Major Gift News
Barrett Family Foundation
Gift:
$25,000,000
Recipient:
World Vision Canada
City:
Mississauga
Province:
Ontario
To expand a program that improves the lives of vulnerable youth in Latin America through education. This gift is the largest private donation to World Vision, and one of the largest ever philanthropic gifts to an international NGO in Canada.
JAN 2020
TD Bank
Gift:
$20,000,000
Recipient:
CAMH
City:
Toronto
Province:
Ontario
To fund research, contribute to care programs, and help overcome prejudices about mental illness and addiction. This gift commemorated on CAMH’s own ground, with the renaming of a re-landscaped green space on the site to TD Commons. TD Commons
JAN 2020
The Slaight Family Foundation
Gift:
$15,000,000
Recipient:
Various hospital foundations and health charities
City:
Various
Province:
Various
The Slaights committed $15 million towards 13 Toronto-area hospitals and four national health organizations as part of its ongoing Slaight Family Foundation Seniors Initiative to support aging populations, and a range of programs from in-home medical assistance to LGBTQI2S services. Recipients include Baycrest; CAMH; Michael Garron Hospital; North York General Hospital; Scarborough Health Network; Sinai Health System; Sunnybrook; Unity Health Toornto; University Health Network; Dotsa Bitove Wellness Academy; Toronto Rehab’s Geriatric Community Integration Hub; Princess Margaret; Women’s College Hospital; Alzheimer Society of Canada; Canadian Red Cross; Egale; and Ryerson University.
JAN 2020
Angel Gabriel Foundation
Gift:
$11,000,000
Recipient:
University of Guelph
City:
Guelph
Province:
Ontario
This gift will support the Ontario Veterinary College in many ways, including the creation the Kim and Stu Lang Community Healthcare Partnership Program. It will expand initiatives such as OVC’s community outreach and spay-neuter programs that provide veterinary services for shelters and underserviced and remote communities. Kim and Stu Lang Community Healthcare Partnership Program A lifelong champion of animal welfare, Kim Lang has served on the OVC Pet Trust advisory board since 2009 and currently co-chairs its marketing committee. This is the largest single gift received by the University’s Ontario Veterinary College (OVC)
JAN 2020
Alex Trebek
Gift:
$10,000,000
Recipient:
University of Ottawa
City:
Ottawa
Province:
Ontario
To expand the global reach and impact of the Alex Trebek Forum for Dialogue, to support the Alex Trebek Leadership Award, and to support his Distinguished Lecture Series. Trebek made an initial gift of $1.2 million during Homecoming Weekend; a month later, he increased the commitment to $10 million.
JAN 2020
Estate of Tom and Mary Beck
Gift:
$10,000,000
Recipient:
Toronto Symphony Orchestra
City:
Toronto
Province:
Ontario
To expand the chamber music program, offering more relaxed concerts for people on the neurodiverse or autism spectrum, and toward musician-led programs. Over their lifetime, the Becks had donated more than $20-million to the TSO. Their daughter, Cathy Beck became the TSO’s board chair in 2016. This is the largest single donation in TSO’s history.
JAN 2020
Joannah and Brian Lawson
Gift:
$10,000,000
Recipient:
University of Toronto
City:
Toronto
Province:
Ontario
To support an initiative integrating sustainability across Trinity College, from an innovative new building to research and classroom opportunities, to the creation of food. This is the single donation in Trinity College’s 168-year history.
JAN 2020
Janice and Earle O’Born
Gift:
$10,000,000
Recipient:
National Arts Centre
City:
Ottawa
Province:
Ontario
To support the centre’s artistic programming. Janice is the chair of the NAC Foundation Board of Directors
JAN 2020
Inter Pipeline
Gift:
$10,000,000
Recipient:
Northern Alberta Institute of Technology
City:
Edmonton
Province:
Alberta
To fund a ten year research initiative known as Plastics Research in Action (“PRIA”), which will focus on reusing and recycling plastic in Canada.
