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Table 7: Foundations (Conditional Grants)

1. Name of recipient:   Endowment Fund—Canadian Institute for Research on Linguistic Minorities
2. Start date:
2001–2002
3. End date:
Perpetual
4. Total funding:
$10 million
5. Description: Thanks to an endowment funded by the Department of Canadian Heritage, the Canadian Institute for Research on Linguistic Minorities was created in March 2002 for the purpose of becoming a national centre of expertise to better for understand the challenges that official-language minority communities face and the trends in their environment. Although it is housed at the Université de Moncton, it has a national mission. It carries out activities related to official-language minority communities through revenues generated by the Endowment Fund and other revenues.

The goal of the Institute is to increase research on issues related to minority official-language communities. More and improved research will ensure that leaders of minority-language communities and officials responsible for developing public policy will have a better understanding of the issues that affect the development of Canada's Francophone and Anglophone minority communities.
6. Strategic Outcome: Canadians live in an inclusive society built on intercultural understanding and citizen participation.
7. Summary of results achieved by the recipient:  The Institute contributes significantly to promoting and disseminating fundamental and applied research on Canada's linguistic minorities to the academic community, governments, community organizations, and the general public. In addition to being the architect of several research projects, the Institute also strives to create the conditions that will stimulate research on linguistic minorities. The Institute's annual report and its publications are accessible on its website. Two publications of interest were published during the 2007–08 fiscal year: "Analyse des tendances migratoires des anglophones au Québec" [Trends Analysis of Anglophone Migration in Quebec] and "Les Centre scolaires communautaires (CSC):  Relation entre des espaces institutionnels et le vécu langagier d'ayants droits francophones" ["School Community Centres (SCC): A Relationship Between Institutional Spaces and the Language Experience of Francophone Rights Holders"].
  8.
Actual
Spending
2005–06
9.
Actual
Spending
2006–07
10.
Planned
Spending
2007–08
11.
Total
Authorities
2007-08
12.
Actual
Spending
2007-08
13.
Variance(s)
Between
10 and 12
14. Program activity
Community Development and Capacity-Building
 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
15. Comments on variance(s):
n/a
16. Significant evaluation findings and URL(s) to last evaluation(s):  A formative evaluation is currently being conducted and will be finalized in fall 2008. 
17. Significant audit findings and URL(s) to last audit(s):
n/a
18. URL to the recipient's site:
http://www.icrml.ca
19. URL to the recipient's annual report: http://www.icrml.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=21&Itemid=141
 
1. Name of Recipient : Global Centre for Pluralism
2. Start Date: 
2006–2007
3. End Date:
Perpetual
4. Total Funding: 
$30 million
5. Description: The Global Centre for Pluralism is a not-for-profit organization, founded by the Aga Khan Development Network, which addresses a global gap in institutions that advocate pluralism as a foundation for new governance, peace, and human development. 
6. Strategic Outcome: Canadians live in an inclusive society built on intercultural understanding and citizen participation.
7. Summary of Results Achieved by the Recipient:

In December 2007, a lease agreement was signed by the Global Centre for Pluralism and the Government of Canada (represented by the National Capital Commission) to rent 330 Sussex Drive.

The Corporate Plan for 2008–2009 was submitted in February 2008.  
  8.
Actual
Spending
2005–06
9.
Actual
Spending
2006–07
10.
Planned
Spending
2007–08
11.
Total
Authorities
2007–08
12.
Actual
Spending
2007–08
13.
Variance(s)
Between
10 and 12
14. Program Activity: Participation in Community and Civic Life  $ $30.0 M $
15. Comments on Variance(s)
n/a
16. Significant Evaluation Findings and URL(s) to Last Evaluation(s)/Future Plans
The Global Centre for Pluralism will carry out an evaluation no less frequently than every five years.
17. Significant Audit Findings and URL(s) to Last Audit(s)/Future Plans 
The Global Centre for Pluralism will carry out an independent (value-for-money) audit to ensure the economy, efficiency, and effectiveness with which funds have been used, no less than every five years.
18. URL to Recipient's Site  
http://www.pluralism.ca
19. URL to Recipient's Annual Report 
The Annual Report for 2007–2008 will be submitted July 31, 2008.
 
