Major Gift News

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ARC Resources Ltd

Gift:

$5,000,000

Recipient:

Alberta Health Services, University of Calgary, Alberta Cancer Foundation

City:

Calgary

Province:

AB

Donation is to the OWN.CANCER campaign and will support clinical trials and innovations in radiation oncology.

March 2024

ARC Resources Ltd

Gift:

$1,250,000

Recipient:

Ronald McDonald House Charities Alberta

City:

Calgary

Province:

AB

Donation supports the expansion project at Ronald McDonald’s Calgary House to help create an additional 60 suites for families in need.

March 2024

Barrick Gold

Gift:

$1,000,000

Recipient:

North of Superior Healthcare Group

City:

Terrace Bay

Province:

ON

Donation is to the Families Closer to Home Campaign, which supports the construction of the Marathon Long-Term Care project.

March 2024

Bruce Power

Gift:

$500,000

Recipient:

Town of Saugeen Shores

City:

Saugeen Shores

Province:

ON

Donation is to the Just Add Water campaign for the Aquatics & Wellness Centre under construction at The Plex in Port Elgin.

March 2024

Bonnie Campbell, Lorne Campbell, Campbell Family, Alex Campbell

Gift:

$500,000

Recipient:

BC Cancer Foundation

City:

Vancouver

Province:

BC

The Campbell family has pledged a $500,000 matching gift to the BC Cancer Foundation’s campaign to fund cancer research and a new supportive-care facility in Victoria.

March 2024

LiUNA Local 1611, Vancouver Canucks

Gift:

$100,000

Recipient:

Village of Chase

City:

Chase

Province:

BC

Donation supports renovations at Art Holding Memorial Arena.

March 2024

Chevrolet Canada

Gift:

$100,000

Recipient:

Food4Kids Muskoka

City:

Huntsville

Province:

ON

Donation was made on behalf of the Huntsville Sting U-13 girls hockey team, after the team was announced as the winner of Chevrolet Canada’s Good Deeds Cup.

March 2024

Christopher Society of Penticton

Gift:

$100,000

Recipient:

South Okanagan Similkameen Medical Foundation

City:

Penticton

Province:

BC

Donation supports the $10 million Oncology Campaign.

March 2024

Canadian Vigour Centre Cardiovascular Health Foundation

Gift:

$5,000,000

Recipient:

University of Alberta

City:

Edmonton

Province:

AB

Donation will fund an endowed chair in cardiovascular science at the University’s Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry.

March 2024

David Cynamon, Stacey Cynamon

Gift:

$1,000,000

Recipient:

Sinai Health Foundation

City:

Toronto

Province:

ON

David and Stacey Cynamon will match donations up to $1 million made in memory to the Labour of Love program.

March 2024

Dalglish Family Foundation

Gift:

$936,050

Recipient:

NSCAD University

City:

Halifax

Province:

NS

Donation supports three programs and initiatives to enhance NSCAD student experience, the Photography Equipment Fund, the Thesis Project Fund, and the Visiting Artist Fund.

March 2024

Leslie Dube, Irene Dube

Gift:

$2,000,000

Recipient:

Royal University Hospital Foundation

City:

Saskatoon

Province:

SK

Donation is for the hospital’s first dual-modality Single Proton Emission Computed Tomography and Computed Tomography (SPECT-CT) diagnostic imaging scanner.

March 2024

Embark Student Foundation

Gift:

$250,000

Recipient:

Concordia University

City:

Montreal

Province:

QC

Funds are from the Embark Student Foundation’s Major Grant Program and are awarded to the Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science Innovation Program at Concordia University.

March 2024

Embark Student Foundation

Gift:

$500,000

Recipient:

Niagara College

City:

Niagara-on-the-Lake

Province:

ON

Funds are from the Embark Student Foundation’s Major Grant Program and are awarded to the Indigenous Student Success Pathways Project at Niagara College.

March 2024

Embark Student Foundation

Gift:

$250,000

Recipient:

Northern Alberta Institute of Technology

City:

Edmonton

Province:

AB

Funds are from the Embark Student Foundation’s Major Grant Program and are awarded to NAIT’s Writing Centre.