JAN 2020
Mirella & Lino Saputo Foundation, and Amelia & Lino Saputo Jr. Foundation
Gift:
$10,000,000
Recipient:
Concordia University
City:
Montreal
Province:
Quebec
To support the new SHIFT Centre for Social Transformation, which will allow stakeholders, from students to community groups, to work together to find solutions to current societal problems, including environmental degradation, political polarization and wealth inequality.
JAN 2020
Marcelle and Jean Coutu Foundation
Gift:
$10,000,000
Recipient:
The CHU Sainte-Justine Foundation, the Douglas Mental Health University Institute Foundation, the Fondation les petits trésors and The Neuro (Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital)
City:
Montreal
Province:
Quebec
To support autism research through the Transforming Autism Care Consortium.
JAN 2020
Bill and Lynne Gray
Gift:
$7,500,000
Recipient:
St. Joseph’s Health Care London
City:
London
Province:
Ontario
To help open a new clinical research area at St. Joseph’s Parkwood Institute, which focuses on rehabilitative care. The Gray Centre for Mobility and Activity This is the largest gift ever received by the organization and one of the largest gifts to health care ever made in the community.
JAN 2020
Daniels Corp
Gift:
$6,000,000
Recipient:
Habitat for Humanity
City:
Toronto
Province:
Ontario
This is an in-kind donation of 10 homes in Toronto to Habitat for Humanity. The approximate value of these homes totals around $6,000,000.
JAN 2020
Asper Foundation
Gift:
$5,000,000
Recipient:
University of Manitoba
City:
Winnipeg
Province:
Manitoba
To provide up to 200 undergraduate students in financial need with $1,000 entrance bursaries. The Asper Foundation Entrance Bursary The Asper family’s history of giving to University of Manitoba spans 39 years and collectively amounts to over $22 million.
JAN 2020
Bank of Montreal
Gift:
$5,000,000
Recipient:
University of Toronto
City:
Toronto
Province:
Ontario
To launch a program integrating Artificial Intelligence and Humanities. BMO Lab for Creative Research in the Arts, Performance, Emerging Technologies and AI
JAN 2020
Estate of Jim Spring
Gift:
$5,000,000
Recipient:
Pickering College
City:
Newmarket
Province:
Ontario
In 2002 Jim Spring established the Spring Family Scholarship, at that time one of the largest donations in Pickering College history.
JAN 2020
Joan and Martin Goldfarb
Gift:
$5,000,000
Recipient:
York University
City:
Toronto
Province:
Ontario
To build a new art gallery at the Keele Campus. The Joan and Martin Goldfarb Art Gallery of York University
JAN 2020
Ophelia Lazaridis
Gift:
$5,000,000
Recipient:
Stratford Festival
City:
Stratford
Province:
Ontario
Ophelia Lazaridis has pledged to match every new or second donation toward the Spirit of the Tent fundraising campaign for the new Tom Patterson Theatre up to a total of $5 million. Ophelia Lazaridis is the co-chair of the Stratford Festival’s Spirit of the Tent
fundraising campaign
JAN 2020
Honda Canada Foundation
Gift:
$4,000,000
Recipient:
Stevenson Memorial Hospital
City:
Alliston
Province:
Ontario
To support the Because of You, We Can campaign, which aims to raise $43 million for a redevelopment project, as well as for the health information system and annual equipment needs.
JAN 2020
Cestar College of Business, Health and Technology
Gift:
$4,000,000
Recipient:
City of Sarnia
City:
Sarnia
Province:
Ontario
To support a project aimed at creating The Oversized Load Corridor, which will be a dedicated road route being created for the movement of large industrial components between local fabricating plants, industries, and Sarnia Harbour. In recognition, Sarnia has agreed to recognize the school’s generosity by naming a new docking facility planned for Sarnia Harbour the “Cestar Dock.”
JAN 2020
Wayne Foo and Parex Resources Inc.
