2009 Annual Report - Edmonton Community Foundation

EDMONTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION • ANNUAL REPORT 2009

20 Years 

of Giving 

Edmonton Community Foundation is celebrating 

20 years of philanthropy in Edmonton. Over those 

20 years, the Foundation has gained a reputation in 

the community for its expertise at building bridges 

between donors’ wishes and the needs of charities. 

The generosity of our donors has helped make ECF 

the fourth largest community foundation in Canada. 

Donations to the Foundation are endowed, which means 

they are permanently invested for long term growth. 

The initial gift grows through investment to provide 

ongoing support – forever. Earnings from the donations 

provide ongoing support to charitable activities. 

Over these past 20 years, the Foundation’s assets have 

grown to more than $250 million and have granted 

more than $110 million to the community. We think this 

is something worth celebrating.

Table of Contents 

Report from the Chair and CEO 2 

Legacy Donors 5 

Funds, Grants and Disbursements 24 

Financial Highlights and Reports 41 

20 Years of Giving 

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Report from the Chair 

& Chief Executive Officer 

Anniversaries give us a chance to reflect on 

the past and to look ahead to the future. As 

we near the end of our 20th anniversary year, 

the looking back is easy. The three founding 

families from 1989, John and Barbara Poole, 

Bob and Shirley Stollery and George and 

Rae Poole, are clearly and happily brought to 

mind, especially because Barbara and Shirley 

are still very much with us! 

What perhaps isn’t so widely known is the 

vision of these families – matching well their 

generosity. Although each family had its own 

particular charitable interests, they all put 

significant assets into a “community fund” 

so that the Foundation of the future could 

respond to emerging issues and urgent 

needs that weren’t apparent twenty years 

ago. The community fund has grown over 

the years, although the challenge remains 

to respond strategically and effectively to 

increasing needs in our community as other 

funding sources stagnate. 

So, our first twenty years are worth 

celebrating. From founding gifts totalling 

$15 million, ECF assets have grown to more 

than $250 million at the end of 2009. And 

during that time, more than $1 10 million has 

been distributed to hundreds of mostly local 

charities. They have done excellent work 

with those resources – thousands of people 

have been helped to address pressing needs 

and to respond to creative opportunities. 

As well, in our first twenty years, hundreds 

of other donors have joined the founders in 

setting up endowments at ECF – more than 

550 named funds have been established 

and hundreds of will intentions have been 

recorded. 

What this means is that every year of our 

next twenty years (even in times of financial 

crisis or slower growth) millions of dollars 

will be put to work in our community 

– invested in essential work in health, 

education, social services, arts and culture, 

recreation and the environment. As a result, 

Edmonton will be a better place than it 

would be otherwise – for all of us. 

Several important things happened in 2009. 

After reviewing and fine tuning our asset 

mix and investment policies, ECF’s portfolio 

achieved the highest return on investment 

ever: 14.75% (15.24% gross of fees). Generous 

donors contributed more than $18 million 

last year, despite the uncertain economic 

climate. More than $10 million was disbursed 

to local charities during 2009 and more 

than a hundred and fifty students received 

scholarships and bursaries. 

During this anniversary year, we also made 

strategic efforts to reach out more broadly 

into the Edmonton community. We invited 

hundreds of people to a speaker series on 

the Future of Community and we distributed 

our first magazine, Legacy in Action, to tens 

of thousands of Edmontonians. Another 

successful Wills Week was held and the 

Social Enterprise Fund and Edmonton & 

Area Land Trust continued to grow. 

Significant community investments continued 

in the several Foundation Directed Initiatives – 

supporting high performing organizations and 

key collaborations, especially with our closest 

partners, United Way of Alberta Capital 

Region and City of Edmonton Community 

Services. These collaborative projects 

allowed us to leverage our funds to bring 

more resources to bear on urgent community 

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problems and longer term opportunities. 

We also invested staff time in community 

leadership efforts – going well beyond the 

funding we were able to provide. 

At the Board level, we are sad to be saying 

good-bye to four key leaders who have 

served us well for many years: Karen Platten, 

Chair, John Holmlund, Deputy Chair, Ove 

Minsos and Zaheer Lakhani – they all served 

the maximum years allowed as Directors. 

Fortunately, the Committee of Nominators 

has provided worthy successors. Several 

committee members have also completed 

their terms and we thank them for their 

service to us and to you. 

As we enter our third decade of operations, 

this anniversary is an ideal time to say again 

how grateful we are for all of the generous 

donors whose commitment to Edmonton 

never fades. Your continued support and 

confidence in the Foundation has allowed 

us to make a lasting and positive impact on 

this community we share. 

The confetti strewn pages of the annual 

report highlight the theme of celebration. 

Because it is your foundation, we are 

delighted to wish you: Happy Anniversary! 

Karen Platten 

Chair 

Martin Garber–Conrad 

Chief Executive Officer 

Mission 

The Edmonton Community Foundation exists 

to help the people of Edmonton and area 

by encouraging philanthropy and funding 

charitable activities. 

Through contributions from donors, the 

Foundation assembles and administers 

permanent pools of capital so the returns can 

be perpetually reinvested in our community. 

The Foundation complements and supports 

other charitable agencies. 

Vision 

21st century vision for Edmonton Community 

Foundation: 

• Trusted by donors as the first choice to 

create endowments 

• Recognized by charities as the primary 

source for grants that meet community 

needs, enrich people’s lives and build an 

enduring legacy of positive change 

• Acknowledged by community leaders as 

the right place for innovative and prudent 

investments in Edmonton’s future. 

Values 

The Edmonton Community Foundation values: 

• Its relationships with the community including 

donors, grantees, volunteers and staff 

• Its role as a catalyst for building and 

strengthening our community 

• The integrity, autonomy and independence 

of others 

• Openness, honesty, accessibility, fairness 

and mutual respect 

• Community leadership, visionary thinking 

and innovation 

• Fiscal prudence through efficient and 

strategic practices. 

20 Years of Giving 3

The Power of 

Endowment 

For 20 years Edmonton Community 

Foundation has worked closely with donors 

to create endowment funds that reflect 

their charitable interests. The Foundation 

now holds over 550 endowed funds that 

support an array of charitable causes that 

benefit arts, culture & heritage, recreation 

& leisure, education & learning, social & 

community services, health & wellness and 

the environment. 

Donors to the Foundation know that their 

gifts will be carefully invested and they trust 

us to provide prudent stewardship of their 

endowments. There are a number of ways 

for donors to make gifts to the Foundation 

including gifts to existing funds or the 

creation of named funds. Gifts can be cash, 

publicly traded securities, bequests, life 

insurance policies or other assets. 

to respond to evolving needs. Soon this 

fund will have provided more than the 

total amount in gifts to the fund – over 

$10 million. Throughout the years the 

Foundation’s Board of Directors and 

advisory committees have been able to put 

donor dollars to good use for emerging 

community priorities. Early investment in 

charitable organizations has helped build 

some of our most valued community assets 

such as Big Brothers Big Sisters Society of 

Edmonton, the Citadel Theatre and the 

Bissell Centre. 

This is the power of endowment – building 

funds over time so that gifts can continue 

to benefit our community and fulfill donors’ 

philanthropic dreams forever. 

Gifts can also be made through the 

General Community Fund, which is also 

marking 20 years. This is a discretionary 

fund established to allow the Foundation 

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Gifts Planned 

for the Future 

We thank the many generous donors who have planned gifts that will create or add 

to endowment funds at a future date – gifts such as those made in wills or through life 

insurance or other estate planning tools. 

When Edmonton Community Foundation is aware of these plans, we have the opportunity 

to put documents in place to ensure we understand how we are to use the funds in a way 

that brings each donor the greatest meaning and personal satisfaction. 

Thank you to the following donors for indicating they have made such a future gift. 

Anonymous 

Paul & Carol 

Arnold-Schutta 

Diana M. Bacon 

Robert A. Bailey 

Geoff Ball & 

Amanda Newton 

R.C. (Reg) Basken 

Vaughn 

& Tammy 

Beakhouse 

Barbara Bowman 

Michael Bull & 

Family 

Nora Bumanis 

Irene Carter 

Ross & Muriel 

Cheriton 

John Choi 

Richard C. Clayton 

R. Earl Clements 

Bert & Joyce 

Cook 

John Corbett 

Jean & Barbara 

Crepin 

Carla Cumming 

Sojonky & 

Frank Sojonky 

Peter Cunliffe 

Helen Davies 

Elly de Jongh 

Anne Marie Decore 

Randy Diamond 

David Dickinson 

& Colette Mandin 

Dolores Dilkie 

Dennis Dixon 

Elaina Dorsey 

Pat Eidem 

Leta Gene Eisert 

Diann Etter 

Terry & Vicki 

Fannon 

Pamela Farmer 

Malcolm & Avau 

Fast 

Keith Ferguson 

Jean Fitzsimmons 

Terry Fuga & 

Carol Watson 

Robert Gellatly 

Jaima Geller 

Ken & Ruth 

Genge 

Karen Good 

Donna Gordon 

Ron Gorgichuk 

Sarah & Martin 

Gouin 

L. Neil Gower 

Bill Grundy 

Brian & Frieda 

Haliburton 

Francia Harvonen 

Kathryn 

Hawkesworth 

L. Dawn Hawley 

Brian & Jeanne 

Hetherington 

Don Hight & 

Karen Iversen 

Margaret Hiller 

Jane Hopkinson 

Don Howden 

& Jane Squire 

Howden 

Garnet Ireland 

Clare & Tammy 

Irwin 

David & Karen Jeu 

Herbert Junker 

Scott & Lorraine 

Keast 

Ann Kendall 

Pat Kirby 

Anne Kirkpatrick 

& Geoffrey King 

Larry & Kathy 

Klaus 

Phillip Frank 

Lambert 

David & Joan 

Laurie 

Barbara Leah 

Bill Lee 

Morris & Doreen 

Lepine 

Peg Linton 

Jim MacLean 

William, Mufty, 

Kyle & Kory 

Mathewson 

Lilian McEwen 

Letha McKee 

John McPherson 

Robert & 

Kathryn Merrett 

Ron & Lynn 

Odynski 

Al & Fran Olson 

Esther Ondrack 

Vital & Colleen 

Ouellette 

Louise Perkins 

Doris Tanner 

Pimm 

Karen Platten 

David & Cheryl 

Porter 

Dan Post 

Monica Prelusky 

& Don Onischak 

Gordon Prest 

Josh Ramsbottom 

& Shannon 

Zwicker 

L.J. (Larry) Ricard 

Gene Robb 

Era Rowles 

Maria T. Schneider 

Wally & Rosanna 

Sczebel 

Albin J.E. Shanley 

Hal Simonson 

Jerome Slavik 

Peter Sorrell 

Alex Stephens 

David Earl 

Stewart 

Craig & Mark 

Stumpf-Allen 

Thomas Summers 

Dree Thomson 

-Diamond 

Olive Thorne 

Darryl Trueman 

Constance 

Unsworth & 

Marshall 

Palichuk 

John & Andrea 

Wallin 

Joseph & 

Wadona Walsh 

Jack & Marjorie 

Watson 

Marguerite Webb 

Eileen Werner 

Peter & Anne 

Wightman 

Ian & Betty Jean 

Willing 

C.J. Woods, FCA 

Don & Leona Yez 

John & Olivia 

Young 


Fabian Hopkins 

The intent of Fabian’s 

fund is to help teach him 

the value of philanthropy. 

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CULTIVATING 

YOUNG 

PHILANTHROPISTS 

FABIAN BUBEL HOPKINS FUND 

When asked, Fabian Hopkins 

knows that the FIFA World Cup 

is in Johannesburg, South Africa. 

He’s quite sure it’s in 2010 but he’s 

uncertain about the month. 

Fabian, you see, is eight years old 

and nuts about soccer. He’s on a team 

that only plays in the summer but he 

likes to kick the ball around all year, 

even in the snow. He recently had the 

opportunity to share his enthusiasm 

for the game with kids in developing 

countries. 

In 2009 a family friend established 

a permanent endowment in Fabian’s 

name at Edmonton Community 

Foundation. The intent of Fabian’s 

fund is to help teach him the value 

of philanthropy. That’s an abstract 

concept for an eight year old. It was 

explained to him that a pot of money 

was put aside in his name and every 

year he will have some money available 

to give away to help other people. 

With guidance from his mother, Fabian 

looked into what he could do with the 

returns generated by the fund in 2009. 

A UNICEF brochure listed a number 

of ways donors could help children in 

the developing world. He decided he 

could buy a lot of soccer balls with the 

money available from his fund. Soccer 

is played by children all over the world, 

from Togo to Brazil to Edmonton, but 

some aren’t lucky enough to have 

a proper ball. 

Fabian may not completely understand 

the meaning of philanthropy or 

comprehend the idea of perpetuity. 

But as he grows older, his fund will 

grow as well and by the time he 

enters adulthood he’ll have had the 

experience of seeing first hand the 

difference young philanthropists can 

make in the lives of children in need. 

Right now, Fabian is happy with his 

donation of soccer balls. After all, some 

children in South Africa may be kicking 

those balls around during the World 

Cup. He thinks that’s pretty cool. 


NEIGHBOUR 

HELPING NEIGHBOUR 

BISSELL CENTRE 

Neighbour helping neighbour. That’s 

the vision of the Bissell Centre – a place 

that serves as a centre where people can 

gather and interact and acts as advocate 

for those who aren’t empowered to 

speak on their own behalf. 

Philanthropists are important to 

supporting the valuable work of the 

centre but they are not the only ones 

who give back to this community. Neil 

Kennedy has been a volunteer at the 

Bissell Centre for more than 10 years 

and he recognizes its value. Over 

the years he has benefitted from its 

services – employment services when 

he needed help finding a job, laundry 

services when he was living in his truck 

and needed clean clothes, the drop-in 

centre when he needed a warm place 

to go and a hot drink. Neil recalls how 

he started his volunteer work. When 

once having a coffee he noticed some 

crumbs on his sleeve so he found a 

cloth and began to wipe the table. 

He has been volunteering ever since 

– working wherever he’s needed 

and doing relief work whenever he’s 

asked. Neil is proud of his role and his 

involvement has been acknowledged 

with several awards including a Volunteer 

of the Year Award, a human rights award 

and recognition at the Alberta Legislature. 

Shelley Williams, executive director of 

the Bissell Centre, acknowledges that 

without the support of the Edmonton 

Community Foundation and other 

generous donors the Bissell Centre 

would not be able to offer the services 

it does. But she also recognizes the 

importance of the work of people 

like Neil to help keep things running. 

“It’s all of us together”, she says, 

“donors and volunteers and the diverse 

contributions that we all make to help.” 

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Neil Kennedy & Shelley Williams 

“It’s all of us together, 

donors & volunteers, and 

the diverse contributions 

we all make to help” 

– Shelley Williams 


Neil Fenna 

“We think that a person 

is not measured by what 

they have earned but by 

what they have given 

away, and the best way 

to give is without any 

expectations.” 

– Neil Fenna 

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GIVING BACK 

TO THE COMMUNITY 

EDMONTON LEGAL COMMUNITY FUND 

Neil Fenna and his partners at the Ritchie 

Mill Law Office knew they wanted to help 

the community in which they make a 

living, not only by investing in their own 

profession but by contributing to the larger 

community. In developing a strategy for 

charitable giving Neil raised the idea of 

a permanent endowment fund. 

“The partners at the firm enthusiastically 

embraced the endowment fund”, says Neil. 

“They also put up the initial investment to 

get the fund off the ground. Without them 

the fund would be a non-starter.” 

The Edmonton Legal Community Fund 

was established at Edmonton Community 

Foundation in 2009. The intent of the 

fund is to provide awards to University 

of Alberta Faculty of Law students and 

to support the Alberta Lawyers’ Assist 

Program, a society that helps lawyers, 

articling students and their families 

with personal issues. The Fund will also 

contribute to the broader community 

through ECF’s community fund. 

