About Us

Association of Grantmakers in Alberta connects, gathers and informs grantmakers from across the province. The network brings together funders to increase the impact and effectiveness of grants, while providing them with insights, innovations, and techniques to help shape the future of the communities they serve.

Our History

During the pandemic, a group of CEOs of several granting organizations in Alberta met virtually for peer support and learning, initiated by the Muttart Foundation and Edmonton Community Foundation. Initially learning was focused on how we were all pivoting in the new remote and virtual world. Out of that informal conversation some collaborative granting happened, learnings were shared, knowledge deepened, and practices improved. Out of those experiences, the group decided to create a new entity that would be for all grant makers in Alberta, as a way to share the good thing that was discovered.

Founding Members

Affiliations in this schedule are meant for identification purposes only. Incorporators are members of the Association in their personal capacities.

Allan Northcott

Max Bell Foundation

Allan Undheim

United Way of Alberta Capital Region

Anne Davidson

Arts Culture and Status of Women, Government of Alberta

Bob Wyatt

Muttart Foundation

Cathy Steeves

United Way of Wood Buffalo

Charleen Davidson

Community Foundation of Lethbridge and Southwestern Alberta

David Peever

Nickle Family Foundation

Eva Friesen

Calgary Foundation

Heather Rae

HRJ Consulting

Kate Pedlow,

HRJ Consulting

Kendall Quantz

Burns Memorial Fund

Martin Garber-Conrad

Formerly with Edmonton Community Foundation

Shelley Uytterhagen

Carthy Foundation

Susan Brooke

United Way of Calgary and Area

Tina Thomas

Edmonton Community Foundation

Join Us

If you’d like to learn from others in your field, get inspired by how others do what you do, collaborate with peers on solving problems in a grant maker’s world, or just get energized, please join us!

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