Donor Giving
Ensuring your generosity creates a lasting impact.
CFSEA is proud to offer resources and guidance to help donors create customized plans that will cater to their philanthropic priorities and preferences.
Every donation is prudently invested for the long-term benefit of your community. Our donors’ initial gifts are never spent; they are invested.
The investment income will be distributed to local charities each year, indefinitely. Establishing an endowment at CFSEA is simple with no start-up fees. An Endowment Fund allows donors to support Southeastern Alberta’s needs in a lasting way that matches the donor’s wishes.
Planned Giving
If you would like to leave a gift to the Community Foundation in your estate planning, you can talk with us to learn more about becoming a Heritage Club Member. By working closely with donors’ lawyers, accountants, and other professional advisors, a donor’s legacy can continue for generations to come.
Professional Advisors
Whether a donor wants to give during or after their lifetime, professional advisors play a key role in helping them make informed and advantageous decisions. We are happy to work with you to provide information about our services and options for your clients.
Your Giving, Our Commitment
Tax Benefits
As a bonus, Alberta has one of the highest charitable tax credits in Canada.
For every dollar you donate (over $200), you can receive an approximate tax credit of 50%.
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Establish a Fund
Community Foundations accept various gifts, including cash, appreciated securities, bequests, real estate and other appraised assets, life insurance, charitable remainder trusts, and retirement funds.
Donors can give a one-time gift, a monthly gift, or create a fund to let their legacy live on. Donors have created funds in their family name, in memory of a loved one, or for a specific charity or scholarship.
Download the Fund Types resource or connect with us to learn more about the various fund options, and we can tailor your fund to suit your wishes.
Gifts of Securities
Many donors build their endowment funds at CFSEA and support their favourite charities through a donation of securities (stocks and/or bonds). It is very easy to do!
- Determine which securities you wish to donate.
- Complete the “Gift of Securities” form.
- Provide copies to your broker/investment representative and the CFSEA office.
- Be sure to advise CFSEA of the specific purpose of your donation!
- Once CFSEA receives the cash value of the security(ies), a charitable receipt will be issued.
Endowment Funds
CFSEA engages donors with causes they are passionate about to build permanent endowments. Donors have established funds in their family name, in memory of a loved one, and for a specific charity or scholarship. Donors can also establish funds that contribute directly to CFSEA’s Agency Endowment.
View the Full List of Endowment Funds Established with CFSEA
Donor Advised, Designated, Field of Interest, and Scholarship Funds:
Ajit, Manjeet Atwal and Family Fund
Alberta Legal Heritage Fund
Alex & Jean McDougald – Food Bank Fund
Alex & Jean McDougald – Salvation Army Fund
Armstrong & Havard – Rotary Music Festival Fund
Audrey Adele Armstrong Fund
Austin Curtin Medicine Hat College Enactus Fund
Austin Curtin Medicine Hat College Foundation Fund
Barry & Janet Neubauer Fund
Big Country Allied Arts Association Fund
Bill Sellhorn Memorial Fund
Bob & Judy Herring Fund
Brian & Lorene Nichols and Family Fund
Brock and Brenda Millions Fund
Brooks & District Community Fund
