Donors, grant recipients, and friends of the Airdrie and District Community Foundation met at the Foundation’s annual Gala on May 15, 2025.
Several donors spoke about the reasons for their charitable gifts, and encouraged others to follow their lead.

$50,000 in grants was distributed to local registered charities by the Foundation.
Funding came from donor-advised accounts and from the general fund. The former comprises donations of more than $10,000, which allows donors to designate which areas they would to support. Current areas of interest include literacy and health.

The latter, the general fund, comprises all non-donor-advised funds, and can be allocated to any cause. These grants are most often a response to compelling needs in the community.

2025 Grants
From donor advised accounts:

• $1,500 to Foothills Advocacy in Motion (Hihn fund) to purchase laptops for adults with developmental disabilities.
• $1,500 to Vecova Calgary – Centre for Disabilities Service and Research (Hihn fund) for their creative coping group therapy.
• $3,000 to Airdrie Health Foundation (Hihn fund) to purchase a CO2 monitor for Urgent Care.
• $3,500 to Airdrie Health Foundation (Hihn fund) to purchase a syringe pump for Urgent Care.
• $1,500 to Thumbs Up Foundation (Hihn fund) to use as they wish.
• $5,700 to Bethany Airdrie (Hayes fund). $3,000 for a Serenity Gazebo Project and the balance to be used as they wish.
• $4,600 to the Airdrie Public Library (Graham fund) for early literacy.
  $430 to NRV Community Links (M Buchanan fund) to be used as they wish.

From General Funds:

• $1,270 to Peer Mediation and Skills Training (PMAST) for the Youth Wellness  Symposium 2025.
• $10,000 to NRV Community Links for Family Violence Counselling.
• $5,000 two Boys & Girls Club of Airdrie for Kinder Camps.
• $10,000 to Airdrie Food Bank for the Fuel for Kids lunch program.
• $2,000 to Project Linus Airdrie for blanket supplies.

This year’s $50,000 in grants is the highest ever, a 66.66% increase over 2024’s $30,000. The increase comes as the Foundation celebrated its permanent fund growing past the $1-million mark.

Each year, the Foundation must grant at least 3.5% of its permanent fund, as specified by CRA regulations. The Airdrie and District Community Foundation was able to exceed the minimum because of its low costs, including a volunteer board which handles almost all its work.

Like all other community foundations in this country, the Airdrie and District Community Foundation is building a permanent fund. Every cent provided by donors goes into investments, and then interest and income from the fund are passed on as grants to local registered charities.

We, the executive and directors of the Foundation, sincerely thank everyone who has donated to our fund. We accept every donation, from $1.00 and up, and issue tax receipts through our partner CanadaHelps.