Gift:
$3,240,000
Recipient:
University of Calgary
City:
Calgary
Province:
Alberta
This is a joint gift from Parex and its founding CEO/Chairman of the Board, Wayne Foo. It will establish five Parex Resources Innovation Fellowships. Parex Resources Innovation Fellowships Wayne Foo is a graduate of University of Calgary
JAN 2020
RBC
Gift:
$3,000,000
Recipient:
Western University
City:
London
Province:
Ontario
Half of the funding will help develop new courses focusing on the ethical and social aspects of data analytics and AI programming. The remainder will be split up, with $1 million going towards scholarships in data science and software engineering and just over $500,000 supporting the development of RBC’s design thinking program for undergraduate students.
JAN 2020
Dennis and Phyllis Washington Foundation
Gift:
$2,650,000
Recipient:
Royal Columbian Hospital Foundation
City:
Vancouver
Province:
British Columbia
To assist phase 2 of the hospital’s $1.49-billion redevelopment, which includes new and expanded space for its maternity, neonatal intensive care, and pediatrics units.
JAN 2020
The Price Family
Gift:
$2,500,000
Recipient:
Children's Hospital Foundation of Manitoba
City:
Winnipeg
Province:
Manitoba
To support the development of the Children’s Heart Centre.
JAN 2020
Halminen Family Foundation
Gift:
$2,000,001
Recipient:
Bowmanville Hospital Foundation
City:
Bowmanville
Province:
Ontario
To support the hospital’s redevelopment project, for which it is in the quiet phase of a fundraising campaign. This is the largest personal gift to be received by the Bowmanville Hospital Foundation (by just one dollar).
JAN 2020
Bank of Montreal
Gift:
$2,000,000
Recipient:
St. Paul’s Foundation
City:
Vancouver
Province:
British Columbia
To support the health and wellness of Indigenous communities in British Columbia, with a focus on cardiac health. $1.6 million will go to the First Nations Health Authority Chair in Heart Health and Wellness, with the other $400,000 earmarked for a new hospital that will replace the downtown Vancouver facility.
JAN 2020
The Boris Family
Gift:
$2,000,000
Recipient:
McMaster University & St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton
City:
Hamilton
Province:
Ontario
To help the hospital and university recruit a new leader for the Firestone Institute for Respiratory Health.
JAN 2020
Calin and Elaine Rovinescu
Gift:
$2,000,000
Recipient:
University of Ottawa, University of Montreal
City:
Ottawa, Montreal
Province:
Ontario, Quebec
To create the Rovinescu Scholarship for New
Canadians which aims to support undergraduate students and professional programs at both the University of Ottawa and the University of Montreal. The Rovinescu Scholarship for New Canadians
JAN 2020
Robert Lemon
Gift:
$2,000,000
Recipient:
Arts Umbrella
City:
Vancouver
Province:
British Columbia
This gift is in memory of the donor’s late partner Bob Ledingham, and names the Robert M. Ledingham School of Theatre and Music. The Robert M. Ledingham School of Theatre and Music
JAN 2020
Estate of Roger J. Bishop
Gift:
$1,600,000
Recipient:
University of Victoria
City:
Victoria
Province:
British Columbia
The estate gift includes the creation of three new endowments in the Faculty of Fine Arts—the Ailsa and Roger Bishop Entrance Scholarship in Theatre; the Roger J. Bishop Writing Prize; and the Ailsa and Roger Bishop Travel Award in Music—and supports an existing bursary in UVic’s Department of English. Ailsa and Roger Bishop Entrance Scholarship in
Theatre; the Roger J. Bishop Writing Prize; and the Ailsa and Roger Bishop Travel Award in Music Bishop was a founding member of UVic’s Department of English.
JAN 2020
Kelson Group
Gift:
$1,500,000
Recipient:
Royal Inland Hospital Foundation
City:
Kamloops
Province:
British Columbia
To support the expansion and improvement of the Mental Health and Substance Use department of the hospital.
