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Interlake Community Foundation
Box 1575
Stonewall, MB R0C 2Z0
Stonewall, MB R0C 2Z0
Registered Charitable Number: 892930165 RR0001
Manitoba Region: Interlake
Mission
The Interlake Community Foundation provides the citizens of Rockwood, Rosser, Stonewall, Teulon and Woodlands the opportunity to invest in the future of their community and region forever.Vision
The ICF provides the citizens of Rockwood, Rosser, Stonewall, Teulon and Woodlands with the opportunity to invest in the future of their community and region forever.
The ICF pools gifts in capital funds that remain in perpetuity providing citizens with a means of permanently endowing their region and helping to shape its future. Your gift is never “spent” or “used up”.
The income generated from the capital is distributed as grants to registered charities in the region. our board consists of 11 members who represent the various areas of our Foundation.
Description
The Interlake Community Foundation is dedicated to helping local registered charities improve the communities of the RM of Rockwood, RM of Woodlands, RM of Rosser, Town of Stonewall and the Town of Teulon. The ICF started in 1994, and now have over $10,500,000 in assets.
Our volunteer board approves grants to local charities for capital projects that help our residents. We have one Community Grant intake each year, and the deadline to apply is February 28.
We administer many scholarships and bursaries to support students graduating from our local high schools.
Please contact us to enquire about setting up a permanent legacy to ensure that your philanthropic vision lives on!
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We are a member of Community Foundations of Canada, and an affiliate of the Winnipeg Foundation.
We are here to help and are “Building for Tomorrow—Today!”
Board
- Robert Beck – Board Chair
- Murray Slagerman – Vice Chair
- Michael Hepples – Treasurer
- Dawne Smithson – Secretary
- Meechelle Best
- Lorna Broadfoot
- Linda Lamoureux
- Peggy Linklager
- Cheryle McClure
- Sandra Smith
- Ross Thompson
- Perry van der Zweep
Staff
- Tracy Holod
Foundation Funds
| Argyle Skating Club Flow Through Fund: set up to receive support for the Argyle Skating Club | Janet Kuchma Scholarship Fund |
| Save the Kilns – Town of Stonewall Flow Through Fund: set up to receive support for the “Save the Kilns” initiative in co-operation with the Town of Stonewall | Bryan Lefley Memorial Fund |
| A.H. Campbell Scholarship Fund: Provides an annual award to a graduate at Teulon Collegiate | Michael A Lindell Automotive Scholarship |
| Community Builder Club – Rosser: Donors can set up monthly or annual donations to support charities in the RM of Rosser | Abby Lee Anne Margetts Memorial Fund |
| Dr. Goodwin Memorial Scholarship Fund: Provides an annual award to a graduate at Teulon Collegiate | Nestor Myska Memorial Fund: provides a grant to a local charity as part of our Community Granting Program in memory of Nestor Myska. |
| McKenna Riley Memorial Fund – Community of Argyle: Kevin, Lisa and Brooke-Lyn Riley opened this spend down fund to support a community project in Argyle MB in memory of McKenna Riley. | Harry J. Enns Oak Hammock Marsh Fund |
| McKenna Riley Memorial Scholarship Fund: Lisa, Kevin & Brooke-Lyn Riley created this scholarship fund in memory of McKenna Riley. It funds two scholarships for female hockey players in the WWHSHL and the MJWHL. | Stephanie Oland Duncan Memorial Fund: provides an annual grant to a local charity as part of our Community Granting Program in memory of Stephanie Oland Duncan. |
| Teulon Museum Fund: a spend down fund that supports the Teulon & District Museum and Historical society on an annual basis. | Rev. Dr. Barry G. Rasmussen Memorial Scholarship Fund |
| All Communities Fund: provides a grant to a local charity as part of our Community Granting Program. | Restricted for the RM Rockwood Fund: provides grants as part of our Community Granting Program to charities within Rockwood. It was started by the Council of the RM of Rockwood. |
