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Name of Recipient: Endowment Fund – Canadian Institute for Research on Linguistic Minorities

Start Date: 2001-2002

End Date: Perpetual

Total Funding: $10 million

Description: Thanks to an endowment funded by the Department of Canadian Heritage, the Canadian Institute for Research on Linguistic Minorities (CIRLM) was created in March 2002 for the purpose of becoming a national centre of expertise to better understand the challenges that official-language minority communities face and the trends in their environment. Although it is housed at the Université de Moncton, it has a national mission. It carries out activities related to official-language minority communities through revenues generated by the Endowment Fund and other revenues.

The goal of the Institute is to increase research on issues related to minority official-language communities. More and improved research will ensure that leaders of minority-language communities and officials responsible for developing public policy will have a better understanding of the issues that affect the development of Canada’s Francophone and Anglophone minority communities.

Strategic Outcome(s): Canada is an inclusive society built on inter-cultural understanding and citizen participation.

Summary of Results Achieved by the Recipient:

The evaluation of the CIRLM conducted in 2008-2009, confirms the following results:

• The research capacity has increased nationally. The Linked CIRLM experts across Canada encouraged collaboration which resulted in an increased pool of researchers that do research on linguistic minorities. It encouraged ties between researchers and communicates information on research opportunities.
• The CIRLM is recognized for the quality of both its academic and applied research.
• The results of the research are recognized as being pertinent and useful, especially in the field of education. Stakeholders such as governments, communities and other researchers use the results of the CIRLM.
• Researchers from the CIRLM are very visible at seminars and conferences, and publish their researched work in academic reviews at the national level.

The evaluation of the CIRLM established some recommendations that are being progressively implemented by the CIRLM.

Program Activity: Official Languages

($ millions)

Actual Spending 2007-08	Actual Spending 2008-09	Planned Spending 2009-10	Total Authorities 2009-10	Actual Spending 2009-10	Variance(s)
$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0

Comments on Variance(s): N/A

Significant Evaluation findings by the recipient during the reporting year and future plan:

The last evaluation confirmed that the CIRLM reached its main objectives from through its activities and networking (in particular, becoming a key researcher on linguistic minority communities).

Significant Audit findings by the recipient during the reporting year and future plan: N/A

Name of Recipient: Grant to the 2010 Games Operating Trust

Start Date: 2004-2005

End Date: Perpetual

Total Funding: $55 million

Description: In accordance with Multi-Party Agreement (MPA), the Government of Canada and the Province of British Columbia each contributed $55 million to the Legacy Endowment Fund, which is managed by the 2010 Games Operating Trust. The 2010 Games Operating Trust Society is the legal entity that oversees the business activities of the 2010 Games Operating Trust. The Legacy Endowment Fund supports the maintenance and operating expenses of specific 2010 Winter Games sporting venues and charitable and not-for-profit organizations conducting high-performance amateur sport and coach development programming at those venues and elsewhere in Canada. The three legacy facilities receiving the funds are the Richmond Oval (Richmond, BC), Whistler Olympic Park and the Whistler Sliding Centre (Resort Municipality of Whistler, BC). This commitment by the Government of Canada and the Province of British Columbia ensures that Canadians will continue to use the venues and benefit from sport programming well beyond 2010 (http://www.vancouver2010.com).

The Board of Directors of the 2010 Games Operating Trust Society consists of eight representatives from the signatories to the MPA (Government of Canada, the Province of British Columbia, the Canadian Olympic Committee, the Canadian Paralympic Committee, the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC), the City of Vancouver, the City of Richmond, and the Resort Municipality of Whistler). The 2010 Games Operating Trust Society will oversee and manage this Trust until an agreed-upon future date or until the end of the Monarchy.

Sustainable social, economic, cultural and sports benefits for Canadians are the overall strategic goals for hosting the Olympic Games. Beyond maintaining and operating the three principal venues, the 2010 Games Operating Trust will provide the needed funding to continue high-performance programming for Canadian athletes at these venues and elsewhere in Canada.

