Major Gift News
Marco Mancini Family Foundation
Gift:
$5,000,000
Recipient:
Georgian Bay General Hospital Foundation
City:
Midland
Province:
Ontario
The gift will help the hospital complete its ‘Adopt a Room’ project, update its Electronic Medical Record System, and renovate the cafe in the hospital’s lobby. All three patient units and the new cafe will be named in honour of the Marco Mancini Family Foundation. In addition, digital signage will be installed in two exterior locations to honour the commitment to the technological enhancements. Marco Mancini is a seasonal resident of the nearby community of Tiny. The gift is the largest single private donation ever made to the hospital.
JAN 2021
BMO
Gift:
$2,500,000
Recipient:
McMaster University
City:
Hamilton
Province:
Ontario
For the DeGroote School of Business. The gift will fund a new collaboration, collision, networking and study space, equipped with interactive tools and technology to help students learn and work together to solve real-time real-world problems. BMO Connection Zone.
JAN 2021
Bell Canada
Gift:
$2,000,000
Recipient:
Brain Canada Foundation
City:
Montreal
Province:
Quebec
For a new program to help accelerate Canadian brain research while helping to address the impacts of COVID-19 on mental health care. Bell Let’s Talk-Brain Canada Mental Health Research Program. Funding for the program is made up of a $2 million gift from Bell Canada’s Bell Let’s Talk initiative matched by the federal government through the Canada Brain Research Fund (CBRF).
JAN 2021
Wayne Crookes
Gift:
$1,875,000
Recipient:
University of Victoria
City:
Victoria
Province:
British Columbia
$1.5 million will create a new professorship in environmental and climate journalism; $375,000 will create a fund to support environmental and climate journalism research and outreach. Wayne Crookes Professorship in Environmental and Climate Journalism.
JAN 2021
belairdirect
Gift:
$1,500,000
Recipient:
Breakfast Club of Canada
City:
Boucherville
Province:
Quebec
To support breakfast programs across Canada. This gift is a renewal of a partnership that began in 2018.
JAN 2021
Emera
Gift:
$1,500,000
Recipient:
The Salvation Army
City:
Halifax
Province:
Nova Scotia
For the Home Energy Assistance Top-up (HEAT) Fund which provides assistance to low-income individuals in emergency need of home heating assistance. Emera was asked by a government review board to voluntarily lower its earnings on the Maritime Link project, which was said to have failed to deliver promised benefits. In lieu of lowering its earnings, Emera committed a $1.5 million donation to the Salvation Army. The review board then ruled that the donation could not come from fees paid by customers of Nova Scotia Power (a subsidiary of Emera).
JAN 2021
Novo Nordisk Canada Inc.
Gift:
$1,500,000
Recipient:
Diabetes Canada
City:
Huntsville
Province:
Ontario
To help rebuild the onsite medical centre at Camp Huronda. Camp Huronda is home of one of nine Diabetes Canada’s camps for children and youth living with type 1 diabetes (D-Camps). A Campership Fund will be established to send an additional 100 children to attend D-Camps across Canada over the next 10 years.
JAN 2021
Anonymous
Gift:
$1,000,000
Recipient:
Nanaimo Search and Rescue
City:
Nanaimo
Province:
British Columbia
To help renovate the former Harewood Fire Hall to improve the building’s functionality as Nanaimo Search and Rescue’s headquarters.
JAN 2021
Anonymous
Gift:
$1,000,000
Recipient:
Northern Alberta Institute of Technology
City:
Edmonton
Province:
Alberta
To enhance financial aid for students in applied sciences and technology. The gift will create an endowment fund which will give eight students bursaries of $5,000 annually. Libra Endowment Fund.
JAN 2021
Edward and Suzanne Rogers Foundation
Gift:
$1,000,000
Recipient:
St. Joseph's Foundation of Elliot Lake
City:
Elliot Lake
Province:
Ontario
To support capital and equipment needs at the three hospitals supported by the Foundation including helping to purchase a new CT scanner for the St. Joseph’s General Hospital. Suzanne Rogers has a strong connection to Elliot Lake, having been born in St. Joseph’s Hospital and having lost her father in a mining accident at Pater Mine when she was a child.