With the Fund now established, the goal is 

to encourage other members of the legal 

community to help grow the fund through 

contributions and, as Neil puts it, turn a 

trickle into a flood. He feels that the fund 

is a great alternative for his professional 

colleagues who may not have a charitable 

giving policy and he hopes it will inspire 

them to participate in philanthropy and 

make a difference in their community. 

20 Years of Giving 

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Donors 

$1.0 – $4.9 million 

Larry & Janet 

Anderson 

Anonymous 

Anthony & Daniela 

Franceschini 

John & Barbara 

Poole Family 

Estate of Margaret 

Edith Alice Rae 

Estate of Francis G. 

Winspear 

$500,000 – 

$999,999 

Edmonton Social 

Enterprise Loan 

Fund 

$100,000 – 

$499,999 

Andromeda 

Investments Ltd. 

Robert A. Bailey 

Estate of Charles 

Frederick Bentley 

L. Randall & Margo 

S. Cable 

Canadian 

Psychological 

Association 

Foundation 

City of Edmonton 

Edmonton Folk 

Music Festival 

Society 

Government of 

Canada 

Harry Hole 

Thaddeus & Helen 

Kasper 

Estate of Edith 

McRae 

The Palisade 

Corporation 

Stollery Charitable 


$50,000 – $99,999 

Alberta Heritage 

Scholarship Fund 

Anonymous 

Victor-Osten Fund 

Edmonton Opera 

Association 

Enbridge Pipelines Inc. 

Estate of Harris G. 

Field 

Government of the 

Province of Alberta 

John & Leni 

Honsaker 

William & Shirley 

Lakey 

ManCap Foundation 

SKILLS Society 

$25,000 – $49,999 

All Weather 

Windows Ltd. 

Anonymous 

Bow Valley 

Community 


Elly de Jongh 

Edmonton Gleaners’ 

Association 

Rod & Pat Eidem 

Neil Fenna 

Martin 

Garber-Conrad 

J. W. McConnell 

Family Foundation 

Phillips, Hager & 

North Investment 

Management Ltd. 

Francis C.R. Price & 

Marguerite Trussler 

Estate of Rosalie 

Rector 

Ritchie Mill Law 

Office 

Arnold & Grace 

Rumbold 

TELUS Corporation 

Ron & Dorothy Triffo 

Winnipeg 


Winspear 


$10,000 – $24,999 

Alberta Baroque 

Music Society 

Anonymous 

Barry A. Biglow 

Canadian 

Home Builders’ 

Association – 

Edmonton Region 

Carrington Group – 

Bedrock Homes 

Ross & Muriel 

Cheriton 

Citadel Theatre 

John & Shannon 

Dean 

Edmonton Interfaith 

Centre for Education 

& Action Society 

Edmonton Oilers 



Norman & Beverley 

Ellingson 

Timothy & Patricia 

Hartnagel 

Margaret Hiller 

John & Elizabeth 

Holt 

Otto & Johanna 

Holzapfel 

Garnet Ireland 

Robert & Vicki Mulyk 

Ogilvie LLP 

Vital & Colleen 

Ouellette 

Doris Tanner Pimm 

Shell Canada Energy 

St. Albert 



P & L Strohschein 

Terra Association 

Victoria School 

Foundation for the 

Arts 

Genevieve (Jean) 

Mary Whiting 

Youth Emergency 

Shelter Society of 

Edmonton 

$5,000 – $9,999 

Margaret Andrekson 

Anonymous 

Canada Lands 

Company Limited 

Anne Marie Decore 

Gifford Edmonds 

Edmonton Eskimo 

Football Club 

The Edmonton 

Regional Parent / 

Guardian Partnership 

Society 

Encana Corporation 

L. Neil Gower 

Ron Hayter 

Marilyn Hodysh 

Audrey Holmes 

Don Howden & Jane 

Squire Howden 

Louise Humbke 

John & Val Kok 

Robert & Kathryn 

Merrett 

Red Planet Trucking 

Bud & Laverna 

Salloum 

Maria T. Schneider 

Howard Walger 

Danny & Virginia 

Wong 

$1,000 – $4,999 

Alberta Craft Council 

Alberta Farmers 

Market Association 

Allard Foundation 

Ltd. 

Anonymous 

Les Armstrong 

Athabasca University 

Diana M. Bacon 

Harold B. Banister 

Douglas & Sharon 

Barbour 

Bentall Capital/ 

Penreal Capital 

Management 

Julia Boberg 

Terry Bourne 

Boyle Street 

Education Centre 

Elmer & Marion 

Brooker 

Cameron Homes Inc. 

Canadian 

Psychological 

Association 

Canadian Urban 

Limited 

CIT – Careers in 

Transition 

CKUA Radio 


Donald Cranston 

& Nancy Romanov 

Cranston 

John & Ann Dea 

Kerri DeLuca 

Devon Canada 

Randy Diamond 

Dickinson Insurance 

Inc. 

David Dickinson & 

Colette Mandin 

Dogs with Wings 

Assistance Dog 

Society 

Kathy Dolby 

Vincent Duckworth 

Colin Eicher 

W. Grant Fairley 

Brian & Gail Faulkner 

Jean Fitzsimmons 

General Electric 

Canada Inc. 

Girl Guides of 

Canada – Alberta 

Council 

Grant MacEwan 

University 

Hanna Financial 

Group Inc. 

Bob Hawkesworth 

Kathryn 

Hawkesworth & Gary 

Kriviak 

Joyce Hendrickson 

Highland Moving & 

Storage 

Alice & Brian Hinds 

Alan & Audrey 

Hodgson 

Ada Hole 

Homeward Trust 


Horizon Enterprises 

Inc. 

Intuit Canada 

Limited 

Investors Group 

Financial Services Inc. 

Clare & Tammy Irwin 

Chris Jager 

Karen L. Johnson 

Martin Kennedy 

Keyano College 

John & Linda 

Kimmitt Family 

Klaus Social Fund 

Katherine Lenihan 

Alice Leung 

Kim & Linda 

Mackenzie 

Jim MacLean 

Manulife Financial 

Margaret Matheson 

Lilian McEwen 

Letha McKee 

Lorna H. McPherson 

Margaret Michaud 

John & Maggie 

Mitchell 

Native Counselling 

Services of Alberta 

Jim & Maggie 

Neilson 

Jim Noble 

NorQuest College 

Northern Alberta 

Institute of 

Technology 

Ron & Lynn Odynski 

Al & Fran Olson 

Jack & Esther 

Ondrack 

Options Sexual 

Health Association 

Mary P. Pardee 

Lorraine Parry 

Petro-Canada 

Estate of David 

William Purvis 

RBC Dexia Investor 

Services 

RBC Royal Bank 

Denis & Barbara 

Redmond 

Steve & Ann Robson 

Rohit Group of 

Companies 

Ronald G. Rowswell 

Scotiabank 

Brian & Michele Shea 

Gerald & Janie 

Shimko 

Elsie Skulsky 

Phyllis Skulsky 

Slate Personnel Ltd. 

Jerome & Holly 

Slavik 

Southminster – 

Steinhauer United 

Church 

Standard Life 

John & Avery Stobbe 

Strategic Charitable 

Giving Foundation 

Emmy Stuebing 

Craig & Mark 

Stumpf–Allen 

Suncor Energy Inc. 

Talisman Energy Inc. 

TD Bank Financial 

Group 

TD Canada Trust 

Teen Time of 


Elizabeth A. Vetsch 

Professional 

Corporation 

Ronald & Donna 

Worthington 

$500 – $999 

518152 Alberta Ltd. 

Michener Allen 

Anonymous 

Apeetogosan (Metis) 

Development Inc. 

Arclare Building 

Products Ltd. 

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ATCO Electric 

ATCO Gas 

ATCO I–Tek Inc. 

Richard & Ann Babb 

Monty & Joan Baker 

Patricia Barrett 

Margaret Beettam & 

Bea Byrne 

Dave & Roxy Bell 

Ron & Heather Bell 

Stephen & Linda 

Boyd 

Douglas & Elspeth 

Carmody 

Gilbert Charest 

Mary–Lou Cleveland 

Ron & Aline Cox 

Bob & Cathy 

Crockett 

Duncan & Craig LLP 

Michael & Tracy 

Edmonds 

Edmonton BMW 

MINI Edmonton 

Edmonton Chamber 

of Commerce 

Electronic Control 

Systems 

First Canadian 

Insurance 

Corporation 

Douglas & Agnes 

Foster 

Ron & Linda Francis 

Barbara Halladay 

Michael & Kathleen 

Harvey 

Ross Hodgetts 

Jane Hopkinson 

Janice G. Ayotte 

Professional 

Corporation 

S. Ross Johnson 

Diane & Walter 

Konowalec 

David & Sheryl Koski 

Marlowe Labaschuk 

David & Joan Laurie 

Lee Fogolin Design 

and Construction Ltd. 

Christine Macken 

Johann Pelech Mann 

Mark Heule 

Professional 

Corporation 

Ross Marsh 

Annette McKinnon 

Jack & Eleanor 

McMahon 

Bonnie Megley 

Lawrence & Deanna 

Nemirsky 

Karen Platten 

Heather & Vincent 

Price 

Jim & Dorothy Purvis 

RBC Foundation 

Gary & Ione Rea 

Royal Mayfair Golf 

Club 

Eric & Elexis Schloss 

Wally & Rosanna 

Sczebel 

Len & Val Seatter 

Norman & Diane 

Seatter 

Leidia Siffledeen 

Frans Slatter & 

Brenda Blakey 

Michael & Nance 

Smith 

Barbara Sturdy 

Todd Swekla 

Carol Watson & 

Terry Fuga 

Gerald Wood 

York Realty Inc. 

up to $499 

1066201 Alberta Ltd. 

Lynnda Abrams 

Annalise Acorn 

Glen & June Acorn 

Marjorie E. Agar 

Agrium 

All Tucked In Inc. 

Allen Family 

David & Lisa Alton 

AMS 

Miki Andrejevic 

& Nena Jocic– 

Andrejevic 

Anonymous 

Argyll Montessori 

School Ltd. 

Gregg & Dona 

Armstrong 

Arthur & Tania 

Arruda 

Keith & Margaret 

Asquith 

Richard & Lori 

Assaly 

William & Dorothy 

Astle 

Judith Axelson 

Halfdan Baadsgaard 

Don Bachewich 

Ruby Ann Bagot 

John Percy Baker 

Sally R. Barros 

James Bassani 

Paul G. Battin 

Ralph & Virginia 

Behler 

Nancy Belley 

Adeline Beniuk 

Robert Bentley 

Ray Benton–Evans 

& Joanne Ellison 

Henry & Jane 

Bereznicki 

Bob Berry & Leslie 

Sheare 

Pierre Berube 

Gurvinder Bhatia 

E. D. & Irena 

Blodgett 

Gilbert Boddez 

Weldon Boone 

Louis Bosse 

Adrian & Diane 

Bourque 

Helen Bowden 

Ron Boychuk 

Ryley Boychuk 

Michael & Margi 

Boyd 

Michael & Lynda 

Bradshaw 

Donna Brass 

Wanda Branting 

Michael Brechtel & 

Katie Simpson 

Robert & Catherine 

Breckenridge 

Nicole Brenda 

Beverly J. Brezer 

Rick Brezer 

Jacob & Joy 

Brouwer 

Viola Bruggeman 

Edward & Adeline 

Buksa 

David & Marlene 

Burnett 

Edith Mary Burnett 

Mary Burnett 

Peter Burnett 

James Burns & 

Susan Martin Burns 

Hendrika Busink 

Robert Butler 

Gillian Cameron 

Jean R. Campbell 

Canadian 

Association of 

Professional 

Speakers Edmonton 

Chapter 

Canadian Linen and 

Uniform Service Co. 

Maria Caparas 

Don Carlson 

Patrick Caron & 

Karen Lewis–Caron 

Robert & Leanne 

Carter 

Bill & Karen Caughey 

David & Debra 

Cautley 

Richard Cautley 

Cedar Building 

Maintenance Ltd. 

Laura J. Chapman 

Michael Chehade 

William Cherniawsky 

Simone Chevalier 

Szu–Hsuan Chiang 

Daniel Chicoine & 

Barbara Egli 

William Chimich & 

Cheryl Nekolaichuk 

Chris Fix 

Professional Corp 

Malcolm & Dorothy 

Clegg 

Tami J. Cline 

Charles Coe 

College & 

Association of 

Registered Nurses of 

Alberta 

D.A. & A. Colpitts 

Bert & Joyce Cook 

Carmelle Cooper 

Doreen Corlazzoli 

Doug & Karen Cox 

William & Alison 

Craig 

Elva Cranna & 

Marjorie Agar 

Pierre & Sylvia 

Crevolin 

Harold & Donna 

Crowe 

Glenn & Lori Crowe 

Hugh & Barbara 

Crozier 

John & Norma 

Crozier 

Cory & Carol 

Cunningham 

David Cuschieri 

Margaret Daly 

Barbara Dart 

Robert David 

Susan Davis 

Courtney Day 

Elizabeth Ruth Day 

Dayles Pub 

Allan & H. Jane 

De Caen 

Larry & Juanita Dean 

R. L. & Edith 

Delaronde 

Delta Equities Ltd. 

Norm & Shirley 

Diemert 

Garry & Jenny 

Diment 

Rex & Esther Ding 

Silvio & Marielos 

Dobri 

Larry & Carol 

Dobson 

Kelly Dorin 

Andy & Sam Doucet 

Allen & Elaine 

Douglas 

Veronica D’souza 

Marvin Dueck 

James & Sharon 

Duke 

Wendy Duke 

Margaret Dumont 

W.R & Patricia 

Duncan 

Heather Dunlop 

Robert Dunseith 

Jonathan & Gertrude 

Eayrs 

Joyce Eddy 

Edmonton and Area 

Land Trust 

Edmonton Heritage 

Festival Association 


Horticultural Society 

Emily Eldred 

John Elliott & 

Elizabeth Anne 

Macdonald 

Jack & Terrie Ellis 

Tracy Elofson 

Elaine Elrod 

Empire Auto Body Inc. 

Ted & Shannon Enns 

Martin & Janice 

Evers 

Lawrence & Sylvia 

Ewanchuk 

Robert & Barbara 

Falkenberg 

Tammy Farkes 

Irma Favero 

Ganz Ferrance 

Anthony & Patricia 

Fields 

Brendan & Leah 

Fitzgerald 

Robert Fitzsimmons 

Tommy Fleming 

Jeanette Flesher 

Russel & Carol Flint 

Kathleen Flynn 

Laura Fogden 

Dean & Wendy 

Foote 

Ford Motor 

Company of Canada 

John Ford 

Alexis Ford–Ellis 

David Fortier 

Charles Bruce & 

Margaret Foy 

Dawn Fraser 

Mark Freeman & 

Jennifer Lambert 

Andreas & Blanche 

Friderichsen 

Dennis & Pat Friesen 

Robert & Mary 

Frizzell 

Hans & Keiko Frueh 

Doug & Peggy Gahn 

Warren Gallin & 

Donna Atherton 

Maria Galpin 

Judith A. Garber 

JoAnn Gartner 

Donna Garvin 

Carol Gilfillan 

Laura Gillis 

Sarah M. Gilroyed 

Estate of Aletha Joy 

Gilsdorf 

Terence & Ruth 

Glancy 

Moira Glerum 

Grant & April 

Glowicki & Family 

Jennifer Gobeil 


Donors (continued) 

Walter Goetz 

Walter & Irene 

Golinowski 

Karen Good 

David & Janet 

Gordon 

Scott Graham 

Ann Grant 

Charles & S. Grant 

Ron Grantham 

Dorothy H. Gray 

Robert J. Gray 

Carmen Grayson 

Elizabeth Green 

Jeannine Green 

Jim & Diana Greer 

James & B.E. Grey 

Allison Greyeyes 

Mathew Grieve 

Paul & Lorie Grundy 

Clifford Guebert 

The Family of Erin 

Noelle Guthrie 

Clarence Guydash 

Don & Dolores Hager 

Terrance & Linda 

Hagley 

Milton & Wendy 

Halvarson 

Victoria Hardeman 

Bradley & Janiline 

Hardstaff 

Daniel & Barbara 

Harper 

Jody Anne Harries 

Hugh Hart & Michelle 

Dann 

Jonathan Hart & 

Mary Marshall 

W & J Hart 

Wendy Hawkins 

L. Dawn Hawley 

Ken Haywood 

Leah Heil 

Dennis & Elaine 

Helfer 

Louise Henein 

Howard Hesjedal & 

Verneil Hansen 

Graham Hicks 

Brian & Bonny 

Hodgson 

Brad & Karen 

Holbrough 

Laurie Homeniuk 

John & Helen Hope 

Barbara & Milton 

Horricks 

Gail Hrehorets 

Walter Hsu 

Doug & Joan Hube 

Hendrik Hulleman & 

Lillian Upright 

Warren Hurt 

David Ilkiw 

Robert & Gillian 

Innes 

J.E.T. Podiatry Inc. 