JAN 2020
Marshall and Judi Eliuk
Gift:
$1,400,000
Recipient:
Kelowna Hospital Foundation
City:
Kelowna
Province:
British Columbia
The funds will bring an electrophysiology lab to Kelowna General Hospital, providing advanced heart rhythm services. This gift concludes the the $7-million “Right Here at KGH” campaign, which was launched early this year. Marshall Eliuk Cardiac Interventional and Advanced Heart
Rhythm Program Marshall had open heart surgery and in 2000 was
diagnosed with a rare blood condition, which nearly took his life.
JAN 2020
Scotiabank
Gift:
$1,250,000
Recipient:
University of Alberta
City:
Calgary
Province:
Alberta
To fund the Scotiabank Artificial Intelligence Research Initiative in the Department of Computing Science. Scotiabank Artificial Intelligence Research Initiative
JAN 2020
Concert Properties
Gift:
$1,000,000
Recipient:
George Brown College
City:
Toronto
Province:
Ontario
To fund 24 annual scholarships at the Centre for Construction and Engineering Technologies. The Concert Properties and Partners Award
JAN 2020
Dentalcorp
Gift:
$1,000,000
Recipient:
Western University
City:
London
Province:
Ontario
To support the Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry through five Continuing Dental Education Courses, to establish the dentalcorp Speaker Series, and to sponsor the Schulich Dentistry Alumni Reception. The Dentalcorp Speaker Series, and the Dentalcorp Student Lounge
JAN 2020
Jane and Ron Graham
Gift:
$1,000,000
Recipient:
University of Saskatchewan
City:
Saskatoon
Province:
Saskatchewan
To support the College of Education’s new school focused on innovative methods of interdisciplinary teaching. Jane and Ron Graham School for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning This gift is the largest single gift in the history of the College of Education at U of S. The Grahams have collectively given $24 million to the U of S through different awards and programs over the years.
JAN 2020
Nottawasaga Foundation
Gift:
$1,000,000
Recipient:
Stevenson Memorial Hospital
City:
Alliston
Province:
Ontario
To support the Because of You, We Can campaign, which aims to raise $43 million for a redevelopment project, as well as for the health information system and annual equipment needs.
JAN 2020
Jason and Emily Ko
Gift:
$1,000,000
Recipient:
Richmond Hospital Foundation
City:
Vancouver
Province:
British Columbia
This gift was announced at the annual Richmond Hospital Starlight Gala, and supports the ACT NOW fundraising campaign, which is raising money for a new Acute Care Tower.
JAN 2020
Keith MacDonald
Gift:
$1,000,000
Recipient:
McMaster University
City:
Hamilton
Province:
Ontario
To create three endowed funds supporting experiential learning and research in the earth
sciences program. The D. Keith MacDonald Earth Sciences Introduction to Field
Methods Fund
JAN 2020
The Paterson Foundation
Gift:
$1,000,000
Recipient:
Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Foundation
City:
Thunder Bay
Province:
Ontario
To bring a full cardiovascular surgery program to Thunder Bay.
JAN 2020
Redhead Equipment
Gift:
$1,000,000
Recipient:
STARS
City:
North Battleford
Province:
Saskatchewan
To support the operations of STARS helicopter service at its Regina and Saskatoon air bases. This marks over two million dollars in donations made by Redhead Equipment to STARS since 2012.
JAN 2020
Anonymous
Gift:
$1,000,000
Recipient:
University of Ottawa
City:
Ottawa
Province:
Ontario
To support Indigenous Law Students by establishing scholarships and bursaries.
JAN 2020
Alice and Grant Burton
Gift:
$1,000,000
Recipient:
Amnesty International Canada
City:
Ottawa
Province:
Ontario
To support programming and to establish the new Burton Human Rights Impact Fund, 100 per cent of which will go towards crucial human rights work. The gift also comes with the invitation to all donors to come together and jointly match the funds by the end of 2020. Burton Human Rights Impact Fund This is largest-ever gift for Amnesty International Canada.
