Empowering Resilience Through 2025 Community Grants
In 2025, the AIMCo Foundation distributed $350,000 in community grants supporting 21 financial literacy and education initiatives.
These programs help Albertans build knowledge, confidence and practical skills to navigate financial decisions and create more secure futures. Thanks to every organization that shared their work with us — we’re excited to see its impact grow across Alberta.
Grant Recipients and Funded Programs 2025
Action for Healthy Communities
Building Financial Empowerment and Resilience in Alberta
Action for Healthy Communities will deliver accessible financial literacy workshops for Albertans, focusing on practical skills and confidence to manage finances. Core components include practical education on banking, budgeting, saving, debt management and understanding the Canadian tax system.
Africa Centre
Financial Empowerment Initiative
Through free community tax clinics and follow-up financial literacy workshops, the Africa Centre is serving Alberta’s African-descent community. Funding is supporting newcomers in Edmonton and Calgary as they learn to navigate unfamiliar Canadian financial systems.
Alberta Network of Immigrant Women
Empower and Thrive: Financial skills for immigrant Seniors
Through the Empower and Thrive initiative, the Alberta Network of Immigrant Women empowers immigrant seniors with financial knowledge, bridging barriers to economic security and fraud prevention. Funding will support the delivery of workshops.
ASSIST Community Services Centre
Digital Literacy Integration for ESL Financial Success Journey
ASSIST works with newcomers to Canada and has recognized a need for financial literacy education to support English language learners and those unfamiliar with the digital financial landscape. This program will empower participants to make informed financial decisions aligned with their goals.
Bissell Centre
Financial Empowerment Project
The Bissell Centre takes an inclusive, people-centred approach to poverty reduction in Edmonton. Among its unique delivery tactics, the Financial Empowerment Project aims to embed financial literacy within other supportive programs to increase financial well-being and boost outcomes across the board.
Canadian Foundation for Economic Education
Talk with Our Kids About Money
Talk With Our Kids About Money helps teachers and parents/guardians start age-appropriate conversations about money at school and at home, with resources tailored for Alberta. Funding will be used to support the continued delivery of this program.
Carya Society of Calgary
Improving the Living Conditions of Vulnerable Senior Calgarians through Financial Education
The Carya Society of Calgary works with vulnerable seniors and is empowering them to better navigate the financial and benefits systems they regularly encounter. Funding will support the delivery of these workshops.
Chrysalis: An Alberta Society for Citizens with Disabilities
Money Management Program for Adults with Developmental Disabilities
Chrysalis will teach practical money management skills to adults with developmental disabilities in Edmonton and Alberta-wide, fostering independence. In the Money Management program, individuals will learn the basics of handling money, from spending and saving to making smart choices.
Hinton Adult Learning Society
Community Financial Literacy Project
Following devastating wildfires in the Jasper area, which increased instability in an already cyclical economy, the Hinton Adult Learning Society developed financial literacy seminars for low-income people on topics of personal financial management and building resilience in a volatile economy.
Inclusion Foothills
The Family Support Project
The Family Support Program helps people with disabilities and their families in the rural Foothills region, south of Calgary, by connecting them with resources, guiding them through complex government and third-party funding programs and building financial plans.
Junior Achievement Northern Alberta and NWT
Financial Literacy Programming for Northern Alberta Youth
Junior Achievement of Northern Alberta & NWT provides financial literacy programs that equip youth with essential life skills – from budgeting to saving, to understanding credit and making informed decisions. Funding will support the expansion of existing financial literacy programming across northern Alberta.
Junior Achievement of Southern Alberta
Financial Literacy Classroom Programs
With tailor-made programming for students from grades 4 to 12, Junior Achievement of Southern Alberta will direct funding toward the expansion of their financial literacy programs, including More than Money, Dollars with Sense, Economics for Success, Investment Strategies and Personal Finance.
Momentum
Aspire Calgary Program
As Calgary’s Financial Empowerment Collaborative, Momentum is directing funds to continue building out the capacity of its collective of community partners. Through education, coaching and credentialing, organizations can integrate financial literacy best practices throughout their programs.
Project Adult Literacy Society (PALS)
Money Basics Program
Funding will support the Money Basics program, which works with clients with very low levels of financial literacy and numeracy skills. PALS is a long-time leader in this sector, working with Edmontonians who want to improve their foundational skills in literacy, math and digital literacy.
Rainbow Literacy Society
Senior Financial Literacy Empowerment Program
In partnership with local nonprofit organizations in the Vulcan area, the Rainbow Literacy Society works with seniors to deliver programs focused on increasing financial literacy and awareness of financial manipulation. Guidance on tax and pension benefit systems is also part of their work.
The Immigrant Education Society (TIES)
Financial Success for Canadians and Newcomers Project
TIES provides financial empowerment learning to new Canadians and low-income Calgarians. Funding is expanding the reach of financial literacy education, individual counselling and tax services for newcomers and youth, equipping participants to navigate Canada’s financial systems and make informed decisions.
United Way of the Alberta Capital Region
Empower U – Building Confident Futures Program
A collaborative effort involving 15 partners, Empower U combines financial literacy education and coaching to increase financial knowledge, tools and resources for people who are financially vulnerable. The program primarily supports women who have experienced hardship.
Wellspring Alberta
Money Matters Program
A cancer diagnosis has profound impacts on the financial well-being of patients and their families. Funding for the Money Matters program will help people navigate the unexpected financial complexities of a diagnosis, including income repl acement programs, as well as taxation, financial and estate planning.
Whitecourt Community Adult Learning Program at NorQuest College
My Money, My Life: Budgeting, Banking & Beating Scams
The My Money, My Life program is a new workshop designed for adults with developmental or cognitive disabilities in rural communities that uses adapted curriculum from NorQuest College. The program will focus on money math, digital skills for banking and bill management, and fraud prevention.
YMCA of Northern Alberta
Youth Transitions Program
As part of the Youth Transitions Program, the YMCA will provide young people with financial literacy education and personalized support to build confidence and prepare for the future. Funding will support financial literacy components of the program.
YWCA Edmonton
YOUth Retreats and Financial Literacy Weekend Workshops
With a goal to empower women toward lifelong financial literacy, YWCA Edmonton is directing funding to expand its portfolio of youth engagement initiatives. The programs provide age-appropriate education and focus on the fundamentals of money management including saving, budgeting and investing.
Learn more about how community grant recipients are expanding access to financial empowerment services across Alberta and browse our impact report, Empowering Resilience, to see all we accomplished together in 2025.