JAN 2021
Paul and Debbie Lavers
Gift:
$1,000,000
Recipient:
YMCA of Greater Halifax/Dartmouth
City:
Halifax
Province:
Nova Scotia
To support the day-to-day operations of the organization. The Lavers are members of the YMCA.
JAN 2021
RBC Foundation
Gift:
$1,000,000
Recipient:
OCAD University
City:
Toronto
Province:
Ontario
For a series of initiatives designed to support students and recent graduates in launching their careers as artists, designers, makers and creators. RBC Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers. The gift was made through RBC Foundation’s RBC Emerging Artists Project.
JAN 2021
TD
Gift:
$1,000,000
Recipient:
Canadian Feed the Children
City:
Toronto
Province:
Ontario
For a fund that will activate spaces that provide ecological services for Indigenous communities. TD Indigenous Food Forest Fund. The funds were granted as a part of the 2020 TD Ready Challenge. A total of $10 million was given to 15 organizations in North America for projects aimed at helping those impcated by COVID-19. Grants ranged from $350,000 to $1 million.
JAN 2021
TD
Gift:
$1,000,000
Recipient:
Start2Finish Canada
City:
Mississauga
Province:
Ontario
For Brainworx!, a 30-week program that provides culturally responsive education, helping under-served students develop resiliency and become independent learners. The funds were granted as a part of the 2020 TD Ready Challenge. A total of $10 million was given to 15 organizations in North America for projects aimed at helping those impcated by COVID-19. Grants ranged from $350,000 to $1 million.
JAN 2021
TD
Gift:
$1,000,000
Recipient:
Women's College Hospital Foundation
City:
Toronto
Province:
Ontario
To support Women’s Virtual at Women’s College Hospital, a strategy with a goal of creating a healthcare system in which the majority of a person’s care can be delivered virtually. The funds were granted as a part of the 2020 TD Ready Challenge. A total of $10 million was given to 15 organizations in North America for projects aimed at helping those impcated by COVID-19. Grants ranged from $350,000 to $1 million.
JAN 2021
Anonymous
Gift:
$750,000
Recipient:
SickKids Foundation
City:
Toronto
Province:
Ontario
The gift will match contributions from monthly donors who sign up before March 31 up to $750,000. The gift was announced with a three-year partnership between SickKids Foundation and Torstar, The Toronto Star’s parent company. The goal of the partnership is to sign up 1,000 new donors to make either monthly contributions or one-time donations.
JAN 2021
TD
Gift:
$750,000
Recipient:
The University of British Columbia
City:
Vancouver
Province:
British Columbia
For the Remote Communities Drone Transport Initiative that will test the feasibility of enhancing access to physically necessary health care services for First Nations communities disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The funds were granted as a part of the 2020 TD Ready Challenge. A total of $10 million was given to 15 organizations in North America for projects aimed at helping those impcated by COVID-19. Grants ranged from $350,000 to $1 million.
JAN 2021
Lawson Foundation
Gift:
$725,000
Recipient:
Child and Nature Alliance of Canada
City:
Ottawa
Province:
Ontario
This is one of eight gifts made by the Foundation to launch the second phase of its Outdoor Play Strategy. A total of $4.95 million was donated to demonstration projects aimed at benefiting Early Learning and Child Care across Canada and advancing equitable access to outdoor play-based early learning.
JAN 2021
Lawson Foundation
Gift:
$725,000
Recipient:
Okanagan College
City:
Kelowna
Province:
British Columbia
This is one of eight gifts made by the Foundation to launch the second phase of its Outdoor Play Strategy. A total of $4.95 million was donated to demonstration projects aimed at benefiting Early Learning and Child Care across Canada and advancing equitable access to outdoor play-based early learning.