Strategic Outcome(s): Canadians participate and excel in sport

Summary of Results Achieved by the Recipient: The 2010 Games Operating Trust Society will continue to monitor the investment of the Legacy Endowment Fund with regular advice and guidance from a team of investment professionals in order to maximize the Fund's growth and ensure the continued operation of legacy venues, leaving a lasting sports legacy for all Canadians beyond 2010. The Society will hold annual general meetings to determine and approve the annual distribution amounts for the venues and determine if funds are available for related high-performance sports development initiatives. Payments are contingent upon post-Games Operating Agreements provided by the legacy venues owners and operators and are monitored regularly by a Society sub-committee. The Society is also committed to undertaking and publicly disclosing annual audits of the Trust and the Trust Society's Financial Statements.

Disbursements

($ thousands)	Total Declared in 2007 & 2008	Total Paid in 2007 & 2008	Declared in 2009	Paid in 2009	Payable in 2009	Total Declared as of Dec 31 2009	Total Paid as of Dec 31 2009
City of Richmond	$6,639	$4,142	$4,538	$4,730	$2,305	$11,177	$8,872
VANOC (WOP & WSC)	$6,639	$6,639	$4,430	$2,233	$2,197	$11,069	$8,872
	$13,278	$10,781	$8,968	$6,963	$4,502	$22,246	$17,744

Fund Balance

($ thousands)	Fund Balance 31 Dec 08	Income Net of Expenses	Realized and Unrealized losses	DistributionsDeclared in 2009	Fund Balance 31 Dec 2009
Richmond Olympic Oval	$39,397	$1,392	$4,152	-$4,538	$40,403
WOP & WSC	$39,397	$1,334	$3,978	-$4,430	$40,279
Contingency Fund	$20,947	$882	$2,122	$0	$23,951
	$99,741	$3,608	$10,252	-$8,968	$104,633

Program Activity: Sport

($ millions)

Actual Spending 2007-08	Actual Spending 2008-09	Planned Spending 2009-10	Total Authorities 2009-10	Actual Spending 2009-10	Variance(s)
$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0

Comments on Variance(s):  N/A

Significant Evaluation findings by the recipient during the reporting year and future plan:  N/A

Significant Audit findings by the recipient during the reporting year and future plan:  N/A

URL to the recipient’s site: http://www.r-oval.ca/docs/2010%20games%20operating%20trust%202009%20financial%20stmts.pdf

Name of Recipient: National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation

Start Date: 2003-2004

End Date: 2009-2010

Total Funding: $ 22M

Description: : The National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation (NAAF) promotes the development and education of Aboriginal peoples and their professional advancement in Canadian society through the implementation of such initiatives as: the Blueprint for the Future, Post-Secondary Education Program, the National Aboriginal Achievement Awards and Taking Pulse. Overall, the Foundation's programs are made possible through the support of the federal government, corporate sponsors, charitable foundations and individual donors.

The Foundation’s core focus continues to be providing scholarships for Aboriginal students. NAAF is the largest supporter of Aboriginal education outside the federal government. In 2003–2004 Canadian Heritage provided a $12-million endowment for the establishment of an Aboriginal Post-secondary Scholarship Program. An additional endowment of $10 million was approved in March 2007. Investment revenues of the endowment are used to award scholarships and bursaries to Aboriginal post-secondary students across Canada.

This Endowment Fund encourages higher levels of achievement in education to help Aboriginal Canadians gain the skills and learning needed to contribute fully to the economic life of their communities and Canadian society. More specifically, the scholarship program assists Status Indian, Non-Status Indian, Métis and Inuit post-secondary students engaged in various fields of study including those that support and contribute to Aboriginal self-government and self-reliance goals.

Strategic Outcome(s): Canadians have a sense of their Canadian Identity

Summary of Results Achieved by the Recipient: Investment revenues from the endowment provided funding for bursaries to Aboriginal post-secondary students.

Program Activity: Engagement and Inclusion

($ millions)

Actual Spending 2007-08	Actual Spending 2008-09	Planned Spending 2009-10	Total Authorities 2009-10	Actual Spending 2009-10	Variance(s)
$302,000.00	$227,000.00	$227,000.00	$0	$237,000.00	$0

Comments on Variance(s): N/A

Significant Evaluation findings by the recipient during the reporting year and future plan:

Evaluation of the National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation – November 2009

This Evaluation was lead by the Department, however, the Foundation has undertaken an evaluation of the Endowment in compliance with its funding agreement.

