List of Funds
These are the families, groups, organizations, friends and individuals who were inspired to give back, who’ve made a lasting impact in their community and who continue to make a difference.
Table of Contents
Charitable Organization Funds
Funds are established by charitable organizations to provide a sustainable source of long term funding.
- Alberta Legal Heritage Fund
- Community Foundation 20/20 Vision for the Community Fund
- Community Foundation Operating Endowment Fund
- Golden Age Centre Fund
- Grande Prairie and Area Safe Communities Fund
- Grande Prairie Live Theatre Fund
- Grande Prairie Public Library Fund
- kidSport Grande Prairie Fund
- Professional Advisors Endowment Fund
- Slave Lake Municipal Library Fund
Capital Funds
A hybrid of the endowed and non-endowed funds. The capital is initially endowed with the expectation that the capital and investment income will be spent within a set time period.
Community Impact Funds
Funds are pooled to address emerging and pressing needs of the community both now, and in the future.
- Ainsworth Community Fund
- Atkin/Curtis Family Fund
- Beal Family Fund
- Bill Rynsburger Legacy Fund
- BMO Bank of Montreal Fund
- BP Canada Energy Company Fund
- Brick Shopik Family Fund
- Canadian Tire Grande Prairie Community Fund
- Cardon Homes Fund
- Chrenek Dion and Associates Fund
- Chris and Amy Richards Community Fund
- Christine and Wayne Ayling Family Fund
- Clyde and Mary Blackburn Family Fund
- Community Impact Endowment Fund
- Darrell and Joan Radbourne Family Fund
- Diane and Fletcher Bootle Family Fund
- Drs. David and Karen Chung Fund
- Fletcher Mudryk LLP Fund
- Fred Rinne Memorial Fund
- Gilbert and Kiela Girard Family Fund
- Grande Prairie River Rats Association Fund
- Haberman Family Fund
- Jody Evans Community Fund
- Ken and Cyndy Halbert Family Fund
- Kevin and Karen Willsey Family Fund
- SZAKACS/Fedyna Family Fund
- Kindness Meter Fund
- Mark Picard Legacy Fund
- McLevin Family Fund
- Menzies Family Fund
- Merv and Dawn Marie Crouse Family Fund
- Ness Family Fund
- Northey/Wiebe Family Fund
- Pat and John Reid Family Fund
- Peace Power Corporation Community Fund
- Pete and Lori Merlo Family Fund
- Pirates Fastball Club Legacy Fund
- RBC Peace Country Staff Fund
- Ric’s Grill Grande Prairie Community Fund
- Rotary Club of Grande Prairie Memorial Fund
- Sheehan Flint Family Fund
- Vincent and Tracey Vavrek Family Fund
- Wayne Drysdale Campaign Legacy Fund
Field Of Interest Funds
Funds are dedicated to a general charitable area of interest as identified by the donor.
Animal Welfare
Children And Youth
- Anchored in Community Fund
- Beattie Family Fund
- Bryden Sparks Arts Family Fund
- Janet Evans Legacy Fund
- Logan Family Fund
- Mike Evans Fun For Kids Fund
- Smart and Caring Youth Fund
- Scharbach Family Fund
- Thomson Boyce Family Fund
- Young at Art Fund by T. Sedore Photography
- Mason Lockrem Creative Writing & Reading Fund
Education
Environment
Health
Housing
Recreation
Seniors
Social Services
Designated Funds
Funds provide support to specific charities, forever.
