Grant and Funding Programs Offered by Calgary Shaw Charity Classic Foundation

The Calgary Shaw Charity Classic Foundation contributes to the funding ecosystem through Birdies for Kids, a charitable fundraising and matching platform connected to the Rogers Charity Classic. The program helps participating local charities raise new funds, engage donors through the tournament, and receive matching support that increases the value of contributions. This model is useful because it gives smaller child- and youth-serving charities access to a major public fundraising platform without bearing the full administrative burden themselves. Donors can direct support to participating organizations, while the foundation’s matching pool increases the incentive to give and stretches community dollars further. Its role is to aggregate attention, event energy, donor choice, and matching capital into a mechanism that strengthens charity revenue across Calgary and Alberta.