Rapid Response Fund Our community and the charitable sector are deeply affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The sector will have a variety of needs well beyond the agencies that deal
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Creative Solutions During COVID-19
A Q&A with Edmonton Community Foundation's CEO, Martin Garber-Conrad Edmonton’s charitable sector is being hit hard by the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. As challenges continue to arise, Edmonton Community
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Community compassion during COVID-19
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Community compassion during COVID-19 DATELINE: March 18, 2020 Edmonton, AB Edmonton Community Foundation (ECF) supports our community’s efforts to remain safe and resilient during the evolving COVID-19
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A Sustaining Career
After nearly five decades in the non-profit world, Larry Derkach leveraged retirement to create a new endowment fund. When Larry Derkach was a university student eyeing a career in medicine,
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Stitching a New Future
Global Stitches empowers refugee women with advanced sewing skills and business acumen As a young girl growing up in Syria, Hodan Abdullah loved to sew clothes for her Barbie dolls.
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Fun(d) for the Whole Family
Connecting generations by supporting the community Jeff and Traci DiBattista believe in equal access to education, offering a helping hand to others and bettering their community. To put their beliefs
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King of the Hill
Hilltop House: A gracious Echo of City’s Past Hilltop House, from its vantage point on the north bank of the North Saskatchewan River valley, has overlooked the growing city of
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Preserving Our Past
Museum keeps historic grain elevator in Leduc There was a time when buildings like the crib-style grain elevator in Leduc were the defining structures of small-town Alberta. Sentinels in the
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Call for Volunteers: ECF Awards & Bursaries Panel
Edmonton Community Foundation is looking for volunteers for our ECF Awards & Bursaries Panel! ECF Awards & Bursaries assist post-secondary students from Edmonton and/or northern Alberta with financial need who
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Call for Volunteers: Grants Sub-Committees
Edmonton Community Foundation is looking for volunteers for our grants sub-committees! Volunteers play a key role in our granting work. Grants sub-committees review grant applications and provide recommendations to the