Nickle Family Foundation

Grants Paid in 2008

We distributed $592,000 to registered charities in 2008, bringing our total donations since 1962 to over $20 million.

Part I -- Limited-Term Commitments

About three quarters of our grants budget is used to fund one-time or limited-term commitments to various organizations. Typically these are the grants approved through

the application process.

Culture:
Lost Villages Historical Society	$10,000.00
Parks Foundation / West Hillhurst Playground	$5,000.00
Sunshine Coast Regional District	$5,000.00
Education:
Renfrew Educational Services	$2,800.00
Nickle Arts Museum, Calgary, Curator & Lecture	$10,000.00
Bow Valley College	$10,000.00
Calgary Foundation -- Christian Spiritual Mentoring	$5,000.00
Education Matters - Civil Society & Citizenship	$2,500.00
Foothills Academy (Capital campaign)	$100,000.00
NFF Calgary High School Awards	$20,000.00
Rockyview School Div. (Cochrane High)	$10,000.00
SAIT	$5,000.00
Health:
Lung Association, Alberta Alberta Cancer Foundation Alberta Diabetes Foundation Alzheimer Society of Canada Canadian Mental Health Assn. Canary Foundation, Victoria Centre for Affordable Water & Sanitation Tech. Foothills Fetal Alcohol Society Operation Eyesight UNICEF	$12,500.00 $12,000.00 $3,500.00 $10,000.00 $3,500.00 $10,000.00 $1,000.00 $10,000.00 $5,000.00 $1,000.00
Religion:
Anglican Diocese of Calgary	$20,000.00
Social Education:
Golden & District Community Foundation	$10,000.00
Philanthropic Foundations Canada	$2,414.00
Social Services:
Meals on Wheels, Calgary, Capital	$25,000.00
Calgary Drop In Centre	$16,000.00
Camp Horizon	$10,000.00
Servants Anonymous	$6,500.00
Clements Centre Society, Duncan B.C.	$22,500.00
Calgary Foundation -- Drop-In Centre Fund	$2,500.00
Children's Cottage Society, Calgary	$17,000.00
AVENTA	$2,000.00
Calgary Humane Society	$16,300.00
Calgary Interfaith Food Bank	$4,000.00
Cooperative ESL Ministries Society	$7,000.00
Inn From the Cold	$10,000.00
MADD	$2,500.00
Parents in Transition, Toronto	$10,000.00
Potter's Hands Ministries	$5,000.00
War Child Canada	$1,000.00

Part II -- Ongoing Grants

The balance of our grants, some $180,000 each year, are paid to organizations with which we have longstanding relationships. Please note -- ongoing grants are established solely at our initiative. We will NOT entertain requests for permanent funding.

Note also that organizations receiving ongoing support are welcome to apply for funding under the current guidelines -- that is, for one-time or limited-term support for a capital requirement.

If your organization receives ongoing support from our Foundation, and you would like your link shown below, please contact the webmaster.

Religious Organizations:

At Christmas, 1965, Sam Nickle decided to give $1,000 to each church attended by a family member. In some cases the amounts have changed, but the spirit of the gift continues.

Anglican parishes in Calgary:

St. Stephen's

St. Edmund’s

St. James

Holy Cross

Cathedral Church of the Redeemer.

Social Services:

CALGARY DROP-IN CENTRE - Vehicle maintenance

CALGARY INTERFAITH FOOD BANK - Operations

http://www.calgaryfoodbank.com/

CANSAVE (Canadian Save the Children Fund) - Operations

HANDIBUS ASSOCIATION, Calgary - Van Purchase

INN FROM THE COLD, Calgary - Vehicle maintenance

MEALS ON WHEELS, Calgary - Operations

SALVATION ARMY, Red Shield Appeal

http://www.ab.salvationarmy.ca/

UNICEF INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S AID PROGRAM - Operations

http://www.unicef.ca/

Arts & Culture:

ALBERTA MUSIC FESTIVAL - Awards given in memory of Olga Nickle

CALGARY PHILHARMONIC - Olga Nickle memorial concert

http://www.cpo-live.com/

NATIONAL YOUTH ORCHESTRA, Ottawa - Operations

http://www.nyoc.org/home-e.html

Education:

BANFF CENTRE - Scholarships

http://www.banffcentre.ca/music/music/

FOOTHILLS ACADEMY, Calgary - Scholarship Fund

http://www.foothillsacademy.org/

Nickle Family Foundation High School Awards:

Administered by Education Matters, for students graduating from the public and separate school systems http://www.educationmatters.ca/Default.aspx?cid=48&lang=1

See also our summary

Health:

ALBERTA HEART & STROKE FOUNDATION, Calgary

http://ww2.heartandstroke.ab.ca/

CANADIAN DIABETES ASSOCIATION

http://www.diabetes.ca/

CANADIAN CANCER SOCIETY, Calgary

http://www.cancer.ca/

CANADIAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR THE BLIND, Calgary

http://www.cnib.ca

CEREBRAL PALSY ASSOCIATION, Calgary

CYSTIC FIBROSIS FUND, Calgary

OPERATION EYESIGHT, Calgary

http://www.oeu.com/

PARKINSONS DISEASE SOCIETY, Calgary

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