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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 Kelowna Ballet Society Kelowna Community Music School Kelowna Art Gallery Association Kiwanis Music Festival of Kelowna Kelowna & District Arts Council Peachland Community Arts Council Kelowna & Visual Performing Arts Centre TOTAL: CHILDREN, YOUTH & FAMILY YMCA-YWCA of Central Okanagan Special Olympics BC - Kelowna Winfield Memorial Hall Association Kelowna Family Service Centre TOTAL: EDUCATION Project Literacy Kelowna Society Junior Achievement of British Columbia TOTAL: HEALTH & COMMUNITY SERVICES Resurrection Recovery Resource Society Peachland Wellness Centre Central Okanagan Elizabeth Fry Society Canadian Mental Health Association - Kelowna Living Positive Resource Centre Okanagan Valley Pregnancy Care Centre Penticton & District Community Resources Church Serve Kidney Foundation of Canada Kelowna Gospel Mission Canadian National Institute for the Blind TOTAL: HERITAGE, HISTORICAL & CONSERVATION Okanagan Heritage Society Kelowna Veendam Sister City Association Nordic Cross Country Ski Club Gellatly Nut Farm Society TOTAL: ANIMAL WELFARE Canine Connections Society BC S.P.C.A Kelowna TOTAL VANCOUVER FOUNDATION LEAD GRANTS PROGRAM Winfield Memorial Hall Association Kidney Foundation of Canada Project Literacy Kelowna Society Junior Achievement of British Columbia Kelowna Art Gallery Association Rotary Club of Kelowna BC S.P.C.A Kelowna Peachland Community Arts Council Kelowna & Visual Performing Arts Centre TOTAL OTTMAN FUND Kelowna & District Safety Council TOTAL PEACHLAND COMMUNITY FUND Peachland Wellness Centre TOTAL PEACHLAND FLOW-THROUGH FUNDS Peachland Boxing Club TOTAL COFFY (Central Okanagan Foundation for Youth) Department of Canadian Heritage Flow-through Grants Mount Boucherie Secondary School Return of the Peregrine Falcon Society City of Kelowna - Mayor's Youth Forum Ki-Low-Na Friendship Society TOTAL

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