Aliya Jamal 

Judith E. James 

Robert & Mary-Jane 

James 

Connie John 

Elizabeth Johnson 

Myles Johnson & 

Diane Clark 

Robert J. Johnston 

Dale & Betty Joslin 

John & Susan 

Keating 

Bernie & Dorothy 

Keeler 

Jeremy & Louanne 

Keenan 

Brian & Heather 

Kelly 

Elgar & Bernice Kelly 

Ketchum Canada 

Inc. 

James & Kathleen 

Kirkland 

Lorne & Nancy 

Klippert 

Claus Knoefel 

Jack & Shirley Kosick 

Loyal & Sylvia 

Krawchuk 

Elaine Krepps 

Sharon Kreuzer 

Brewster & Shirley 

Kwan 

Marcelle Labossiere 

Roger Laing & 

Arlene Swendseid 

Zaheerali Lakhani 

Professional 

Corporation 

Angela Lamb 

Lindsay Langille 

Michael Laplaunte 

Simone Lebeuf 

Elizabeth & Brian 

Lepp 

Charmaine 

Letourneau 

Dwayne Letourneau 

Maurice & Elsie 

Letourneau 

Sam & Nancy 

Lieberman 

Debra Lindskoog 

David & Tamara 

Linklater 

The Little Agency 

Inc. 

Yan & Monica Loke 

Neil & Lucille 

Longson 

Robert Losie 

Thomas Love 

Marco Loverso & 

Caterina Edwards- 

Loverso 

Roger Lundberg 

William Mac Eachern 

Eric Macklin 

Kathleen M. MacLean 

Ron & Brenda 

Magnusson 

Jeff Mah 

Wendy L. Makarchuk 

Joyce Mallman Law 

Stephen & Lynn 

Mandel 

Dorothy Manning 

Doreen Marriott 

Ernest & Gladys 

Marshall 

Douglas & Margaret 

Matheson 

Eleanor G. May 

David & Kathy 

McCalla 

Chris McCarthy 

Hugh & Madge 

McColl 

Kathy McConaghie 

Raymond & Claire 

McCrea 

Jim & Merla McCuaig 

James McDonald 

Keith & Muriel 

McEwan 

Shannon McEwen 

Paul McGonigal 

Matthew McKinnon 

Jim & Sheila 

McLachlin 

William & Linda 

McLean 

Marlena McNeill 

Anna McRoberts 

Donna Meen 

George & Rosalie 

Melenka 

Allen & Nancy 

Melnychuk 

Dawn & Al Menon 

John A. Meston 

MHK Insurance 

George & Emiko 

Millar 

Elizabeth Miller 

Quentin & Alice Mix 

G. Cristina Molina 

Kathleen Mooney- 

Stuhec 

Doris M. Moonie 

Norbert & Patricia 

Morgenstern 

Alvin & Geraldine 

Morris 

Mort & Jean Morter 

Roger & Cheryl 

Moses 

Clare Mullen–Pearson 

Mundare Health 

Centre 

Alexandra Munn 

Michael Murphy 

Namao Store 

Karen Nekolaichuk 

Murray & Patricia 

Nekolaichuk 

Nancy Niederhaus 

Anne Nielsen 

Kenneth & Carolyn 

Nielsen 

Edward & Della 

Noble 

North Pointe 

Community Church 

Georgette & Edward 

Nowicki 

Maria Nowytzkyj 

Douglas Oakley & 

Elizabeth Mc Afee 

Erin O’Brien 

Norman Odinga 

Percival Odynak 

Kelsey Odynski 

Carl Oleinyk 

Erika Oshiki 

Chris Ouellette 

Rachel Ovics 

Violet Owen 

Anne Parkes 

Frank & Pina Rita 

Parrotta 

Macartney & Bernice 

Patterson 

Chris & Suzanne 

Peacocke 

John & Judith 

Peglau 

Edward Perez 

Brad Perkins 

Mary–Ellen Perley 

Debbie Persinger 

Fordyce & Patricia 

Pier 

John & Georgina 

Plunkett 

M.P. Polushin 

Pommen & 

Associates Limited 

L. & D. Pon 

Linda Poole 

Dwayne Poseluzny 

Marilyn Potter 

Richard & Helen 

Potter 

Michael Power & 

Denise Laker–Power 

Agnes Primrose 

Helen Primrose 

Joan Ramsay 

Leonard Ratzlaff 

Terry & Elisa Rawe 

Mary-Anne Razzolini 

RCJ Psycho- 

Education Services 

Sharon Read 

Lindsay Redpath 

Charles & Marina 

Rees 

Carol Reinhaerdt 

Philip & Heather 

Renaud 

Eric Rice 

Sally R. Rice 

Gunter & Ingeborg 

Richter 

Susan Robblee 

Glady Robertson 

Anita Rogers 

Donald & Hilda Ross 

John Ross 

Allan Rowswell 

Karen Rowswell 

Running Room 

Canada Inc. 

Kelsey Ryland 

Barbara Sadler Wells 

Alexander & Kay 

Salahub 

Ed Sande 

Carolyn Grace 

Sanford 

Bruce Sangster 

Bill Sass & Kathy 

Murrie 

Marian Saunderson 

Donna Saurette 

Robert & Cheryl 

Schedler 

Marissa Schenn 

Douglas & Lesley 

Schindel 

Catherine Schreiner 

Frederick Schulte 

Peter Schwann 

Vincent & Merrilyn 

Sea 

Brian Shanks 

Douglas & Darlene 

Shapka 

Rose Shapka 

Naomi Sharir 

John Shaw & Ruth 

Jean Frost 

Lori Silverton 

The Skiers 

Sportshop Ltd. 

Dale W. Smith 

Elizabeth Smith 

Grant & Donna Smith 

Lawrie Smith 

Sharon Smith 

Raymond & Judy 

Smitke 

Arlene Speers 

Brian & Marion 

Sproule 

St. Albert And 

District Garden Club 

Donna Steele 

William Stevenson 

Fia Mariann Stobbe 

Spencer Stobbe 

Susan G. Stokins 

Ross Swanson 

SynchroComm Inc 

Jerome & Sheila 

Szabo 

John & Glenda 

Szpecht 

Kevin Taft & Jeanette 

Boman 

Jack & Rita Talen 

Merle Taylor 

Shawn Taylor 

Simone Telford 

Thermo King 

Suzanne Thomas 

Olive Thorne 

Peter Tinning 

TK Clothing 

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Mark & Mary Anne 

Tokarik 

The Toronto- 

Dominion Bank 

Travis Torrens 

Kenneth Turnbull 

Robert & Joan 

Turner 

Uhlick Pottery And 

Tile 

United Nurses of 

Alberta Local #85 

Universal Ford 

Lincoln Sales Ltd. 

Brian & Margaret Vail 

Andre Valliere 

Dolores K. Van 

Dongen 

Bryce & Florrie Van 

Dusen 

Richard Van Soest 

Nga Van 

J. Todd & K. Jessica 

Van Vliet 

Ralph Vandenberg 

Leighton Vanstone 

Lois Verchomin 

Larry Verniest 

Catarina Verseval 

Brad & Elizabeth 

Vetsch 

Leonard & Roberta 

Vickery 

Karen Virag 

Mark & Colleen 

Vogel 

Harvey Voogd & 

Marie Butler 

Barry & Valerie 

Walker 

Carmel Walsh 

Ali, Jan & Rachel 

Ward-Flannagan 

Craig Warnock 

William Watkin 

Jack & Marjorie 

Watson 

Earle Waugh 

Michael Wayman 

WD Co-Auto 

George & Roberta 

Wells 

Sharon Wenger 

Lorne Wensel & 

Katherine Koller 

Wensel 

Darcy White & 

Danielle Parrotta 

Janice Lee White 

Alan Whiting 

Clyde Alexander & 

Louise Wick 

Ron & Stacey 

Wickman 

Paul Wielens 

Lauren Wiles 

Eva L. Willox 

William & Barbara 

Winship 

Lynn Wolf 

Women’s Canadian 

Club of Edmonton 

Eric Wong 

Naomi Yee Chun 

Wong 

Tony & Colleen 

Wong 

Warren Wong & 

Ruth Kettles 

Alison Wood 

Sydney & Frances 

Wood 

Tom & Verlie Wood 

Susan Woodliffe 

Linda Woollett 

Julee Workun 

Wayne H. Wright 

Glenda & Hugh 

Wyatt 

Britta Yasinski 

Irene Yeh 

Don & Leona Yez 

Olive Yonge 

Zender Ford Sales 

Ltd. 

Kevin & Roxanne 

Zowtuk 

Heather Zwicker 

We Remember Them 

The following list memorializes those remembered through tribute gifts. 

in 2009. 

The Foundation permanently records their names in its registry. A complete list can be 

viewed on our website. 

Sheila Allan Audrey Costigan Elsie 

Ben 

Ronald Nelsen Martin Spoor 

Sheila Allan Audrey Costigan Elsie 

Ben 

Ronald Nelsen Norman Bailey 

Hawkesworth Mandrusiak 

R. Gregg 

John Crockett Hawkesworth Mandrusiak Terrance O’Connor Robert Smith 

R. Gregg 

John Crockett 

Terrance O’Connor 

Armstrong 

Jim Hill 

Douglas 

Swanson 

Armstrong Maria Dakkus – Jim Hill 

Douglas 

Eileen Odynski Martin Spoor 

Maria Dakkus- 

Matheson 

Eileen Odynski 

Maria Bailey VanDeSande Richard Horch Matheson 

Teri Taylor – 

Maria Bailey VanDeSande Richard Horch 

John 

Robert 

Robert 

John 

Tunski 

Barnaby Baker Evelyn Darch Wilfrid Horton Robert 

Ogonoski 

Swanson 

Barnaby Baker Evelyn Darch Wilfrid Horton Matheson 

Ogonoski 

Matheson 

Margaret 

Theresa Beach Mary DeFerro Catharinus Huyer 

Tom Olenuk Teri Taylor-Tunski 

Theresa Beach Mary DeFerro Catharinus Huyer Rose 

Tom Olenuk VanDusen* 

Rose 

Sheila Margery Donald Fenna Victor Jagoldas McAllister 

Celia Omell Margaret 

Sheila Margery Donald Fenna Victor Jagoldas McAllister 

Celia Omell Diane Warms 

Beddome 

Van Dusen 

Beddome 

Paul Antony Jill Johnson Marjorie 

Allan Purvis 

Paul Antony Jill Johnson Marjorie 

Allan Purvis Roy Warner 

Bob Bruce Finch 

Minnie Johnson 

McCallum 

Diane Warms 

Bob Bruce Finch 

William Rector 

Minnie Johnson 

McCallum 

William Rector Eileen Wilson 

Marlene Bruce Robert Francis 

James Robert 

Ronald 

Roy Warner 

Marlene Bruce Robert Francis 

Irving Marshall 

James Robert 

Ronald 

John James David Fuga (Jim) Kimball 

McCallum 

Irving Marshall Bernard Wood 

Rice 

John James David Fuga (Jim) Kimball 

McCallum 

Eileen Wilson 

Rice 

Bugera 

Joyce Goodall Ed Kroll 

Lawrence 

Margaret 

Bugera 

Owen 

Joyce Goodall Ed Kroll 

Lawrence 

Bernard Wood 

Mary Calder 

McRae 

Owen 

Simonson 

Schlosser 

Mary Calder Ronald Douglas Edith Leander McRae 

Schlosser 

Effie Stumpf- 

Ronald Douglas Edith Leander 

Irvine Joseph Grantham 

Gordon Morash 

Effie Stumpf – 

Shirley Scott 

Irvine Joseph Grantham 

Dorothy Eileen Gordon Morash 

Allen 

Shirley Scott Allen (Dog) 

Charest 

Dorothy Eileen 

Robert Guebert Little 

Paul Mulyk 

Charest 

John Sharpe 

Robert Guebert Little 

Paul Mulyk 

John Sharpe 

David Cook 

Alice Ann 

Carol Losie 

Harry Nash 

David Cook 

Bob Skaggs 

Alice Ann 

Carol Losie 

Harry Nash 

Margaret 

Nancy Cooper Hanson 

Ron 

Nancy Cooper Hanson 

Ron 

Norman SimonsonBailey 

Nederlof 

Nederlof 

Smith 

Bob Skaggs 


HELPING BRIDGE 

CULTURAL DIFFERENCES 

YOUTH EMERGENCY SHELTER SOCIETY 

The plight of Justin Nshimirimana is 

one that has become all too familiar 

to the people working at the Youth 

Emergency Shelter Society (YESS). 

In recent years, an increasing number 

of immigrant and refugee youth, 

some with complex problems, 

have found their way to the doors 

of the shelter. Executive Director 

Deb Cautley explains that some 

of these young people have come 

from countries where they may have 

witnessed the murder of family or 

been victims of torture or human 

trafficking. 

These were issues that YESS staff 

did not have the expertise to 

deal with. Edmonton Community 

Foundation helped support the 

Society by providing funding to hire 

a Cultural Diversity Advocate. This 

position helps the young immigrants 

by making connections within the 

cultural communities and finding 

supports not offered through the 

services that YESS provides. 

Justin was born in Burundi and 

moved to Edmonton from Toronto 

with an aunt and uncle who cared for 

him after his parents died. In 2008 

circumstances led him to be living 

on the streets and he was eventually 

directed to YESS. With the assistance 

of the programs and people at YESS 

and through his own determination 

and hard work, Justin overcame 

many of the challenges he faced in 

his new country. His achievements 

did not go unnoticed. He was 

honoured with a Great Kids Award 

from the Government of Alberta, a 

John Humphrey Peace and Human 

Rights Award and was invited to be a 

youth representative for the Ministry 

of Education’s youth action project. 

Justin is furthering his education, 

involved in his community and is 

now living on his own. While the 

issues faced by immigrant youth are 

complex, their ideas of success at 

times are very simple. Deb Cautley 

remembers Justin’s own words about 

what he has accomplished – “I never 

thought I would have a bed and now 

I have a bedroom.” 

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Justin & YESS Staff member Quena Sanchez 

With the assistance of the programs and people at 

YESS and through his own determination and hard 

work, Justin overcame many of the challenges he 

faced in his new country. 


Gerry Shimko 

The Fund provides 

an opportunity to 

memorialize a loved one 

and also to contribute to 

research and activities that 

may help prevent such 

accidents in the future. 

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MAKING OUR 

STREETS SAFER 

MEMORIAL & TRAFFIC SAFETY FUND 

We’ve all seen them – the cluster of 

flowers, stuffed animals and photos 

that mark the spot where someone 

has died in a traffic accident. These 

are sad reminders that our roads can 

be dangerous and deadly. Roadside 

memorials have become a common 

practice that raises concerns for city 

and police officials. The memorials, 

while heartfelt and poignant, can 

themselves result in safety challenges 

for pedestrians, motorists and the 

individuals who set them up and can 

be distracting to drivers. 

The City of Edmonton recognizes the 

need for family and friends to grieve 

and memorialize their loved ones. 

