Past Grants for 1997
NOTE: Some of these grants may have been awarded under funding guidelines which are no longer applicable. Please refer to our current funding guidelines for information about the Foundation's current funding programs.

Action Committee Against Violence $4,500
Calgary, Alberta
To assist in its annual anti-violence campaign.

Alberta Arbitration and Mediation Society $3,000
Edmonton, Alberta
To publicize its service whereby arbitrators and mediators will provide free services to assist charities with resolution of conflicts

Big Brothers Association of Saskatoon $40,000
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
To hire a program co-ordinator in an attempt to increase the number of matches the agency can manage

Big Sisters & Big Brothers Society of Edmonton and Area $22,020
Edmonton, Alberta
To support the Life Choices program and Right for Me! program for adolescent females and males, respectively, on the agency's waiting list for matches.

Calgary International Children's Festival $4,000
Calgary, Alberta
To conduct an evaluation of the Festival's outreach program over the next two years.

Calgary Meals on Wheels $30,000
Calgary, Alberta
To allow design and programming of a new database system

Canadian Centre for Philanthropy $12,500
Toronto, Ontario
To undertake a special project related to definition of charitable purpose

Canadian Mental Health Association $29,500
Edmonton, Alberta
To cover the costs of a merger between this organization and the Adult Day Program

Canadian Mental Health Association $29,400
Lethbridge, Alberta
To evaluate the effectiveness of the Community Approach to Skills Development Training Program

Child Friendly Calgary $36,550
Calgary, Alberta
To purchase a new computer system and obtain staff training on the new equipment.

Church of the Ascension $6,600
Inuvik, N.W.T.
To purchase computers for use in an after-school care program

Coalition for Far Northwest Alberta Brighter Futures Society $65,000
High Level, Alberta
To maintain the Headstart program for nine months in hopes that it will receive sustaining funding from other sources.

East Central Regional Health Authority 7 $38,350
Stettler, Alberta
To retain a facilitator to work with seniors' organizations as they establish new alliances in their communities

East Parkland Food Bank Society $48,000
Spruce Grove, Alberta
To retire debt on its building and thus reduce annual operating shortfalls

Edmonton City Centre Church Corporation $50,000
Edmonton, Alberta
Toward the general operating costs of the agency

Edmonton City Centre Church Corporation $20,000
Edmonton, Alberta
To support the Nutritious Snack Program

Edmonton Community Loan Fund $90,000
Edmonton, Alberta
To hire a staff person to co-ordinate the activities of the Community Loan Fund Association. Funding is based on $40,000 in the first year, $30,000 in the second and $20,000 in the third. Funding for the second and third years is subject to other funders providing the remainder of the costs. The Foundation will also invest $100,000 in the loan fund.

Edmonton Gleaners Association (Edmonton Food Bank) $125,445
Edmonton, Alberta
To purchase capital equipment plus provide salary funds for a new staff position for two years to increase the agency's gleaning ability

Edmonton Heritage Festival $3,000
Edmonton, Alberta
To sponsor the Children's Corner

Edmonton Social Planning Council $5,000
Edmonton, Alberta
To support the Western Canada Poor People's Conference

Falher Friendship Corner Association $10,230
Falher, Alberta
Toward establishing a woodworking facility to be used by clients of several agencies

Grant MacEwan Community College Foundation $2,600
Edmonton, Alberta
To purchase a computer for the Resource Centre for Voluntary Organizations

Healthy Start Project $10,600
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
To allow continuation of the outreach worker's position in an attempt to involve more organizations in this program aimed at caring for young children and their families

Hope Foundation of Alberta $120,000
Edmonton, Alberta
Toward the general operating costs of the agency for a three-year period

Hope Foundation $6,000
Edmonton, Alberta
To fund the Threads of Hope program, designed to train workers in domestic-violence shelters to use hope-enhancing techniques with their clients.

John Howard Society of Calgary $33,000
Calgary, Alberta
To initiate a study, with two similar organizations in Edmonton and Red Deer, into new means of delivering their criminal justice education programs

Kara Family Support Centre $10,000
Edmonton, Alberta
To build an evaluation mechanism into a new family support program. Conditional upon funding for the substantive project being approved by another funder.

Kerby Centre $185,000
Calgary, Alberta
Toward construction of a shelter for abused seniors. Approved as an exception to normal funding criteria.

Lacombe, Alix & Mirror Big Brothers & Big Sisters Society $12,000
Lacombe, Alberta
To hire an outreach worker to establish programming in surrounding communities

Learning Centre Literacy Association $18,510
Edmonton, Alberta
To undertake discussions with other literacy organizations regarding integration of services

McMan Youth and Family Community Services $25,000
Calgary, Alberta
To pilot the RESTART program, designed to work with young offenders. Conditional upon the agency raising a further $50,000 from other sources.

Native Counselling Services of Alberta $68,500
Edmonton, Alberta
To establish a certificate in dispute resolution in conjunction with York University, the course to be based on a culturally appropriate curriculum

Norwood Community Service Centre $9,500
Edmonton, Alberta
To cover transportation costs for its Headstart program for 1998

Parkland School Division $35,000
Spruce Grove, Alberta
One-time grant to continue its in-school worker's salary until June 1998. Awarded as an exception to normal funding criteria.

Partners for Youth $28,540
Edmonton, Alberta
To hire a community youth worker

Poundmaker Lodge $40,000
Edmonton, Alberta
To facilitate a feasibility study and business plan proposal for a new model of longer- term treatment for those seeking to combat substance abuse problems

Prairie Action Foundation $30,000
Calgary, Alberta
To hire a research director to promote more practical research on issues related to domestic-violence

Salvation Army $27,900
Edmonton, Alberta
To purchase bedding for the single men's shelter. Approved as an exception to normal funding criteria.

Saskatchewan Intercultural Association $15,111
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
To undertake an agency evaluation

Saskatoon Open Door Society $90,000
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
To initiate a "bridging" program to connect immigrant and refugee youth with other young people in the city. Funding is for a three-year period

Sir Alexander Mackenzie School $6,100
Inuvik, N.W.T.
Toward its annual author/illustrator visitation program.

Southwest Crisis Services Inc. $36,000
Swift Current, Saskatchewan
To continue its program to serve children who have observed or been victims of domestic violence.

The Support Network $77,700
Edmonton, Alberta
Toward establishment of a single-session walk-in clinic for those requiring immediate access to counselling services. Funding is for partial funding for a three-year period. (Funding for the second and third years conditional upon the remainder of the budget being obtained from other sources.)

United Way of Alberta Capital Region $35,000
Edmonton, Alberta
Toward creation of a Gifts-in-Kind program. Conditional upon remainder of funding being obtained from other sources

Wild Rose Foundation $4,500
Edmonton, Alberta
To provide special-need services to deaf and hard-of-hearing delegates to the Vitalize '97 conference

Yellowknife Association of Concerned Citizens for Seniors $50,000
Yellowknife, N.W.T.
Toward completion of construction and furnishing of a new seniors' centre

YWCA Edmonton $20,000
Edmonton, Alberta
To assist in the start-up of a program to expedite the obtaining of restraining orders for people leaving abusive situations. YWCA serves as fiscal agent for the organization undertaking the project.

YWCA Saskatoon $24,000
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
To undertake technical studies of a proposed community services village .

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