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
$38,500 donated since 2024
artsPlace wellness with CRPS
$82,750 donated since 2022
Banff Care Centre
$116,500 donated since 2013
Banff Community Foundation
$1,032,250 donated since 2013
Banff Food & Friends
$50,000 donated since 2024
Banff Pride
$25,000 donated since 2024
Banff Rundle Playschool
$44,250 donated since 2022
Banff Senior Citizens Society
$6,500 donated since 2025
Biosphere Institute of the Bow Valley
$15,000 donated since 2025
Bow Valley Connections Centre
$100,000 donated since 2024
Bow Valley Food Alliance
$445,000 donated since 2021
Bow Valley Mountain Bike Alliance
$118,250 donated since 2009
Bow Valley Pond Hockey
$80,650 donated since 2019
Bow Valley True Sport & Recreation Council (formally Pauw Youth Sports Fund)
$482,700 donated since 2014
Bow Valley Youth Sports Fund
$160,000 donated since 2017
BV Squash Foundation
$2,500 donated since 2025
Community Cruisers / Pedal4Joy
$122,250 donated since 2021
CRPS: Canadian Rockies Public Schools
$5,949,000 donated since 2013
CYAN: Canmore Young Adult Network
$80,000 donated since 2023
Ecole Notre Dames des Monts
$220,400 donated since 2022
Friends of Kananaskis
$15,000 donated since 2025
Good Food Box
$6,000 donated since 2024
Homelessness Society Bow Valley
$335,000 donated since 2022
HOWL Experience
$119,000 donated since 2024
Iyahrhe Nakoda Food Bank Society
$15,000 donated since 2025
KidSport Bow Valley
$190,000 donated since 2017
Oesa Arts
$120,000 donated since 2024
Rocky Mountain Adaptive
$655,000 donated since 2020
Spirit North
$340,000 donated since 2022
Star 6 Ranch
$69,500 donated since 2022
Stoney Education Authority
$435,000 donated since 2022
Take Me Outside
$303,000 donated since 2022
Town of Banff – Home Supports Program
$56,000 donated since 2024
Town of Canmore – Family Connection Centre
$15,500 donated since 2024
Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies
$113,400 donated since 2019
YWCA Banff
$1,100,000 donated since 2021
Funded Projects
The Nancy Pauw Pedestrian Bridge
$2,500,000 donated
Pauw / SAIT / YWCA Hospitality & Tourism Centre
$30,000,000 committed in 2024
Banff Community Wellness Centre
$1,000,000 committed in 2025
Rotary Park Banff redesign
$1,575,000 donated
Town of Banff Affordable Housing project
$5,000,000 committed in 2024