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2005 Discretionary Grants

The Foundation distributes thousands of dollars of grants each year in two main ways. The first is called an allocation. An allocation is an amount sent to a charity in accordance with the terms of an endowment fund. For example; Mr. Smith may have requested in his Gift Agreement with the Foundation, to send the annual income from the fund that he has established to the SPCA. A second donor Mrs. Jones fund directs the Foundation to allocate half of the annual income on her fund to be sent to the Art Gallery and the other half to her church. As long as the designated beneficiaries remain registered charities, the Foundation will carry out the terms as laid out in the gift agreements.

The Foundation also distributes grants. These are discretionary in nature, meaning the Foundation decides which charitable groups will receive funding. The income to support these grants comes from a group of endowments that have been created to support the broader community, leaving the specific granting decisions to the Foundation's Board of Directors. The Foundation typically has two granting cycles per year. Current grant application deadlines are April 15th and October 15th. Please contact the Foundation to confirm. Prior to completing an application, please contact the COF to discuss your granting ideas. Foundation staff will walk through the application form with you, and answer any questions you may have.

A registered charity (or qualified donee) can only apply once in a 12 month period. All previous granting decisions are taken into account when grant applications are reviewed. Successful applicants will receive their grants as soon as possible after decisions have been made. In some cases grants will be given at a public event, or given in person.

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ARTS & CULTURE Okanagan Film Festival Okanagan Symphony Society Kelowna & Visual Performing Arts Centre TOTAL: CHILDREN, YOUTH & FAMILY Return of the Peregrine Falcon Society Garden Valley Community Church TOTAL: EDUCATION Vancouver Aquarium Marine Science Rutland Business Assoc. - St. Aidan’s TOTAL: HEALTH & COMMUNITY SERVICES Canadian Diabetes Association Central Okanagan Hospice Association Kelowna & District People in Motion Kelowna Homelessness Orchard City Abbeyfield Society TOTAL: HERITAGE, HISTORICAL & CONSERVATION Friends of Pioneer Cemetery Friends of Mission Creek Central Okanagan Heritage Society TOTAL: ANIMAL WELFARE Okanagan Humane Society TOTAL CENTRAL OKANAGAN FOR YOUTH Central OK Elizabeth Fry Society Corporation of Peachland-Board for Life TOTAL KELOWNA 2000 SENIOR GAMES LEGACY FUND Central Okanagan Hospice Association TOTAL PEACHLAND COMMUNITY FUND Peachland Pipe Band District Peachland-Board for Life Society TOTAL LAKE COUNTRY MILLENNIUM FUND BC Lake Stewardship Society TOTAL OTTMAN FUND School District # 23 City of Kelowna - Parks Division TOTAL VANCOUVER FOUNDATION LEAD GRANTS PROGRAM BC Lake Stewardship Society Big Brothers & Sisters of Okanagan Building Healthy Families Society Canadian Hard of Hearing Association Community Recreational Initiatves CORD - Casa Loma Community Association Crossroads Treatment Centre Interior Alzheimer Society John Howard Society Kelowna Drop In & Information Centre Lake Country Native Association Peachland Pipe Band Theatre Kelowna Society TOTAL GENERAL GRANTS Central Okanagan Child Development Assoc. Central Okanagan Parks & Wildlife Society Interior Alzheimer Society Kelowna General Hospital Foundation Central Okanagan Emergency Shelter Society Central Okanagan Therapeutic Riding Assoc. Society of Hope People in Motion TOTAL

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