The Wim and Nancy Pauw Foundation supports various organizations focused on education, health and wellness, and community development in the Bow Valley. The projects and organizations we fund demonstrate a shared commitment to creating lasting positive change for residents in the Bow Valley.
Funded organizations
Alpine Club of Canada / Mountain Muskox
$7,500 donated since 2024
artsPlace wellness with CRPS
$59,750 donated since 2022
Banff Care Centre
$116,500 donated since 2013
Banff Community Foundation
$724,050 donated since 2013
Banff Food & Friends
$25,000 donated since 2024
Banff Pride
$25,000 donated since 2024
Banff Rundle Playschool
$33,500 donated since 2022
Bow Valley Connections Centre
$45,000 donated since 2024
Bow Valley Food Alliance
$325,000 donated since 2021
Bow Valley Mountain Bike Alliance
$92,250 donated since 2009
Bow Valley Pond Hockey
$70,600 donated since 2019
Bow Valley True Sport & Recreation Council (formally Pauw Youth Sports Fund)
$402,700 donated since 2014
Bow Valley Youth Sports Fund
$160,000 donated since 2017
Community Cruisers / Pedal4Joy
$92,250 donated since 2021
CRPS: Canadian Rockies Public Schools
$4,742,000 donated since 2013
CYAN: Canmore Young Adult Network
$30,000 donated since 2023
Ecole Notre Dames des Monts
$152,400 donated since 2022
Good Food Box
$6,000 donated since 2024
Homelessness Society Bow Valley
$210,000 donated since 2022
HOWL Experience
$75,000 donated since 2024
KidSport Bow Valley
$160,000 donated since 2017
Oesa Arts
$60,000 donated since 2024
Rocky Mountain Adaptive
$485,000 donated since 2020
Spirit North
$240,000 donated since 2022
Star 6 Ranch
$39,500 donated since 2022
Stoney Education Authority
$310,000 donated since 2022
Take Me Outside
$203,000 donated since 2022
Town of Banff – Home Supports Program
$45,000 donated since 2024
Town of Canmore – Family Connection Centre
$15,500 donated since 2024
Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies
$58,400 donated since 2019
YWCA Banff
$850,000 donated since 2021
Funded Projects
The Nancy Pauw Pedestrian Bridge
$2,500,000 donated
Wim Pauw Institute for Hospitality & Tourism
$321,328 donated
Wim Pauw Institute for Hospitality & Tourism
$30,000,000 committed in 2024
Rotary Park Banff redesign
$1,151,000 donated
Town of Banff Affordable Housing project
$5,000,000 committed in 2024