To provide an option to the roadside 

memorials the Memorial and Traffic 

Safety Fund was created at Edmonton 

Community Foundation. The intent 

of the fund is to protect the lives and 

safety of those travelling in the greater 

Edmonton area by supporting such 

activities as traffic safety education, 

engineering, enforcement and 

evaluation. 

The Fund was set up under the 

auspices of the Office of Traffic Safety, 

a partnership between the City of 

Edmonton and the Edmonton Police 

Service. Gerry Shimko is the executive 

director of the OTS and the founder of 

the Fund. He observes that if a loved 

one is lost from cancer or other illness 

there are charities to which a gift can 

be made in the name of the deceased. 

But what if a loved one is lost in a traffic 

accident The Memorial and Traffic 

Safety Fund provides an opportunity 

to remember a loved one and also to 

contribute to research and activities 

that may help prevent such accidents 

in the future. 

Along with its collaborative work with 

communities on traffic safety, the OTS 

funds a research chair in urban traffic 

safety at the University of Alberta. 

This position allows for advanced 

research in traffic safety issues. 

Funding for the chair comes in part 

through automated photo enforcement 

fines. In the future, the Memorial & 

Traffic Safety Fund could be used 

to provide scholarships to graduate 

students interested in pursuing studies 

in traffic safety. 


SPREADING A 

PASSION FOR MUSIC 

EDMONTON ARTISTS’ TRUST FUND 

If you’re unfamiliar with the bassoon, a 

woodwind instrument with a double reed, 

there are a few compositions that may 

remind you of the sound – think of the 

grandfather part in Peter and the Wolf by 

Sergei Prokofiev or the opening measures 

of The Rite of Spring by Igor Stravinsky, 

made famous in Walt Disney’s Fantasia. 

Matthew Howatt plays bassoon as an extra 

for the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra. 

He chose to play the bassoon in grade 

eight to avoid being another face in the 

crowd of flutes, trumpets and clarinets 

that abound in junior high band classes. 

While Matthew is now a professional 

bassoon player, he is troubled by the lack 

of bassoonists in general and in Edmonton 

in particular. 

“The bassoon isn’t exactly the instrument 

that a three year old starts playing,” 

Matthew says. It’s really at the junior high 

level, where students are introduced to 

band music that there’s an opportunity 

to introduce the bassoon. He admits that 

the instrument is expensive and difficult 

to play but he decided to try to bolster its 

popularity among Edmonton’s young music 

students and secondary school music 

departments. 

He applied for and received an Edmonton 

Artists’ Trust Fund award in 2009. The 

EATF is an endowment at Edmonton 

Community Foundation and the annual 

awards are administered by the Edmonton 

Arts Council. The fund supports the 

creative endeavours of Edmonton artists. 

The Fund distributes several awards 

annually to local artists in a variety of 

artistic disciplines. Matthew is using the 

award to help promote awareness of the 

bassoon in the hopes of inspiring future 

bassoonists. 

“The EATF is designed to invest in 

Edmonton’s creative community and 

to encourage artists to stay in our 

community,” says John Mahon, executive 

director of the Edmonton Arts Council. 

“A project like Matthew’s, which is aimed 

at promoting appreciation of the bassoon, 

is important to the diversity of Edmonton’s 

music community. A healthy community, 

like any environment, needs a balance of 

many elements in order to sustain itself.” 

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Matthew Howatt 

Matthew Howatt is 

using his EATF award 

to help inspire future 

bassoonists. 


Erin Callihoo 

The awards are not 

just about money; 

they’re about breaking 

down barriers, creating 

possibilities and building 

pride in Métis culture. 

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CREATING 

OPPORTUNITIES 

BELCOURT BROSSEAU MÉTIS AWARDS 

Erin Callihoo loves her job. The young 

Métis woman works in editing for City– 

TV, helping put together the Breakfast 

Television program. She’s worked at 

the station since October 2008 when 

she was recruited for the position. 

Erin grew up in Onoway, Alberta, and 

wanted to pursue a career in film. She 

enrolled in the Radio and Television 

Broadcasting program at the Northern 

Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT) 

and after completing her first semester 

she wondered how she would afford 

to complete the program. She then 

learned of the Belcourt Brosseau Métis 

Awards. The BBMA is a permanent 

endowment fund at Edmonton 

Community Foundation that supports 

the post-secondary education and 

skills training of Métis Albertans in 

financial need. 

She received an award in 2004 and 

was able to finish the program. While 

back at NAIT Erin discovered she had 

a talent for editing – an ability that was 

recognized by her current employer. 

Receiving a BBMA was “life changing 

and inspirational” for Erin. Life 

changing in that the award enabled her 

to secure the job that she loves and 

inspirational in that other Métis young 

people she knows are now looking into 

their heritage and contemplating postsecondary 

education themselves. This 

is what the awards are all about – not 

just money but breaking down barriers, 

creating possibilities and building pride 

in Métis culture. 


Funds, Grants 

and Disbursements 

OPTIONS FOR GIVING 

Edmonton Community Foundation works 

with donors to create funds that will see their 

philanthropic dreams fulfilled. 

A wide range of fund options exists to 

accommodate donors’ wishes – from 

designating specific charities to allowing the 

Foundation to direct funds to support priority 

community needs. 

We are delighted to meet with donors and their 

financial advisors to discuss their charitable 

goals. Please call us at (780) 426-0015 or visit 

our website at www.ecfoundation.org. 

EFFECTIVE GRANTING 

Edmonton Community Foundation is a trusted, 

reliable source for identifying and funding 

initiatives that strengthen our community. 

A gift to the General Community Fund ensures 

that critical community needs are met through 

a rigorous, competitive process while providing 

accountability to donors. 

Through our Community Grants Program, 

Foundation staff, advisory committees, and 

ultimately our board of directors review 

requests from a wide cross-section of sectors 

and allocate funding to meet priority needs 

and strengthen charities. In general, grants 

are awarded in the following categories: arts, 

culture, and heritage; education and learning; 

health and wellness; community and social 

services; recreation and leisure; and 

the environment. 

General community funds also allow the 

Foundation to support the community through 

Foundation Directed Initiatives. Carefully 

selected charities that demonstrate high levels 

of commitment, capacity, and effectiveness are 

provided with up to three years of funding for 

operations or special projects. 

In 2009, despite the challenges of the economic 

downturn, Edmonton Community Foundation’s 

endowed funds generated millions of dollars 

that were awarded to local charities. As well, 

many students benefitted from awards 

disbursed through our scholarship funds. 

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Community Grants proGram 

Each year the Community Grants Program provides funding in response to inquiries made by 

registered charities in Edmonton and to Foundation Directed Initiatives. These grants address 

community needs in categories such as arts, culture, and heritage; education and learning; health 

and wellness; community and social services; recreation and leisure; and the environment. Total 

disbursements made through the Community Grants Program totalled over $1.4 million in 2009. 

COmmuNITy FuNdS 

The Board has full discretion in disbursing the net income from Community Funds, either through 

an application process or by proactively identifying priority community needs. In addition to 

those donors who have established named Community Funds, many donors have made 

significant cumulative contributions to the General Community Fund since inception. 

$1,000,000 + $100,000–$999,999 $10,000–$99,999 

George & Rae Poole Anonymous Anonymous 

Estate of George & Rae Poole Estate of Cecil Moore Shawana Estates Ltd 

John & Barbara Poole Family John Slatter Westpear Developments Ltd 

Alison B. Rice 

Robert & Shirley Stollery & Family 

Year End Balance 

Allen Fund 1,463,615 

Betty Kathleen Brown Fund 62,024 

Jo-Ann Campbell Fund 11,158 

Archibald Hadley Dickson Memorial Fund 197,885 

Eric Geddes Memorial Fund 9,345 

Alex Hamilton Family Fund 55,312 

Lorne & Kathie Leitch Family Fund 14,390 

Memorial Tribute Fund 110,645 


Miller Office Group Fund 13,749 

John E. Poole Memorial Fund 28,522 

Princeton Fund 35,174 

David W. Purvis Fund 1,642,750 

Robert David Purvis Memorial Fund 116,895 

General Community Fund 14,670,760 

TOTAL: COMMUNITY FUNDS $ 18,432,224 

FIEld OF INTEREST FuNdS 

Donors identify the areas of charitable endeavours they wish to support without specifying particular 

charities, allowing the board to provide support for priorities within those charitable endeavors. 

New funds in 2009 are listed in bold type. 


Anonymous Fund #2 126,126 

Bishop & McKenzie Centennial Fund 81,499 

Branches of Life Fund 28,088 

Ken Crockett Music Fund 11,972 

John Crockett Memorial Fund 23,184 

Feeding Hungry Minds Fund 14,965 

Garber-Conrad Family Fund 11,587 

Gaunce Family Fund 25,798 

Glenora Fund 17,384 

Karen Good Family Fund 20,403 

The GYRO Club of Edmonton Fund 17,496 

Heads Up Fraud Prevention/ 

Fugi Saito Endowment Fund 19,101 

Lois Hole Care & Nurture Legacy Fund 220,395 


John & Jane Holmlund Family Fund 49,090 

Johanna & Otto Holzapfel Fund 37,674 

Lee Community Playspace Fund 412,927 

H. Jean McDiarmaid Fund for Musical Performance 1,499,791 

George & Rae Poole Fund 3,482,187 

George & Rae Poole Bequest Fund 1,058,524 

Bunny Casper Rae Fund 1,318,870 

Rosalie & William Rector Fund 278,800 

Phyllis Ritchie Fund 144,199 

Single Parents Independence Fund 130,264 

Special Arts Fund 1,045,349 

Stollery Fund 3,550,172 

Treleaven-Tymofichuk Family Fund 50,220 

TOTAL: FIELD OF INTEREST FUNDS $ 13,676,065 


WINSPEAR FuNd 

The Winspear Fund provides operational funding to some of Edmonton’s larger arts organizations 

each year. The remaining discretionary funds are disbursed through the Community Grants 

Program in keeping with the granting philosophy of the original Winspear Foundation grants panel. 


TOTAL: WINSPEAR FUND $ 10,843,727 

COmbINEd PuRPOSE FuNdS 

Many donors have a number of different goals they wish to accomplish. For example, donors may wish to 

designate specific charities to receive portions of the disbursements from their fund year after year with the 

remainder to be used to address priority needs in our community as identified by the Foundation Board. 



Albian Sands Energy Community Environment Fund 69,318 

Randy Anderson Learning Fund 11,418 


Phyllis A. Arnold Learning Fund 571,307 

Earl Clements Fund 13,715 

H.J. (Jock) Dawe Family Fund 160,542 

Edmonton Legal Community Fund 28,110 

Roy Faltinson Fund 96,786 

Shirley & Gordon Gifford Family Fund 1,042,485 

Earle & Elsie Hawkesworth Family Fund 47,317 


W.A. & M. Hiller Fund 196,151 

Jean & Garnet Ireland Fund 51,982 

Owen & Peg Linton Family Fund 300,064 

Tevie & Arliss Miller Endowment Fund 67,576 

Doris Tanner Pimm Fund 119,009 

Ruste Family Fund 11,862 

Jim & Billie Wilkins Fund 101,632 

John & Olivia Young Fund for Health 90,454 

TOTAL: COMBINED PURPOSE FUNDS $ 3,017,695 

Community Grants 

RESPONSIVE GRANTS 

Grants may be funded from more than one source including Community, Field of Interest, 

Winspear and Combined Purpose Funds. 

TOTAL DISBURSEMENTS IN 2009: $ 508,246 

Grantee 

Grants 

Bent Arrow Traditional Healing Society 

Operational Support 2,000 

Boyle McCauley Health Centre 

Dental Clinic Operations – Yr.3 30,000 

Boys’ & Girls’ Clubs of Greater Vancouver 

Annual Support for Programs 55,671 

Cantilon Choral Society 

New Composition for 10th Anniversary Concert 10,000 

Catalyst Theatre Society of Alberta 

Part-time Facility Manager Position – Yr.3 8,460 

Centre for Family Literacy Society of Alberta 

Aboriginal Storysacks Program – Yr.3 20,000 

Dickinsfield Amity House 

Arts for Tots Program – Yr.2 15,600 

Edmonton Gleaners Association 

Purchase of Eggs 3,000 

Edmonton Inner City Children’s Project Society 

Director of Programming – Yr.2 38,000 

Edmonton International Street Performers Festival 

Comedy Cares Professional Development Workshops 3,000 

Edmonton Opera Association 

Costumes for Pirates of Penzance 15,000 

Edzimkulu, A Society for Children of AIDS 

Disaster Relief in Ndawana, South Africa 790 

Grantee Grants 

Federation of Alberta Naturalists 

Storm Water Lakes Pilot Project – Yr.3 25,000 

Friends of Boys’ and Girls’ Clubs of Edmonton 

Annual Support for Programs 55,670 

Friends of PAAFE 

(Prostitution Awareness & Action Foundation of Edmonton) 

Building Blocks for Families – start up costs 4,080 

i Coristi Chamber Choir 

Sorrows of Mary Concert 7,800 

iHuman Youth Society 

Executive Director Position – Yr.2 65,000 

Newly United Operatic Vocalists Association 

The Lives of Lesser Things – Opera for Children 15,000 

Nina Haggerty Centre for the Arts 

Bridge Operational Funding – Yr.2 25,000 

Our House (Edmonton) Ltd. 

Mental Health Counselor – Yr.2 20,000 

Terra Association 

Operational Support 2,000 

University of Alberta, Dept. of Philosophy 

Eurekamp Summer Camp for Children 3,000 

University of Alberta, Faculty of Education 

Youth Intervention & Community Outreach 

Worker – Yr.2 40,000 

Youth Emergency Shelter Society of Edmonton 

Diversity and Outreach Initiative – Yr.2 44,175 

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FOuNdATION dIRECTEd INITIATIVES 

Edmonton Community Foundation proactively addresses community needs by working in 

partnership with high-performing charities and other stakeholders. The resulting Foundation 

Directed Initiatives provide an opportunity for agencies in all sectors to focus on fulfilling their 

visions, develop innovative approaches and strengthen our community. 



Edmonton Arts Council 

Innovative Arts Initiatives that address Social 

Issues – Yr.3 50,000 

Edmonton Chamber of Voluntary Organizations 

Operational Support – Yr.2 50,000 

Edmonton Mennonite Centre for Newcomers Society 

Health Issues of Newcomers to Canada – Yr.2 100,000 

Edmonton Social Planning Council 

Operational Support – Yr.3 60,000 

Northern Light Theatre 

Operational Support to Enhance Productions – Yr.2 16,666 


Support Network 

Walk-In Counselling Program – Yr.2 100,000 

Theatre Network (1975) Society 


United Way of the Alberta Capital Region 

Partners For Kids Project – Yr.2 100,000 

University of Alberta, 

Community-University Partnership 

Families First Edmonton – Research Phase 100,000 

Workshop West Playwrights’ Theatre Society 


WINSPEAR FuNd GRANTS 

A portion of the Winspear Fund disbursements is designated to support specific arts 

organizations in Edmonton as well as to provide scholarships and emergency funding disbursed 

through Catholic Social Services. 



Catholic Social Services Emergency Grants 45,738 

Edmonton Opera Association 25,773 


17 Winspear Fund Scholarships 

for Advanced Classical Music Studies 57,000 

Edmonton Symphony Society 67,975 

EdmONTON COmmuNITy PlAySPACE PROGRAm GRANTS 

The Playspace Program provides grants to support the creation or refurbishment of playspaces 

that are accessible to the general public. Grants are jointly funded by the Lee Community 

Playspace Fund and General Community Funds. 


Grantee Grant 

Rio Terrace Community League 

Playground Redevelopment 4,000 


COmbINEd PuRPOSE FuNdS GRANTS 

A portion of the Combined Purpose Funds are designated by the donor. 



