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Invest. Partner. Build.

Invest, Partner and Build with the Morden Area Foundation, your community foundation. Together we can have the strong city we all want to see. Now and in the future.

Fund List

The Morden Area Foundation holds funds that support a range of causes and organizations. Contact us if you are interested in creating a fund that supports a cause special to you.

Scholarships

MCI Student Council Scholarship
Victoria Rebekah Lodge Scholarship
Diane McAndrew Scholarship
Doug Cram Memorial Scholarship
Isaac & Dorothy Kroeker Memorial Scholarship
Joe & Annie Olafson Scholarship
John & Isabel Reichert Scholarship
Ken Warkentin Scholarship
Krueger Scholarship

Bill & Linda Fehr Scholarship

Morden Area Foundation

MCI Scholarship
MAF Adult Ed Scholarship
Morden Festival of the Arts Scholarship
Morden Masonic Lodge Nursing Scholarship
YIP & HASTA Scholarship

Learn & Return Healthcare Bursary

 

Power of the Purse Fund
City of Morden Fund
General Community Fund
Midge & Lorne Kyle Memorial Fund

Agency and Donor Directed Funds
Arts Stabilization MB Fund
Canadian Fossil Discovery Development Fund
Canadian Fossil Discovery Centre Signature Fund
Canadian Fossil Discovery Centre Heritage Fund
Caring and Sharing Fund
Citizen of Distinction Fund
Clark Elder Memorial Fund
Lautenschlager Family Fund
Manitoba Baseball Hall of Fame Heritage Fund
Morden Corn & Apple Festival Fund
Morden and District United Way Scholarship
South Central Cancer Resource Fund
South Central Regional Library Fund
Sport & Recreation Fund

Donate Online

Online donations are processed without charge by The Winnipeg Foundation.
Donations can also be accepted by cheque or e-transfer. When sending funds, please note which fund or scholarship you would like to support in the memo.
Cheques can be mailed to:
13 – 379 Stephen Street
Morden, MB R6M 0G8

E-transfers can be sent to info@mordenfoundation.ca.
For your receipt, please include your name, mailing address and designated fund for your gift in the message box.

Gifts in Kind

These are donations of property including artwork, securities and real estate. Tax credits for ‘gifts in kind’ donations are determined by the fair market value of the gift at the time of the donation. However, you must also report any resulting capital gain or loss on the disposition of that property.

Publicly listed securities. To get an added tax advantage, you may donate securities listed on specific stock exchanges, mutual funds and segregated funds instead of cash. Under a recent change to the Income Tax Act, the effective taxable capital gain from the disposal of the security will be zero instead of one-half.

Requests of life insurance or registered plans
You can donate the proceeds upon death from a life insurance policy, RRSP, RRIF or TFSA by naming the charity as the beneficiary, or by naming the estate as the beneficiary and naming the charity in the will to receive the proceeds. Such charitable gifts are treated as if they were made in the year of your death and are eligible in determining the charitable donation tax credit on your final tax return or the immediately preceding return.

Charitable Remainder Trusts

You make a gift to a charity during your lifetime yet continue to receive the income generated by the investments. Through an irrevocable inter vivo trust (known as a Charitable Remainder Trust), the charity you name is established as the capital beneficiary. However, the capital is not accessible to the charity during your lifetime. All interest and dividends earned by the trust are paid to you as taxable income. You receive a charitable receipt equal to the present value of the capital which the charity is expected to receive at the time of your death. The donation is removed from your estate and would not be subject to probate fees or claims by creditors.