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​Connecting communities in Calgary and abroad to facilitate improved results 
​in ​international development

Who we are

At Fig Tree Foundation, we are dedicated to catalyzing great development through meaningful local collaboration and raising funds for Calgary-based international development organizations in order to co-create sustainable development projects. 
Our vision
Our vision is to improve the quality of international development initiatives originating from Calgary.
Our mission
At the heart of great international development are empowered persons who are enabled to pursue their dreams.  
Our guiding principles
Sustainability
Effectiveness
Collaboration
Transparency
Fig Tree grants
Through our endowment fund, we are committed to supporting collaborative development projects and programs that demonstrate the best potential return on every dollar raised; as measured by the net positive impact on the lives of communities in need.
With a focus on four key Development Principles; sustainability, effectiveness, transparency and collaboration, our grants works to enable ethical international development. ​​
Roundtable network
Our Roundtable Network provides Calgary-based international non-governmental organizations with the opportunities to connect, collaborate and learn from each other, with the goal of reinforcing best practices in international development.
The Fig Tree Foundation does not implement projects on our own.  Instead, we work with Roundtable members already implementing projects in the field and the partners that they are working with. 
We accomplish this work through two streams