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2019-2020 BOARD OF DIRECTORS President: Brad Walker Vice President: Keith Jury Treasurer: Ian Thomson Shelley Graham Marilyn Crewe Brent Sorenson Mark Morehouse Ashley McCaughan Ann Kuharski Jack Falk Jeffrey Miner The Beautiful Plains Community Foundation Inc. ANNUAL REPORT for the year ending 2019 7-Eleven Canada Adrian & Sharon de Groot Alan Goddard Alex & Val Jarema Anonymous Arnie & Sharon Suski B.A. Finlayson Barbara J Jardine Barnet Michelle Barrett & Susan Nelson Barrie & Bernice Baker Barry & Lorraine Hockin Barry & Lorraine Hockin Family Fund Beautiful Plains Credit Union Bernice Nelson Bert Lowry Betty Rink Birnie Hockey Club Blair & Marla Steen Bob & Kathryn Adriaasen Bob & Sharon McCreath Bob Chabot Bob & Carolyn Durston Bob Phinney Bonnie E. Leuser Brad & Brenda Wells Brad & Joy Walker Brenda Loewen Brent Hunter Brent Sorenson Brent & Ginny Collins Brian Bailey Brian Huff Brookdale Community Centre Bruce Bremner Cal & Karen Richardson Cam & Kristen Tibbett Cecil Pittman Chad & Cindy Fenning Chris Kulbacki Cliff & Eleanor Nicholson Cliff & Eleanor Nicholson Family Fund David & Colleen Taylor Dale Lyle Damien Smith Dan Mazier Darcy Fleury Darian Major Darlene Gillies Darron Cameron Dave & Amanda Lisoway Dave & Myra Bennet Dave Cochrane Dave Walker Deanna Wolfe Debbie Fraser Denis Saquet Dennis Paterson Dennis & Irene Magwood Diane Martin Don & Brenda Kryschuk Don & Julie Barilla Don & Susan Schmall Don & Susan Schmall Family Fund Donald Whitmore Donna Huck Donna Newton Doris Griffiths Dorothy M. Smith-Harris Dr. George Ong Dudley Lee Early Learning Neepawa Edgar & Cale Jaques Eldon & Joyce Schrader Elgin Drayson Eric Davidson Eric Luke Estate of Judy Taylor Evelyn McConnell Farmery Estate Brewery Fidelity Investments Canada ULC Garth Haubrick Garth White Gary Nelson & Kathleen Oshea Gaynor Vivian George & Susan Phillips George Abernethy Gill & Schmall Agencies Glen & Heather Cummings Gord Hay Grace S. Buhr Grant Hurrell Grant McKelvy Heather Davie Hockin Family Fund Howard & Eva Martin Family Fund Ian & Sherrie Thomson In celebration of the marriage of Riley & Bojana Walker IHO Brent Wilson IHO Robert (Bob) Harris IMO Alice Moger IMO Bill & Viona Fraser Family Fund IMO Bill McCracken IMO Bruce Francis IMO Daune & Joan Yerex Family Fund IMO Derek Betts IMO Doreen Mauthe IMO Elgin Drayson -Frank & Ann Hockin Family Fund IMO James V. Hunt (Jim) IMO Jennie Vickers IMO John Peech IMO Judy Taylor IMO Leona Waddell IMO Marjorie Colvine (Drayson) IMO Mary May Buchanan IMO Mel Nicholson IMO Merv Drayson IMO Remi Bouchard IMO Richard Hanke IMO Ross Birch (Pinky) IMO Stu Briese IMO Warren Gillies Jack & Dorothy Nicholson Family Fund Jack Falk & Donna Black Jacob & Nikki Stanton James & Lorraine Griffiths James Pollock Jamie Merrick Ron & Janice Goldade Jason Gurevitch Jason Twiss Jean Ann Rempel Jean Ernest Jeffrey Miner Jens Houwen Jerry & Gloria Kolesar Jesse & Ashley McCaughan Jim & Lois Aitken Jim & Pat Cockburn Jim & Shelley Graham Joan Baker Jodi Carradice Jodie Byram Joe MacPhee Joe Pasloski John & Carol Lavich John & Heather Douglas Joyce Fraser Judy Gabler Judy Martin Kallan Briese Kate Jackman-Atkinson Katherine E. Campbell Kathryn Ternier Kathy Jasienczyk Keith & Debbie Jury Kelvin Bell Ken Farough Ken Mitchell Lane Englund Larry Evans Leah Sumner Wayne & Leila Hildebrand Leonard Boychuk Leonard Johnstone Leonard & Ann Pritchard Leslie McLaren Linda Cripps Linda Crooks Murray & Linda Hart Liz Sumner Lois Hulme LUD Glenella Mac & Sheila Campbell Madeline Birch Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries - Neepawa Marg Wopnford Margaret E. Clarke Marie Huxley Marilyn Crewe Mark & Marie-Jeanne Morehouse Mark Perrett Marlyne Hargreaves Mary Ellen Clark Mary Weiss Joe Masi & Joyce Dalmyn Merle Hunt Merv & Barb Bohn Merv Drayson Mervyn Martin Meyers Norris Penny Mike & Evelyn Pasosky Family Fund Mr. & Ms. Dale De Ath Murray Davie Murray & Donna Newton NACI YAC Nancy Hunter Nancy White Neepawa Gladstone Co-op Olive Olsufka Patricia Dick Patricia Fedoruk Patrick Morehouse Perinatal Nursing Education Network Perry & Maureen Snedden