On Thursday June 8, WBCF in partnership with Community Foundations of Canada will announce the recipients of the Canada’s 150 Fund grants to our community. Four projects will receive a total of $37,000 which is very exciting for our inaugural grant announcement upon joining this great movement of community foundations. Come back on June 9, 2017 to learn who the hard-working not-for- profit organizations are who are the beneficiaries of the Canada 150th Fund to celebrate the inclusion and diversity of our region. We are very excited to be part of the community foundations movement and demonstrate how powerful this is going to be our Wood Buffalo.
WBCF Launch Event
LAUNCH EVENT: JUNE 8 | 6:00-8:00 PM | SHELL PLACE
The Wood Buffalo Community Foundation (WBCF) is an exciting new part of the global movement of Community Foundations. Community Foundations support many types of community projects and organizations in flexible ways by granting income earned on endowed funds. Wood Buffalo has strong social, health, educational, environmental and sport sectors which require significant long term funding support, particularly with the economy tightening in the oil and gas sector in Alberta which has previously been a major source of funding.
Our goal for the Wood Buffalo Community Foundation Fund is to raise $10,000,000 through donations from current and past residents, business owners and companies who have made Fort McMurray home.
We also want to raise donations from people and businesses who have benefited from and support the need for a community foundation in our region.
Our plan is to grant 4% of our investment which means that once we reach this goal $400,000 would be available annually for community grants. This would continue to grow over time which is extremely exciting for the registered charities in the region.
Wood Buffalo Community Foundation is hosting a Launch Event on Thursday June 8th from 6:00 – 8:00pm at Shell Place, MacDonald Island. Please join us to hear about this important initiative.
For more information, please contact Linda Ball, Interim Board of Directors, at linda.ball.pr@gmail.com
This is an open event. Please register at Eventbrite.ca