| Badger Daylighting – CLI Fund: Jackie Dewerianchuk and Mark Shurek opened this fund to provide an annual grant to Community Living Interlake | Restricted for the RM of Rosser Fund: provides grants as part of our Community Granting Program to charities within the RM of Rosser. It was created by the Council of the RM of Rosser. |
| Leona & Larry Baker Fund: provides a grant to a local charity as part of our Community Granting Program in memory of Leona Baker | Restricted for the Town of Stonewall Fund: provides grants as part of our Community Granting Program to charities within Stonewall. It was created by the Council of the Town of Stonewall. |
| Beck Family Endowment Fund: Bob & Mary Beck and Family opened this fund to provide a grant to a local charity as part of our Community Granting Program | Restricted for the Town of Teulon Fund: provides grants as part of our Community Granting Program to charities within Teulon. It was created by the Council of the Town of Teulon. |
| Beck Family Scholarship Fund: The Beck Family began his fund to provide annual scholarships to two graduates of Stonewall Collegiate | Restricted for the RM of Woodlands Fund: provides grants as part of our Community Granting Program to charities within Woodlands. It was created by the Council of the RM of Woodlands. |
| Bel Acres Community Fund: opened by the Bel Acres Golf and Country Club to provide an annual grant to a local charity as part of our Community Granting Program | Sexton Family Fund: provides a grant to a local charity as part of our Community Granting Program. |
| Boonstra Farms Community Fund: Murray and Pauline Boonstra and family opened this fund to provide an annual grant to a local charity as part of our Community Granting Program | Slagerman Family Endowment Fund |
| Boonstra Farms Fund: provide ans annual grant to South West District Palliative Care Inc. | Neil Smith Endowment Fund |
| Ethan Boyer Memorial Fund: Tin for the Critter Bin has been opened by Dana, Sue and Reid Boyer in memory of Ethan Boyer, it will support a local pet rescue charity. | SCI YIP ‘Students Give Back’ |
| Community Builder Club – Stonewall: Donors can set up monthly or annual donations to support charities in the Town of Stonewall | Standard Limestone Quarries Fund: Merle Balsillie created this fund to provide an annual grant to South West District Palliative Care in memory of Rob Broadfoot and Jim Dola. |
| Community Builder Club – Teulon: Donors can set up monthly or annual donations to support charities in the Town of Teulon. | Stonewall & District Health Centre Auxiliary Fund: provides an annual grant to Rosewood Lodge Personal Care Home. |
| Community Builder Club – Undesignated: Donors can set up monthly or annual donations to support charities in our Community Granting Program. | Stonewall Family Foods Fund |
| Percy & Mary Durham Fund | TCI Alumni Scholarship Fund |
| Lorne & Irene Ferley Endowment Fund – Lorne Ferley Scholarship – Michael Ferley Bursary | TCI YIP ‘Students Give Back’ Fund |
| Ryan Grandmont Memorial Fund | Teulon Healthcare Foundation Inc. Fund |
| Guttman Family Fund | Dave & Annette Unrau Award Fund |
| ICF Operating Fund: supports the administrative operations of the Interlake Community Foundation. | Warren Collegiate Alumni Fund |
| Donna Jensen – Community Living Interlake Fund | WCI YIP ‘Students Give Back’ Fund |
| Jennifer Jensen Memorial Funds – Dialysis Support – Library Support – Education Support – Jennifer Jensen & Kelsey Moeller Brown Scholarship | G. M. Willis Family Scholarship |
| Lauritz and Georgina Jensen Fund | George & Grace Willox Memorial Fund: Peggy Linklater began this fund to provide a grant to a local charity as part of our Community Granting Program in memory of her parents. |
| Ben and Marjorie King Memorial Bursary Fund | Woodlands Pioneer Museum Heritage Fund: This fund was started by the Board of the Woodlands Pioneer Museum to take advantage of matching fund from the Province of Manitoba. It will provide an annual grant to support the Musuem. |
