Community Foundation of the Kootenay Rockies

06/08/2026

🎉🎉 Way to go, Cranbrook! Keep up the great work!

🌞 Check out Active Cranbrook Physical Literacy Society, Canada for so many fun and free opportunities to get involved.

Here's the link to register and start tracking your activity: https://www.participaction.com/signup/

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EXCITING NEWS! One week into the ParticipACTION Community Challenge and we're sitting in 3rd place across all of Canada! There's over 1500 communities entered and we're rockin' it! Way to go Cranbrook🎉💪

Remember this contest goes all month so keep entering your activities and participant numbers - we can win this and be named Canada's Most Active Community ....and the $100,000 towards physical activity initiatives.
JUST MOVE AND FEEL GREAT! (and enter those movements!)

06/02/2026

CFKR's Cranbrook Past & Present Teachers' Legacy Fund celebrates another year of giving, with the 2026 grant designated to the School District 5 Southeast Kootenay Resource Centre to purchase engaging and colourful picture books for literacy development.📚🖼

Each year, the Cranbrook District Teachers' Association and the Cranbrook Retired Teachers' Association work together to make a granting recommendation to the CFKR Board.

A huge 🌟 THANK YOU 🌟 to the Cranbrook teaching community for continuing to grow this fund, which supports student success and wellness in Cranbrook's public schools, recognizing, in perpetuity, the dedication and lasting positive impact of teachers in Cranbrook.💗💗

To make an online donation to this fund: https://give.vancouverfoundation.ca/s/give?ID=a0e2B0000007XZiQAM

05/05/2026

In addition to the six scholarship/bursary funds we steward, we're thrilled to share other opportunities as well! 👩‍🎓👨‍🎓

Thanks so much to StellerVista Credit Union for all you do in our communities! 😊

Apply for accessible funding and support your education!

04/28/2026

We're delighted to see that the 2026 application form for the Cranbrook Chamber of Commerce annual education grant is now open! 📚💻📝

CFKR is honured to steward the Cranbrook Chamber of Commerce Education Fund, which provides this annual education grant, to be applied towards a course at the College of the Rockies.

Calling all learners in Cranbrook:
Are you going to be enrolling at College of the Rockies in the next 12 months?

The application portal is now open for the Cranbrook Chamber of Commerce 2026 Education Grant.

Who Can Apply?

Owners of Chamber-member businesses
Immediate family members of Chamber-member business owners
Individuals recommended by Chamber-member businesses
Individuals recommended by the Board of a Chamber-member non-profit organization

Recipients must apply the grant toward a business-related academic program, continuing education, or trades/industry-related course at the College of the Rockies.

This is one small example of how our membership supports a vibrant Cranbrook today and tomorrow.

Please share this post if you know someone who would benefit from this grant.

Details here:
https://www.cranbrookchamber.com/cranbrook-chamber-of-commerce-education-grant/
Community Foundation of the Kootenay Rockies

04/13/2026

🌟We're delighted to announce our 2026 grants!🌟

We've reached a new peak in our annual granting -- almost $160,000!

For all the details: https://www.cfkrockies.ca/cfkr-reaches-new-peak-with-2026-granting/

03/04/2026

CFKR sincerely appreciates our long-standing working relationship with the Columbia Basin Trust, including this amazing, one-time donation of $220,000 to grow our community endowment funds in Cranbrook ($70,000), Elkford Community Fund - CFKR ($50,000), Sparwood Community Fund - CFKR ($50,000) and Fernie Community Fund - CFKR ($50,000).

By growing our permanently invested endowment funds, we grow our future granting, every year, forever.

To learn more about the 48 endowment funds that CFKR stewards, please visit: https://www.cfkrockies.ca/donate/

02/12/2026

In response to the devastating tragedy in Tumbler Ridge, the Northeast Regional Community Foundation, a trusted non-profit in the region, has created the Tumbler Ridge Community Resiliency Fund. The purpose of the fund is to provide sustained, community-guided support in the months and years ahead, focussing on long-term healing and evolving community needs.

To donate to the Tumbler Ridge Community Resiliency Fund: https://nebccf.ca/give-build/

A Community Foundation is a charitable non-profit organization dedicated to improving communities in a specific region. Its members contribute time, leadership and financial support to local initiatives, helping donors give back where their communities need it most.

01/05/2026

🌟 From all of us here at CFKR, we're delighted to launch our updated 2026 grant application process, with over $155,000 available for granting to local non-profits. 🌟

This includes our community funds in Elkford, Sparwood, and Fernie, as well as our endowment funds for Cranbrook and area, including the South Country.

Key Updates:

1. CFKR welcomes applications from eligible non-profit organizations from January 2nd to February 3rd, 2026, at 5:30 p.m. MST.

2. Interested non-profits are invited to visit www.cfkrockies.ca/grants/ to access CFKR’s new online grant application forms, specific to Cranbrook, Elkford, Sparwood, and Fernie. Organizations that plan to apply to multiple communities must complete a separate application for each community.

3. The maximum grant request varies by community, based on endowment size, with $2,000 as the maximum in Elkford, Sparwood, and Fernie; $2,500 is the maximum in Cranbrook/South Country.

4. CFKR recognizes that local non-profits have deep knowledge and expertise, specific to their areas of focus and communities. CFKR also recognizes that it is often uniquely challenging to secure funding for basic operational costs such as websites, insurance, rent, staffing etc. As a result, for CFKR’s 2026 grant application process, operating costs are eligible expenses.

For all the details, please visit: https://www.cfkrockies.ca/cfkr-launches-updated-2026-grant-application-process/

12/10/2025

Way to go, Tony Bourke! KidSport Cranbrook rocks!

We are so grateful to Tony Bourke for selecting KidSport Cranbrook as his charity of choice for a $750 donation. Tony was the recipient of the 2025 Community Foundation of the Kootenay Rockies Knights of Pythias Community Volunteer Award and is described as "an inspiring community volunteer" who volunteers 4 days a week!

Thank you, Tony!!! Your donation will go directly to support local youth participation in sports.

For more details, please visit: https://www.cfkrockies.ca/cfkr-awards-2025-knights-of-pythias-community-volunteer-award-to-tony-bourke/

12/02/2025

Happy GivingTuesday! Following Black Friday and Cyber Monday, Giving Tuesday is a special day to encourage and recognize generosity and charitable giving around the world.

Here at CFKR, our favourite way to celebrate is by announcing the recipient of CFKR's 2025 Knights of Pythias Community Volunteer Award: Tony Bourke! 🎉🎉

CFKR's Community Volunteer Award recognizes an unsung hero, who generously volunteers their time and energy in a quiet, dedicated, and selfless manner, making a positive impact in Cranbrook and the surrounding area.

Tony is an inspiring community volunteer who truly exemplifies the meaning of this award. Starting at the Cranbrook Food Bank in 2011, Tony volunteers four days a week, expertly managing “Tony’s Bread Shed”, weighing and recording incoming donations of food, and being an indispensable member of the team. In 2011, Tony also began his volunteer career with the CHCA Cranbrook Health Care Auxiliary/CHCA Thrift Store, sorting donations at the thrift store and assisting patients and visitors at the hospital. About five years ago, Tony joined the Key City Theatre volunteer team as well.

As the 2025 recipient of CFKR’s Community Volunteer Award recipient, Tony is designating the accompanying $750.00 donation to KidSport Cranbrook, to assist local children and youth with the costs of participating in sports.

For all the details, please visit https://www.cfkrockies.ca/cfkr-awards-2025-knights-of-pythias-community-volunteer-award-to-tony-bourke/