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Philanthropy by youth for youth
"When I grow up, I want to become a
philanthropist!" His mother replied, "Why Johnny, that's
wonderful." "Yeah," Johnny responded,
"they all seem to have a lot of money."
A number of
years ago the Community Foundation established a Youth Endowment Fund. The
purpose of this fund is to create a sustainable flow of funds for charitable
grants to youth projects on the condition that the decisions are made by youth
themselves. In other words, “philanthropy by youth for youth.” The project was
created in the late 1990s and has evolved over time to move to a school based
model. Senior high school students are placed into teams and research various
charities and their programs. They then present their findings to the entire
group and a decision is made regarding which teams’ charity will be awarded a
$2,500 grant.
Currently,
the Foundation has sufficient resources to fund two of the four school districts
within our region annually.
To get your group involved
contact us today!
info@mhcf.ca
or 403-527-9038
"To give away
money is an easy matter and in any man's power. But to decide to whom to give
it, and how large,
and when,
and for what purpose and how, is neither in every man's power nor an easy
matter." Aristotle
Some links to other Foundations Youth
Philanthropy Programs:
Winnipeg
YiP
Vancouver Foundation
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