| Maureen & Glenn Kletke Fund: provides an annual grant to the South Interlake Regional Library, Teulon Branch | Hunter – Cumming Scholarship Fund: Provides an annual award to a graduate at Teulon Collegiate |
| Herb & Helen Kletke Fund | Manitoba Pool 302 (Retired) Scholarship |
| Oak Hammock Marsh Capital Renewal Fund | Ralph Eichler Legacy Fund – Lakeside Constituency |
Recent Grants
Click the + to see the grant recipients.| Settlers, Rails and Trails Inc | to purchase outdoor toilet and supplies | $1,135 |
| Stony Mountain Community Association | improve fencing at ball diamonds | $2,500 |
| St. Michael’s Church and Cemetary | repairs to Heritage building | $1,000 |
| Balmoral Childcare Centre | purchase gross motor equipment | $425 |
| Teulon Day Care Inc | Purchase wooden play structure | $1,095 |
| Rosser Central Community Club | purchase large room dividor curtain for gym | $2,800 |
| South Interlake Regional Library Stonewall Branch | purchase plexishields & air purifyers | $1,100 |
| Balmoral Community Hall Inc. | digital sign and exterior renovations | $1,500 |
| Starting Blocks Inc. | purchase paint for United Church location | $550 |
| Stony Mountain Community Centre Inc RM Rockwood | repairs to men’s washrool in basement level SMCC | $1,000 |
| REACT | automated countertop compost bins schools | $700 |
| South Interlake Regional Library Teulon Branch | to purchase bins & shelving children’s section | $530 |
| Green Acres Arts Centre–Town of Teulon | purchase computers and equipment to make videos | $2,890 |
| Association for Community Living Interlake Branch | to replace the floor in the day program area | $5,600 |
| Rosser Elementary School PAC ISD21 | improve playground shared by Rosser CCC | $1,485 |
| Argyle Skating Club RM Rockwood | upgrade the skating rink flooding components for safety | $2,000 |
| Warren Collegiate HIPAC ISD 21 | Commercial grade gym equipment | $1,965 |
| Subtotal Community Grants | $28,275 | |
| Interlake Community Foundation Leadership Awards | 2 at Warren Collegiate | $600 |
| Interlake Community Foundation Leadership Awards | 2 at Stonewall Collegiate | $600 |
| Interlake Community Foundation Leadership Awards | 2 at Teulon Collegiate | $600 |
| Warren Collegiate Students Give Back Grant | Gym equipment at Warren Collegiate | $1,232 |
| Teulon Collegiate Students Give Back Grant | Canadian Ukrainian Congress | $1,321 |
| Total Community Grants | $32,628 |
| Beck Family Scholarship 2 x $300 | Grad from Stonewall Collegiate | $600 |
| Jennifer Jensen & Kelsey Moeller-Brown Scholarship | Grad from Stonewall Collegiate | $1,100 |
| Dave & Annette Unrau Award | Grad from Stonewall Collegiate | $500 |
| G.M. Willis Family Scholarship | Grad from Stonewall Collegiate | $500 |
| Mr. & Mrs. A.H. Campbell Scholarship | Grad from Teulon Collegiate | $100 |
| Lorne Ferley Scholarship | Grad from Teulon Collegiate | $655 |
| Michael Ferley Bursary | Grad from Teulon Collegiate | $625 |
| Dr Goodwin Memorial Scholarship | Grad from Teulon Collegiate | $100 |
| Hunter-Cumming Scholarship | Grad from Teulon Collegiate | $175 |
| Janet Kuchma Scholarship | Grad from Teulon Collegiate | $372 |
| Dr. Rev B Rasmussen Scholarship | Grad from Teulon Collegiate | $445 |
| TCI Alumni Scholarship | Grad from Teulon Collegiate | $260 |
| M.A. Lindell Automotive Scholarship | Grad from Warren Collegiate | $1,000 |
| Ben & Marjorie King Memorial Bursary | 3 Grads from Warren Collegiate | $3,000 |
| MB Pool 802 (Retired) Scholarship | Grad from Warren Collegiate | $300 |
| Howard Schellenberg Memorial Scholarship | 2 Grads from Warren Collegiate for 2022 only | $1,000 |
| Abby Margetts Memorial Arts Scholarship | Grad from Warren Collegiate | $500 |
| Warren Collegiate Alumni | Grad from Warren Collegiate | $0 |
| Ryan Grandmont Memorial Fund | 2 Grads from SCI and 1 from Edward Schreyer School | $1,500 |
| Bryan Lefley Memorial Fund Scholarship | 3 x $1300 Bryan Lefley Scholarship ISD | $3,900 |
| Sub total Scholarships | $16,632 |
