The Winnipeg Foundation's goal is to help you achieve the full philanthropic expression of your values, increasing your satisfaction while maximizing the benefit to community.

We offer support to help you reflect upon your charitable goals and find ways to give that will best fulfill those goals. We also provide donor services aimed at making charitable giving easy for you.

Meet one-on-one with Foundation staff to explore your charitable goals and the giving options available to help you fulfill them.

The Foundation can work with families to bring different generations together around charitable issues, helping to identify grantmaking priorities and leadership issues.

For further information, please visit our section on Family Philanthropy.

We are committed to providing personalized services to our donors. You can expect individualized gift planning as well as custom reports and grantmaking tailored to your values and interests.

Our personalized donor services also allow you to choose:

• the level of involvement you would like to have with your gift
• the level of recognition or anonymity you desire
• the level of communication you wish to receive throughout the year

Our Donor Principles outlines what you can expect as a donor to The Winnipeg Foundation.

The Foundation has experience handling all types of gifts and a history of prudent investment practices.

We also have expertise in supporting innovative responses and targeting charitable dollars for the greatest impact on our city - which is served by more than 3,400 charitable agencies.

Our staff works closely with the agencies that serve our community and can offer insight into the needs of both agencies and the community.

The Foundation provides:

• Research and information on charitable organizations;
• Expedited grant recommendation and fulfillment process;
• Tours and site visits to experience first hand the work of charitable organizations;
• Due diligence on all grant recipients to ensure they are Canadian registered charities and use your contribution as intended.

Our online system allows donors who have established funds at The Winnipeg Foundation to conveniently access secure information about their fund and print off reports at any time.

If you are interested in using Donor Central, contact our Donor Relations staff, by email or at 944.9474 (toll-free 1.877.974-3631), to set up secure access to your fund.

Throughout the year, we offer learning opportunities and host events to keep you informed on Foundation and community activities. We also organize site visits to charitable organizations to learn about potential projects or to view previously supported projects in action. Please contact us for more information about these opportunities.

The Foundation's website and regular publications, such as the annual report and magazines, continuously work to inform you about the latest happenings within philanthropy, the Foundation, and our community.