Major Gift News
Agnico Eagle
Gift:
$10,000,000
Recipient:
The Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation
City:
Toronto
Province:
Ontario
To fund revolutionary research and enhance capacity of the clinical trials program. The gift will support The Princess Margaret’s Grand Challenges competition, a program that awards grants to bold, innovative and high-impact projects that show promise of advancing cancer diagnosis and treatments to cure more patients and improve quality of life of those living with cancer. A portion of the gift will also support enhancing the Cancer Clinical Research Unit. This gift brings the company’s cumulative giving to more than $25 million.
MAY 2021
Temerty Foundation
Gift:
$10,000,000
Recipient:
Help Us Help
City:
Toronto
Province:
Ontario
To continue life-changing programs for vulnerable children and veterans in Ukraine. The endowment fund will provide funds for administering humanitarian aid, anti-human trafficking initiatives, educational projects, mental health supports, and life-skills development workshops delivered primarily to children in Ukraine. Temerty Endowment Fund. In honour of Ruslana Wrzesnewskyj’s (HUH Founder and Honorary Chair) years of dedication to the children of Ukraine, the Temerty Foundation is pleased to highlight that, as part of their donation, the HUH Summer Camp Program will now be known as: Ruslana’s Summer Camp.
MAY 2021
Les and Irene Dubé
Gift:
$6,000,000
Recipient:
Saskatoon Community Foundation
City:
Saskatoon
Province:
Saskatchewan
To establish six endowed funds of $1M each, funded 50% now and 50% in the future through life insurance. The six organizations benefiting from the endowment are Canadian Red Cross, Lighthouse, Canadian Mental Health Association of Saskatoon, Sherbrooke Community Centre, Hope for Malawi and Food for the Hungry Canada. The funds will help the six organizations sustain programs into the future. Dubé Endowed Funds.
MAY 2021
The Estate of Herta Vodstrcil
Gift:
$5,000,000
Recipient:
McGill University Health Centre Foundation
City:
Montreal
Province:
Quebec
In support of various departments at the McGill Univeristy Health Centre. $2.25M will support the enhancement and training of nurses over the next three years including $1M to the advancing of nursing practices, $500K to the rapid response team, $500K to the nursing innovation endowment and $250K to simulations training.
MAY 2021
John A. Schweitzer
Gift:
$4,000,000
Recipient:
Western University
City:
London
Province:
Ontario
A donation of 60 works of art spanning Schweitzer’s career as an artist including 38 of his original works. Alumnus of Western University, BA’71, LLD’11. The gift is dedicated to Arlene Kennedy, former director of Western’s McIntosh Gallery (1989-2008).
MAY 2021
Pollard Family
Gift:
$3,900,000
Recipient:
Home First Winnipeg
City:
Winnipeg
Province:
Manitoba
To build housing for the homeless population in Winnipeg’s Centennial neighbourhood.
MAY 2021
Anonymous
Gift:
$3,000,000
Recipient:
The National Gallery of Canada Foundation
City:
Ottawa
Province:
Ontario
To commemorate the work of Dr. Shirley L. Thomson, Director of the National Gallery of Canada from 1987–1997. The donation will establish a Canada Pavilion Maintenance Fund to support ongoing and future upkeep costs for the Canada Pavilion in Venice, Italy, owned by the National Gallery of Canada. Dr. Shirley L. Thomson Gallery.
MAY 2021
Philip B. Lind
Gift:
$2,500,000
Recipient:
University of British Columbia
City:
Vancouver
Province:
British Columbia
Gift comprised of the Phil Lind Klondike Gold Rush Collection, a rare book and archival collection, dating from the Klondike Gold Rush (1894–1904), and financial support to ensure it is preserved and made available to the public at the UBC Library, where it will support research and learning. Phil Lind Klondike Gold Rush Collection. UBC alumnus.
MAY 2021
Cestar
Gift:
$2,000,000
Recipient:
Lambton College
City:
Sarnia
Province:
Ontario
To increase athletic and recreational offerings. Cestar Group Athletic and Fitness Complex. Cestar College is a private school licensed to teach Lambton College students using Lambton curriculum.
MAY 2021
Intact Financial Corporation
Gift:
$1,200,000
Recipient:
United Way Greater Toronto
City:
Toronto
Province:
Ontario
To help people and communities who have been most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The donation is part of Intact’s corporate match of employees’ donations to the 2020 annual giving campaign.