Phyllis Stewart Poettcker Medical Corporation Province of Manitoba R. & K. Montgomery Ralph & Corrinne Dreger Ray & Kelly Drayson Richard & Sherill Carriere RM of Glenella- Lansdowne Rob & Trish James Robert & Yvonne Ferguson Robert & Beverley Barr Robert & Helen Wilson Robert & Janet Scott Robert & Mary Beck Robert & Norma Somers Ron & Olia Jesson Rosemary Postey Rudy & Isobel Jarema S.H. Buchanan Sheila Cook Shelley Coombes Shirley J. Willerton Shirley Manifold Stephane LaPointe Steve & Jane Goudie Steve Hoff Susan Drayson Sylvia Kuharski Terry Drayson Terry & Donna Smith The Milligan Family The Winnipeg Foundation Theresia Suski Thomas Bryce Town of Neepawa Trevor Lizotte Trustees of the St Dominic’s Catholic Church Vince & Ellen Walker Vivian I Hildebrand Wanda Long Wayne Clark Wayne Larsen Wayne & Brenda Schell Wayne Jacobsen Wayne Nelson Wayne & Ruth Klassen Wes Kolesar William & Rosalee Jardine William & Sherron McLean Yves Gordon Yvonne Ferguson MB Progressive Conservative Caucus UCT Neepawa Council #923 Retail Ready Foods HyLife Foods Ltd. Franklin Memorial Hall Association New Hope Health Centre Ltd John’s Electric Ltd. Prairie Livestock Expo 2019 DESIGNATED FUND DONORS Neepawa District Memorial Hospital Country Meadows Personal Care Home NARTA Designated Fund Jeff McCannell Memorial Scholarship Fund NACI Safe Grad Scholarship Fund ASM Viscount Cultural Council Owen-Sumner Scholarship Vivian Flow Through Fund NACI YAC Scholarship NACI YAC Scholarship - In Memory of Judy Taylor Neepawa Collegiate Philanthropy Fund Margaret Laurence Home MHT Riverside Cemetery Fund Neepawa Farmers Baseball Auditors’ Report on Summarized Financial Statements To the Community Members of Beautiful Plains Community Foundation Inc. Opinion: The summary financial statement, which comprises the summary statement of financial position as at December 31, 2019, is derived from the audited financial statements of Beautiful Plains Community Foundation Inc. (the “Foundation”) for the year ended December 31, 2019. In our opinion, the accompanying su mary financial statement is a fair summary of the audited financial statements. Summary Financial Statement The summary financial statement does not contain all the disclosures required by Canadian accounting standards for not-for-profit organizations. Reading the summary financial statement and the auditor’s report thereon, therefore, is not a substitute for reading the audited financial statements and the auditor’s report thereon. The Audited Financial Statements and Our Report Thereon We expressed an unmodified audit opinion on the audited financial statements in our report dated May 11, 2020. Management’s Responsibility for the Summary Financial Statement Management is responsible for the preparation of the summary financial statement in accordance with Canadian accounting standards for not-for-profit organizations. Auditor’s Responsibility Our responsibility is to express an opinion on whether the summary financial statement is a fair summary of the audited financial statements based on our procedures, which were conducted in accordance with Canadian Auditing Standards (CAS) 810, Engagements to Report on Summary Financial Statements. Yours truly, MNP LLP, Neepawa, MB SUMMARIZED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION AS AT DECEMBER 31 The Beautiful Plains Community Foundation provides grants to qualifying organizations in the Town of Neepawa and the surrounding Municipalities of Rosedale, Lansdowne and the Langford portion of North Cypress/Langford. At the June 2019 Grant Luncheon, $187,040.00 in grants was distributed to organizations within these communities. June 2019 also saw Kate Jackman-Atkinson complete a 6 year term as a Board Member. The Board thanks Kate for her valuable contributions to board meetings and our many community events and her ongoing support of the Foundation. In September we welcomed new Board member Jeff Miner and look forward to Jeff’s valued input as a Board member. As President, I am very proud of our Board members and the responsibilities that they are willing to take on and the projects, as a group, they are able to