March 2024

Embark Student Foundation

Gift:

$500,000

Recipient:

Toronto Metropolitan University

City:

Toronto

Province:

ON

Funds are from the Embark Student Foundation’s Major Grant Program and are awarded to DMZ’s Basecamp program at Toronto Metropolitan University.

March 2024

Embark Student Foundation

Gift:

$500,000

Recipient:

University of Lethbridge

City:

Lethbridge

Province:

AB

Funds are from the Embark Student Foundation’s Major Grant Program and are awarded the University of Lethbridge’s Student Flourishing Initiative.

March 2024

Embark Student Foundation

Gift:

$300,000

Recipient:

University of Toronto

City:

Toronto

Province:

ON

Funds are from the Embark Student Foundation’s Major Grant Program and are awarded to the Enrichment Academy at the University of Toronto.

March 2024

Embark Student Foundation

Gift:

$400,000

Recipient:

Vancouver Island University

City:

Nanaimo

Province:

BC

Funds are from the Embark Student Foundation’s Major Grant Program and are awarded to the Reducing Barriers to Learning: Catalyst Action to Address Student Hunger project.

March 2024

Fischer-Cuthbertson Family, Joanne Cuthbertson

Gift:

$1,000,000

Recipient:

Glenbow Museum

City:

Calgary

Province:

AB

Donation will be used to commission four art installations that will be part of the Glenbow Reimagined project.

March 2024

Bill Gray, Lynne Gray, Bill and Lynne Gray Foundation, L.H. Gray and Son Limited

Gift:

$3,500,000

Recipient:

University of Guelph

City:

Guelph

Province:

ON

Donation will create a chair in Advanced Poultry Technology Management in the Department of Animal Biosciences within the Ontario Agricultural College.

March 2024

Olga Jackson

Gift:

$960,000

Recipient:

Blanche River Health Foundation

City:

Kirkland Lake

Province:

ON

Donation from the late Olga Jackson allowed for the purchase of two new patient transfer vehicles.

March 2024

Lee Tak Wai Foundation

Gift:

$600,000

Recipient:

Plan International Canada

City:

Toronto

Province:

ON

Donation will support the Thanaka: Girls Power project, providing access to mentoring, entrepreneurship training and employment opportunities to women and girls in Myanmar.

March 2024

Anonymous

Gift:

$556,000

Recipient:

Plan International Canada

City:

Toronto

Province:

ON

Gift goes towards encouraging and helping children to read.

March 2024

Anonymous

Gift:

$1,800,000

Recipient:

Plan International Canada

City:

Toronto

Province:

ON

Gift goes towards encouraging and helping children to read.

March 2024

Geoffrey Lougheed, Lougheed Foundation, Gerry Lougheed Jr.

Gift:

$500,000

Recipient:

Finlandia SISU Foundation

City:

Sudbury

Province:

ON

Donation is to the Sharing is Caring campaign for the new Tammi House, a long-term care facility with 32 beds, as well as 20 two-bedroom apartments tailored to seniors.

March 2024

Manulife

Gift:

$1,000,000

Recipient:

CAMH Foundation

City:

Toronto

Province:

ON

Manulife and CAMH’s womenmind initiative have entered a three-year partnership to support the Women’s Health Research Cluster.

March 2024

Maude Foundation

Gift:

$150,000

Recipient:

City of Wetaskiwin

City:

Wetaskiwin

Province:

AB

Donation is toward a solar program, which will provide residential homeowners funds to install solar panels on their properties.

March 2024

Margaret Norrie McCain

Gift:

$4,000,000

Recipient:

Women's College Hospital Foundation

City:

Toronto

Province:

ON

The unrestricted gift will support the work of Women’s College Hospital Foundation, supporting the most pressing needs.

March 2024

Meadow Lake Co-op

Gift:

$3,000,000

Recipient:

City of Meadow Lake

City:

Meadow Lake

Province:

SK

Donation is to the campaign for Meadow Lake’s new recreation and civic centre. $2.5 million of the gift is for the naming rights, with the remaining $500,000 as a matching gift through the CO-OP Community Builder Campaign.