JAN 2021
Lawson Foundation
Gift:
$725,000
Recipient:
YMCA of Southwestern Ontario
City:
London
Province:
Ontario
This is one of eight gifts made by the Foundation to launch the second phase of its Outdoor Play Strategy. A total of $4.95 million was donated to demonstration projects aimed at benefiting Early Learning and Child Care across Canada and advancing equitable access to outdoor play-based early learning.
JAN 2021
Lawson Foundation
Gift:
$650,000
Recipient:
University of British Columbia
City:
Vancouver
Province:
British Columbia
This is one of eight gifts made by the Foundation to launch the second phase of its Outdoor Play Strategy. A total of $4.95 million was donated to demonstration projects aimed at benefiting Early Learning and Child Care across Canada and advancing equitable access to outdoor play-based early learning.
JAN 2021
Lawson Foundation
Gift:
$625,000
Recipient:
Regroupement des Centres de la Petite Enfance de la Montérégie
City:
Saint-Hubert
Province:
Quebec
This is one of eight gifts made by the Foundation to launch the second phase of its Outdoor Play Strategy. A total of $4.95 million was donated to demonstration projects aimed at benefiting Early Learning and Child Care across Canada and advancing equitable access to outdoor play-based early learning.
JAN 2021
Lawson Foundation
Gift:
$600,000
Recipient:
Humber College
City:
Toronto
Province:
Ontario
This is one of eight gifts made by the Foundation to launch the second phase of its Outdoor Play Strategy. A total of $4.95 million was donated to demonstration projects aimed at benefiting Early Learning and Child Care across Canada and advancing equitable access to outdoor play-based early learning.
JAN 2021
Anonymous
Gift:
$500,000
Recipient:
Cambridge Memorial Hospital Foundation
City:
Cambridge
Province:
Ontario
For the WeCareCMH campaign to help buy equipment for the hospital’s new Wing A. The gift closed a $10 million fundraising campaign.
JAN 2021
Bell Canada
Gift:
$500,000
Recipient:
Jack.org
City:
Toronto
Province:
Ontario
To equip Jack Chapter leaders with training, mentorship and digital education tools to support the mental health of young people. The gift was made through the Bell Let’s Talk initiative.
JAN 2021
Brian Hesje
Gift:
$500,000
Recipient:
University of Alberta
City:
Edmonton
Province:
Alberta
For a new observatory. Hesje Observatory.
JAN 2021
Illahie Foundation
Gift:
$500,000
Recipient:
The Law Foundation of British Columbia
City:
Vancouver
Province:
British Columbia
To launch the Joe Arvay Initiative for Public Interest Law. Joe Arvay Initiative for Public Interest Law. The gift was made in honour of the late Joe Arvay who was a Vancouver lawyer and champion of social justice.
JAN 2021
Joanne and Peter Kenny
Gift:
$500,000
Recipient:
Kings University College
City:
London
Province:
Ontario
To help purchase land and to establish a Reflection Circle, an inclusive space for private reflection or group gatherings. In particular, the Reflection Circle will support the needs of the Indigenous community at King’s by providing an outdoor location for sacred gatherings.
JAN 2021
Starlight Investments
Gift:
$500,000
Recipient:
City of Victoria
City:
Langford
Province:
British Columbia
For naming rights to the Westhills Stadium for five years. The Westhills Stadium will now be called Starlight Stadium.
JAN 2021
Lawson Foundation
Gift:
$450,000
Recipient:
Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario
City:
Ottawa
Province:
Ontario
This is one of eight gifts made by the Foundation to launch the second phase of its Outdoor Play Strategy. A total of $4.95 million was donated to demonstration projects aimed at benefiting Early Learning and Child Care across Canada and advancing equitable access to outdoor play-based early learning.
JAN 2021
Lawson Foundation
Gift:
$450,000
Recipient:
O'Brien Farm Foundation
City:
St. John's
Province:
Newfoundland and Labrador
This is one of eight gifts made by the Foundation to launch the second phase of its Outdoor Play Strategy. A total of $4.95 million was donated to demonstration projects aimed at benefiting Early Learning and Child Care across Canada and advancing equitable access to outdoor play-based early learning.
