toscha Turner Lan Chan-Marples Deanna Finnman Emilia Housch Joanna Pearce Katherine Vink Mike Chow Sandy Fleming Karmin Hovde Marni Pearce Doug Weir Brenda Kim Christiansen Harry Fuccaro Fatima Khawaja Sheilah Pittman Stephen Williams Judy Clarke Jessica Gillespie Kim Kiel Giri Puligandla Doug Wilson Karly Coleman Norma Giroux Jeffrey Ku Nancy Reynolds Kristin Wong Doug Darwish Marilyn Gladue Douglas McLaughlin Gisele Roy Christensen Omar Yaqub Terena Delaney Lorie Grundy Fawnda Mithrush Kim Sanderson Amy Dixon Connor Halpin Susan Morrissey Pam Sparklingeyes

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