The St. James Scholarship Foundation serves our award recipients and our donors by maintaining two endowment funds. These are:
• Funds on deposit with local financial institutions.
For a direct link to donate, please click here. • Our Agency Fund at the Winnipeg Foundation.
For a direct link to donate, please click here.
Prospective donors may choose to fund a new scholarship or alternatively, they may prefer to donate to the pooled fund in one of our two endowment funds. Prospective donors wishing to establish a new award are advised to contact the school principal at the chosen school to complete the application form required by the school division. Principals are able to give good advice on possible award criteria as they are very well aware of the needs of their students and their awards program. Alternatively, members of the scholarship board can be contacted for advice using the contact information listed below.
| Locally Endowed Awards
Funds held in our local endowment are managed using GIC’s at prevailing interest rates. Interest rates have been at historic low levels recently and for this reason they do not permit perpetual endowment of awards. Prospective donors are advised that our local endowment can support an award for a term of years. As an example, a donation of $2,500 would support a $250 annual award for approximately ten years. Donors may also choose to contribute to our general pool of funds and in this way provide a more general benefit to our fund.
We now have digital means to donate to our local fund using CanadaHelps. Donors using
CanadaHelps may choose to donate to our general pool of funds or to an established fund
account here:
https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/st-james-scholarship-foundation.
Using the pull down menu, donations can be made directly to our general fund or to an
established fund account. Alternatively, donations can be made by cheque with a notation on
the memo line identifying the fund preference. Our mailing address can be found at the end of
this section.
| Winnipeg Foundation Agency Fund Endowed Awards
Prospective donors wishing to endow an award in perpetuity are able, through us, to establish a sub-fund within our Agency Fund. These donations must be a minimum of $10,000 to be accepted by the Winnipeg Foundation. Because the Winnipeg Foundation employs a staff of professional money managers they can accept donations in a variety of forms such as investments, as well as cash. Again, to establish an award of this type prospective donors should first contact the school principal or the St James Scholarship Foundation for advice. Donations
to the Agency Fund can be made by digital means here:
https://www.mycharitytools.com/gift/wpgfdn/fund-category?id=698. Donors using our Agency Fund may chose to donate to our
general fund by choosing the “St James Scholarship Foundation Endowment Fund” in the list of
sub-funds. Alternatively, donors may choose to support one of our 15 established sub-funds.
Tax Deductible Receipts
All donations are income tax deductible and official receipts will be promptly provided.
Contact Information
Advice regarding donations or establishing new awards can be obtained from:
Bruce AlexanderPresident, St James Scholarship Foundation
Phone: (204) 885-1876
Email: brucegalexander@shaw.ca
Bruce Brown
Assistant Secretary-Treasurer/Finance Department, SJASD
Phone: (204) 888-7951
Email: bruce.brown@sjasd.ca
Mailing address:
Bruce Brown
c/o St. James-Assiniboia School Division
2574 Portage Avenue
Winnipeg, MB
R3J 0H8
