2011 Grant Cycle Ready to Roll!

November 30, 2010

The Community Foundation of the South Okanagan is very excited to launch the 2011 Granting Cycle.  The official start date is December 1, but forms are now available here on our website. Applications will be accepted until January 17, 2011.  Last year we received 44 applications and granted $92,000 to 22 of local charities. All [...]

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How to raise $225,000 in 30 days or less

November 25, 2010

When the Community Foundation of the South Okanagan launched the MacFarlane Endowment Incentives Program one month ago, we had absolutely no idea if the program would work or how long it would take to catch on. Well, we have our answer: it caught on like wildfire! In 30 days, this Program, which matches new donations [...]

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Community Foundations Grow Globally

November 25, 2010

This global report on community foundations from WINGS shows that, since 2000, the number of community foundations in the world has almost doubled from 905 to more than 1600 in 2010.  This shows the power of the Community Foundation Model to affect change in communities. Community Foundations do more than just raise money.  They harness [...]

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Rotary Club of Oliver jumps at the MacFarlane Endowment Incentives Program

November 3, 2010

PRESS RELEASE: The Rotary Club of Oliver is the first to take advantage of the new MacFarlane Endowment Incentives Program by creating a $44,000 endowment fund.  Club President, Bob Currie, says, “We were fortunate to have some money in place and when the CFSO told us they would add an additional $20,000 to our Fund [...]

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To Russia With Love

October 14, 2010

Our Okanagan olympian, Kristi Richards, is hosting a fundraiser for her Support The Dream Legacy Fund which is managed by the CFSO.  There were be several Olympians making presentations so it should be awesome to see! Date: November 10, 2010 Time: 7:00pm Location: Local Lounge & Grille Check it out here.

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Lessons learned in Locatee Lands

October 14, 2010

The Community Foundation of the South Okanagan is very proud to have provided funding for this amazing project, which saw every single student from Westbench Elementary School hike down to the locatee lands at Ecommunity Place and spend a day with leaders and educators from the Penticton Indian Band and the En’owkin Centre.  I was [...]

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11th Annual Comedy Festival a huge success!

October 7, 2010

Thank you to everyone who supported our 11th Annual Community Foundation Comedy Festival!  By all accounts, this appears to be our most successful year yet. Sponsored by Investors Group, this event is the only fundraiser the Community Foundation does each year.  All proceeds from this event go towards the operations of the Foundation, helping us [...]

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Stay tuned for the 2011 Grant Application Process

September 21, 2010

The Board of the CFSO decided, at today’s board meeting, that there would not be a grant application process for Fall 2010.  This is the first year in our history that could have seen two grant cycles in one year, thanks, in large part to the size of the granting pool for this year: $146,000. [...]

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We’ve changed our address!

September 9, 2010

After years of paying $150 per year for a post office box, we’re grateful to the TD Canada Trust on Main Street for offering to accept our mail.  TD already donates a furnished office to us (and the United Way) so they could easily say that “they’ve done their part”. Thankfully, they didn’t say that [...]

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11th Annual Comedy Festival is just around the corner

September 7, 2010

I’m very excited to announce that the Community Foundation’s very popular Comedy Festival is being held this year on October 2, 2010.  As usual, the event is taking place at the Barking Parrot Bar in the Penticton Lakeside Resort. This year we’ve got three absolutely hilarious comedians: Simon B. Cotter, Pete Zedlacher, and Greg Morton.  [...]

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