Canadian Fertilizers Community Fund
Cancarb Employees and Alumni Endowment Fund
Chacko Zeller Fund
Chief Gordon Earl Leadership Legacy Fund
Claude Bishop Fund
Communities in Bloom Fund
Cultural Alliance Fund
Cypress County Community Fund
Danny Koch Memorial Fund
David & Cheryl Andrews Fund
Donna MacLean Esplanade Education Fund
Donna MacLean Grasslands Naturalists Fund
Donna MacLean Library Fund
Donna MacLean Museum Fund
Donna MacLean Ontario College of Art & Design Fund
Donna MacLean Participation House – Toronto Fund
Donna MacLean Southern Alberta MedicAir Society Fund
Donna MacLean S.P.C.A. Fund
Donna MacLean War Amps Fund
Dr. F.W. & Harriet Gershaw Fund
Dr. Ken Blair Professional Corp. (YiP) Fund
Drowning Ford Grazing Association Fund
Dr. Timothy Clugston Foundation Fund
Environmental Legacy Fund
Eugene and Ruth Eaton Scholarship Fund
Forty Mile Community Adult Learning Association Fund
Frederick & Mack McLaughlin Fund – Brooks Food Bank Foundation
Frederick & Mack McLaughlin Fund – E.I.D. Historical Park
Frederick & Mack McLaughlin Fund – Medicine Hat Health Foundation
Freedman Fund
Friends of French Immersion Fund
Friends of Medicine Hat Youth Baseball Society
Frost Family Fund
Gerald Grant – Medicine Hat High School Fund
Growing Active Kids Fund
Ian & Phyllis McLaughlin Fund
James & John McConnell Scholarship Fund
Jamie & Stefanie Roach Memorial Fund
Jardine Bursary Fund
Jason Mauch Memorial Fund
John Ignatius Jenner 4H Multi Club Fund
John & Mata Rinke Fund
Jonathon Dee Appleton Drama Award
Junior Colts Football Fund
Karen Cunningham Scholarship Fund
Kevin and Marlene Semrau Fund
Kidus Ketema Mulugeta Memorial Scholarship Fund
Lavern & Marianne Kurpjuweit Fund (YIP)
Lavern & Mary Kurpjuweit Fund
Leismeister Family Reunion Fund in Honor of Frank and Eva
Les Pearson Fund
Lewall Family Fund
Loretta and Joe Laycock Scholarship Fund
Lyle Aleman Memorial Fund
MacKay Family Fund
Mack Higdon, Austin & Ethel Currie Fund
Macphail Sherwick Wealth Advisory Group Fund
Margaret Houlston Hydrocephalus Fund
Marilyn Curtin Alzheimers Society Fund
Marilyn Curtin Food Bank Fund
Marilyn Curtin HALO Fund
Marilyn Curtin Health Foundation Fund
Marilyn Curtin Medicine Hat Public Library Fund
Marilyn Curtin SPCA Fund
Marilyn Curtin Women’s Shelter Fund
Mayor’s Community Fund
Medicine Hat 2008 Alberta Summer Games Fund
Melvin J Bender Fund
Merelie & Melodie Armstrong Memorial Fund
Methanex Social Investment Fund
Niwa Family Fund
Paddi Gallimore Fund
Peggy Archibald Memory Fund (St. Pat’s Church)
Phyllis McLaughlin Fund
Prairie Crocus Community Fund
Ralph Browne Scholarship Fund
Rawleigh Family Trust Fund
Robert Bardston Memorial Scholarship Fund
Rose & Henry Dola Fund
Rotary Club of Medicine Hat Sunrise – Les Erickson Memorial Fund
Rotary Music Festival Colby Hargrave Trust
Rural Community Fund of Forty Mile
Saamis (Medicine Hat) TeePee Association Fund
Sara Michaud Scholarship Fund
Savanna Drilling Fund
Snedden/Mayer Family Fund (YiP)
South Asian Cultural Association Rotary Music Festival Fund
Stephen Hawthorne Memorial Fund
St. Michael’s Bow Island Scholarship Fund
Strikeout Stigma Fund in Honour of Mason Close
TD Canada Trust (YiP)
Terry and Darrel Dola Fund
The Barnes Family Fund
The Bingeman Fund
The Care Beyond Cure Fund
The Curtin Family Fund
Theresa Kope Memorial Fund
Thomas and Constance Sissions Fund
Thomas Bories Memorial Fund
TransCanada Medicine Hat & Area Mainliner Social Club Fund
TX Ranches – 4H Fund
TX Ranches – Baseball Fund
Valli Family Scholarship Fund
Vic & Helen Appleton Fund
Youth Endowment Fund (YiP)
Zirka Ukrainian Dance Ensemble Fund