JAN 2020
Alice and Grant Burton
Gift:
$1,000,000
Recipient:
United Way Greater Toronto
City:
Toronto
Province:
Ontario
This gift is is matching up to $1 million in first-time donations over $1,200, as well as donation increases made by current United Way Greater Toronto Leadership donors. This support powers United Way’s network of 270 community agencies across Greater Toronto.
JAN 2020
Alice and Grant Burton
Gift:
$1,000,000
Recipient:
Doctors Without Borders
City:
Toronto
Province:
Ontario
To support programming
JAN 2020
Coast Capital Savings
Gift:
$1,000,000
Recipient:
University of Victoria
City:
Victoria
Province:
British Columbia
To give the previously-named Coast Capital Savings Innovation Centre long-term stability and the chance to expand its programs.
JAN 2020
Domtar and Unifor
Gift:
$1,000,000
Recipient:
Royal Inland Hospital Foundation
City:
Kamloops
Province:
British Columbia
The $1 million will be distributed over the next five years and will support the Hospital’s Patient Care Tower project. This gift is Unifor’s largest single donation in the history of the Union and Domtar’s largest to a hospital in Western Canada.
JAN 2020
Dr. Arni Thorsteinson and Dr. Susan Glass
Gift:
$1,000,000
Recipient:
University of Manitoba
City:
Winnipeg
Province:
Manitoba
To support the Front and Centre Campaign. Arni Thorsteinson and Susan Glass Student Commons Dr. Arni Thorsteinson and Dr. Susan Glass are U of M alumni and have both been donating to the school for many years.
JAN 2020
The Calgary Flames Foundation
Gift:
$1,000,000
Recipient:
YMCA Calgary
City:
Calgary
Province:
Alberta
This gift will be given over four years to YMCA Calgary in support of the previously-named Flames YMCA Grade 6 program, which provides free memberships to students to help get them involved in sports and recreation. The commitment builds on $1.25 million the foundation has provided for the program since it launched five years ago.
JAN 2020
Ridge Landfill Community Trust
Gift:
$1,000,000
Recipient:
Municipality of Chatham-Kent and the Lower Thames Valley Conservation Authority
City:
Chatham
Province:
Ontario
The funds will be given over 10 years, and will go towards improving the municipality’s six per cent cover of trees, wetlands and tall grass prairie, the lowest of any upper-tier municipality in the region. Mark Peacock, chief administrative offcer for the conservation authority, said the $1 million could turn into $3 million through partnerships with other organizations over the next 10 years.
JAN 2020
Ryan Beedie
Gift:
$1,000,000
Recipient:
Beedie Luminaries Scholarship Program
City:
Multiple
Province:
British Columbia
To add 25 more scholarships of up to $40,000 each to the program, which will be open to students from all over B.C.
JAN 2020
Startech.com
Gift:
$1,000,000
Recipient:
York University
City:
Toronto
Province:
Ontario
To support the Centre for Customer Centricity, a hub for the creation, application and dissemination of knowledge related to making
organizations customer-centric.
JAN 2020
TD Bank Group
Gift:
$1,000,000
Recipient:
Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada
City:
Toronto
Province:
Ontario
To support research that uses artificial intelligence to develop clinical tools to enable more informed healthcare decisions in relation to disease-modifying therapies for people with MS. The funds will be directed towards the MS Society’s Acts of Greatness campaign.
JAN 2020
Winnipeg Rh Institute Foundation
Gift:
$1,000,000
Recipient:
University of Manitoba
City:
Winnipeg
Province:
Manitoba
To establish a research chair. The gift honours the legacy of Dr. John M. Bowman, who was best known for pioneering the discovery and treatment of the Rh hemolytic disease in newborns in the 1960s. Dr. John M. Bowman
Chair in Pediatrics and Child Health
JAN 2020
The Ursuline Sisters of Chatham
Gift:
$1,000,000
Recipient:
Brescia University College
City:
London
Province:
Ontario
To support the Lead With Us Campaign, which is fundraising for new Academic Pavilion, a food and nutrition research centre, new scholarships, research, and mental health services. The Ursuline Sisters founded the college in 1919.
