After holding a public consultation in 1987, the Red Deer Community Foundation was established as a registered non-profit organization on June 29, 1989. Morris Flewwelling, Marg Hicks, Rob Kolton, Trish MacSween, Joyce Shand, B.J. Billings, Frank Kuhnen and Don Laubman were the founding members who were appointed by the Committee of Nominators.
The name of the organization was changed in December, 1997 to the Red Deer & District Community Foundation therefore reflecting the original intent of serving Red Deer & the surrounding area.
The Foundation was managed as a purely volunteer organization from 1989-1996. Until 1995, the files were