Grantee 

Grants 

Alberta Aviation Museum Association 2,063 

Alberta Foundation for Environmental Excellence 421 

Bissell Centre 303 

Canadian Diabetes Association 

of Alberta & NWT Region 424 

CNIB 140 

CNIB (Alberta-NWT Division) 140 

Cross Cancer Institute 1,266 

Edmonton & District Historical Society 15,000 

Edmonton Jewish Community Charitable Foundation 1,000 

Edmonton Public Library 209 

Fresh Start Addictions Centre 200 

Learning Disabilities Association of Alberta 2,000 

McMan Youth Family & Community 

Services Association 1,000 

Natural Step Canada 200 

Northern Alberta Institute of Technology 5,000 

Pilgrims Hospice Society 633 

Salvation Army Alberta & NWT Division 3,131 

Student Christian Movement of Canada 200 

Tuxis Parliament Alumni Society of Alberta 200 

United Way of the Alberta Capital Region 1,568 

University Hospital Foundation 5,000 

University of Alberta 12,385 

DEsiGnatED FunDs 

Designated Funds identify a specific charity or charities to receive support every year. 

The agreements for these funds include planning for the inevitable changes that take place over 

long periods of time so the funds remain meaningful, effective and robust. Edmonton Community 

Foundation makes creating endowment support for a number of charities easy for the donor. 

One fund can accomplish many goals and support multiple charities. 



A.I.R.S. Fund 56,182 

Alberta Legal Heritage Fund 115,167 

Alberta Literacy Foundation Fund 9,724 

Alberta Search & Rescue Fund 9,600 

Anchor Fund 8,815 

Art Gallery of Alberta Fund* 2,223,461 

Milton Bablitz Memorial Fund 21,357 

Banff Centre Fund 3,963 

Amina Beecroft Fund 171,487 

Helen & Laurel Bell Fund 118,295 

Helen & Fred Bentley 

Planned Parenthood Edmonton Fund 275,913 

Helen & Fred Bentley 

Planned Parenthood Federation of Canada Fund 295,690 

Gay Bisanz Leadership Development Fund 26,298 

Boyle-McCauley Health Centre Fund* 144,582 

Boys’ & Girls’ Clubs of Alberta Endowment Fund 28,885 

Boys’ & Girls’ Clubs of Edmonton Fund 194,324 

Boysdale Camp Fund* 72,804 

Ralph Buttner Memorial Fund 55,107 

Douglas Milton Campbell Estate Fund 633,956 

Canadian Parks & Wilderness Society 

Fund for Alberta* 94,407 

Canadian Red Cross Society Fund* 92,393 


Capital Care Foundation Fund* 54,066 

Caritas Hospitals Foundation Fund* 58,121 

Cerebral Palsy Associations in Alberta Fund 358,352 

Children’s Health Foundation 

of Northern Alberta Fund* 48,544 

Cityfarm Fund 9,194 

CKUA Radio Foundation Fund 41,605 

Cosmopolitan Music Society Endowment Fund 10,676 

Cunningham AnimalCare Fund 19,714 

Frank Philip Davis Fund 9,412 

‘CR’ & Del Dilkie Fund 42,942 

Dogs with Wings Fund 9,988 

Edmonton Chamber Music Society Fund 27,292 

Edmonton General (Grey Nuns) Hospital Fund* 3,811 

Edmonton Gleaners Association Fund 32,830 

Edmonton Heritage Festival Endowment Fund 13,441 

Edmonton Interfaith Centre 

for Education and Action Society Fund 11,304 

Edmonton Musical Theatre Fund 24,387 

Edmonton Oilers Community Foundation 

Emma Bailey Memorial Fund 30,056 

Edmonton YMCA Foundation Fund 30,523 

Joy Eisert Habitat Lands Fund 34,492 

Leta Gene Eisert Miquelon Lake 

Wildlands Sanctuary Fund 35,155 

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* Funds established by the John & Barbara Poole Family

DESIGNATED FUNDS (continued) 


Electro Equinology Fund 17,147 

Cheryl Escott Memorial Fund 12,431 

Field Fund for Science Education 87,908 

Jean Fitzsimmons & Family Fund 17,240 

Foote Field at University of Alberta South Campus 

Athletic Facility Funds 1,776,456 

Ed & Rita Foy Memorial Fund 10,619 

Friends of Guiding Fund 10,264 

Friends of Jasper National Park Association Fund 9,664 

Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital Fund 112,994 

Dr. Dasha Goody Memorial Fund 9,580 

Goudreau Fund 24,972 

Growing Early Minds Fund 11,333 

HIV Edmonton Endowment Fund 10,173 

Harry & Muriel Hole Family Fund 91,546 

Bishop Stephen P. Kristenson Seminarian 

Endowment Fund 210,846 

Frank & Dollie Leah Memorial Fund 74,862 

Leduc/Devon Oilfield Historical Society Fund 33,194 

Lingle Educational Endowment Fund 11,536 

Victor C. Love Memorial Fund 16,627 

Lucy Baker School Society Fund 10,629 

Peter & Dorothea Macdonnell Fund 246,526 

Fraser Malcolm Fund 35,561 

Doris Louise (Belt) Marcum Family Fund 9,021 

Rose McAllister and Deanna Nemirsky 

Old Friends Fund 25,248 

Donald Gordon McArthur Fund 32,548 

Mary & Steve McEachern Fund 15,140 

George & Lilian McEwen Family Fund 21,267 

William M. McGee Fund 13,393 

Letha McKee Fund 41,536 

Memorial (Brewster) Fund 69,467 

Margaret Michaud Fund 8,914 

Ruthie & Hoadley Mitchell Memorial Fund 94,385 

Mustard Seed (Edmonton) Fund* 87,467 

NAIT Scholarship & Bursary Fund 78,901 

Native Cultural Awareness Fund 20,403 

Nature Conservancy of Canada Fund* 740,728 

NUOVA Fund* 23,031 

Orchid Species Preservation Foundation 


Our House Addiction Recovery Endowment Fund 10,100 

Kathleen Pearson Fund 69,678 

PLAN Edmonton Fund 50,774 

Planned Parenthood Association of Edmonton Fund 10,293 

Pro Coro Canada Choir Fund 25,741 

Alison B. Rice Bequest for Habitat for Humanity 2,378,688 

Alison B. Rice Endowment 

for Edmonton Inner City Housing Society 816,173 

Alison B. Rice Endowment for Habitat for Humanity 866,791 

Roper Fund 99,377 

Royal Alexandra Hospital Fund* 26,232 

Bill & Susan Sadler Fund 13,327 


Albin J.E. Shanley Fund 16,297 

Ranald & Vera Shean Fund 1,320,007 

Ranald & Vera Shean Sonata Fund 21,899 

Simonson Family Fund 12,062 

SKILLS Society Fund 51,109 

Slatter Family Fund 128,633 

Linda Stanier & Family Memorial Award Fund 27,820 

Stanley A. Milner Library Fund* 114,095 

STARS Alberta Shock Trauma Air Rescue 

Foundation Fund 52,798 

Barb Tarbox Legacy Fund 16,262 

Hazel F. Teskey Memorial Trust Fund 11,228 

Jack & Fran Thomas Fund 11,034 

University Hospitals Foundation Fund* 110,661 

Valley Zoo Development Society Fund* 79,840 

Wally & Rosanna Kids to Kamp Fund 18,452 

Walterdale Theatre Associates Fund 11,043 

Ross & Eleanor Wein Family 

Disabilities Transportation Fund 11,277 

Westend Seniors Activity Centre Endowment Fund 20,994 

Wings of Providence 

Laurette Braconnier Tribute Fund 37,746 

The Works Arts Festival Fund* 59,488 

FAMILIES OF DESIGNATED FUNDS 

ABC Head Start Society Funds 

ABC Head Start Society Fund 238,356 

Ralph & Aleda Patterson Family Fund 13,751 

Alberta Ballet Funds 

Canadian Arts & Heritage Fund 321,846 

John & Barbara Poole Family 588,804 

Alberta Baroque Ensemble Funds 

Alberta Baroque Ensemble Endowment Fund 168,723 

Alberta Baroque Ensemble Enhancement Fund 48,363 

Catharinus Huyer Principal Second Violin Fund 11,706 

Alberta Cancer Foundation Funds 

Alberta Cancer Foundation Fund 5,819 

Edmonds Family Fund 62,833 

George C. Field Memorial Fund 176,640 


Karen Sharpe Memorial Fund 2,819 

Bob Tarr Memorial Fund 72,147 

Alberta Emerald Foundation Funds 

Alberta Emerald Foundation Endowment Fund 28,742 

Alberta Emerald Foundation Fund 400,500 

Bissell Funds 

Bissell Fund 288,578 

Elizabeth McBride Fund 54,209 

Bow Valley Community Foundation Funds 

Banff Alpine Racers Fund 15,005 

Bow Valley Community Foundation Operating 


Bow Valley Community Fund 9,215 

Rockies Ride for Kids Foundation 118,622 

* Funds established by the John & Barbara Poole Family 20 Years of Giving 29


Brian Webb Dance Company Funds 




Cable Family Community Endowment Funds 

Cable Family Boyle-McCauley Health Centre 


Cable Family Community Endowment Fund 273,102 

Cable Family Endowment Fund 

for Abused Seniors 50,769 

Cable Family iHuman Youth Society 


Cable Family Operation Friendship 

Seniors Society Endowment Fund 45,528 

Cable Family Priest Retirement Endowment Fund 45,528 

Cable Family SKILLS Endowment Fund 96,638 

Camp Health Hope & Happiness Society Funds 

Camp Health Hope & Happiness Society Fund 248,451 

Kiwanis Club of Edmonton Downtown Fund 9,759 

Hugh & Madge McColl Camp Fund 23,051 

Centre for Family Literacy Society of Alberta Funds 

Centre for Family Literacy 

Society of Alberta Fund 91,912 


Citadel Theatre Funds 

Canadian Arts & Heritage Fund 1,903,006 

Citadel Theatre Fund 1,523,127 

Dr. Susan & Ove Minsos Q.C. & Family 

Citadel Fund 45,970 

John & Barbara Poole Family 1,338,735 

Joseph H. Shoctor Fund 306,417 

Edmonton Arts Council Funds 

Edmonton Artists’ Trust Fund 149,024 

Lakhani Family Fund 14,963 

Lee Fund for the Arts 1,125,504 


Edmonton City Centre Church Corporation Funds 

Anne Carmichael Children’s Fund 9,717 

Edmonton City Centre Church Corporation Fund* 150,176 

William Daly Fund 32,559 

Annie Hole Children’s Nutrition Fund 1,671,787 

Edmonton Folk Music Festival Society Funds 


Edmonton Folk Music Festival Society Fund 538,966 

Edmonton Opera Funds 


Dr. David Cook Fund for Edmonton Opera 14,266 

Edmonton Opera Endowment Fund 88,126 

Edmonton Opera Endowment Trust Fund 14,049 

Edmonton Opera Staff Contributions Fund 19,347 

Irving Guttman Opera Endowment Fund 31,121 

Dianne & Irving Kipnes Opera Fund 142,694 


Francis Price & Marguerite Trussler Family Fund 285,941 

Edmonton Police Foundation Funds 


Edmonton Police Foundation Fund* 51,474 

Harry Hole Police Foundation Fund 443,403 

Edmonton Symphony Society Funds 


Children’s Programming Fund 57,331 

Edmonton Symphony Endowment Fund 202,897 

Lila & Colin Eicher Symphony Fund 14,891 

Peter & Astrid Griep Symphony Fund 14,653 


Edmonton Women’s Shelter Funds 

Edmonton Women’s Shelter Fund 4,272 


Fringe Theatre Adventures Society Funds 


Cohos Evamy Endowment Fund 9,871 

Fringe Theatre Adventures Society Fund 118,321 

Grant MacEwan Community College 

Foundation Funds 

Grant MacEwan Community College 

Foundation Fund 3,194 


Junior Achievement Funds 

Junior Achievement Fund 23,841 

Junior Achievement of Northern Alberta Fund 50,833 

Reagan Williams Achiever of the Year 

Scholarship Fund 23,862 

Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Arts Award Funds 

Alberta Centennial Legacy Fund 481,097 

Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Arts Award Fund 1,462,757 

National Theatre School of Canada Funds 



Norquest College Funds 

John & Barbara Poole Family Norquest Fund 234,470 

Stollery Norquest Student Fund 230,066 

Pilgrim’s Hospice Society Funds 

Audrey Luft Fund 11,279 


Richard Eaton Singers Funds 


Richard Eaton Singers Fund 72,424 

Salvation Army Funds 


Salvation Army Endowment Fund 73,684 

St. Albert Community Foundation Funds 

Stanley Dennis Memorial Fund 25,629 

Jamison Family Fund 119,469 

St. Albert Community Fund 70,061 

Thatcher Neonatal Care Fund 291,882 

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* Funds established by the John & Barbara Poole Family



Terra Future Builders Funds 

Jac’y Hayter Achieving Dreams Together Fund 63,456 

John & Barbara Poole Family - School Nutrition 108,207 

Terra Education Fund 21,166 

Terra Future Builders Fund 28,210 

United Way of the Alberta Capital Region Funds 




Lillian A. Simonet United Way Fund 485,427 

Victoria School Foundation 

for the Arts Endowment Funds 


Audrey & Greg Greenough Family Fund 12,181 

Victoria School Foundation 

for the Arts Endowment Fund 1,250,973 

YWCA Funds 

Roger & Peggy Gouin Fund 44,123 


Youth Emergency Shelter Society Funds 


John Slatter Fund 110,947 

Youth Emergency Shelter of Edmonton Fund 21,674 

Youth Emergency Shelter Society Fund 11,127 

TOTAL: DESIGNATED FUNDS $ 43,640,766 

TOTAL DISBURSEMENTS IN 2009: $ 1,100,525 

ABC Head Start Society 2,853 

Alberta Ballet Company 18,531 

Alberta Baroque Music Society 6,947 

Alberta Cancer Foundation 11,064 

Alberta Craft Council 1,000 

Alberta Emerald Foundation 13,757 

Alberta Lung Association 586 

Alberta Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church 

in Canada 6,760 

Alzheimer Society of Canada 289 

Amiskwaciy Academy 341 

Anglican Parish of Christ Church 1,312 

Art Gallery of Alberta 148,084 

Ascension Lutheran Church 314 

Banff Centre 1,312 

Birthright Edmonton 260 

Bissell Centre 10,788 

Boyle McCauley Health Centre 4,626 

Boysdale Camp Foundation 2,325 

Brian Webb Dance Company 2,202 

Camp Health, Hope & Happiness Society 9,399 

Canadian Cancer Society 539 

Canadian Diabetes Association 

of Alberta & NWT Region 539 

Canadian Federation for Sexual Health 6,900 

Canadian Mental Health Association 

Alberta Division, 1984 5,000 

Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society 2,159 

Canadian Red Cross Society, Edmonton 3,192 

Capital Care Foundation 1,727 

Caritas Hospitals Foundation 4,879 

Catholic Charities Society 539 

Centre for Family Literacy Society of Alberta 3,734 

Cerebral Palsy Association in Alberta 11,467 

CFRN-TV Good Neighbour Fund Society 397 

Children’s Ability Fund 

586 

Citadel Theatre 92,112 

CKUA Radio Foundation 995 


DOGS with WINGS Assistance Dog Society 283 

Dreamspeakers Festival Society 653 

E4C (Edmonton City Centre Church Corporation) 6,114 

Edmonton and Area Land Trust 309 

Edmonton Arts Council 61,769 

Edmonton Caring Clowns Society 160 

Edmonton Folk Music Festival Society 10,752 

Edmonton Heritage Festival Association 380 

Edmonton Humane Society (SPCA) 4,708 

Edmonton Inner City Housing Society 26,070 

Edmonton Kiwanis Music Festival Association 43,015 

Edmonton Musical Theatre Society 780 


Edmonton Police Foundation 15,804 

Edmonton Public Library 672 

Edmonton Public Schools 141 


Edmonton Women’s Shelter Ltd. 10,218 

Esk-Omi Missions Inc. 260 

Foundation of Newman Theological College 199 

Franciscan Sisters Benevolent Society 200 

Friends of Boys’ and Girls’ Clubs of Edmonton 6,207 

Friends of St. Albert Children’s Theatre Society 241 

Fringe Theatre Adventures Society 3,267 

Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital Foundation 3,623 

Good Samaritan Society 900 

Good Shepherd Lutheran Social Service Society 496 

Grant MacEwan University Foundation 3,020 

Habitat for Humanity Edmonton Society 104,630 

Heart & Stroke Foundation of Alberta 1,404 

Hervey Foundation for Cats 209 

HIV Network of Edmonton Society 326 


DESIGNATED FUNDS DISBURSEMENTS (continued) 

