For Staff & Board

• ECF is Edmonton’s largest non-governmental funder of the charitable sector, granting $44.7 million in 2025 to more than 925 charities and 565 students.
• Our endowment model creates lasting, sustainable support. Since 1990, we have distributed more than $484 million supporting community now and for generations to come.
• ECF is the fourth-largest community foundation in Canada and stewards more than $1 billion in assets.
• Most of our donors are everyday people doing extraordinary things. 75% of donations are under $1K and almost 50% of ECF’s funds are less than $50K.

Did you know?

• ECF awarded $1.7M in student awards, including $894K to 333 Belcourt Brosseau Métis Award recipients and $493K to 197 Hilltop Award and Bursary recipients.
• In 1989, the Poole and Stollery families seeded ECF with $15 million. Since then, generous gifts from the Winspear Foundation, the Foote family and thousands of donors have built endowments of all sizes.
• Over 200 volunteers across 20 committees contribute nearly 1,000 hours annually, guiding granting decisions, investments and community initiatives.
• Donors create funds starting at $10,000 (buildable over 10 years). We invest them and grant 4.5% annually, forever.
• ECF’s Social Enterprise Fund is one of Canada’s most active impact investors, having invested more than $90M in social enterprises since 2008.

Where ECF’s funding goes — sector breakdown