MAY 2021
Lowe's Canada
Gift:
$1,200,000
Recipient:
Children's Miracle Network/Opération Enfant Soleil
City:
Vaughan/Quebec City
Province:
Ontario/Quebec
To support the work of 14 children’s hospitals across the country for the fourth consecutive year. Donation amount is listed as more than $1.2M. Lowe’s has raised funds for the two organizations annually since 2018.
MAY 2021
BMO Financial Group
Gift:
$1,000,000
Recipient:
Vancouver Chinatown Foundation
City:
Vancouver
Province:
British Columbia
Towards the creation of the Chinatown Storytelling Centre, an immersive space to present stories of early Chinese immigrants. BMO Hall. The new centre will be located in a former BMO branch. In 2017, the Vancouver Chinatown Foundation purchased the former BMO Pender Street branch building.
MAY 2021
John M. & Bernice Parrott Foundation
Gift:
$1,000,000
Recipient:
Quinte Health Care
City:
Belleville
Province:
Ontario
To support the Nuclear Medicine Program at Belleville General Hospital. In addition to the $290K donation to support the COVID-19 relief effort (ultraviolet disinfection tower and other much-needed equipment).
MAY 2021
Joseph Novak
Gift:
$1,000,000
Recipient:
Yukon Hospital Foundation
City:
Whitehorse
Province:
Yukon
To help purchase a new mammography unit and support mental health care.
MAY 2021
Ontario REALTORS Care Foundation
Gift:
$1,000,000
Recipient:
Various
City:
Province:
Ontario
To support shelter-based charities as the pandemic continues to challenge shelters and food banks.
MAY 2021
RBC Foundation
Gift:
$1,000,000
Recipient:
CAMH Foundation
City:
Toronto
Province:
Ontario
To digitally expand Youth Wellness Hubs Ontario’s existing network of 10 hubs to help young people access mental health resources.
MAY 2021
Anonymous
Gift:
$750,000
Recipient:
Acclaim Health
City:
Oakville
Province:
Ontario
To match donations up to $750,000 towards building Patty’s Place.
MAY 2021
Mosaic
Gift:
$750,000
Recipient:
Moose Jaw Health Foundation
City:
Moose Jaw
Province:
Saskatchewan
To supply the hospital with health care equipment over the next five years. This year, new surgical equipment will be purchased for the Dr. F.H. Wigmore Regional Hospital including ultrasound displays and transducers. Long-standing annual commitment as one of the foundation’s largest donors.
MAY 2021
BMO Financial Group
Gift:
$500,000
Recipient:
University of Calgary
City:
Calgary
Province:
Alberta
To establish a new professorship in energy transition and finance. BMO Professorship in Sustainable and Transition Finance.
MAY 2021
Manitoba Crop Alliance
Gift:
$500,000
Recipient:
University of Manitoba
City:
Winnipeg
Province:
Manitoba
Towards the building of a prairie crops and soils research facility.
MAY 2021
Teck Resources Limited
Gift:
$500,000
Recipient:
UNICEF Canada
City:
Toronto
Province:
Ontario
To support COVID-19 response efforts in India including increasing access to oxygen and boosting testing capacity. Donation made as part of Tech’s $20M COVID-19 Response Fund.
MAY 2021
Dennis and Phyllis Washington Foundation
Gift:
$444,000
Recipient:
Camosun College
City:
Victoria
Province:
British Columbia
$300K over three years will support scholarships and bursaries to help women and Indigenous students graduate from trades programs. $144K to buy equipment for a new marine welding program. The donation is part of the Washington Foundation’s Diversifying the Tools for Success initiative.
MAY 2021
John M. & Bernice Parrott Foundation
Gift:
$400,000
Recipient:
Quinte Humane Society
City:
Belleville
Province:
Ontario
Towards the realization of the new Animal Care and Adoption Centre.
MAY 2021
Toronto Realtors Real Estate Board (TRREB)
Gift:
$400,000
Recipient:
Various
City:
Toronto
Province:
Ontario
To support COVID-19 relief efforts in addition to the $744,116 members had already raised by the end of 2020. $50K to support the School Breakfast Program in partnership with the Toronto Foundation for Student Success, $175K to GTA food banks, $82,404 to shelter-based charities and helplines, $100K towards COVID-19 relief efforts in India.
MAY 2021
Doug Tarry Ltd.
Gift:
$280,000
Recipient:
YWCA St. Thomas-Elgin
City:
St. Thomas
Province:
Ontario
To provide affordable housing in St. Thomas through the development of 20 tiny homes and a low-rise apartment building. The donation will support environmental cleanup on the site.
