The Alpine Fund invests in Ontario’s athletes and coaches at every stage, from their first club race to the national team. Every gift receives a charitable tax receipt, and 100% of your donation goes to the Alpine Fund.
Alpine Ontario partners with the Ontario Sport Network to issue tax receipts for donations through the National Sport Trust Fund. 100% of your donation goes directly to the Alpine Ontario Alpine Fund. After submitting the form below, you’ll receive your tax receipt via email from the NSTF-Ontario Fund Manager and be linked to the Ontario Sport Network to view all NSTF-Ontario projects.
Donations matched until Dec 31 - up to $10K
Your gift goes twice as far
Mackenzie Investments, our partner for more than 20 years, will match every gift to the Alpine Fund dollar for dollar.
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*Until December 31 or until $10,000 is matched, whichever comes first. Direct gifts to the Alpine Fund only; Path to Podium tickets and auction purchases are not part of the match. Updated .
To donate, fill in the NSTF-Ontario Donor Form below.
Canadian Council of Provincial & Territorial Sport Federations Inc.
National Sport Trust Fund–Ontario
What your gift did in year one
In its first year, the Alpine Fund and Path to Podium raised $60K. Here's where it went, across our four pillars.
High Performance Pathways
Bridging the Gap bursaries helped athletes like Ontario Ski Team alum Kyle Blandford reach the Canadian Development Team, where he placed 4th and 5th at the Nor-Am races in Beaver Creek. James Budrow's performances have earned him a spot on the Canadian Para Prospect Ski Team.
Athlete Development
Candace Crawford and Mattia Casson joined our programs, National Team Coach Leslie Firstbrook joined the U16 Athletic Development Program, and Mike Janyk coached at camp. Jasper Williams climbed to #1 in Canada in slalom for his age and #19 in the world; Emma James finished #4 in Canada in super-G and #5 in GS.
Coach Development
Women in Coaching reached more than 30 women, our para coach integration program trained 2 coaches, and we delivered 34 coaching courses. Licensed coaches grew 40% to 1,124.
Community & Sport Growth
The new Skills & Drills program reached more than 500 U12 athletes.
This year, we've committed to more
- A larger Ontario Ski Team: direct investment so more athletes can be on the roster.
- A return-to-snow coach for the Chile camp: National Team Coach Leslie Firstbrook, plus camp expenses.
- SkiCam video system: it tags every run by athlete, discipline and time automatically, and links to race timing.
- Project Excel camp: an extra Alpine Canada camp at Panorama, training alongside the Canadian Development Team (CAST-D) and other provincial team athletes.
- October camp moved to Chile: a switch from Scandinavia.
- Dainese airbag vests: a team set of the newly required safety gear.
Saturday, November 21 · Georgian Peaks
Join us at Path to Podium
AOA's annual evening for the Alpine Fund. Last year 183 guests came, up from 120.
Have an item for the silent auction? Contact Kathryn Champion at kathrynachampion@gmail.com. Tickets, tables and auction purchases aren't part of the Mackenzie match.