- Come Fly with Me Legacy Fund
- Community Foundation Staff Enrichment Fund
- Grande Prairie Keg Steakhouse & Bar Grande Prairie Regional Hospital Foundation Fund
- Grande Prairie Keg Steakhouse & Bar PARDS Fund
- Grande Prairie Keg Steakhouse & Bar Pregnant Teen Program Fund
- Hannah Ouellette Memorial Supporting Suicide Prevention Resource Centre Fund
- Henderson Family Fund
Scholarship Funds
Funds supporting post-secondary student education and training opportunities
- 2000 Alberta Summer Games Legacy Fund
- 2016 Rotary Curling Legacy Fund
- Andrea Vavrek Memorial Fund
- Beaverlodge Community Band Fund
- Brent Sears Memorial Fund
- Carmen and Gail Haakstad Family Fund
- Chandra Oliver Student Award Fund
- Chief Ronald W. Clarke Fund
- Chomik Family Trumpeter Hotel Fund
- Devonne Norman Legacy Fund
- Dirk (Dick) van Nieuwkerk Fund
- Dr. Claudia T. Strehlke Medical Award Fund
- Dustin Sieker Legacy Fund
- Gib Popkey Legacy Fund
- GP Auto Group Legacy Fund
- Grande Prairie and District Chamber of Commerce Legacy Fund
- Hayley Gardner Memorial Fund
- Hilde’s Hope Fund
- Horse Lake Education Fund
- Howard Griffiths Memorial Student Award Fund
- Jean Duplessis Family Legacy Fund
- Joseph F. Reder/Hansen Fund
- Lorne Lind Memorial Fund
- Minhas Fund
- North Kleskun Community Club Fund
- North Kleskun Student Scholarship Fund
- Paul Pivert Memorial Student Award Fund
- Pay It Forward Fund
- Pirates Fastball Girls Legacy Fund
- CIKT-FM Student Awards Fund
- Ryan R. Blais Legacy Fund
- Sadiq Scholarship for Emerging Newcomers Fund
- Sexsmith Citizens on Patrol Student Award Fund
- Storm Stay in School Junior A Hockey Scholarship Fund
- Swan City Breakfast Lions Club Fund
- Swan City Rotary Club Community Service Above Self Fund
- ‘Talk to Me’ First Responder Fund
- Travis Pierlot Family Education Fund
- Valhalla Charter School Student Award Fund
- Vision for the Future Fund
- Wolves Minor Basketball Fund
Donor-Advised Funds
Funds enable donors to be actively involved in recommending grant recipients on an annual basis.
- Ainsworth Legacy Community Fund
- Anodyne Community Enrichment Fund
- Aquatera Environment Fund
- Bill and Marg Bowes Family Fund
- Calvin and Evelyne Dobish Fund
- Campbell Family Foundation
- Casey and Finnegan’s Fantastic Furry Friends Fund
- Ed Boyce Memorial Fund
- Eva Marie Cancer Support Fund
- Frank and Agnes Lovsin Legacy Fund
- Grande Prairie Auto Group Legacy Foundation Fund
- Hope Today Tomorrow: The Side/Munro Family Fund
- Jeff Toews Memorial Foundation Fund
- Kirk Nelson Memorial Fund
- Mac and Chris Henderson Family Fund
- Morris Financial Group Fund
- northernSPIRIT Fund
- Opdahl Michaud Family Fund
- Peace Country Land Ltd. Fund
- Pearcy Family Fund
- Prairie Villa Legacy Fund
- CIKT-FM Brian Nash Memorial Fund
- Rex and Karin Marshall Education and Wellness Fund
- Schollaardt Family Legacy Fund
- Simpson/Phillips Family Fund
- Terry Ward KMSC Staff Fund
- Woronuk Legacy Fund
Regional Funds
These funds provide an opportunity to give back to a specific region in Northwestern Alberta forever.
Sexsmith
West County
Flow Through Funds
Charitable donations that are disbursed within a time period.
Future Gifts
Leaving a future gift to Northwestern Alberta Foundation is an easy way to create a lasting legacy. Future gifts can be a life insurance policy or through your estate. Thank you to the following who have named the Northwestern Alberta Foundation the designated beneficiary of a future gift:
- Anonymous Community Donor Fund
- Brent and Cindy Oilund
- Don Meador Fund
- Dwight Logan
- Glenn and Judith Keddie
- Gordon Pearcy
- Grant and Jamie Menzies
- Hideo and Marian
- Fukushima
- Jason Lainchbury
- Owen Lewis and Jodi Winnicky
- Pete and Lori Merlo
- Ryan Blais
- Terry Tissington
- Vincent and Tracey Vavrek
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We are very proud of the continued relationships with the following community leaders. Partnerships with organizations that are dedicated to giving back to their local community ensure that your Northwestern Alberta Foundation can continue to build community. Please support those who support us!
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