Nickle Family Foundation

Grants Paid in 2007

We distributed $618,000 to registered charities in 2007, bringing our total grants over the past 45 years to some $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. These are the grants approved through

the application process.

Culture:

 

 

Calgary Kiwanis Music Festival

 

$5,000.00

KidSport, Calgary

 

$2,000.00

Theatre Junction

 

$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

NFF Calgary High School Awards

 

$28,000.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

Health:

 

 

Cystic Fibrosis Fund

 

$4,000.00

Cerebral Palsy Association

 

$1,500.00

Parkinson's Disease Society, Calgary

$2,000.00

Alberta Heart & Stroke Society, Calgary

$4,000.00

Canadian Cancer Society Calgary

 

$4,000.00

Canadian Diabetes Association

 

$4,000.00

Alzheimer Society, Canada

 

$10,000.00

B.C. Cancer Foundation, Vancouver

$10,000.00

Canadian Cancer Society Calgary

 

$5,000.00

Epilepsy Association of Calgary

 

$10,000.00

Foothills Fetal Alcohol Society

 

$10,000.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

Religion:

 

 

Anglican Diocese of Calgary

 

$20,000.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

Social Education:

 

 

5 Cyclone Squadron, RCAC

 

$10,000.00

Alberta Naval Museum Society, Calgary

$10,000.00

CentrePointe Non Profit Management

 

$10,000.00

Philanthropic Foundations Canada

 

$2,251.51

 

 

 

 

 

 

Social Services:

 

 

Meals on Wheels, Calgary, Capital

 

$25,000.00

Alberta Guide Dog Services

 

$4,000.00

Aspen

 

$16,000.00

Between Friends Club, Calgary

 

$5,000.00

Boys & Girls Club of Calgary

 

$5,000.00

Calgary Sexual Health Centre

 

$5,000.00

Camp He Ho Ha

 

$10,000.00

Canadian Forces, Military Families Fund

$2,000.00

Canadian Mental Health Association, Calgary

$16,300.00

Carewest / Calgary Health Trust

 

$25,000.00

Cochrane Humane Society

 

$3,000.00

Covenant House, Toronto

 

$10,000.00

Cowichan Valley Association for Community Living

$10,000.00

CUPS, Calgary

 

$2,000.00

Family Resource Facilitation Project

 

$2,500.00

Farm Folk City Folk, Vancouver

 

$5,000.00

Habitat for Humanity, Calgary

 

$10,000.00

Hull Child & Family Services

 

$10,000.00

Huntington Hills Community Assn.

 

$15,000.00

L'Arche Association

 

$10,000.00

Loaves & Fishes Benevolent Society, Red Deer

$5,000.00

Opportunity International, Toronto

 

$10,000.00

Parkland Youth Home Society, Red Deer

$10,000.00

Rick Hansen Foundation, Vancouver

$2,000.00

Safe Harbour Society, Red Deer

 

$15,000.00

Schizophrenia Society, Red Deer

 

$7,500.00

Stephen Lewis Foundation, Toronto

 

$2,000.00

Town of Cochrane FCSS

 

$10,000.00

Triage, Vancouver

 

$5,000.00

URSA, Calgary

 

$7,500.00

Windy Slopes Health Foundation

 

$8,700.00

Calgary Drop In Centre Society

 

$1,500.00

Calgary Foundation: Agnes & Wes Aylesworth Fund

 

$1,500.00

Plan Canada

 

$4,000.00

YWCA Calgary

 

$12,500.00

 

 

 

 

 

Part II -- Ongoing Grants

The balance of our grants, some $200,000 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/grants.htm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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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