1. Name of recipientGrant to the 2010 Games Operating Trust
2. Start date:
2004–2005
3. End date:
Perpetual
4. Total funding:
$55 million
5. Description:
In accordance with Multi-Party Agreement (MPA) the Government of Canada and the Province of British Columbia each contributed $55 million to the Legacy Endowment Fund, which is managed by the 2010 Games Operating Trust.  The 2010 Games Operating Trust Society is the legal entity that oversees the business activities of the 2010 Games Operating Trust.  The Legacy Endowment Fund supports the maintenance and operating expenses of specific 2010 Winter Games sporting venues and to charitable and not-for-profit organizations conducting high performance amateur sport and coach development programming at those venues and elsewhere in Canada.  The three legacy facilities receiving the funds are the Richmond Oval (Richmond, BC), Whistler Olympic Park and the Whistler Sliding Centre (Resort Municipality of Whistler, BC).  This commitment by the Government of Canada and the Province of British Columbia ensures that Canadians will continue to use the venues and benefit from sport programming well beyond 2010.(http://www.vancouver2010.com)

The Board of Directors of the 2010 Games Operating Trust Society consists of eight representatives from the signatories to the MPA (Government of Canada, the Province of British Columbia, the Canadian Olympic Committee, the Canadian Paralympic Committee, the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC), the City of Vancouver, the City of Richmond, and the Resort Municipality of Whistler). The 2010 Games Operating Trust Society will oversee and manage this Trust until an agreed upon future date or until the end of the Monarchy.

Sustainable social, economic, cultural and sports benefits for Canadians are the overall strategic goal for hosting the Olympic Games. Beyond maintaining and operating the three principle venues, the 2010 Games Operating Trust will provide the needed funding to continue high performance programming for Canadian athletes at these venues and elsewhere in Canada.
6. Strategic Outcome:  Canadians live in an inclusive society built in intercultural understanding and citizen participation
7. Summary of results achieved by the recipient: The growth of the Legacy Endowment Fund since its creation in 2004–2005 will ensure continued use of the venues and will support sport programming leaving a sustainable legacy for all Canadians beyond 2010.  The interest earned on this investment since 2004-2005 has been used to re-capitalize on the fund.  During 2007, Whistler Olympic Park officially opened and with the other two venues deemed substantially complete, the 2010 Games Operating Trust Society approved distributions for the operational costs from the Legacy Endowment Fund to the venue owners/operators as follows:

  December 2007 June 2008
City of Richmond $2.192 million $1.950 million
VANOC $2.192 million $1.950 million
The value of the Legacy Endowment Fund as of March 31, 2008, is $128.9 million.

For more information see: http://www.canada2010.gc.ca/finance-fra.cfm

Press Release, Canadian Heritage, May 22, 2007:  http://www.pch.gc.ca/newsroom/index-eng.cfm?fuseaction=displayDocument&DocIDCd=CDE070377
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Actual
Spending
2005–06
9.
Actual
Spending
2006–2007
10.
Planned
Spending
2007–2008
11.
Total
Authorities
2007–2008
12.
Actual
Spending
2007–2008
13.
Variance(s)
Between
10 and 12
14. Program activity
Participation in community and civic life
 $0 $0 $ 0 $ 0 $ 0 $0
15. Comments on variance(s): : n/a
16. Significant evaluation findings and URL(s) to last evaluation(s): n/a
17. Significant audit findings and URL(s) to last audit(s):
http://files.newswire.ca/726/GOT_2008_AFS_Signed_ENG.pdf
http://www.cnw.ca/en/releases/archive/June2008/10/c2355.html
18. URL to the recipient's site:
http://www.vancouver2010.com
19. URL to the recipient's annual report:

1. Name of recipient: National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation
2. Start date:
2003–2004
3. End date:
2009–2010
4. Total funding:
$22 million
5. Description: The National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation (NAAF) promotes the development and education of Aboriginal peoples and their professional advancement in Canadian society. In 2003–2004 Canadian Heritage provided a $12 million endowment for the establishment of an Aboriginal Post-Secondary Scholarship Program. An additional endowment of $10 million was approved in March 2007. The endowment's investment revenues are used to award scholarships and bursaries to Aboriginal post-secondary students.