accomplish. The Foundation is very fortunate to have these volunteers and their commitment of time and resources! The Foundation is also very fortunate to have Brenda Kryschuk as our Executive Officer. Brenda’s tireless work, dedication, and passion for the success of the Beautiful Plains Community Foundation is essential to our Board of Directors and the Foundation! We are always very grateful for the support received from the above noted communities, and their members, in the form of donations and support of the various fundraising activities carried out by or for the Beautiful Plains Community Foundation. Following is a quick look at some of the activities throughout 2019 and into 2020. On July, 2019 the 2nd Annual JC Hard Hat Golf Tournament was held in support of the Beautiful Plains Community Foundation and raised a total of $9,874.00! The BPCF Board would like to extend it’s thanks to John Lavich for his tireless effort in organizing this event and to all those who attended in support of the Foundation. On September 21, 2019, the RCMP Gala was held at the Yellowhead Centre to recognize the 50th Anniversary of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police detachment in Neepawa. The 218 attendees, which included many past members of the Neepawa detachment, enjoyed a great evening of socializing, reminiscing, and dancing. All proceeds raised during the evening were donated to the Foundation, which totalled an amazing $13, 110.00! Many thanks to our organizing committee of Mark Morehouse, Jack Falk, Marilyn Crewe, Steve Goudie and Brenda Kryschuk for all of their hard work in making this event such a success! During the 24 hour Giving Challenge in November, 2019, the Foundation received donations totalling $32,360.00 - with the matching funds from the Winnipeg Foundation and the Province of Manitoba, $36,360.00 was raised during the challenge. With your donations the BPCF raised the 6th highest total out of the 54 Manitoba Community Foundations that participated in the challenge! The year 2020 brings the 25th Anniversary of the Beautiful Plains Community Foundation. One of the events the Board is promoting to celebrate this milestone is the 25 Days of Giving. On 25 scheduled days throughout 2020 a total of $25,000.00, in allocations of between $500.00 to $5,000.00, will be given by the Foundation to various qualifying community organizations by way of a random draw conducted by Board members from entries received. To date, 13 draws have been made with funds distributed totalling $12,500. November 14th brings the annual 24 Hour Giving Challenge. Mark your calendars accordingly as we would like to see this event be even more successful than in years past. Thanks again to all in “Our Communities” who have donated to or supported in some way the Beautiful Plains Community Foundation. We appreciate and look forward to your continued support. Brad Walker, President PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Box 486, Neepawa, MB R0J 1H0 487 Walker Ave. Phone/Fax: 476-2681 Email: [email protected] www.beautifulplainscf.ca 2019 COMMUNITY FUND DONORS Since 1997, 141 scholarships have been distributed, providing $141,550 to area students. Total donations CF, Designated, Flow through, etc. $107,116.60 2018 2019 Cash $193,300 200,253 Accounts receivable $29,183 1,052 Current portion of investments $139,580 144,790 Capital Assets $58,941 1 63,773 Investments $3,419,381 3,868,152 Total Assets $3,840,385 4,278,020 Accounts payable $5,648 3,246 Deferred contributions 5,460 3,100 Cumulative grant commitments 207,640 199,251 Total Liabilities 218,748 205,597 Community fund 1,498,418 1,746,629 Designated fund 1,872,904 2,102,056 Operating fund 250,315 223,738 Total Net Assets 3,621,637 4,072,423 3,840,385 4,278,020 $187,040 IN GRANTS WERE AWARDED IN 2019 COMMUNITY FUND GRANTS Arden-Lansdowne Museum ..................................... $1,000 ArtsForward ............................................................. $1,780 Breakfast Club Neepawa ......................................... $1,300 Neepawa Golf & Country Club ................................ $8,000 Budz ‘n Bloom ........................................................ $40,000 Burrows Trail Arts Council........................................ $3,324 Diabetes Canada...................................................... $1,550 Glenvilla Senior Centre ............................................ $1,200 Neepawa & Area CC Ski Club ................................. $3,000 Neepawa Baseball-Softball .................................... $13,000 NACTV ..................................................................... $5,000 Neepawa & District Drop In Centre ........................ $1,000 Neepawa Nursery School ........................................ $1,921 Neepawa Theatre Centre (Roxy) ........................... $11,000 Rosedale Farm Trail Committee ................................. $800 Victoria’s Quilts—Neepawa Branch ......................... $2,500 Total Community Fund Grants .......................... $96,375 YOUTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE GRANTS Salvation Army Neepawa............................................ $500 Beautiful Plains Museum ............................................. $100 Home Assistance Neepawa & District ........................ $350 Neepawa Bird Sanctuary Association ......................... $500 Neepawa Nursery School ........................................... $500 Neepawa & Area Palliative Care................................. $400 Neepawa Tiger Lilies................................................... $400 Neepawa Rec Commission ......................................... $100 Neepawa & District Fine Arts Festival........................ $100 Country Meadows PCH .............................................. $350 Total NACI Youth Advisory Committee Grants .. $ 3,300 GAYNOR VIVIAN FLOW THROUGH GRANTS Neepawa Minor Hockey .......................................... $2,000 NACI High School Hockey ....................................... $2,000 Food For Thought—HMK & Middle School ............ $5,000 NACI High School Sports ....................................... $1,000 Total Gaynor Vivian Grants ............................... $10,000 DESIGNATED FUND GRANTS Allan Lytle Memorial Fund .......................................... $345 IOOF & Rebekahs—4-H Club ..................................... $215 Arts Stabilization—Burrows Trail Art Council ............. $490 Contact MB ‘95—Margaret Laurence Home .............. $225 Beautiful Plains Museum .......................................... $4,955 Country Meadows PCH ........................................... $7,390 Country Meadows PCH Courtyard ............................. $175 Touchwood Park....................................................... $1,315 Neepawa Health Centre ........................................ $48,150 Naomi Chapter—Children’s Ward .............................. $210 IOOF & Rebekahs—Neepawa Minor Ball................... $595 Riverside Cemetery Fund ........................................... $140 Kin Club of Neepawa Scholarship .............................. $315 NARTA Scholarship—Carberry Collegiate.................. $200 Jeff McCannell Memorial Scholarship ........................ $550 Eden Scholarship......................................................... $210 IOOF & Rebekahs—NACI Band .............................. $1,060 Mrs. A.K. & Joe Butcher Scholarship ....................... $5,190 NACI Safe Grad Scholarship .................................... $1,140 Whitmore Family Scholarship .................................. $2,125 Community Donor Award ........................................... $500 Owen-Sumner Memorial Scholarship ......................... $525 Neepawa Collegiate Alumni Fund ........................... $1,345 Total Designated Fund Grants .......................... $77,365 Total Grants Distributed ................................. $187,040 Right: Eileen Clark presenting a certificate recognizing 25 years of service for the BPCF with board members Jeff Miner and Brad Walker Grants are available to any recognized not-for-profit serving residents of the Town of Neepawa, RM of Glenella-Lansdowne, RM of Rosedale or the Langford portion of North-Cypress-Langford. The annual grant deadline is March 31.

