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Alberta Lottery Fund Charity Grants<br />

The Alberta Lottery Fund commitments to community/charity grants merits more detailed<br />

explanation. S<strong>in</strong>ce the early 1980s a portion <strong>of</strong> the ALF has been used to support thousands <strong>of</strong><br />

local community <strong>in</strong>itiatives each year through a grant<strong>in</strong>g process requir<strong>in</strong>g an application from<br />

<strong>in</strong>terested ‘charitable’ groups. S<strong>in</strong>ce 1998 the proportion <strong>of</strong> the Alberta Lottery Fund allocated<br />

to community grants has averaged 21% <strong>of</strong> the total ALF (range <strong>of</strong> 16% to 30%). S<strong>in</strong>ce 1998, the<br />

annual number <strong>of</strong> grants awarded has averaged 6,071 (range <strong>of</strong> 4,433 to 8,661) and the<br />

average grant size has been $46,580 (<strong>in</strong> current dollars). These grant<strong>in</strong>g agencies are listed <strong>in</strong><br />

Table 27 <strong>in</strong> addition to the number <strong>of</strong> grants awarded and the aggregate value <strong>of</strong> these grants<br />

up to the present time. This data is derived from the Alberta Lottery Fund website, which<br />

provides a database from 1998 to the present time on all groups that have received fund<strong>in</strong>g,<br />

the number <strong>of</strong> grants awarded, grant amounts, grants per community, and which particular<br />

grant<strong>in</strong>g agency provided the money.<br />

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