EC10(1) Corporate/Regional Donations

	F2004	F2005	F2006	F2007	F2008
Amount Allocated (Dollars, in thousands)	1,000	1,035	1,005	1,225	1,185
Percentage Allocation
Arts and Culture	7	5	3	0*	0*
Education	2	14	10	17	15
Environment	10	4	5	6	9
United Way	17	17	14	6	6
Aboriginal	7	8	13	0*	0*
Regional	22	24	26	39	42
Scholarships	10	13	15	10	7
Employees' Community Services Fund	10	10	10	10	8
Community Investment	15	7	5	11	13*

Corporate and Regional Donations are monetary grants, sponsorships or in-kind contributions provided by BC Hydro to registered charities or not-for-profit organizations to support cultural, social and economic well-being in communities around the province of British Columbia.

*Arts and Culture, and Aboriginal were considered a separate category in the past, but in fiscal 2007 these allocations were integrated into the main funding areas.

*For fiscal 2008 the people and leader funding and community initiative funding areas are reported together within Community Investment.

In fiscal 2007, BC Hydro introduced new criteria used to award Corporate and Regional donations. This has resulted in changes to the Arts and Culture, and Aboriginal categories, noted above. Preference continued to be given to initiatives that included aboriginal, arts and culture elements that support youth up to 24 years of age, engage and support Aboriginal Peoples, and involved communities where BC Hydro has facilities, operations or impacts and involve science, technology and engineering.

For fiscal 2009, community investment donations and sponsorships will have the same funding areas: community initiatives, youth and education, environment and sustainability, people and leadership. The preference categories will be similar to fiscal 2007; however, fiscal 2009 donation initiatives are planned to have a stronger customer focus that includes marketing and leveraging opportunities similar to sponsorships.