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2019-2020 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

President: Brad WalkerVice President: Keith JuryTreasurer: Ian Thomson

Shelley GrahamMarilyn CreweBrent Sorenson

Mark MorehouseAshley McCaughan

Ann KuharskiJack Falk

Jeffrey Miner

The Beautiful Plains Community Foundation Inc.

ANNUAL REPORTfor the year ending 2019

7-Eleven CanadaAdrian & Sharon de

GrootAlan GoddardAlex & Val JaremaAnonymous Arnie & Sharon SuskiB.A. FinlaysonBarbara J JardineBarnet MichelleBarrett & Susan NelsonBarrie & Bernice BakerBarry & Lorraine HockinBarry & Lorraine Hockin

Family FundBeautiful Plains Credit

UnionBernice NelsonBert LowryBetty RinkBirnie Hockey ClubBlair & Marla SteenBob & Kathryn AdriaasenBob & Sharon McCreathBob ChabotBob & Carolyn DurstonBob PhinneyBonnie E. LeuserBrad & Brenda WellsBrad & Joy WalkerBrenda LoewenBrent HunterBrent SorensonBrent & Ginny CollinsBrian BaileyBrian HuffBrookdale Community

CentreBruce BremnerCal & Karen RichardsonCam & Kristen TibbettCecil PittmanChad & Cindy FenningChris KulbackiCliff & Eleanor

Nicholson

Cliff & Eleanor Nicholson Family Fund

David & Colleen TaylorDale LyleDamien SmithDan MazierDarcy FleuryDarian MajorDarlene GilliesDarron CameronDave & Amanda

LisowayDave & Myra BennetDave CochraneDave WalkerDeanna WolfeDebbie FraserDenis Saquet Dennis PatersonDennis & Irene

MagwoodDiane MartinDon & Brenda KryschukDon & Julie BarillaDon & Susan SchmallDon & Susan Schmall

Family FundDonald WhitmoreDonna HuckDonna NewtonDoris GriffithsDorothy M. Smith-HarrisDr. George OngDudley LeeEarly Learning NeepawaEdgar & Cale JaquesEldon & Joyce SchraderElgin DraysonEric DavidsonEric LukeEstate of Judy TaylorEvelyn McConnellFarmery Estate BreweryFidelity Investments

Canada ULC

Garth HaubrickGarth WhiteGary Nelson & Kathleen

OsheaGaynor VivianGeorge & Susan PhillipsGeorge AbernethyGill & Schmall AgenciesGlen & Heather

CummingsGord HayGrace S. BuhrGrant HurrellGrant McKelvyHeather DavieHockin Family FundHoward & Eva Martin

Family FundIan & Sherrie ThomsonIn celebration of the

marriage of Riley & Bojana Walker

IHO Brent WilsonIHO Robert (Bob) HarrisIMO Alice MogerIMO Bill & Viona Fraser

Family FundIMO Bill McCrackenIMO Bruce FrancisIMO Daune & Joan

Yerex Family FundIMO Derek BettsIMO Doreen MautheIMO Elgin Drayson

-Frank & Ann Hockin Family Fund

IMO James V. Hunt (Jim)IMO Jennie VickersIMO John PeechIMO Judy TaylorIMO Leona WaddellIMO Marjorie Colvine

(Drayson)IMO Mary May

BuchananIMO Mel Nicholson

IMO Merv DraysonIMO Remi BouchardIMO Richard HankeIMO Ross Birch (Pinky)IMO Stu BrieseIMO Warren GilliesJack & Dorothy Nicholson

Family FundJack Falk & Donna BlackJacob & Nikki StantonJames & Lorraine

GriffithsJames PollockJamie MerrickRon & Janice GoldadeJason GurevitchJason TwissJean Ann RempelJean ErnestJeffrey MinerJens HouwenJerry & Gloria KolesarJesse & Ashley

