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.