Horizons Training Centre Society 166 

Junior Achievement of Northern Alberta & NWT 1,628 

Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Canada 333 

KidSport Alberta 723 

Knox Metropolitan United Church 378 

Leadership Edmonton 834 

Legal Archives Society of Alberta 3,678 

Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Arts Awards 

Foundation 62,229 

Literacy Alberta Society 311 

Mustard Seed Street Church (Edmonton) 1,968 

National Theatre School of Canada 3,046 

Nature Conservancy of Canada 20,351 

Newly United Operatic Vocalists Association 735 

Newman Theological College 

& St. Joseph Seminary 286 

NorQuest College 13,211 

Northern Alberta Institute of Technology 

Foundation 2,525 

Northern Alberta Society for Animal Protection 210 

Northern Gateway Regional Division #10 500 

Options Sexual Health Association 11,900 

Orchid Species Preservation Foundation of Alberta 300 

Our House (Edmonton) Ltd. 322 

Pilgrims Hospice Society 801 

Pro Coro Society - Edmonton 825 

Richard Eaton Singers 1,867 

Robertson Wesley United Church 531 

Royal Alexandra Hospital Foundation 838 

Royal Military College Club of Canada Foundation Inc. 15,949 


Scarboro Foreign Mission Society 540 

Search & Rescue Association of Alberta 307 

Seniors Association of Greater Edmonton (SAGE) 20,324 

Sign of Hope Society, Archdiocese of Edmonton 199 

Societe des Missionnaires D’Afrique (Peres-Blancs) 199 

St. Albert Community Foundation 15,838 

Stanley A. Milner Library 3,643 

STARS (Alberta Shock Trauma Air Rescue Society) 2,587 

Stollery Children’s Hospital Foundation 1,550 

Teen Time of Edmonton 329 

Terra Association 3,983 

Tevie Miller Heritage School Society 302 




Victoria School Foundation for the Arts 389 

Westend Seniors Activity Centre 672 

Wildlife Rehabilitation Society of Edmonton 210 

WINGS of Providence Society 1,111 

Works International Visual Arts Society 1,239 

Youth Emergency Shelter Society of Edmonton 13,931 

YWCA of Edmonton 3,585 

our CHiLDrEn’s miLLEnnium FunDs 

Through the support of several generous donors, Our Children Millennium Funds provide an 

enduring legacy to help ensure children begin life with the support they need to succeed. 

Many donors have made contributions to the General Fund including the following: 

$1,000,000 + $100,000–$999,999 $10,000–$99,999 

John & Barbara Poole Family 

Robert & Shirley Stollery & Family 

Anonymous 

John & Maggie Mitchell 

Don & Joan Stanley 

Allen Family 

Fountain of Hope 

(Bank of Montreal) 

Jim & Diana Greer 

Ralph Klein Charity Classic 

Bruce Saville 



David William Bell Memorial Fund 14,162 

Bicentennial Fund 96,165 

Steven & Patty Glover Family Fund 44,921 

Sarah & Martin Gouin Family Fund for Children 1,281,585 

John Edward & Mary Ann Hockin & Family Fund 22,882 

Darlene & Doug McNally Family Fund 17,321 

Our Children’s Millennium (General) Fund 3,986,487 

TOTAL: OUR CHILDREN’S MILLENNIUM FUNDS $ 5,475,398 

Hawkesworth/Kriviak Family Fund 11,875 

TOTAL DISBURSEMENTS TO SUCCESS BY 6 IN 2009: $ 174,467 

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soCiaL EntErprisE FunDs 

The Social Enterprise Funds provide financing and technical assistance to charitable organizations 

engaging in social enterprise and affordable housing projects. 


Garber-Conrad Social Enterprise Endowment Fund 29,405 

Social Enterprise Capital Endowment Fund 

General Loan Fund 471,953 

United Way of the Alberta 

Capital Region Endowment Fund 456,341 


Social Enterprise Capital Grant Fund 75,827 

Social Enterprise Operating Fund 1,146,807 

TOTAL: SOCIAL ENTERPRISE FUNDS $ 2,180,333 

An additional anonymous $1 million is included in the Donor Advised Funds section of this annual report. 

PATH TO LOAN GRANT IN 2009: $ 5,000 

The SEF manages two separate pools of loan capital: the capital invested by the ECF which is 

managed for the benefit of charities and the capital invested by the City of Edmonton in the 

Edmonton Social Enterprise Loan Fund, a Part 9 company of which the ECF is a member, and 

which is managed for the benefit of charities and non-profits. The City of Edmonton contributed 

$3,000,000 in seed funds to the Company in 2008. The Foundation received a total of $1,140,000 

to hold in the Social Enterprise Endowment Operating Fund to enhance the sustainability of the 

Social Enterprise Fund. (For further details please refer to the Edmonton Community Foundation 

Consolidated Financial Statements as posted on-line at www.ecfoundation.org.) 

EDmonton anD arEa LanD trust FunDs 

The Edmonton and Area Land Trust is a vehicle for conserving, protecting and restoring natural 

areas of ecological significance within the City of Edmonton and surrounding areas. The Land 

Trust is designated to own land outright or hold conservation easements on land owned by 

others. The Trust receives donations of land and conservation easements or funds used to 

purchase land and support stewardship and monitoring. 

Edmonton and Area Land Trust founders: 

• City of Edmonton 

• Edmonton Community Foundation 

• Edmonton Nature Club 

• Legacy Lands Conservation Society 

• Urban Development Institute – 

Greater Edmonton Chapter 

• Land Stewardship Centre of Canada 


Edmonton and Area Land Trust Capital Fund 14,868 

Edmonton and Area Land Trust 

Operating Endowment Fund 2,738,067 


Ross & Eleanor Wein Family Fund 9,689 

TOTAL: EDMONTON AND AREA LAND TRUST FUNDS $ 2,762,624 

TOTAL DISBURSEMENTS TO EDMONTON AND AREA LAND TRUST IN 2009: $ 113,753 


Donor aDVisED FunDs 

Donors provide annual advice and recommendations to the Foundation about which charities they 

wish to support with their funds. 



Allen Family Fund 3,373,685 

Alzheimer Research & Support Fund 14,372 

Andrekson Family Fund 118,720 

Anonymous 800,000 

Anonymous Fund #10 8,185,239 







Heinrich & Lina Aulbach Fund 12,873 

Bacon Family Fund 38,880 

Robert A. & Maria Bailey Fund 112,337 

Sharon & Douglas Barbour Fund 11,626 

Basken Family Fund 13,475 

Baydala-Krawiec Endowment Fund 23,417 

Alice & Alan Bell Fund 21,284 

Fred & Helen Bentley 

Education in Agriculture Awards Fund 55,874 

Barbara G. Blackley Fund 34,869 

David Bodnarchuk Fund 21,168 

Ruth & Dudley Bristow Family Fund 179,449 

Buchwald Family Fund 20,191 

Christopher & Lisa Cairns & Family Fund 13,237 

Gil Charest Living Quilt Fund 20,485 

Ross and Muriel Cheriton Fund 22,606 

AGMJJ Cheung Family Fund 10,450 

Ernie Christman Family Fund 413,518 

Cinders Fund 636,584 

Crescent Hill Fund 79,300 

Jock Dawe Fund 174,148 

De Bathe Family Fund 9,294 

Herman & Elly de Jongh Fund 69,176 

Ann & John Dea Family Fund 35,306 

Shannon and John Dean Endowment Fund 10,127 

Randy Diamond & Dree Thomson-Diamond Fund 25,493 

Jenny Diment Fund 41,931 

Edmonton Chamber of Commerce 

Endowment Fund for Children in Need 444,655 

Jim & Sheila Edwards Family Fund 23,300 

Eidem Family Fund 205,453 

Bev & Norm Ellingson Family Fund 70,184 

Fenna Family Fund 54,674 

Lak & Ayoma Fernando Family Fund 20,179 

Eldon & Anne Foote Fund 5,111,850 

Colin Forbes Memorial Fund 10,313 

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Tony & Daniela Franceschini Family Fund 1,005,145 

Future Project Fund 24,566 

Carol Gilfillan Fund 45,412 

Carol A. Gouin Memorial Fund 46,745 

Sarah & Martin Gouin Family Fund 2,143,215 

Gower Family Fund 11,181 

Grieve/Jones Family Fund 103,927 

Erin Noelle Guthrie Memorial Fund 79,152 

Hartnagel Family Fund 23,458 

Rick & Connie Hendrickson Family Fund 48,225 

Joyce A. Hendrickson Fund 12,492 

Bettie Hewes Memorial Fund 26,771 

Alice & Brian Hinds Fund 15,244 

Gail & Bruce Hogle Family Fund 9,546 

Hole Family Fund 2,293,753 

Jack & Audrey Holmes Fund 52,917 

John & Leni Honsaker Fund 138,026 

Fabian Bubel Hopkins Fund 10,674 

Kay & Steve Hrudey Memorial Fund 34,930 

Hutton Family Fund 1,305,328 

Katherine Jacob Fund 17,151 

Jones Eidem Fund 9,066 

Jenny Jungkind Memorial Fund for Music 

and for Quality of Life 12,627 

Karbani Family Fund 12,828 

Dr. T.A. Kasper Family Fund 563,264 

John & Linda Kimmitt Family Fund 19,766 

Larry & Kathy Klaus Fund 25,338 

Gerald Knoll Family Fund 282,889 

La Bruyère Fund 410,444 

William & Shirley Lakey Family Fund 48,600 

Lammerink Family Fund 180,146 

Laurie/Thomson Fund 11,552 

LeLacheur Family Fund 135,062 

Don & Mary Leverington Fund 9,101 

Life Is A Promise Endowment Fund 705,925 

LMG Fund 58,258 

Lost Coin Fund 17,212 

Linda & Kim Mackenzie Family Fund 18,621 

Manning Family Fund 11,410 

Bill Marsden Motion Picture Practicum Fund 19,057 

Hugh & Madge McColl Family Trust Fund 215,986 

McCuaig Desrochers Centennial Fund 133,663 

Lawrence & Edith McRae Fund 557,216 

Kathryn & Robert Merrett Fund 28,794 

John & Maggie KHG Mitchell Family Fund 778,666 

Doreen & Zenith Moisey Fund 882,695

DONOR ADVISED FUNDS (continued) 


Moses Charitable Fund 58,252 

Music of the Spheres Legacy Fund 96,786 

Nancy’s Butterfly Fund 59,985 

Eileen Nash Memorial Fund 48,847 

NAVIFUND 51,689 

Maggie & Jim Neilson Family Fund 15,927 

Jim Noble Family Hope Fund 20,614 

Nunastar Properties Fund for Northern Children 1,097,870 

Odynski Family Fund 22,569 

Ogilvie Fund 321,108 

Fonds Vital & Colleen Ouellette Endowment Fund 13,616 

Judith Peglau Family Fund 44,512 

V.N. & A.J. Pratt Fund 125,309 

John & Connie Prentice Family Endowment Fund 475,064 

Nora & Don Prentice Family Fund 10,231 


Teri Taylor-Tunski (T3) Fund 396,860 

Joe & Nancy Thompson Family Fund 1,154,498 

Ron & Dorothy Triffo Family Fund 2,739,610 

Victor-Osten Fund 720,817 

Watson Family Fund 106,851 

Weir Family Fund 698,556 

Genevieve (Jean) Whiting Fund 54,612 

Dave Williams Leadership Award Fund 28,009 

Douglas & Jane Wilson Fund 45,085 

Justin J. Wong Memorial Fund 24,534 

C.J. Woods, FCA Family Fund 228,541 

Ron & Donna Worthington Family Fund 33,819 

Yih Family Charitable Giving Fund 9,144 

Ralph & Gay Young Family Fund 469,823 

Ralph & Gay Young Family Capital Fund 523,957 

Rainbow Fund 12,889 

Douglas & Kathleen Ritchie Family Fund 18,929 

Ann & Steve Robson Family Fund 10,434 

Arnold & Grace Rumbold Fund 157,223 

Bud & Laverna Salloum Family Fund 45,387 

FAMILIES OF DONOR ADVISED FUNDS 

Rotary Club of Edmonton West Funds 

Rotary Club of Edmonton West Fund 70,046 

Zen Moisey Rotary Club of West Edmonton Fund 12,391 

Don & Georgie Scafe Fund 30,473 

Schizophrenia Millennium 2000 Fund 13,045 

Owen Schlosser Fund 13,876 

Semchishen Family Fund 54,746 

Craig Simpson & Friends Charity Funds 34,350 

Rod & Jane Simpson Family Fund 24,138 

Slavik Family Fund 305,991 

Don & Joan Stanley Fund 1,617,452 

EDMONTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FLOW-THROUGH FUNDS 


General Edmonton Community Foundation 

Flow-through Fund 1,161,796 

Life Is A Promise Charity Fund 280,000 

Nunastar Properties Fund for Northern Children 28,000 

Stollery Small Grants Fund 66,100 

Jean & Gerry Staring Fund 45,502 

Pam & David Steeves Fund 10,938 

P & L Strohschein Family Fund 254,606 

TOTAL: DONOR ADVISED FUNDS $ 111,954,034 

TOTAL DISBURSEMENTS IN 2009: $ 4,880,292 

Abbottsfield Youth Project 13,750 

ABC Head Start Society 30,000 

Alberta Association for Community Living 500 

Alberta Ballet Company 16,000 

Alberta Baroque Music Society 900 

Alberta Cancer Foundation 5,852 

Alberta Council for Environmental Education 10,000 

Alberta Council on Aging 300 

Alberta Craft Council 5,000 

Alberta Lung Association 1,000 

Alberta Wilderness Association 500 

All Saints’ Anglican Cathedral 1,000 

ALS Society of Canada 500 

Alzheimer Society of Alberta 

& Northwest Territories 959 

Anglican Parish of Christ Church 1,600 

Animal Cancer Therapy Subsidization Society 100 

Art Gallery of Alberta 381,500 

Arthritis Society (Alberta & NWT Region) 345 

Bamfield Arts Council 10,000 

Banff Centre 15,000 

Battle River Regional Division #31 700 

Bent Arrow Traditional Healing Society 700 

Bernadette N. Swan Social Care Foundation 200 

Bev Facey Composite High School 500 

Big Brothers Big Sisters Society of Edmonton 

& Area 20,000 

Bird Studies Canada 200 

Bissell Centre 66,091 

Black Gold Regional Division #18 700 

Bow Valley Community Foundation 2,000 

Boyle McCauley Health Centre 3,566 

Braemar Baptist Society of Edmonton 1,500 

Bread of Life Ministries of Western Canada 1,500 


DONOR ADVISED FUNDS DISBURSEMENTS (continued) 