| Bryan Lefley Memorial Fund | To South West District Palliative Care PD | $800 |
| Harry J Enns Oak Hammock Marsh Fund | Ducks Unlimited Canada Oak Hammock Marsh | $312,005 |
| Badger Daylighting Fund | Association Com Living Interlake | $223 |
| Donna Jensen–CLI Fund | Association Com Living Interlake Branch | $843 |
| Jennifer Jensen Mem Fund–Dialysis Support | Interlake Eastern Health Authority | $216 |
| Jennifer Jensen Mem Fund–Education Support | Interlake School Division | $206 |
| Jennifer Jensen Mem Fund–Library Support | South Interlake Regional Library | $285 |
| Standard Limestone Quarries Fund | To South West District Palliative Care PD | $428 |
| Teulon & District Museum SD Fund | TEULON AND DISTRICT MUSEUM Hist Soc. | $250 |
| Teulon Healthcare Foundation Fund | Teulon Healthcare Foundation | $2,031 |
| Woodlands Pioneer Museum Fund | Woodlands Pioneer Museum Inc | $337 |
| Subtotal designated funds | $317,624 |
These are the charities that we supported with community and Build 150 grants in 2020, totally $47,070 in grants:
| Rosser Central Community Club Inc. | Upgrade HVAC system | $4,400 |
| Grosse Isle Memorial Rec Club Inc | A/V presentation equipment system | $3,675 |
| Ducks Unlimited Canada (Oak Hammock Marsh) | Build Wetland Centre | $2,000 |
| Teulon & District Museum Historical Soc. Inc. | Paint exterior of Shoe Shop | $695 |
| Prison Fellowship of Canada | Purchase laptop | $750 |
| Woodlands Pioneer Museum Inc. | Create Mission Trails Bottle Cabin exhibit | $2,450 |
| Starting Blocks Inc. | Material to paint interior of facility | $1,300 |
| Teulon United Church | Upgrades to CE building | $2,650 |
| Royal Life Saving Society of Canada – MB Branch Inc. | Equipment for lifeguard training @ SQP | $1,500 |
| Green Acres Art Centre – Town of Teulon | Purchase equipment for Drop In Centre | $2,650 |
| The Vintage Locomotive Society Inc. / GIHS | Concrete phase of washroom facility | $2,000 |
| Association of Community Living Interlake | Portable Hoyer life and sling | $4,160 |
| Settlers, Rails, and Trails Inc. | Roofing three heritage structures | $2,225 |
| Stony Mountain Community Association Inc. | Restoration of Centennial Park | $5,240 |
| South Interlake Regional Library | Purchase new bookmobile | $7,500 |
| South Interlake Regional Library Stonewall Branch | Create a board room for community use | $2,075 |
| Stonewall Collegiate | Student Leadership Awards | $600 |
| Teulon Collegiate | Student Leadership Awards | $600 |
| Warren Collegiate | Student Leadership Awards | $600 |
| A.H. Campbell Scholarship | Grad from Teulon Collegiate | $100 |
| Abby Margetts Memorial Arts Scholarship | Grad from Warren Collegiate | $500 |
| Beck Family Scholarship | Grad from Stonewall Collegiate | $500 |
| Bryan Lefley Memorial Fund | 3 x $1,000 Bryan Lefley Memorial Scholarship | $3,000 |
| Bryan Lefley memorial Fund | Grant to South West District Palliative | $500 |
| Dave & Annette Unrau Award | Grad from Stonewall Collegiate | $500 |
| Donna Jensen Memorial – CLI Fund | ACL Interlake incl. $625 flow through | $1,250 |
| Dr Goodwin Memorial Scholarship | Grad from Teulon Collegiate | $100 |
| Ryan Grandmont Memorial Fund | $1,500 | |
| G.M. Willis Family Scholarship | Grad from Stonewall Collegiate | $500 |
| Hunter-Cumming Scholarship | Grad from Teulon Collegiate | $175 |
| Janet Kuchma Scholarship | Grad from Teulon Collegiate | $500 |
| Ben & Marjorie King Scholarship | 2 awards, grad from Warren Collegiate | $2,500 |
| M. A. Lindell Automotive Scholarship | Grad from Warren Collegiate | $1,000 |
| Lorne Ferley Scholarship | Grad from Teulon Collegiate | $825 |
| MB Pool 802 (Retired) Scholarship | Grad from Warren Collegiate | $300 |
| Michael Ferley Bursary | Grad from Teulon Collegiate | $1,000 |
| Teulon Hunter Memorial Health District Fdn. | Payout to the Foundation | $1,735 |
| Dr. Rev Barry Grant Rasmussen Scholarship | Grad from Teulon Collegiate | $500 |
| TCI Alumni Scholarship | Grad from Teulon Collegiate | $225 |
Grant Deadlines
- February 15