McCaughanJim & Lois AitkenJim & Pat CockburnJim & Shelley GrahamJoan BakerJodi CarradiceJodie ByramJoe MacPheeJoe PasloskiJohn & Carol LavichJohn & Heather DouglasJoyce FraserJudy GablerJudy MartinKallan BrieseKate Jackman-AtkinsonKatherine E. CampbellKathryn TernierKathy JasienczykKeith & Debbie JuryKelvin BellKen FaroughKen Mitchell

Lane EnglundLarry EvansLeah SumnerWayne & Leila

HildebrandLeonard BoychukLeonard JohnstoneLeonard & Ann

PritchardLeslie McLarenLinda CrippsLinda CrooksMurray & Linda HartLiz SumnerLois HulmeLUD GlenellaMac & Sheila CampbellMadeline BirchManitoba Liquor &

Lotteries - NeepawaMarg WopnfordMargaret E. ClarkeMarie HuxleyMarilyn CreweMark & Marie-Jeanne

MorehouseMark PerrettMarlyne HargreavesMary Ellen ClarkMary WeissJoe Masi & Joyce

Dalmyn Merle HuntMerv & Barb BohnMerv DraysonMervyn MartinMeyers Norris PennyMike & Evelyn Pasosky

Family FundMr. & Ms. Dale De AthMurray DavieMurray & Donna

NewtonNACI YACNancy HunterNancy White

Neepawa Gladstone Co-op

Olive OlsufkaPatricia DickPatricia FedorukPatrick MorehousePerinatal Nursing

Education NetworkPerry & Maureen

SneddenPhyllis StewartPoettcker Medical

CorporationProvince of ManitobaR. & K. MontgomeryRalph & Corrinne

DregerRay & Kelly DraysonRichard & Sherill

CarriereRM of Glenella-

LansdowneRob & Trish JamesRobert & Yvonne

FergusonRobert & Beverley BarrRobert & Helen WilsonRobert & Janet ScottRobert & Mary BeckRobert & Norma

SomersRon & Olia JessonRosemary PosteyRudy & Isobel JaremaS.H. BuchananSheila CookShelley CoombesShirley J. WillertonShirley ManifoldStephane LaPointeSteve & Jane GoudieSteve HoffSusan DraysonSylvia KuharskiTerry DraysonTerry & Donna Smith

The Milligan Family The Winnipeg

FoundationTheresia SuskiThomas BryceTown of NeepawaTrevor LizotteTrustees of the St

Dominic’s Catholic Church

Vince & Ellen WalkerVivian I HildebrandWanda LongWayne ClarkWayne LarsenWayne & Brenda SchellWayne JacobsenWayne NelsonWayne & Ruth KlassenWes KolesarWilliam & Rosalee

JardineWilliam & Sherron

McLeanYves GordonYvonne FergusonMB Progressive

Conservative CaucusUCT Neepawa Council

#923Retail Ready FoodsHyLife Foods Ltd.Franklin Memorial Hall

AssociationNew Hope Health

Centre LtdJohn’s Electric Ltd.Prairie Livestock Expo

2019 DESIGNATED FUND DONORSNeepawa District Memorial HospitalCountry Meadows Personal Care HomeNARTA Designated FundJeff McCannell Memorial Scholarship Fund

NACI Safe Grad Scholarship FundASM Viscount Cultural CouncilOwen-Sumner ScholarshipVivian Flow Through Fund

NACI YAC ScholarshipNACI YAC Scholarship - In Memory of Judy

TaylorNeepawa Collegiate Philanthropy Fund

Margaret Laurence Home MHTRiverside Cemetery FundNeepawa Farmers Baseball

Auditors’ Report on Summarized Financial Statements To the Community Members of Beautiful Plains Community Foundation Inc.Opinion:The summary financial statement, which comprises the summary statement of financial position as at December 31, 2019, is derived from the audited financial statements of Beautiful Plains Community Foundation Inc. (the “Foundation”) for the year ended December 31, 2019. In our opinion, the accompanying su mary financial statement is a fair summary of the audited financial statements.Summary Financial StatementThe summary financial statement does not contain all the disclosures required by Canadian accounting standards for not-for-profit organizations. Reading the summary financial statement and the auditor’s report thereon, therefore, is not a substitute for reading the audited financial statements and the auditor’s report thereon.The Audited Financial Statements and Our ReportThereon We expressed an unmodified audit opinion on the audited financial statements in our report dated May 11, 2020.Management’s Responsibility for the SummaryFinancial StatementManagement is responsible for the preparation of the summary financial statement in accordance with Canadian accounting standards for not-for-profit organizations.Auditor’s ResponsibilityOur responsibility is to express an opinion on whether the summary financial statement is a fair summary of the audited financial statements based on our procedures, which were conducted in accordance with Canadian Auditing Standards (CAS) 810, Engagements to Report on Summary Financial Statements.Yours truly,MNP LLP, Neepawa, MB