British Columbia Guide Dog Services 60,000 

British Columbia Society for the Prevention 

of Cruelty to Animals 30,000 

Calgary Foundation 500 

Camp Health, Hope & Happiness Society 1,000 

Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation 1,500 

Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives 500 

Canadian Diabetes Association of Alberta 

& NWT Region 3,711 

Canadian Hunger Foundation (CHF) 20,000 

Canadian Paraplegic Association (Alberta) 300 

Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society 2,000 

Canadian Red Cross Society, Edmonton 5,800 

Canadian Society of Decorative Arts 5,000 

Canadian Wildlife Federation 200 

Capital Care Foundation 1,000 

Caritas Hospitals Foundation 7,152 

CASA Child, Adolescent and Family Mental Health 15,000 

CASA Foundation 5,000 

Catalyst Theatre Society of Alberta 2,000 

Catholic Social Services 1,000 

Centre for Family Literacy Society of Alberta 5,256 

CGIT Board of Edmonton Society 15,000 

Child Evangelism Fellowship of Canada 500 

Christmas Bureau of Edmonton 3,000 

Citadel Theatre 253,145 

City of Edmonton, Parks 30,000 

CKUA Radio Foundation 5,000 


Community Foundations of Canada 3,000 

Compassion Canada 600 

Concordia University College 5,000 

Diabetes Research Institute Foundation, Canada, Inc. 145 

David Suzuki Foundation 500 

Doctors Without Borders Canada 20,145 

Dogs with Wings Assistance Dog Society 512 

E4C (Edmonton City Centre Church Corporation) 127,675 

Ecojustice Canada 13,000 

Edmonton Beth Shalom Congregation 180 

Edmonton Caring Clowns Society 645 

Edmonton Down Syndrome Society 5,000 

Edmonton Gleaners Association 9,032 

Edmonton Heritage Festival Association 400 

Edmonton Humane Society (SPCA) 41,000 

Edmonton Inner City Housing Society 28,300 

Edmonton International Street Performers Festival 645 

Edmonton Kiwanis Music Festival Association 218 

Edmonton Meals on Wheels 1,200 

Edmonton Mennonite Centre for 

Newcomers Society 1,513 

Edmonton Musical Theatre Society 5,500 

Edmonton New Shadow Theatre Society 2,000 


Edmonton People In Need Shelter Society 100 

Edmonton Police Service 1,500 

Edmonton Public Schools 1,200 


Edmonton United Jewish Appeal 125 

Edmonton Women’s Shelter Ltd. 7,008 

Edmonton Youth Orchestra Association 1,140 

Edzimkulu, A Society for Children of AIDS 56,200 

Elk Island Public Schools Regional Division #14 700 

Esther Honens 

International Piano Competition Foundation 5,100 

Excel Resources Society 2,700 

Fire Fighters Burn Treatment Society 500 

Fort Edmonton Foundation 500 

Fort Saskatchewan Hospital Foundation 589 

Franciscan Sisters Benevolent Society 20,000 

Friends of Boys’ and Girls’ Clubs of Edmonton 8,486 

Friends of PAAFE 

(Prostitution Awareness & Action Foundation) 5,000 

Friends of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights Inc. 15,000 

Girls Incorporated of Durham 300 

Global Angel Charitable Organization 15,000 

Grant MacEwan University Foundation 715,602 

Greater St. Albert Catholic Regional Div. #29 700 

Gull Lake Baptist Camp 500 

Habitat for Humanity Edmonton Society 718 

Hazel Bluff United Church 500 

Heart & Stroke Foundation of Alberta 1,000 

Holy Trinity Anglican Church 4,000 

Hope Foundation of Alberta 500 

Hope Mission 11,038 

iHuman Youth Society 324,556 

Jellinek Society 145 

Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Canada 20,000 

Kids Kottage Foundation 30,000 

Kids Up Front Foundation (Edmonton) 15,000 

Kids With Cancer Society of Northern Alberta 157,000 

KidSport Canada 12,000 

Leukemia Research Fund of Canada 500 

Life Outreach International 1,280 

Make-A-Wish Foundation of Northern Alberta 30,000 

Mark Mercier Foundation 5,000 

McDougall House Association 30,000 

Mental Health Foundation 11,000 

Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD Canada) 500 

Multicultural Family Resources Society 3,000 

Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada, 

Alberta Division 2,000 

Mustard Seed Street Church (Edmonton) 38,288 

Nature Conservancy of Canada 11,148 

New Tribes Mission of Canada 2,500 

Newly United Operatic Vocalists Association 1,265 

NorQuest College Foundation 5,000 

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DONOR ADVISED FUNDS DISBURSEMENTS (continued) 


Northern Light Theatre 2,000 

Norwood Child & Family Resource Centre 800 

Novayana Society for Eastern and Western Studies 6,000 

Operation Eyesight Universal 500 

Operation Friendship 300 

Options Sexual Health Association 500 

Parkinson’s Society of Alberta 500 

Pembina Foundation for Environmental Research 

and Education 1,500 

Personal Community Support Association of Alberta 22,862 

Phillips Exeter Academy Canadian 

Scholarship Foundation 100,000 

Pilgrims Hospice Society 55,000 

Planned Lifetime Advocacy Network (PLAN) 

Edmonton 10,000 

Recreation for Life Foundation 1,000 

Ridley College 400,000 

Rotary Club of Edmonton West 5,000 

Rotary Foundation Canada 1,200 

Royal Alexandra Hospital Foundation 246,000 


Samaritan’s Purse - Canada 966 

Save the Children - Canada 500 

Seniors Association of Greater Edmonton (SAGE) 200 

Shiloh Rebman Youth Ranch Society 1,000 

Southminster-Steinhauer United Church 5,000 

Spinal Cord Injury Treatment Centre 

(Northern Alberta) Society 45,000 

STARS (Alberta Shock Trauma Air Rescue Society) 30,702 

Stephen Lewis Foundation 1,400 

Stollery Children’s Hospital Foundation 8,859 

Stratford Shakespearean Festival of Canada 600 

Support Network 1,822 

Taylor University College & Seminary 3,000 

Teatro La Quindicina Theatre Society 2,000 

Temple Beth Ora Congregation of Edmonton 1,200 

Terra Association 55,819 

Theatre Network (1975) Society 500 

Tides Canada Foundation 10,000 

Ukrainian Shumka Dancers 20,000 

UNICEF Alberta 10,000 

UNICEF Canada 450 

United Way of Greater Victoria 15,000 


United World Mission of Canada, Inc. 689 



University of Regina 14,000 

Valley Zoo Development Society 1,000 

Vibrant Communities Edmonton 25,000 

Voice of the Martyrs Inc. 260 

Walterdale Theatre Associates 2,000 

War Amputations of Canada 145 

WINGS of Providence Society 3,000 

Winnifred Stewart Association 

for the Mentally Handicapped 200 

Women Building Futures Society 300 

Wordfest Banff-Calgary International 

Writers Festival 5,000 

Workshop West Playwrights’ Theatre Society 2,403 

World Federalist Foundation 300 

World Relief Canada 966 

World Wildlife Fund Canada 1,300 

Writers’ Guild of Alberta 5,000 

Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation 

Initiative Foundation 25,000 

YOUCAN - Edmonton 5,000 

Young Men’s Christian Association of Edmonton 10,000 

Youth Emergency Shelter Society of Edmonton 64,300 

Youth Restorative Action Project 31,200 

Zebra Child Protection Centre Society 1,000 

sCHoLarsHip, Bursary anD aWarD FunDs 

Donors help students achieve their educational and career goals by offering support with 

scholarships based on a wide range of criteria. These funds can be discretionary, designated or 

donor advised. 



Acadia House Scholarship Fund 10,017 

All Weather Windows’ Scholarship Fund 174,392 

Diana Bacon Scholarship Fund 13,668 

Albert Bodnarchuk Award Fund 10,694 

Margaret-Ellen Bonar Scholarship Fund 10,618 

Cheriton Student Award Fund 333,732 


Thomas Chong Memorial Trust Fund 38,792 

Frantisek Cikanek Memorial Fund 12,170 

Judy Craig Teacher Development Endowment Fund 9,440 

Esther & Peter Cunliffe Fund 52,047 

Evelyn Mary Darch Memorial Fund 11,886 

ERHC Trade Scholarship Endowment Fund 299,227 


SCHOLARSHIP, BURSARY AND AWARD FUNDS (continued) 


Nancy Fairley Scholarship Fund 230,616 

Farmer Family Instrumental Organ 


Farmer Family Kiwanis Fund 17,598 

Harry Farmer Memorial Fund 12,326 

Kathleen Farmer Memorial Fund 12,326 

Mike Fogolin Spirit of Champions Scholarship Fund 46,399 

John Patrick Gillese Fund 12,672 

Sarah & Martin Gouin Family Education Fund 970,635 

Marshall Hamar Memorial Fund 33,184 

Chris Hunter Memorial Fund 23,090 

Chris Judge Endowment Fund 39,599 

Rose Margaret King Education Fund 533,107 

Jeffrey Klaus Scholarship Fund 61,869 

Catherine Lalonde Memorial Scholarship Fund 58,364 

Charmaine Letourneau Fund 36,043 

Beverley MacLean Legacy Fund 70,808 

ManCap Legacy Education Grant Fund 426,630 

Al Maurer Awards Fund 12,154 

McCauley School “Invest in the Future” 


Dr. John Melling Scholarship Fund 1,288,402 

Jean & Gregory Moisey Fund 19,667 


Alexandra Munn Scholarship Fund 46,172 

Evelyn & Gene Norville Memorial Scholarship Fund 73,575 

Dr. David Plotsky Memorial Fund 9,257 

Ernest E. Poole 1906 Stoughton Awards 


Della Roland Memorial Fund 10,957 

Saint John’s School of Alberta Bursary Fund 15,756 

Saint John’s School of Ontario Bursary Fund 26,068 

Father Sargeant Scholarship Fund 9,014 

Maria T. Schneider Fund 18,041 

Shauna Seneca Award Fund 14,131 

Ranald & Vera Shean Memorial Scholarship Fund 870,147 

Stollery Community Scholarship Fund 100,594 

Stollery Education Trust Fund 236,694 

Symphony Women’s Educational Assistance Fund 44,322 

Vasa Skandia Award Fund 27,650 

John & Andrea Wallin Fund 23,730 

BELCOURT BROSSEAU MéTIS AWARDS FUNDS 

Belcourt Brosseau Métis Awards Fund 13,012,228 

Enbridge Pipelines Inc. Belcourt Brosseau Métis 

Awards Fund 71,538 

TOTAL: SCHOLARSHIP, BURSARY 

AND AWARD FUNDS $ 19,701,053 

Leilani Muir Fund 51,008 

Paul & Florence Mulyk Fund 10,614 


Foundation Administered 

166 Belcourt Brosseau Métis Awards recipients 490,444 

1 Community Scholarship recipient 2,000 

5 Nancy Fairley Scholarship recipients 10,000 

2 Don Howden and Jane Squire Howden Awards 

recipients 5,000 

7 Rose Margaret King Merit Award recipients 12,500 

1 Charmaine Letourneau Scholarship recipient 1,500 

1 David Plotsky Award recipient 500 

2 Probert Math Award recipients 8,306 

5 Ranald & Vera Shean Memorial Scholarship 

recipients 9,753 

4 John & Andrea Wallin Award recipients 1,500 

1 Youth Formerly in Care Bursary recipient 1,378 

Other 

Andrew School 629 

Concordia University College 5,000 

Edmonton Catholic Separate School District 7 2,000 

Edmonton Kiwanis Music Festival Association 1,000 

Edmonton Police Service 2,251 

Edmonton Public Schools 1,745 

Edmonton Youth Orchestra Association 3,406 

Grant MacEwan University 23,585 

Hope Mission 2,000 

Lethbridge College 10,000 

ManCap Foundation 12,527 

Neuchatel Junior College 2,000 

NorQuest College 17,000 


Outward Bound Canada 1,200 

Pembina Hills Regional Division #7 500 

Rimbey Christian School Society 500 

Royal Canadian College of Organists 

Edmonton Centre 1,400 

South East Cornerstone School Division #209 3,031 


University of Calgary 1,000 

Yellowhead Koinonia Christian School 500 

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EmErGinG FunDs 

Emerging Funds allow donors to gradually build named funds. This option encourages a first 

gift of $1,000 plus the donor’s commitment to add steadily to the fund until it reaches $10,000. 

Amounts are disbursed to charitable causes only when the Fund reaches this level. 



26BG1234 Family Fund 1,926 



Sam and Sonia Azer Family Fund 7,108 

Babb/Murchison Family Fund 600 

Banister Family Fund 5,762 

Michael and Kathryn Brechtel Fund 100 

Bull Family Fund 1,963 

David & Deb Cautley Family Legacy Fund 1,612 

CKUA Board of Directors Fund 6,685 

Collinge Fund 8,048 

Coutts/Jager Family Fund 9,129 

Mary DeFerro Fund 226 

Edmonton in Bloom Fund 3,466 

Edmonton Refugee & Emerging Community 

Awards Fund 4,505 

Diann & Art Etter Fund 2,558 

Charlotte and Tom Fredericks Fund for CKUA 922 

Aletha Joy Bourne Gilsdorf 

READ2KIDS Memorial Fund 8,661 

Frederic and Alma Gojmerac Family Fund 3,046 

Harper-Kennedy Fund 4,517 

Holy Spirit Lutheran Church Fund 930 

Jane Hopkinson Fund 1,377 

House Family Fund 3,633 

Karen L. Johnson Fund 9,801 

Keating Family Hedgehog Fund 101 

Dawson J. Koski Memorial Fund 9,505 

William Arnold (“Bill”) Lee Fund 7,547 

Kathy Lenihan Fund 1,781 


Mark D. Lepine Fund 1,081 

Leung Family Fund 4,962 

A. Blair McPherson Memorial Fund 8,947 

Memorial and Traffic Safety Fund 8,728 

Margaret Michaud Family Fund 4,528 

Nichols Family Fund 6,095 

Otteson Family Fund 6,572 

Pamela Paul Endowment Fund for the Prevention 

of Family Violence 1,416 

Pilgrims Hospice Fund 5,548 

Platten-Brimacombe Family Fund 4,707 

David & Cheryl Porter Fund 8,806 

Allan R. Purvis Junior Hockey Memorial Fund 7,455 

Redshoe Family Fund 2,286 

Geraldine Cecilia Riley Fund 5,647 

Ross Sheppard Alumni Basketball Award Fund 4,029 

Gwen & Gordon Rowswell Fund 5,206 

Shelemey Client Memorial Trust Fund 7,637 

A Family That Cares – 

John & Avery Stobbe Family Fund 8,331 

Emmy Stuebing Family & Friends Fund 3,884 

Teen Time of Edmonton Fund 5,516 

Tiger Family Fund 8,151 

United Way of the Alberta Capital Region 


Walterdale Players’ Endowment Fund 430 

YESS 2 Love Fund 1,026 

Yez Family Fund 9,139 

Princess Taz Zowtuk Family Fund 421 

TOTAL: EMERGING FUNDS $ 250,871 

opEratinG EnDoWmEnt FunDs 

Edmonton Community Foundation’s goal is to maximize the amounts available to support 

charities. The Foundation takes a prudent approach to the cost of operations and sincerely 

appreciates the assistance of donors who contribute directly to the operating costs of Edmonton 

Community Foundation or to the Operating Endowment Fund. 


Edmonton Community Foundation 

Operating Endowment Fund 2,648 



Jack Watson Family Fund 9,579 

TOTAL: OPERATING ENDOWMENT FUNDS $ 2,189,154 



aDministErED FunDs 

Administered funds are held for other charities as a community service. These funds are not endowed 

with the Foundation. No new Administered Funds have been accepted since January 1, 2005. 