JAN 2020
Koloshuk Family
Gift:
$1,000,000
Recipient:
McMaster University
City:
Hamilton
Province:
Ontario
To support the Shelley Saunders/Koloshuk Family Scholarships in Anthropology, which were established in 2008 before Saunders passed away.
JAN 2020
Joan and Paul Waechter
Gift:
$1,000,000
Recipient:
Headwaters Hospital Foundation
City:
Orangeville
Province:
Ontario
To support a renovation of the hospital’s current lobby/main entrance, address some of its equipment needs and invest in new and innovative clinical software. The Joan and Paul Waechter
Welcome Centre
JAN 2020
William McCarthy
Gift:
$1,000,000
Recipient:
Burnaby Hospital Foundation
City:
Vancouver
Province:
British Columbia
To support an upcoming fundraising campaign for redevelopment of the hospital, which will cost $1.3 billion. William McCarthy is chair of the Foundation’s Fundraising Cabinet.
JAN 2020
The Rotary Club of Grande Prairie
Gift:
$980,000
Recipient:
Habitat for Humanity Edmonton
City:
Edmonton
Province:
Alberta
To fund construction of two duplexes to house four families. This gift is the largest contribution the affiliate has ever received.
JAN 2020
The Rotary Club of Grande Prairie
Gift:
$850,000
Recipient:
Grande Prairie Regional Hospital Foundation
City:
Grande Prairie
Province:
Alberta
To fund new equipment and specialists for the new hospital not provided by Alberta Health Services. The Rotary Club previously donated $150,000 when the Key to Care Capital Campaign was launched, which now brings the total donations
from the club to $1 million.
JAN 2020
Wilfrid Laurier University Alumni Association
Gift:
$800,000
Recipient:
Wilfrid Laurier University
City:
Waterloo
Province:
Ontario
To enhance student wellness and success initiatives at Laurier.
JAN 2020
Bank of Montreal
Gift:
$650,000
Recipient:
Canadian Canoe Museum
City:
Peterborough
Province:
Ontario
To fund the museum’s proposed new 85,000-square-foot facility. The museum’s archives and archives workroom will be named the BMO Financial Group Research and Knowledge Centre.
JAN 2020
Canada Life
Gift:
$500,000
Recipient:
Nature Conservancy of Canada
City:
Toronto
Province:
Ontario
To support NCC’s Conservation Volunteers program, allowing NCC to engage thousands of Canadians of all ages in conserving wildlife habitat across the country. Canada Life has been a supporter of the Conservation Volunteers program since 2012, helping NCC double the size of the program and engaging more Canadians in caring for nature. Canada Life’s support of the program contributes to community development and environmental responsibility, which aligns with two of the company’s Corporate Social Responsibility Pillars.
JAN 2020
Joe Remai
Gift:
$500,000
Recipient:
St. Paul's Hospital Foundation
City:
Saskatoon
Province:
Saskatchewan
To improve hospice and end of life care.
JAN 2020
Dairy Farmers of Ontario and program partners
Gift:
$500,000
Recipient:
SickKids Foundation and other children's hospitals
City:
Multiple
Province:
Ontario
From Nov. 18 through Dec. 28, a portion of the proceeds (minimum of $500,000) of all milk and OREO Cookies purchased at select retailers will benefit children’s hospitals across the province, thanks to DFO, Mondelez Canada, Sobeys, Walmart Canada, Agropur, Longo’s, and Lactalis Canada.
JAN 2020
Ralph Emsland and family
Gift:
$500,000
Recipient:
Royal Inland Hospital Foundation
City:
Kamloops
Province:
British Columbia
To support the Hospital’s Patient Care Tower project.