JAN 2021
Norine Clark (Estate of)
Gift:
$435,786
Recipient:
Scugog Shores Museum
City:
Scugog
Province:
Ontario
For future museum projects.
JAN 2021
Bell Canada
Gift:
$420,000
Recipient:
QEII Health Sciences Centre Foundation
City:
Halifax
Province:
Nova Scotia
To support the introduction of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) at the Nova Scotia Hospital and Valley Regional Hospital. The machine is used to alleviate symptoms of depression. The gift was made through the Bell Let’s Talk initiative.
JAN 2021
Archie Verspeeten and Family
Gift:
$355,300
Recipient:
Delhi Community Health Centre
City:
Delhi
Province:
Ontario
To ensure the community walk-in clinic remains fully staffed and available to the community.
JAN 2021
TD
Gift:
$350,000 - $650,000
Recipient:
McGill University Health Centre Foundation
City:
Montreal
Province:
Quebec
To help improve access to telemedicine. The gift was listed in the range of $350,000 to $650,000. The funds were granted as a part of the 2020 TD Ready Challenge. A total of $10 million was given to 15 organizations in North America for projects aimed at helping those impcated by COVID-19. Grants ranged from $350,000 to $1 million.
JAN 2021
TD
Gift:
$350,000
Recipient:
Canadian Mental Health Association
City:
St. John's
Province:
Newfoundland and Labrador
For the COVID-19 Mental Health Recovery Program which aims to alleviate the strain that was placed on people’s mental health by the pandemic. The gift was listed in the range of $350,000 to $650,000. The funds were granted as a part of the 2020 TD Ready Challenge. A total of $10 million was given to 15 organizations in North America for projects aimed at helping those impcated by COVID-19. Grants ranged from $350,000 to $1 million.
JAN 2021
TD
Gift:
$350,000
Recipient:
CCE Centre for Young Black Professionals
City:
Toronto
Province:
Ontario
For the Recovery, Healing & Resilience Program which is a capacity-building initiative to strengthen leadership and organizational scale of Black focused, Black led and/or Black serving non-profits and grassroots organizations. The gift was listed in the range of $350,000 to $650,000. The funds were granted as a part of the 2020 TD Ready Challenge. A total of $10 million was given to 15 organizations in North America for projects aimed at helping those impcated by COVID-19. Grants ranged from $350,000 to $1 million.
JAN 2021
TD
Gift:
$350,000
Recipient:
Interligne
City:
Province:
Quebec
To help meet emerging new needs of the LGBTQ+ community caused by the pandemic. The gift was listed in the range of $350,000 to $650,000. The funds were granted as a part of the 2020 TD Ready Challenge. A total of $10 million was given to 15 organizations in North America for projects aimed at helping those impcated by COVID-19. Grants ranged from $350,000 to $1 million.
JAN 2021
TD
Gift:
$350,000
Recipient:
University of Saskatchewan
City:
Saskatoon
Province:
Saskatchewan
Led by the First Nations and Metis Health Research Network, the funds will help create a gender and culturally safe social enterprise to address an existing gap in disaster management that will be led by female leaders and Elders. The gift was listed in the range of $350,000 to $650,000. The funds were granted as a part of the 2020 TD Ready Challenge. A total of $10 million was given to 15 organizations in North America for projects aimed at helping those impcated by COVID-19. Grants ranged from $350,000 to $1 million.
JAN 2021
Alfred Jenkins
Gift:
$300,000
Recipient:
City of Prince Albert
City:
Prince Albert
Province:
Alberta
For a new fitness park at the Alfred Jenkins Field House. Alfred Jenkins Field House.
JAN 2021
Bell Canada
Gift:
$300,000
Recipient:
CHU Sainte-Justine
City:
Montreal
Province:
Quebec
For an intensive ambulatory care pilot program for patients being treated for an eating disorder. The gift was made through the Bell Let’s Talk initiative.