AGSEB Fund 27,394 

Alberta Aviation Museum Endowment Fund 155,175 

Battle River Community Foundation Fund 5,028,599 

Boys’ & Girls’ Clubs of Alberta Fund 11,931 

Brail Tone Music Society of Canada Fund 11,143 

Canadian Mental Health Association 

Alberta East Central Fund 56,599 

CFRN TV Good Neighbour Fund Society Fund 437,056 

Cosmopolitan Music Society Administered Fund 42,986 

Drayton Valley Community Foundation Fund 464,589 

Edmonton Art Gallery Building Fund 21,050 

Edmonton Concert Hall Foundation 

Endowment Fund 4,809,278 

Edmonton Jewish Community 

Charitable Foundation Fund 548,652 

Edmonton Regional Science Fair 


Edmonton Rotary Club Foundation Fund 720,424 

Edmonton’s Food Bank Fund 671,644 

EICHS Projects Built After 1995 

Replacement Reserve Fund 355,761 

Environmental Law Centre (Alberta) Society Fund 130,267 

General Hospital (Grey Nuns) Foundation Fund 54,316 

Heritage Agricultural Society Endowment Fund 64,257 


Imrie Fund for Community Mental Health 212,812 

Inner City Youth Housing Project Fund 46,709 

Jewish Family Services Fund 69,874 

Lion’s Eye Bank (Alberta) Society 

Vern Millard Memorial Endowment Fund 62,362 

Mayerthorpe Area Community Foundation Fund 128,007 

Norwood Community Service Centre 


Our House Addiction Recovery Fund 158,862 

Shragge (Jewish Family Services) Fund 15,719 

Sigma Alpha Mu (Jewish Family Services) Fund 15,107 

Sisters of Our Lady of the Cross 

Endowment Educational Assistance Fund 119,070 

Sport Central Association Fund 106,631 

St. Albert Community Foundation 

Administered Fund 17,270 

St. Paul’s Foundation (Edmonton) Fund 1,852,431 

Strathcona Shelter Society - A Safe Place Fund 8,982 

Telephone Historical Centre Endowment Fund 31,574 

Tevie Miller Heritage School Society Fund 95,351 

Vega Scholarship Fund 

(for the Edmonton Space and Science Centre) 76,397 

Writers Guild of Alberta Fund 10,084 

TOTAL: ADMINISTERED FUNDS $ 17,087,047 

Heritage Festival Fund 424,506 

TOTAL DISBURSEMENTS AND TRANSFERS IN 2009: $ 2,072,525 

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Financial Highlights 

Year ended December 31, 2009 

• Total value of funds amounted to $254.8 

million (2008: $220.5 million) 

• $18.4 million received in contributions 

(2008: $24.6 million) 

• 43 new funds created (2008: 52) 

• Total disbursements for charitable causes 

were $10.5 million (2008: $10.2 million) 

• Return on investment of 14.75% net of 

average custodian and investment counsel 

fees (2008: -14.70%) 

• Annualised return of 7.96% since 1989 (gross 

of fees) 

• Net administration costs were 0.67% of the 

average market value of all funds, excluding 

custodian and investment counsel fees 

(2008: 0.60%) 

45% Donor Advised 

Funds 

21% Designated Funds 

12% Community Funds 

7% Administered 

Funds 

6% Scholarship, 

Bursary and 

Award Funds 

5% Field of Interest 

Funds 

1% Restricted Fund 

1% Combined 

Purpose Funds 

1% Operating 

Endowment Funds 

1% Social Enterprise 

Funds 

32% Arts, culture 

& heritage 

23% Social & 

community 

services 

20% Education 

& learning 

10% Health & wellness 

6% Scholarships 

& awards 

6% Environment, 

recreation & leisure 

3% Other 

67% Salaries and 

contract services 

14% General 

administration 

10% Communications 

& donor services 

4% Professional fees 

3% Program & 

community 

support 

2% Occupancy 

FUNDS 

The total value of the funds was 

$254.8 million. 

(thousands of dollars) 

Donor Advised Funds 1 $ 115,308 

Designated Funds 2 53,097 

Community Funds 3 29,833 

Administered Funds 17,087 

Scholarship, Bursary 

and Award Funds 15,323 

Field of Interest Funds 13,702 

Restricted Fund 3,077 

Combined Purpose Funds 3,045 

Operating Endowment Funds 2,189 

Social Enterprise Funds 2,180 

$ 254,841 

DiSbURSemeNtS FoR 

ChaRitable PURPoSeS 

Disbursements for charitable purposes 

were $10.5 million (including $2,073,000 

from funds administered for other 

charities) . 


Arts, culture & heritage $ 3,321 

Social & community services 2,362 

Education & learning 2,134 

Health & wellness 1,060 

Environment, recreation & leisure 676 

Scholarships & awards 600 

Other 310 

$ 10,463 

aDmiNiStRatioN 

Net adminstration costs were kept to 

0.67% of the average market value of 

all funds. 


Salaries & contract services $ 1,339 

General administration 277 

Communications & donor services 203 

Professional fees 92 

Program & community support 53 

Occupancy 45 

2,009 

Contributions & recoveries (435) 

$ 1,574 

1 

Includes Emerging and Flowthrough Funds 

2 

Includes designated Scholarship, Bursary and Award, 

Our Children’s Millennium and Edmonton & Area Land Trust Funds 

3 

Includes Memorial (discretionary) and Winspear Funds 


FinanCiaL rEport 

Donors trust Edmonton Community Foundation 

to make effective decisions to best meet the 

needs of the community, now and forever. 

GOVERNANCE 

A 12-member volunteer board represents 

the community’s interests, sets direction and 

standards and monitors all facets of our 

operations. 

Created through an Act of the Legislature of 

Alberta, Edmonton Community Foundation 

became active in 1989. A Committee of 

Nominators, whose responsibility it is to 

appoint members to the Board, is created 

through appointment by the mayor of 

Edmonton, the president of the Chamber of 

Commerce, the president of the Edmonton and 

District Labour Council, the senior Justice of 

the Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta resident 

in Edmonton, the University of Alberta the 

United Way of the Alberta Capital Region and 

the Edmonton Bar Association. The Board then 

elects a chair and deputy chair and appoints 

a secretary. 

Additional community volunteers serve on 

a number of committees chaired by a Board 

member. The committees offer counsel to staff 

and provide recommendations to the Board to 

help meet its overall responsibilities. 

The Chief Executive Officer, hired by and 

reporting to the Board, hires and manages all 

staff and ensures that everyone works together 

within the strategic direction set by the Board. 

INVESTmENT PRACTICE 

Edmonton Community Foundation investment 

and disbursement practices reflect the 

long-term time horizon that is the nature of 

permanent endowments. We are committed to 

providing maximum benefits to our community, 

now and forever. 

An Investment Committee with senior level 

investment management experience reviews 

performance using a benchmark performance 

measurement system. The Board reviews 

investment performance and the target 

portfolio mix regularly. Investments are 

professionally managed, earning an annualized 

rate of return on pooled investment of 14.75% in 

2009 (net of average fees) and 7.96% since 1989 

(gross of fees). 

dISbuRSEmENT GuIdElINES 

By following a disciplined disbursement policy 

and in accordance with Canada Revenue 

Agency guidelines, funds keep pace with 

inflation and can accommodate periodic 

weak investment performance. Over time, 

our community receives more support than 

if any higher percentage of fund value were 

disbursed. 

AdmINISTRATIVE COSTS ANd CuSTOdIAN 

ANd INVESTmENT COuNSEl FEES 

Net administration costs and custodian 

and investment counsel fees are kept to 

approximately 1% of the average market 

value of all funds. 

Net earnings in excess of disbursements, 

administrative costs and custodian and 

investment counsel fees are reinvested so the 

Foundation’s endowment funds and grants 

continue to grow year after year. 

Edmonton Community Foundation does not 

undertake fundraising events or campaigns 

for which it pays fundraising fees, costs or 

expenses, although there may be occasional 

events organized by volunteer third parties. 

Consolidated investment Portfolio 

(December 31, 2009) 

27% Fixed Income 

24% Canadian Equities 

18% International Equities 

17% U.S. Equities 

6% Cash, Cash Equivalents 

and Money Market Funds 

5% Real Estate 

2% Infrastructure 

1% Mortgage Funds 

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auDitors’ rEport 

To the directors of the Edmonton Community Foundation 

The accompanying summarized consolidated statement of financial position and the summarized 

consolidated statement of changes in fund balances are derived from the complete consolidated 

financial statements of Edmonton Community Foundation as at December 31, 2009, and for 

the year then ended, on which we expressed an opinion without reservation in our report dated 

March 19, 2010. The fair summarization of the complete financial statements is the responsibility 

of management. Our responsibility, in accordance with the applicable Assurance Guideline of 

the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants, is to report on the summarized consolidated 

financial statements. 

In our opinion, the accompanying financial statements fairly summarize, in all material respects, 

the related complete financial statements in accordance with the criteria described in the 

Guideline referred to above. 

These summarized consolidated financial statements do not contain all the disclosures required 

by Canadian generally accepted accounting principles. Readers are cautioned that these 

statements may not be appropriate for their purposes. For more information on the entity’s 

financial position, results of operations and cash flows, reference should be made to the related 

complete financial statements. 

Signed by 

Deloitte & Touche LLP 

Chartered Accountants 

May 17, 2010 

Edmonton Community Foundation is committed to full accountability and transparency in all we do. 

Our full audited financial statements are available on our website at www.ecfoundation.org 

or to receive copies by mail please call (780) 426-0015. 


summarizED ConsoLiDatED statEmEnt 

oF FinanCiaL position 

December 31, 2009 


2009 2008 

ASSETS 

CURRENT 

Cash and cash equivalents $ 2,921 $ 2,642 

Trust assets – investments 560 – 

Trust assets – 766 

Current portion of loans receivable 305 305 

Amounts receivable 1,478 1,072 

5,264 4,785 

LOANS RECEIVABLE – 305 

INVESTMENTS 250,850 217,373 

CAPITAL ASSETS 138 155 

$ 256,252 $ 222,618 

LIABILITIES 

CURRENT 

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities $ 339 $ 267 

Distributions payable 70 624 

Trust liabilities – investments 560 – 

Trust liabilities – 766 

Funds administered for others 17,087 16,216 

Deferred contributions 83 300 

Deferred contributions – province operating 74 61 

Deferred contributions – province path to loan grants 80 100 

Deferred contributions – safety council 75 – 

Deferred contributions – social impact 130 – 

FUND BALANCES 

18,498 18,334 

Endowment funds 226,144 194,451 

Non–endowment funds 8,533 6,581 

Restricted fund 3,077 3,252 

237,754 204,284 

$ 256,252 $ 222,618 

Approved by the board: 

Karen Platten, Director 

Ove Minsos, Director 

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summarizED ConsoLiDatED statEmEnt oF 

CHanGEs in FunD BaLanCEs 

Year ended December 31, 2009 


Endowment 

Funds 

Nonendowment 

Funds 

2009 2008 

Restricted 

Fund 

Total 

Endowment 

Funds 

Nonendowment 

Funds 

Restricted 

Fund 

Contributions $ 12,879 $ 4,059 $ – $ 16,938 $ 19,824 $ 3,566 $ – $ 23,390 

Investment income 

(loss) 27,431 785 (175) 28,041 (41,878) (941) 2,075 (40,744) 

Expenditures - net (2,674) (79) – (2,753) (2,634) (61) – (2,695) 

Distributions approved (5,943) (2,813) – (8,756) (7,416) (2,568) – (9,984) 

Transfers from (to): 

Endowment funds – – – – – 15 – 15 

Non-endowment funds – – – – (15) – – (15) 

Administered funds – – – – 3 487 – 490 

INCREASE (DECREASE) 

DURING THE YEAR 31,693 1,952 (175) 33,470 (32,116) 498 2,075 (29,543) 

BALANCE 

BEGINNING OF YEAR 194,451 6,581 3,252 204,284 226,567 6,083 1,177 233,827 

BALANCE 

END OF YEAR $ 226,144 $ 8,533 $ 3,077 $ 237,754 $ 194,451 $ 6,581 $ 3,252 $ 204,284 

Total 


others Who make 

it all Happen 

Edmonton Community Foundation sincerely appreciates the generous support provided 

by many people who share their time & talent. Your knowledge and expertise help keep 

the Foundation connected and relevant. 

Greg Bainbridge 

Debbie Bryson 

Jeff Bryson 

Cindy Burgess 

Peni Christopher 

Bill Dean 

Don Dickson 

Paul Freeman 

Carol Gilfillan 

Lynn Groves Hautmann 

Tara Hatch 

Marilyn Huber 

Hussein D. Kanji 

Karen Link 

Karen Lynch 

Wendy Macdonald 

Alexandra Munn 

Marni Pearce 

Virginia Stephen 

Njeri Waiyaki 

Marilyn Wilson 

The following organizations also share their time and expertise to help keep 

costs low and service high. 

City of Edmonton Community Services 

The Dagny Partnership 

Deloitte & Touche LLP 

MacPherson Leslie Tyerman LLP 

McLennan Ross LLP 

Minsos Stewart Masson 

Will Power-Wills Week offers free public seminars that encourage people to make or 

update their wills. Each year lawyers and steering committee members volunteer their 

time to talk about the importance of having an up-to-date will, using the services of 

professional advisors and including favourite charities as beneficiaries. These public 

service events reached over 1,000 participants in 2009. 

Lynne Butler, Scotia Private Client Group 

Shelly Chamaschuk, Reynolds, Mirth, Richards & Farmer LLP 

Jean Coutts, Heritage Law Office 

Dawn Hawley, Plan 4 

Wanda M. Fawcett, Bishop & McKenzie LLP 

Lois MacLean, De Villars Jones 

Andrew McLaughlin, Turning Point Law 

Avideh Musgrave, Richie Mill Law Office 

Jennifer Ornstein, Field Law 

Crista Osualdini, McLennan Ross LLP 

Karen Platten, McLennan Ross LLP 

Hilary Tanasichuk Professional Corporation 

John B. Williams, Prowse Chowne LLP 

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our staff 

From top left 

Shirley Short, Receptionist 

Glenda Wyatt, Project 

Assistant 

Bob Ward, Executive Director, 

Social Enterprise Fund 

Scott Graham, Director, 

Community Grants 

Judith Peglau, Program 

Administrator, Grants 

Kerri De Luca, Donor Services 

Assistant 

Martin Garber-Conrad, Chief 

Executive Officer 

Teresa Goldie, Executive 

Assistant 

Craig Stumpf-Allen, Director, 

Special Funds 

Carol Watson, Initiatives & 

Communications 

Mira Seliga, Director, Finance 

Ana Robitu, 

Operations Accountant 

Erich Welz, Special Funds & 

Technical Administrator 

Anita Bauman, Consolidated 

Trust Accountant 

Kathy Hawkesworth, Director, 

Donor Services 

Karen Good, Donor Services 

Associate 

Liz Lepp, Donor Services 

Associate 


Foundation Leaders 

board of 

Directors 

Karen Platten, 

Chair 

John Holmlund, 

Vice-Chair† 

Joanne Beaton 

Melissa Field† 

Neil Gower, 

Secretary 

Linda Hughes 

Zaheer Lakhani 

John Mahon† 

Ove Minsos 

Penny Omell 

Larry Pana† 

Rod Rode 

Garth Warner† 

† Missing from 

photo. 

audit Committee 

Ove Minsos, Chair 

Diane Davies 

Linda Hornung 

Ruhil Popatia 

Joyce Tustian 

Garth Warner 

Yusuf Karbani* 

Carolyn Graham* 

Wayne 

Kauffman* 

investment 

Committee 

Penny Omell, 

Chair 

Joanne Beaton 

Bill Grace 

Dave Guernsey 

John Holmlund 

Ross Lizotte 

Arthur Madden 

Jai Parihar 

Harold Roozen 

Peter Stephen 

Ove Minsos* 

* Departing 

members in 

2009. 

Penny Omell 

Ove Minsos 

Linda Hughes 

Karen Platten 

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Governance 

Committee 

Larry Pana, Chair 

Reg Basken 

Committee of 

Nominators 

Neena Ahluwalia 

Joanne Beaton 

Ove Minsos 

Tom Olenuk 

Anne Smith 

(We were saddened when Tom Olenuk 

passed away suddenly in November 2009) 

Greg Jaycock 

George Dawson 

Ove Minsos 

Rod Rode 

Justice Sheila 

Greckol 

Neil Gower 

Rod Rode 

Joanne Beaton 

Zaheer Lakhani

9910–103 Street NW 

Edmonton AB T5K 2V7 

www.ecfoundation.org 

Tel 780.426.0015 

Fax 780.425.0121 

Email info@ecfoundation.org 

Business number 

(for charitable purposes) 

12243 7072 RR0001 

At time of printing 

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2009 Annual Report - Edmonton Community Foundation

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