SUMMARIZED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION AS AT DECEMBER 31

The Beautiful Plains Community Foundation provides grants to qualifying organizations in the Town of Neepawa and the surrounding Municipalities of Rosedale, Lansdowne and the Langford portion of North Cypress/Langford. At the June 2019 Grant Luncheon, $187,040.00 in grants was distributed to organizations within these communities.

June 2019 also saw Kate Jackman-Atkinson complete a 6 year term as a Board Member. The Board thanks Kate for her valuable contributions to board meetings and our many community events and her ongoing support of the Foundation.

In September we welcomed new Board member Jeff Miner and look forward to Jeff’s valued input as a Board member.

As President, I am very proud of our Board members and the responsibilities that they are willing to take on and the projects, as a group, they are able to accomplish. The Foundation is very fortunate to have these volunteers and their commitment of time and resources!

The Foundation is also very fortunate to have Brenda Kryschuk as our Executive Officer. Brenda’s tireless work, dedication, and passion for the success of the Beautiful Plains Community Foundation is essential to our Board of Directors and the Foundation!

We are always very grateful for the support received from the above noted communities, and their members, in the form of donations and support of the various fundraising activities carried out by or for the Beautiful Plains Community Foundation. Following is a quick look at some of the activities throughout 2019 and into 2020.

On July, 2019 the 2nd Annual JC Hard Hat Golf Tournament was held in support of the Beautiful Plains Community Foundation and raised a total of $9,874.00! The BPCF Board would like to extend it’s thanks to John Lavich for his tireless effort in organizing this event and to all those who attended in support of the Foundation.

On September 21, 2019, the RCMP Gala was held at the Yellowhead Centre to recognize the 50th Anniversary of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police detachment in Neepawa. The 218 attendees, which included many past members of the Neepawa detachment, enjoyed a great evening of socializing, reminiscing, and dancing. All proceeds raised during the evening were donated to the Foundation, which totalled an amazing $13, 110.00! Many thanks to our organizing committee of Mark Morehouse, Jack Falk, Marilyn Crewe, Steve Goudie and Brenda Kryschuk for all of their hard work in making this event such a success!

During the 24 hour Giving Challenge in November, 2019, the Foundation received donations totalling $32,360.00 - with the matching funds from the Winnipeg Foundation and the Province of Manitoba, $36,360.00 was raised during the challenge. With your donations the BPCF raised the 6th highest total out of the 54 Manitoba Community Foundations that participated in the challenge!

The year 2020 brings the 25th Anniversary of the Beautiful Plains Community Foundation. One of the events the Board is promoting to celebrate this milestone

is the 25 Days of Giving. On 25 scheduled days throughout 2020 a total of $25,000.00, in allocations of between $500.00 to $5,000.00, will be given

by the Foundation to various qualifying community organizations by way of a random draw conducted by Board members from entries received. To date, 13 draws have been made with funds distributed totalling $12,500.

November 14th brings the annual 24 Hour Giving Challenge. Mark your calendars accordingly as we would like to see this event be even more successful than in years past.

Thanks again to all in “Our Communities” who have donated to or supported in some way the Beautiful Plains Community Foundation.

We appreciate and look forward to your continued support.Brad Walker, President

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

Box 486, Neepawa, MB R0J 1H0487 Walker Ave.

Phone/Fax: 476-2681Email: [email protected]

www.beautifulplainscf.ca

2019 COMMUNITY FUND DONORS

Since 1997, 141 scholarships have

been distributed, providing $141,550

to area students.