March 2024

Alex Miller

Gift:

$1,000,000

Recipient:

Victoria Hospitals Foundation

City:

Victoria

Province:

BC

Donation is made in honour of the late Betty Miller, and will support the Imaging is Power campaign.

March 2024

Harry Mews, Myers Automotive Group, Rob Mews

Gift:

$2,500,000

Recipient:

Ottawa Hospital Foundation

City:

Ottawa

Province:

ON

Donation is to the Campaign to Create Tomorrow.

March 2024

Nutrien

Gift:

$15,000,000

Recipient:

Saskatchewan Polytechnic

City:

Saskatoon

Province:

SK

Donation launches the Time to Rise campaign, which supports the construction of the new Saskatoon campus.

March 2024

Christina Munck, Eric Peterson

Gift:

$92,000,000

Recipient:

Tula Foundation

City:

Campbell River

Province:

BC

Donation is to support the Tula Foundation’s projects and operations.

March 2024

Denise Pick, Martin Pick

Gift:

$1,000,000

Recipient:

Peterborough Regional Health Centre Foundation

City:

Peterborough

Province:

ON

Donation supports the improvement of patient care, and allowed for the upgrade of a general operating suite with minimally invasive surgical tools, as well as helping to fund two new CT scanners.

March 2024

Hassan Sannoufi

Gift:

$120,000

Recipient:

Queensway Carleton Hospital Foundation

City:

Ottawa

Province:

ON

Donation supported the fund-a-need fundraiser for medical equipment.

March 2024

Senators Community Foundation

Gift:

$2,000,000

Recipient:

Maison Papillon, Roger Neilson House

City:

Ottawa

Province:

ON

Donation supports children’s hospices, with Roger Neilson House in Ottawa and Maison Papillon in Gatineau each receiving $1 million.

March 2024

Margaret and Andrew Stephens Family Foundation

Gift:

$250,000

Recipient:

Blyth Festival

City:

Blyth

Province:

ON

The Margaret and Andrew Stephens Family Foundation will match gifts made to the campaign to support the continued future of the Blyth Festival for the next 50 years.

March 2024

Taylor Family Foundation

Gift:

$20,000,000

Recipient:

University of Calgary

City:

Calgary

Province:

AB

Donation is to the kinesiology department and will support a new building and the refurbishing of the Kinesiology B building.

March 2024

Teck Resources Limited

Gift:

$2,000,000

Recipient:

Queen's University, University of British Columbia

City:

Kingston

Province:

ON

Donation will create two $1 million endowments which will generate annual scholarships for students in mining engineering at UBC’s Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering, and Queen’s Robert M. Buchan Department of Mining at Smith Engineering.

March 2024

The Winnipeg Foundation

Gift:

$5,000,000

Recipient:

National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation

City:

Winnipeg

Province:

MB

Donation is to the campaign to support the building of a new permanent home for the NCTR in the heart of Treaty One Territory in Winnipeg.

March 2024

Myrna Tucker, Terry Tucker, Tucker Family Trust

Gift:

$2,000,000

Recipient:

Ronald McDonald House Charities South Central Ontario

City:

Hamilton

Province:

ON

Donation supports families across Southern Ontario and the work of Ronald McDonald House Charities South Central Ontario.

March 2024

Elaine Walkom

Gift:

$2,000,000

Recipient:

St. Joseph's Hospital Foundation

City:

Estevan

Province:

SK

Donation supports bringing MRI services to St. Joseph’s Hospital in Estevan.

March 2024

Jo-Anne Wilkin, Donald Wilkin

Gift:

$150,000

Recipient:

County of Brant

City:

Brant

Province:

ON

Donation is toward the new community centre in Paris, Ontario.

March 2024

Woodfibre LNG

Gift:

$900,000

Recipient:

Squamish Hospital Foundation

City:

Squamish

Province:

BC

Donation supports the purchase of a new CT scanner.

March 2024

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