JAN 2020
John Andrews Foundation
Gift:
$500,000
Recipient:
Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Foundation
City:
Thunder Bay
Province:
Ontario
To support the Our Hearts At Home Cardiovascular Campaign, which aims to start a cardiovascular surgery program at the hospital.
JAN 2020
Maggie Carr
Gift:
$500,000
Recipient:
Brescia University College
City:
London
Province:
Ontario
To support the Lead With Us Campaign, which is fundraising for new Academic Pavilion, a food and nutrition research centre, new scholarships, research, and mental health services. Carr is a graduate of the college.
JAN 2020
Assumption Life
Gift:
$400,000
Recipient:
Université de Moncton
City:
Moncton
Province:
New Brunswick
To enable the Faculty of Administration to update its social media lab, expand its programming and award annual scholarships. The Faculty of Administration lab will be renamed the Assumption Life Social Media Lab. The gift was announced along with an additional $100,000 gift rom Louisbourg Investments, a member of the Assumption Life Group.
JAN 2020
Anonymous
Gift:
$300,000
Recipient:
Belleville General Hospital Foundation
City:
Belleville
Province:
Ontario
To replace the region’s Nuclear Medicine Cameras.
JAN 2020
Bruno Harilaid
Gift:
$300,000
Recipient:
Northumberland Hills Hospital Foundation
City:
Cobourg
Province:
Ontario
To help renovate an operating suite.
JAN 2020
Estate of Virginia (Gypsy) Moore
Gift:
$300,000
Recipient:
Simcoe and District Humane Society
City:
Simcoe
Province:
Ontario
This bequest will be used to begin construction of the 3,200-square-foot shelter that has been planned on Grigg Drive for more than 10 years. Moore was a long-time supporter of the organization.
JAN 2020
Estate of Betty Nixon
Gift:
$100,000
Recipient:
Rotary Club of Essex Foundation
City:
Essex
Province:
Ontario
To support its medical and water missions to Ghana.
JAN 2020
Estate of Betty Nixon
Gift:
$100,000
Recipient:
A Dollar A Day Foundation
City:
St. John's
Province:
Newfoundland
To support the foundation’s work in mental health and addictions.
JAN 2020
Estate of Betty Nixon
Gift:
$100,000
Recipient:
Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario
City:
Toronto
Province:
Ontario
To support general programming.
JAN 2020
Estate of Betty Nixon
Gift:
$100,000
Recipient:
Save the Children Canada
City:
Toronto
Province:
Ontario
To support general programming.
JAN 2020
Estate of Betty Nixon
Gift:
$100,000
Recipient:
Lions Foundation of Canada Guide Dogs
City:
Oakville
Province:
Ontario
To support general programming.
JAN 2020
Estate of Betty Nixon
Gift:
$100,000
Recipient:
The ALS Society of Ontario in Amherstburg
City:
Amherstburg
Province:
Ontario
To support general programming.
JAN 2020
Estate of Betty Nixon
Gift:
$100,000
Recipient:
Salvation Army of Canada
City:
Toronto
Province:
Ontario
To support general programming.
JAN 2020
Estate of Betty Nixon
Gift:
$100,000
Recipient:
Canadian Wildlife Federation
City:
Toronto
Province:
Ontario
To support general programming.
JAN 2020
Century 21 Excalibur Realty - The Van Grootheest Team
Gift:
$100,000
Recipient:
Groves Memorial Community Hospital
City:
Aboyne
Province:
Ontario
To support the development of the new Groves Memorial Community Hospital that will open soon in Aboyne. The hospital, expected to open in 2020, will replace the existing hospital in Fergus. Eric Van Grootheest owns Century 21 Excalibur Realty along with his son Paul. The office opened in 2015 in Fergus and includes six staff members.
JAN 2020
Mr. and Mrs. P.A. Woodward’s Foundation
Gift:
$97,590
Recipient:
Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital
City:
Trail
Province:
British Columbia
To purchase a new ultrasound machine.