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Giving Back To Our Community. Our mission is to help improve: Community living and the quality of life for our citizens and for visitors to the Kenora.

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1 Giving Back To Our Community

2 Our mission is to help improve: Community living and the quality of life for our citizens and for visitors to the Kenora & LOW Region. We work with donors to create permanent Endowment Funds for the benefit of charities in our Region. Funds created today will generate grants to charities FOREVER. Breakfast for Professionals

3 Investment Manager: Jarislowsky Fraser Limited Custodian: RBC Dexia Investor Services Financial Institution: Copperfin Credit Union Financial Advisor: BDO Canada LLP Auditors: MNP LLP We work with professional advisors such as lawyers, chartered accountants and financial planners to maximize donors tax savings Our Professional Advisors

4 Sponsors Peter Kirby, LLB Breakfast for Professionals

5 Grassy Narrows Kenora Wauzhushk Onigum Minaki Redditt Sioux Narrows Nestor Falls Whitefish Bay Shoal Lake #40 The Dalles Wabaseemoong NW Angle #33 and #37 Onigaming Iskatewizaagegan #39

6 Overview of Community Foundations of Canada 1921 First Canadian community foundation established in Winnipeg Manitoba 2014 Assets of $550 million 2014 More than 191 community foundations across Canada › $3.8 BILLION IN ASSETS NATION WIDE › GIVEN $158 MILLION IN LOCAL GRANTS ACROSS CANADA IN 2013 › THE FASTEST GROWING FORM OF PHILANTHROPY! 2004 Kenora and Lake of the Woods Regional Community Foundation established with first gift of $10,000 Breakfast for Professionals

7 Kenora and LOW Regional Community Foundation Breakfast for Professionals 2004 Kenora and Lake of the Woods Regional Community Foundation established with first gift of $10,000 2014 10 th Anniversary, $3.8 million in Endowed Funds, $1.3 million in grants distributed, 100 Active volunteers Examples of Endowment Funds, Supporting the Various Needs of Our Community Kenora Courthouse Fund “For A Just Cause” in Support of Social Welfare Needs Jim Retson Retirement Gift for KACL Fund Royal LOW Yacht Club Gift for Women's Shelter Saakaate House Knights of Columbus Endowment Fund for Student Bursaries at St. Thomas Aquinas Mike Richards Charity Hockey Camp/Charity Golf Tournament Endowment Funds 2012 Community Foundation reaches cumulative grants of $1 million to area charities

8 Andrew Paterson and Family The Moffat Family Jim and Leney Richardson Our Major Donors

9 Breakfast for Professionals $1 Million in Grants Distributed in 2012

10 10 Hour Giving Challenge $75,000 Raised for Our Endowments Volunteers, sponsors, donors and grant recipients join in the celebrations Wauzhushk Onigum Foundation and Golden Eagle Charitable Bingo Hall made a $25,000 gift Breakfast for Professionals

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14 1 We are a local organization with deep roots in the community 5 We accept a wide variety of assets, and can facilitate even the most complex forms of giving 4 Our funds help people invest in the causes they care about most 3 We provide highly personalized service tailored to each individual’s charitable and financial interests 2 Our staff and volunteers have broad expertise regarding community issues and needs Breakfast for Professionals 5 Reasons Why Working with Our Community Foundation will Help Strengthen Our Region:

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19 “I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the community, and as long as I live, it is my privilege to do for it whatever I can.” - George Bernard Shaw

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