MAY 2021
Mount Pleasant Group
Gift:
$270,000
Recipient:
Various
City:
Toronto
Province:
Ontario
The donation will be disbursed amongst dozens of food banks in the GTA. A portion of the funds will go to the Salvation Army Food Banks in Oshawa and Ajax, St. Paul’s On-the-Hill Food Bank in Pickering and Feed the Need in Durham.
MAY 2021
BMO Financial Group
Gift:
$250,000
Recipient:
UNICEF/WHO Foundation/Canadian Red Cross
City:
International
Province:
To support organizations helping those around the world impacted by the global COVID-19 pandemic.
MAY 2021
Lawrence Schafer Foundation
Gift:
$250,000
Recipient:
UNICEF
City:
Toronto
Province:
Ontario
To support children in Yemen who are suffering from malnutrition. The foundation will match all gifts received up to $250k.
MAY 2021
Manulife
Gift:
$250,000
Recipient:
Project HOPE
City:
Province:
International
To support COVID-19 relief efforts in India and regions across Asia by providing supplies including oxygen, ICU beds, PPE kits and other critical medical supplies.
MAY 2021
Norton and Sayar Kothari and family
Gift:
$250,000
Recipient:
Trillium Health Partners Foundation
City:
Mississauga
Province:
Ontario
In support of hospitals in India impacted by COVID-19, the family will match donations dollar for dollar up to $250k.
MAY 2021
RBC Foundation
Gift:
$250,000
Recipient:
WHO Foundation
City:
Province:
International
In support of continued COVID-19 community response efforts around the world.
MAY 2021
Sudbury Credit Union
Gift:
$250,000
Recipient:
Northern Cancer Foundation
City:
Sudbury
Province:
Ontario
In support of the Unlock the Potential MRI Campaign. Sudbury Credit Union has been a partner of Northern Cancer Foundation for nearly 30 years.
MAY 2021
Power Corporation of Canada & The Desmarais Family
Gift:
$200,000
Recipient:
St. Joseph's Villa
City:
Sudbury
Province:
Ontario
To support the Caring Beyond Capital Campaign. Desmarais family has deep Sudbury ties.
MAY 2021
Desjardins Community Development Fund
Gift:
$150,000
Recipient:
St. Joseph's Villa
City:
Sudbury
Province:
Ontario
To support the Caring Beyond Capital Campaign.
MAY 2021
Intact Financial Corporation
Gift:
$150,000
Recipient:
City of Toronto
City:
Toronto
Province:
Ontario
To support the vaccination effort in hotspot neighborhoods. Donations will be shared between Circle of Care for iRIDE and the Scarborough Centre for Health to expand the number of drivers, hours and services for seniors, people with immunocompromised conditions and people with disabilities who don’t qualify for Wheel Trans.
MAY 2021
The Canada Life Assurance Company
Gift:
$150,000
Recipient:
$150,000
City:
Winnipeg
Province:
Manitoba
To support HSC Foundation’s COVID-19 Crisis Response Fund to help support frontline health care in Winnipeg. Gift originally designated to an in-person recognition event for Honour 150 recipients. Due to the inability to host an in-person event, the donation was redirected to financial support to the frontlines of healthcare.
MAY 2021
Barbara and Bill Etherington
Gift:
$100,000
Recipient:
City of Cornwall
City:
Cornwall
Province:
Ontario
To support the future arts centre in Cornwall. Toronto couple. Barbara Stewart Etherington is originally from Cornwall.
MAY 2021
Helen Sidney
Gift:
$100,000
Recipient:
Armstrong Elementary School
City:
Armstrong
Province:
British Columbia
To help transform the school’s library into a modern learning commons. Retired Armstrong Secondary School teacher.
MAY 2021
Jeff and Christina Wubs
Gift:
$100,000
Recipient:
Sechelt Hospital Foundation
City:
Sechelt
Province:
British Columbia
To purchase 10 video cystoscopy scopes and a cystoscope tower, camera and video monitor needed for urological exams and surgery.
MAY 2021
Lawrence Schafer Foundation
Gift:
$100,000
Recipient:
Variety
City:
Burnaby
Province:
British Columbia
To support programming and assist with urgent capital needs.
MAY 2021
Nuvei Corporation
Gift:
$100,000
Recipient:
Marie-Vincent Foundation
City:
Montreal
Province:
Quebec
Three-year donation to support efforts to prevent and fight sexual and physical violence against children.
MAY 2021
Sutherland Insurance
Gift:
$100,000
Recipient:
Guelph General Hospital
City:
Guelph
Province:
Ontario
In support of the hospital’s most urgent and essential needs. Long-time hospital supporter.