Highlighted Funds
Last Updated (Tuesday, 26 January 2010 22:20) Written by Administrator Tuesday, 18 November 2008 16:52
Edmonton Community Foundation’s support of charities and their activities enhances virtually every aspect of our lives – arts and culture, education and learning, environment, health and social services, recreation and leisure, seniors, youth and more.
The Foundation has shown refreshing innovation in matching donor wishes with community needs and opportunities to create unique ways of fulfilling dreams and offering support to charities throughout our community and beyond.
Bookmark this page so you can review a variety of featured funds showing different approaches taken by the Foundation.
The Rainbow Fund was launched at ECF in 1999 to support Edmonton's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered (LGBT) community. While historically the fund has been donor advised, the donors have now "opened up" the fund to engage a broader community. ECF is working with a committee of community members to raise awareness of the fund and to develop priorities for granting.
In November, ECF hosted a conversation on philanthropy in Edmonton's LGBT community as part of Exposure: Edmonton's Queer Arts & Culture Festival. Local filmmaker Trevor Anderson screened his film "The Island" and spoke about the realities of working and looking for funding in Edmonton and about the importance to him of remaining in our community. A conversation followed on how to build LGBT philanthropy.
For more information on the Rainbow Fund, contact Craig Stumpf-Allen, Director of Special Funds at craig@ecfoundation.org or at 780-426-0015, ext. 111.
Lois Hole Care & Nurture Legacy Fund
The Lois Hole Care & Nurture Legacy Fund was created by family and friends of the late Lieutenant Governor of Alberta, the Honourable Dr. Lois E. Hole, CM, AOE, in 2005 as a way to pay tribute to her remarkable legacy of caring for others; to ensure continued support for organizations and institutions that she so strongly believed enhance our community; and to provide a way for Albertans of all walks of life to express their deep affection for her.
The response from the community has been overwhelming. The result: an endowment fund of more than $165,000 that will:
- care – for those facing difficult circumstances such as illness, poverty or disability, and
- nurture – emerging artists, literacy and students, voluntarism and community leadership.
”I wish I had all the answers, but I don’t. I try, in my own way, to accept people for what they are and help wherever I can. I just know that we can’t afford to simply throw our hands in the air and lament that there’s nothing we can do.” - Lois Hole
To donate to the Lois Hole Care & Nurture Legacy Fund, call Kerri De Luca at (780) 426-0015 or visit Canada Helps.