Total donationsCF, Designated,

Flow through, etc. $107,116.60

2018 2019Cash $193,300 200,253Accounts receivable $29,183 1,052Current portion of investments $139,580 144,790Capital Assets $58,941 1 63,773Investments $3,419,381 3,868,152Total Assets $3,840,385 4,278,020Accounts payable $5,648 3,246Deferred contributions 5,460 3,100Cumulative grant commitments 207,640 199,251Total Liabilities 218,748 205,597Community fund 1,498,418 1,746,629Designated fund 1,872,904 2,102,056Operating fund 250,315 223,738Total Net Assets 3,621,637 4,072,423

3,840,385 4,278,020

$187,040 IN GRANTS WERE AWARDED IN 2019COMMUNITY FUND GRANTSArden-Lansdowne Museum ..................................... $1,000ArtsForward ............................................................. $1,780Breakfast Club Neepawa ......................................... $1,300Neepawa Golf & Country Club ................................ $8,000Budz ‘n Bloom ........................................................ $40,000Burrows Trail Arts Council ........................................ $3,324Diabetes Canada ...................................................... $1,550Glenvilla Senior Centre ............................................ $1,200Neepawa & Area CC Ski Club ................................. $3,000Neepawa Baseball-Softball .................................... $13,000NACTV ..................................................................... $5,000Neepawa & District Drop In Centre ........................ $1,000Neepawa Nursery School ........................................ $1,921Neepawa Theatre Centre (Roxy) ........................... $11,000Rosedale Farm Trail Committee ................................. $800Victoria’s Quilts—Neepawa Branch ......................... $2,500Total Community Fund Grants .......................... $96,375

YOUTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE GRANTSSalvation Army Neepawa ............................................ $500Beautiful Plains Museum ............................................. $100Home Assistance Neepawa & District ........................ $350Neepawa Bird Sanctuary Association ......................... $500Neepawa Nursery School ........................................... $500Neepawa & Area Palliative Care ................................. $400Neepawa Tiger Lilies................................................... $400Neepawa Rec Commission ......................................... $100Neepawa & District Fine Arts Festival ........................ $100Country Meadows PCH .............................................. $350Total NACI Youth Advisory Committee Grants .. $ 3,300

GAYNOR VIVIAN FLOW THROUGH GRANTSNeepawa Minor Hockey .......................................... $2,000NACI High School Hockey ....................................... $2,000Food For Thought—HMK & Middle School ............ $5,000NACI High School Sports ....................................... $1,000Total Gaynor Vivian Grants ............................... $10,000

DESIGNATED FUND GRANTSAllan Lytle Memorial Fund .......................................... $345IOOF & Rebekahs—4-H Club ..................................... $215Arts Stabilization—Burrows Trail Art Council ............. $490Contact MB ‘95—Margaret Laurence Home .............. $225Beautiful Plains Museum .......................................... $4,955Country Meadows PCH ........................................... $7,390Country Meadows PCH Courtyard ............................. $175Touchwood Park ....................................................... $1,315Neepawa Health Centre ........................................ $48,150Naomi Chapter—Children’s Ward .............................. $210IOOF & Rebekahs—Neepawa Minor Ball ................... $595Riverside Cemetery Fund ........................................... $140Kin Club of Neepawa Scholarship .............................. $315NARTA Scholarship—Carberry Collegiate.................. $200Jeff McCannell Memorial Scholarship ........................ $550Eden Scholarship ......................................................... $210IOOF & Rebekahs—NACI Band .............................. $1,060Mrs. A.K. & Joe Butcher Scholarship ....................... $5,190NACI Safe Grad Scholarship .................................... $1,140Whitmore Family Scholarship .................................. $2,125Community Donor Award ........................................... $500Owen-Sumner Memorial Scholarship ......................... $525Neepawa Collegiate Alumni Fund ........................... $1,345Total Designated Fund Grants .......................... $77,365Total Grants Distributed ................................. $187,040

Right: Eileen Clark presenting a certificate recognizing 25 years of service for the BPCF with board members Jeff Miner and Brad Walker

Grants are available to

any recognized not-for-profit serving residents of

the Town of Neepawa, RM of Glenella-Lansdowne,

RM of Rosedale or the Langford portion of North-Cypress-Langford.

The annual grant deadline is March 31.