JAN 2021
Bell Canada
Gift:
$250,000
Recipient:
McGill University
City:
Montreal
Province:
Quebec
To help launch the Multicultural Mental Health Resource Centre (MMHRC), an online resource that seeks to improve the quality and availability of mental health services for people from diverse cultural and ethnic backgrounds. The MMHRC is an initiative by researchers at McGill University and its affiliated hospitals (The Neuro and the Lady Davis Institute at the Jewish General Hospital). The gift was made through the Bell Let’s Talk initiative.
JAN 2021
Canada Life
Gift:
$250,000
Recipient:
Brescia University College
City:
London
Province:
Ontario
To launch diversity in leadership programming. $100,000 will fund scholarships and bursaries for non-traditional students; $150,000 will help increase faculty and program development and research.
JAN 2021
Cowell Foundation
Gift:
$250,000
Recipient:
The Delta Hospital and Community Health Foundation
City:
Delta
Province:
British Columbia
For equipment and resources for surgical patients and long-term care residents.
JAN 2021
The Co-operators
Gift:
$250,000
Recipient:
The Foundation of Guelph General Hospital
City:
Guelph
Province:
Ontario
To support mental health and addictions care. The donation supports the creation of a new short stay unit which will see emergency mental health care capacity increase by 50%. The Co-operators Short Stay Assessment Unit.
JAN 2021
Kinaxis
Gift:
$250,000
Recipient:
Canadian Live Music Association
City:
Ottawa
Province:
Ontario
To support the music industry with funding for virtual events. The gift will create Kinaxis InConcert, a new performance series that will feature approximately 30 concerts live-streamed from stages across Canada. The money will help live music venues and concert promoters cover the costs of staging the virtual events. Kinaxis InConcert.
JAN 2021
David Harris and the Harris and Burr Families
Gift:
$153,000
Recipient:
Delta Hospital and Community Health Foundation
City:
Delta
Province:
British Columbia
For new equipment including a TIMS imaging system to support the hospital’s rehabilitation services.
JAN 2021
Wallaceburg Rotary Club
Gift:
$143,420
Recipient:
Chatham-Kent Health Alliance Foundation
City:
Wallaceburg
Province:
Ontario
To help purchase a new piece of diagnostic imaging equipment for the Wallaceburg hospital. The Rotary Club of Wallaceburg is donating the remainder of the money in its trust fund to the organization, making this the last donation the club will make in its seven-decade history.
JAN 2021
Economical Insurance
Gift:
$100,000
Recipient:
Canadian Mental Health Association
City:
Waterloo
Province:
Canada
For the BounceBack program which is designed to help Canadians build skills to improve their mental health.
JAN 2021
John Pankiw
Gift:
$100,000
Recipient:
South Okanagan Similkameen (SOS) Medical Foundation
City:
Penticton
Province:
British Columbia
To support equipment needs at the Penticton Regional Hospital. This is the second time in five years Pankiw has made a gift of $100,000.
JAN 2021
Lucknow Co-operative Inc.
Gift:
$100,000
Recipient:
Alexandra Marine & General Hospital
City:
Goderich
Province:
Ontario
JAN 2021
Lucknow Co-operative Inc.
Gift:
$100,000
Recipient:
Kincardine and Community Health Care Foundation
City:
Kincardine
Province:
Ontario
To help purchase a CT scanner.
JAN 2021
Lucknow Co-operative Inc.
Gift:
$100,000
Recipient:
Wingham & District Hospital
City:
Wingham
Province:
Ontario
JAN 2021
Sleeman Breweries
Gift:
$100,000
Recipient:
Foundation of Guelph General Hospital
City:
Guelph
Province:
Ontario
To fund the expansion of both the Emergency Department and Special Care Nursery, as well as investing in new patient care equipment and technology as a part of the Together, We Care campaign. Sleeman Breweries is also sponsoring January’s 50/50 Hospital Lottery for Guelph General Hospital by providing two $500 early bird prizes.