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On this episode, we learn about how the Canada Cultural Investment Fund (CCIF) matches endowment donations to create a sustainable funding source for arts organizations like Edmonton Opera and Ukrainian Shumka Dancers + Shumka School of Dance.

CCIF is a program created by the Government of Canada. Their Endowment Incentives component provides matching funds to endowments that support professional performing arts organizations.  ECF became a partner in this component in 2001. Since then, we’ve partnered with 21 local arts organizations to grow or start endowment funds that are held here at ECF. 

These participating organizations raise or contribute donations toward their endowment funds, and ECF co-applies to CCIF for those donations to be matched.  Since starting, we have raised over $21 million in donations with our partners. And have successfully received over $15 million in matching grants from the CCIF program. 

That means that since 2001, we have built over $36 million of endowment, creating a sustainable funding source that will support local arts far into the future. 

Links:
Learn more about the Canada Cultural Investment Fund (CCIF).
Engagement at ECF: nxavier@ecfoundation.org
See what’s next for Edmonton Opera and Ukrainian Shumka Dancers + Shumka School of Dance.
To find out more about how you – or an organization you love – can take advantage of the CCIF matching opportunity, please reach out to Noel Xavier, Director of Philanthropy and Donor Engagement at NXavier@ecfoundation.org.

ECF Happenings:
Read the latest on our blog.
See how ECF connects you with Edmonton’s community.
Check out some of the amazing funds our donors have created.
Find out how to create an Endowment Fund of your own.

ECF Grants:
* Click here to see all ECF Grants.

Upcoming Student Awards:
* Click here to find details for all of our student awards!

The Well Endowed Podcast is produced by Edmonton Community Foundation.

Image for this episode is courtesy of Ukrainian Shumka Dancers + Shumka School of Dance.

Transcripts by Karli Drew.

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On this episode, freelance producer Emily Rendell-Watson, explores the nuances around accessing food and why our goal should be to help people thrive, not just survive.

Food security is the topic for our 2023 Vital Signs report. Earlier in August, in our Hunger Happens Here episode, we talked about Edmonton’s food security landscape over the past 10 years.

We also looked at some of the day-to-day factors that play into how people can access food. Like cost-of-living increases, affordable housing, and whether culturally appropriate food is available.

In that episode our guest, Julia Tran, invited us to think about food security as something more than food for basic survival. And that’s where we’ll dive back in today, to look at how food is a major part of thriving communities.

Links:
Read our September 2023 Vital Topic: Food Security in Our Time.
Read the 2013 Vital Signs report on Edmonton Food Security.

Here is a short list of just some of the other organizations addressing food security in Edmonton:
– Edmonton’s Food Bank
– Multicultural Health Brokers Cooperative
– John Humphrey Centre for Peace and Human Rights – Community Food Kitchen
– E4C
– WECAN Food Basket Society

ECF Happenings:
Read the latest on our blog.
See how ECF connects you with Edmonton’s community.
Check out some of the amazing funds our donors have created.
Find out how to create an Endowment Fund of your own.

ECF Grants:
* Click here to see all ECF Grants.

Upcoming Student Awards:
* Click here to find details for all of our student awards!

The Well Endowed Podcast is produced by Edmonton Community Foundation.

Image for this episode is by Andrew Paul.

Transcripts by Karli Drew.

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Death eventually comes for all of us. We don’t have a choice in this matter, but we do have a lot of choice when it comes to what happens after we pass.

On this episode, Our producer, Lisa Pruden, sits down with Victoria Jones to discuss some wishes that people have for themselves and their pets when they die – and let’s just say some of these get pretty creative and may, or may not involve a homemade cannon.

Victoria is a lawyer at De Villars Jones LLP, with a focus on wills and estates. She is one of the wonderful volunteers presenting at this year’s Wills Week.

Every October, ECF partners with a dedicated team of volunteer estate lawyers to answer your questions about will and estate planning. This year, Wills Weeks will run from October 2^nd to October 6^th. And all the sessions are free!

Links:
Sign up for our free Wills Week sessions!

ECF Happenings:
Read the latest on our blog.
See how ECF connects you with Edmonton’s community.
Check out some of the amazing funds our donors have created.
Find out how to create an Endowment Fund of your own.

ECF Grants:
Young Edmonton Grants – Applications due October 15, 2023
Youth VOICE – Applications due October 31, 2023
* Click here to see all ECF Grants.

Upcoming Student Awards:
* Click here to find details for all of our student awards!

The Well Endowed Podcast is produced by Edmonton Community Foundation.

Image for this episode is by Mason Herron. The background artwork is ‘Smith’ by Dallas Larose.

Transcripts by Karli Drew.

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On this episode, our correspondent, Aubrianna Snow, takes us to Bent Arrow Traditional Healing Society.

Bent Arrow was established in 1994 to support Indigenous children, youth and families. Their mission is to empower Indigenous people to grow spiritually, emotionally, physically and mentally. And to see them walk proudly in both Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities.

Executive Director, Cheryl Whiskeyjack, tells us about the importance of ceremony and access to culture. And talks about some of the nuances of reconciliation in Edmonton.

Links:
Visit Bent Arrow Traditional Healing Society.
Discover how you can connect with Indigenous culture and ceremony.
Read Bill C-92: An Act respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis children, you and families.

ECF Happenings:
Read the latest on our blog.
See how ECF connects you with Edmonton’s community.
Check out some of the amazing funds our donors have created.
Find out how to create an Endowment Fund of your own.

ECF Grants:
* Click here to see all ECF Grants.

Upcoming Student Awards:
* Click here to find details for all of our student awards!

The Well Endowed Podcast is produced by Edmonton Community Foundation.

Image for this episode was provide by Bent Arrow Traditional Healing Society.

Transcripts by Karli Drew.