The Maple Ridge Community Foundation is an incorporated, non-profit society (registered under the Society Act of BC) guided by a local, independent Board of Directors.  The Foundation holds and administers private resources entrusted to it for the common good of the community of Maple Ridge.  The Foundation is non-political and non-partisan.  The Foundation is a registered charity under the Canadian Income Tax Act. People who give to the Maple Ridge Community Foundation care deeply about their community and their city.  The Foundation respects and understands this level of care.  Its Board of Directors accepts gifts and bequests in confidence and professionally manages them so the earnings on the ever growing, invested capital work in perpetuity for the betterment of Maple Ridge.  The Foundation embodies a simple concept: People working together can make a difference for Maple Ridge.  The Foundation's Board of Directors believes that charitable funds, invested over time will grow and will continue to impact long after the original gift is made.