Charitable Foundation

President's Message

My Brother Knights

Since our Charitable Foundation was formed 35 years ago over $2,300,000 has been donated, on behalf of Brother Knights , to deserving Charities.

The primary focus of our donations is education, children and youth charities, women’s needs and senior’s charities.

It is a challenge each year to cover our donations and very modest operating costs from our cash flow (including investment interest and dividends), without eroding our capital. In order to ensure this objective, we encourage Brother Knights and Friends of Knights to make donations ($50,$100,$500) on an annual basis. Tax receipts will be issued for all donations over $20. We have provided links on the FORMS section to:

How to make a donation or pledge.
How to request a donation.
A detailed list of donations made over the past two years.
A Bio section so you can get to know the members of our ACF Board.

We have worked diligently to grow our Charitable Foundation so that we can support more of the charitable requests that get directed to us via councils and assemblies. Every active Knight in our jurisdiction is a member of our Charitable Foundation. Our goal is to have all Knights take ownership of our Foundation and to be proud of our accomplishments. As we know with UNITY we are more successful with CHARITY.

Please contact any member of our Board if you have questions.

Did you Know?

The Alberta Knights of Columbus Charitable Foundation or the” ACF” was founded in 1981 by a group of visionaries most of whom were Past State Deputies.

The goal of these visionaries was to create a capital fund that would generate investment income which could be used to assist charitable projects and causes. The value of our Investment Portfolio has now grown to $2,400,000.
Since its inception the ACF has given over $2,300,000 to charities on behalf of member Knights in the Alberta-NWT Jurisdiction. To date, more than 90 charitable causes have benefited from the ACF.
The primary focus of our donations is Education, Children and Youth Charities, Women’s Needs and Senior’s Charities.
The State Council Executive Board or Subordinate Councils may initiate and/or support a formal request for funds from a registered charitable organization.
All applications for funding must be supported by the required information as listed on the State website and such applications are to be submitted to the ACF Donation Review Chairman.
The Board of Directors of the ACF is mandated to provide good stewardship and prudent management of the funds to promote and assist charitable projects for all people, regardless of race, colour, or creed.
In view of prevailing lower interest rates and increased requests from deserving charities the ACF Board embarked on a campaign known as Catch the Spirit with an object of increasing our designated permanent capital by one million dollars.

The first phase of that campaign is concluded and we are now planning Top up Dinners in Calgary (April 21, 2018) and Edmonton(April 14, 2018) to punt us over our overall goal. If you can serve on our Top up Dinner committee or you can source a live or silent auction item please contact Glen Murphy or Willis Winter in Calgary or Wally Streit or Randy Yatscoff in Edmonton.
We have a new ACF brochure. Contact a member of our Board or our State Office and we will make sure you receive a copy or copies.