SIGNIFICANT FINDINGS

Rationale and relevance

• The evaluation indicates that NAAF is well aligned with the current needs of Aboriginal Canadians and with government objectives regarding Aboriginal peoples. The evidence supports the continued funding of NAAF, as the rationale and relevance for funding the organization and initiatives of this purpose remain strong and necessary.

Design and delivery

• The issue of NAAF program reach represents the greatest challenge to the achievement of NAAF’s objectives and the objectives of federal government funding.  Although findings indicate that NAAF has made significant progress in accurately representing the population in terms of geographic distribution and Aboriginal ancestry, two definable gaps persist.  First, service within the province of Quebec and to French-speaking Aboriginal Peoples.  Second, service to the North and to the Inuit population.
• A further key finding of this evaluation is the issue of NAAF reporting requirements.  On one hand, NAAF officials identified issues with the reporting requirements associated with the funding arrangements they hold with the federal government, namely the lack of coordination among departments from one assessment to another.  On the other hand, federal government officials expressed concern with NAAF’s ability to report fully on requirements.  

Program success

• The organization has increased the visibility and profile of Aboriginal Peoples and culture within Canadian society – a much needed outcome.
• NAAF has also made significant progress on presenting Aboriginal young people with a broad range of career perspectives and the motivation and self-belief necessary to achieve these outcomes.
• In general, NAAF program participants hold a high degree of satisfaction with the programs they use. External observers and experts (government officials, senior officials at other Aboriginal organizations, non-government sponsors) are highly supportive of and satisfied with the achievements of NAAF work.
• Nevertheless, from the perspective of the federal government, there is a desire that NAAF draw tangible links between the services it provides and the outcomes it claims to pursue.

Value for money and alternatives

• NAAF provides the federal government with a highly cost-effective means of achieving many departmental and government-wide priorities and commitments regarding Aboriginal Peoples.
• Government funding alone could not support NAAF’s current operations; however, the funding provided by the government plays a critical role in attracting private sector donors.  To these donors, a financial support-base from the federal government is an indicator of organizational sustainability and accountability.
• For the federal government to have a mechanism of such capability and proficiency available for use in pursuing its own objectives represents a considerable cost-savings over providing the services on its own or even through an alternative organization.

Significant Audit findings by the recipient during the reporting year and future plan: N/A

Name of Recipient: The Trans Canada Trail Foundation

Start Date: December 2003

End Date: March 2010

Total Funding: $15 million

Description: The Trans Canada Trail Foundation leads an initiative, based on widespread voluntary support, to establish a national recreational trail that runs through every Canadian province and territory, linking hundreds of communities. The federal grant for this project is used solely to establish a fund to achieve the following objectives: to administer a program of grants to community-based groups in support of trail-building capital projects (thereby leveraging additional support from other sources); to provide planning for and coordinate development of the Trail; and to establish Trail Pavilions and signage along the route.

The Trail will connect Canadians from all regions of the country with each other, with their environment, and with Canada's cultural and natural diversity.

Strategic Outcome(s): Canadians express and share their diverse cultural experiences with each other and the world.

Summary of Results Achieved by the Recipient:

In March 2010, the initial agreement, originally scheduled to end March 31, 2010, was extended to March 31, 2011. This will allow the organization responsible for the Trail to use the entire 15 million dollars, as well as any interest earned, according to the terms of the agreement, and to meet the planned objectives. 

Approximately 72 % of the Trans Canada Trail, or more than 16,798 km, has been completed. More than 4 out of 5 Canadians live within 30 minutes or less of the Trail. Once completed, it will be the longest trail (or network of trails) in the world.     

In 2009‑2010, 33 projects for the development of portions of the Trail were approved by the Fund. Since 2003, 86 pavilions, with bilingual interpretation panels, have been built along the Trail to inform the public of the richness and diversity of Canada’s nature (i.e. indigenous flora and fauna, geographical features).   

Program Activity: Heritage

($ millions)

Actual Spending 2007-08	Actual Spending 2008-09	Planned Spending 2009-10	Total Authorities 2009-10	Actual Spending 2009-10	Variance(s)
$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0

Comments on Variance(s): The total grant of $15 million was paid to the Foundation in 2003–2004.

Significant Evaluation findings by the recipient during the reporting year and future plan: Performance evaluations of the $15M Fund are scheduled for May 2010 and May 2011.

Significant Audit findings by the recipient during the reporting year and future plan: N/A