This endowment fund encourages Aboriginal Canadians to achieve higher levels of education to gain the skills and knowledge needed to contribute fully to the economic life of their communities and to Canadian society. More specifically, the scholarship program assists Status Indian, Non-Status Indian, Métis, and Inuit post-secondary students engaged in fields of study that support and contribute to Aboriginal self-government and self-reliance.
6. Strategic Outcome: Canadians live in an inclusive society built on intercultural understanding and citizen participation.
7. Summary of results achieved by the recipient:
Investment revenues from the endowment provided funding for 185 bursaries to Aboriginal post-secondary students.
  8.
Actual
Spending
2005–06
9.
Actual
Spending
2006–07
10.
Planned
Spending
2007–08
11.
Total
Authorities
2007–08
12.
Actual
Spending
2007–08
13.
Variance(s)
Between
10 and 12
14. Program activity
Participation in community and civic life
 $ $10 M $
15. Comments on variance(s):
n/a
16. Significant evaluation findings and URL(s) to last evaluation(s):
The evaluation is the responsibility of the NAAF. The Department of Canadian Heritage is working with the NAAF on an evaluation, which was originally scheduled for completion by March 31, 2008. The evaluation will take approximately six months, finishing early in 2009.
17. Significant audit findings and URL(s) to last audit(s):
There is no audit scheduled for this foundation until 2009–2010.
18. URL to the recipient's site:
http://www.naaf.ca
19. URL to the recipient's annual report:
http://www.naaf.ca/docs/e/NAAF_AR_2007.pdf

1. Name of recipient:The Trans Canada Trail Foundation
2. Start date:
December 2003
3. End date:
March 2010
4. Total funding:
$15 million
5. Description: The Trans Canada Trail Foundation leads an initiative, based on widespread voluntary support, to establish a national recreational trail that runs through every Canadian province and territory, linking hundreds of communities. The federal grant for this project is used solely to establish a fund to achieve these objectives: to administer a program of grants to community-based groups in support of the trail-building capital projects (thereby leveraging additional support from other sources); to provide planning for and coordinate development of the Trail; and to establish Trail Pavilions and signage along the route.

The Trail will connect Canadians from all regions of the country with each other, with their environment, and with Canada's cultural and natural diversity.
6. Strategic Outcome:  Canadians express and share their diverse cultural experiences with each other and the world
7. Summary of results achieved by the recipient: (within overall departmental results achieved):

The path of the Trans Canada Trail is within 30 minutes of 80 percent of the Canadian population. 13 852 km is completed of the 20 790 km, which represents 67 percent of the distance:
  • Québec is 99 percent completed;

  • Prince Edward Island is 100% completed;

  • The Government of Ontario has set completion target of 2010 in their Trail Strategy;

  • Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and British Columbia are70 percent completed and are targeting 2010 for completion.
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Actual
Spending
2005–06
9.
Actual
Spending
2006–07
10.
Planned
Spending
2007–08
11.
Total
Authorities
2007–08
12.
Actual
Spending
2007–08
13.
Variance(s)
Between
10 and 12
14. Program activity
Access and participation in Canada's cultural life 
 $ 0 $ 0 $ 0 $ 0 $ 0 $ 0
15. Comments on variance(s):
The total grant of $15 million was paid to the Foundation in 2003–2004. No variance.
16. Significant evaluation findings and URL(s) to last evaluation(s):
Not applicable
17. Significant audit findings and URL(s) to last audit(s):
Not applicable
18. URL to the recipient's site:
http://www.tctrail.ca/home.php?l=en
19. URL to the recipient's annual report:
Financial statements of the Foundation are available on the Trans Canada Trail website at http://www.tctrail.ca/Financial_Statements.php