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The first Winnipeg Folk Festival was held in 1974 in Birds Hill Park as a one-time celebration to mark Winnipeg’s 100th anniversary. Featuring 50 acts on four stages, this inaugural festival was free and attracted 22,000 over the three-day weekend. The Winnipeg Folk Festival has grown over the past 40 years to be one of the premier outdoor music festivals in the world. Today the operating budget is more than $4.3M, and total attendance exceeds 80,000. Each year close to 75 acts and 3000 volunteers come together to create the best 5-days in July! The success of the summer festival has propelled the Winnipeg Folk Festival into a year-round centre of folk music. Throughout the year, the festival produces dozens of concerts, engages the community through our Education and Outreach initiatives and operates a music store and our own performance venue, the Folk Exchange, in the heart of the exchange district in downtown Winnipeg. www.winnipegfolkfestival.ca

Financial assistance requests on behalf of needy children can only be produced by primary school principals or CLSC’s (Local community service center) caregivers. This assistance must have a direct positive impact on children’s life in schools. Here are some examples. Health and welfare: glasses, meals, clothing; Homework lessons trainings; Supply and school materials; Daycare or transportation expenses; Specialized services: occupational therapy, speech therapy, psychology, etc. Cultural activities; Scholarships in arts or sports. Nearly 3,000 children benefit from a financial assistance every year.

Our current projects include a comprehensive community initiative in South Haney, Maple Ridge, B.C., based on the "building community from within" approach. We plan to implement a unique mentoring system called a Block College. In the food security realm, we operate two community gardens and promote organic gardening through workshops and pesticide alternatives education. We are also the proud stewards of a heritage building in Maple Ridge, helping to maintain the legacy of the Japanese Canadian homesteading pioneers. To connect all these endeavors, we are an action group of the local transition town initiative, Golden Ears Transition Initiative (GETI), which will help to build resilience in the community to the environmental, social and economic challenges and opportunities likely to shape our future.

Skills for Change is a charitable organization dedicated to employment success for immigrants and refugees. A focus on professional communications, workplace culture, skills upgrading and bridging, mentoring and language classes directly responds to the needs of hiring managers from Canada’s leading employers. With a successful background in social innovation, Cheryl May, Executive Director, saw an emerging trend in government interest for increased innovation and collaboration from nonprofits to be responsive to market shifts and less dependent on public funding. Skills for Change launched an innovation program in January 2012 to test and push out new sustainable solutions in support and services. With an emphasis on strategic analysis, the approach weighs demographic and employer needs, adapting to the changing demands of the immigration landscape.

We Inspire & Inform British Columbia’s Knowledge Network is where stories live that speak to our time. Funded by an annual operating grant from the provincial government and donations from loyal viewers, Knowledge Network offers commercial-free creative documentaries, arts and culture, drama and children’s programs from Canada and around the world. Through the commissioning of broadcast and digital interactive content, it also plays a vital role in supporting the independent production community in British Columbia.

The GCCA is a non-profit society comprised of community volunteers that jointly operates the Trout Lake Community Centre with the Vancouver Park Board. The Associations seeks to make the centre a place where health and wellness is at the forefront of thinking and where a full spectrum of social, physical, arts and culture programs enriches the lives of individuals and their community. Our responsibilities include shaping programming, hiring instructors, raising funds, and accessing grants, developing rental policy, advocating for our parks and insuring that decisions affecting the community are made at the grass roots level. The revenue generated through programs and rentals stays in our community and is invested in activities for children, special events, facility enhancements, park programs and artist residencies among other things. The Association advocates for this community on a number of levels and your voice helps us better represent the community. www.troutlakecc.com

The Foundation administers a variety of programs including initiatives in advancing agricultural knowledge, providing scholarships in agricultural disciplines, and facilitating events that communicate the importance of agriculture to Canadians.

The Saskatchewan Nurses Foundation (SNF) is a registered charity that provides bursaries to eligible Registered Nurses who are pursuing continuing nursing education at the baccalaureate, masters or doctoral level or in clinical nursing courses of at least 15 days in length. After graduation, SNF bursary recipients must work in the province for one year for every $1000.00 received.

The Alberta SPCA is a provincially incorporated nonprofit organization dedicated to the welfare of animals. We encourage the humane treatment of animals through our education programs and the enforcement of Alberta's animal protection legislation.

The Vancouver Writers Fest is one of North America’s premiere literary events, held on Granville Island, Vancouver’s cultural mecca, for six days each October. The Writers Fest attracts the world’s best writers to Vancouver. Internationally renowned and undiscovered authors mingle with readers of all ages in various venues on Granville Island. The Festival has presented luminaries such as Martin Amis, Margaret Atwood, Maeve Binchy, Peter Carey, Roddy Doyle, Timothy Findley, Tomson Highway, John Irving, P.D. James, Thomas Keneally, Rohinton Mistry, Frank McCourt, Alice Munro, Michael Ondaatje, Ian Rankin, J.K. Rowling, Salman Rushdie and Carol Shields. The Writers Fest offers events and programs for schools and special events throughout the year featuring Canadian and international writers. Spreading the Word, the Festival’s schools program, presents children’s writers to over 7,000 children and young people, in English and French.

Earthwise is a not-for-profit organization that promotes sustainable communities through educational programs and environmental stewardship. Our farm and garden is situated on 2 acres in Boundary Bay Tsawwassen, and here we grow organic produce and flowers, conduct Eco-tours for elementary school children, apprentice the next generation of farmers, and hold workshops and events that are attended by the community. Earthwise is also the location for our community gardens, and Wednesday evening and Saturday morning farm store.

Since 1988, the Festival has been part of the cultural and social ecology of the province. We are the only international and multi-disciplinary performing arts festival dedicated to the children in Saskatchewan, and we believe that creative, diverse and culturally aware communities don't happen by accident. A tolerant and vibrant society ready to face the challenges of the future results from planting seeds of inspiration, nurturing through participating and fun, and creating space for ideas to take root and reach for the sun. Imagination grows strong when we feed it the right stuff --- the confidence to try something new, the perspective to see something in a fresh way, the compassion to connect with those in a different situation.