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SUSTAINABLE & RELIABLE
One of ECF’s strengths is its endowment model. Instead of fully spending a donation the year it is received, gifts are invested for the long-term.
Because donations are invested for long-term growth, endowments provide consistent and reliable funding, independent of social and political factors, giving charities autonomy and control through financial independence. This allows them to focus on doing what they do best — delivering services. And it creates a legacy for the donor because the fund keeps giving forever.
ECF is also known as a trustworthy partner with the expertise to identify gaps of support in the charitable sector. This is why donors entrust ECF with discretionary dollars that allow it to adapt and be flexible to address emerging or immediate community needs.
Every year, a percentage of the value of the funds ECF holds is provided as grants to charitable organizations. This results in tens of millions of dollars being put to work in every corner of the charitable sector annually — all while the funds continue to grow.
COMMUNITY & IMPACT
Through ECF, our donors and community partners have supported thousands of projects and initiatives over the years including:
• Edmonton and Area Land Trust (EALT), which works to conserve biodiversity by protecting natural areas. In 2022, the EALT secured its 17th conservation property with help from one of ECF's generous donors.
• The Belcourt Brosseau Métis Awards, which has provided more than $11 million to approximately 2,000 Métis students studying at institutions across Alberta, making it one of the largest Métis scholarship programs in Canada.
• Pilgrims Hospice Society, which opened the Roozen Family Hospice Centre in 2021 — Edmonton's first freestanding residential hospice, providing compassion and care to nearly 2,400 people and families during the most difficult times of their lives.
• ECF's Social Enterprise Fund, that has invested
$85 million in over 90 projects that are led by businesses with mandates for community good. This includes Jasper Place Wellness Centre's Redemptive Developments which provides dignity and jobs to people in the Jasper Place community.
Additionally in 2020, ECF partnered with the Government of Canada to deliver more than $2.2 million in grants from the Emergency Community Support Fund to help with COVID relief for 108 charities in the Edmonton area.
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