Major Gift News
BMO Financial Group
Gift:
$ 200,000
Recipient:
Canadian Red Cross
City:
Ottawa
Province:
ON
Donation is to the Canadian Red Cross Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal to support the needs related to the situation in Ukraine.
FEBRUARY 2022
CAA Club Group of Companies
Gift:
$900,000
Recipient:
SickKids Foundation, Black Youth Helpline, and the Children's Hospital Foundation of Manitoba
City:
Province:
Various
The $900,000 gift will be split among the three organizations and provided over three years. $450,000 will go to SickKids Foundation, and $225,000 to both Black Youth Helpline and the Children’s Hospital Foundation of Manitoba. SickKids will use the funds towards the Garry Hurvitz Centre for Brain and Mental Health. Black Youth Helpline will use the funds to assist with direct service delivery and furthering organization development. Children’s Hospital Foundation of Manitoba will use the funds to build the Indigenous Community Healing Space.
FEBRUARY 2022
CIBC
Gift:
$200,000
Recipient:
UNICEF Canada, Canadian Red Cross, and United Nations Refugee Agency Canada
City:
Province:
Various
Donation is split among the three organizations to provide humanitarian aid to those in need in Ukraine. UNICEF Canada Ukraine Appeal will receive $100,000, while Canadian Red Cross Ukraine Humanitarian Crisis Appeal and United Nations Refugee Agency Canada will both receive $50,000.
FEBRUARY 2022
CLV Group Inc. and InterRent REIT
Gift:
$175,000
Recipient:
Burlington Foundation
City:
Burlington
Province:
ON
Donation is to support the Burlington community.
FEBRUARY 2022
David and Lynn Coriat
Gift:
$5,000,000
Recipient:
Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital
City:
Toronto
Province:
ON
The $5,000,000 commitment, named The Coriat Fund, will support the “Dear Everybody” campaign, which seeks to end stigma and eliminate bias against people with disabilities. The gift will also be used to give families in need increased access to assistive and therapeutic equipment, additionally focusing on providing access to Holland Bloorview’s orthotics and prosthetics program.
JANUARY 2022
Cousineau Family
Gift:
$250,000
Recipient:
NEO Kids Foundation
City:
Sudbury
Province:
ON
Donation will be used for purchasing specialized pediatric equipment at Health Sciences North, which the Foundation supports.
FEBRUARY 2022
Desjardins Group
Gift:
$100,000
Recipient:
Canadian Red Cross
City:
Ottawa
Province:
ON
Donation is to provide aid to those impacted by the events in Ukraine.
FEBRUARY 2022
Jacques Deslauriers
Gift:
$1,000,000
Recipient:
Laval University
City:
Quebec City
Province:
QC
The gift is to the University’s Faculty of Law, and is intended to be used to help students complete master’s degree in civil law.
FEBRUARY 2022
Entegrus
Gift:
$200,000
Recipient:
Indwell
City:
Chatham
Province:
ON
Donation is for the redevelopment of the former St. Agnes school into affordable housing for 35-45 residents in the Chatham community.
FEBRUARY 2022
London Emergency Medicine Associates
Gift:
$100,000
Recipient:
Indwell
City:
London
Province:
ON
Donation is to build affordable housing on the site of the former South Street hospital.
FEBRUARY 2022
Gaglardi Family
Gift:
$10,000,000
Recipient:
Thompson Rivers University
City:
Kamloops
Province:
BC
Donation is to create the new School of Business and Economics, which includes the future construction of an academic building for business studies, as well as a portion of the gift to be used for expanding programming, research initiatives, and financial support for students in business and economics.
FEBRUARY 2022
The Peter Gilgan Foundation
Gift:
$105,000,000
Recipient:
Trillium Health Partners
City:
Mississauga
Province:
ON
Donation is to support the construction of a new hospital, and expand the Queensway Health Centre. The projects will add 600+ beds across the organization.
JANUARY 2022
Peter and Shelagh Godsoe
Gift:
$15,000,000
Recipient:
Sinai Health Foundation
City:
Toronto
Province:
ON
Donation will be toward Sinai Health’s geriatric care program. It will also support three Sinai 100 Chairs, two of which will be focused on care for older adults. Additionally, the gift will allow the creation of a geriatric medicine fund, a fellowship program, and support the redevelopment of an Ambulatory Care Centre to support older adults and their caregivers.
FEBRUARY 2022
Google Canada
Gift:
$1,000,000
Recipient:
Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business
City:
Toronto
Province:
ON
The donation is a two year commitment, and will go toward grants and CCAB memberships for Indigenous businesses, as well as CCAB redeveloping their Tools and Financing for Aboriginal Business platform, and the creation of new programs.
FEBRUARY 2022
Great-West Lifeco, IGM Financial and Power Corporation of Canada
Gift:
$200,000
Recipient:
Canadian Red Cross
City:
Ottawa
Province:
ON
Donation is to the Canadian Red Cross Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal to support the needs related to the situation in Ukraine.
FEBRUARY 2022
Green Shield Canada
Gift:
$250,000
Recipient:
University of Toronto
City:
Toronto
Province:
ON
Donation is to support the University’s Discovery Pharmacy, which will be used for innovation and research in the pharmacy profession, as well as providing students with hands-on experience.
FEBRUARY 2022
Margaret and Charles Juravinski
Gift:
$5,100,000
Recipient:
Juravinski Research Institute
City:
Hamilton
Province:
ON
The Juravinski Research Institute, a partnership between Hamilton Health Sciences, McMaster University, and St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton, will use the donation to support studies focused on child and youth health, integrated care, and burn trauma.
FEBRUARY 2022
Stu and Kim Lang
Gift:
$3,000,000
Recipient:
Veterinarians Without Borders
City:
Ottawa
Province:
ON
Donation will support the Northern Animal Health Initiative, which seeks to improve animal care in northern Canadian communities.
FEBRUARY 2022
Manitoba Métis Federation
Gift:
$100,000
Recipient:
Canadian Red Cross
City:
Ottawa
Province:
ON
Donation is to the Canadian Red Cross Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal to support the needs related to the situation in Ukraine.
FEBRUARY 2022
Paul McLean
Gift:
$5,000,000
Recipient:
Golf Canada
City:
Oakville
Province:
ON
Donation is in support of Golf Canada’s creation of a development program with an objective to increase the number of Canadian athletes participating in the Lady’s Professional Golf Association and the Professional Golf Association tours.
FEBRUARY 2022
Mountainview Building Group
Gift:
$120,000
Recipient:
YWCA Niagara Region
City:
Niagara Falls
Province:
ON
Donation supports YWCA Niagara Region’s capital campaign to build Oakdale Commons, a long-term supportive housing building.
FEBRUARY 2022
National Bank
Gift:
$100,000
Recipient:
Canadian Red Cross
City:
Ottawa
Province:
ON
Donation is to the Canadian Red Cross Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal to support the needs related to the situation in Ukraine.
FEBRUARY 2022
Northstar Refrigeration
Gift:
$100,000
Recipient:
Humane Society Hastings Prince Edward
City:
Belleville
Province:
ON
Donation is in support of Humane Society Hastings Price Edward’s It Takes Heart Capital Campaign, and will contribute to a new animal shelter.
FEBRUARY 2022
Estate of Mervyn Pfeffer
Gift:
$1,000,000
Recipient:
Owen Sound Hospital Regional Foundation
City:
Owen Sound
Province:
ON
Donation will be used to acquire new equipment for the hospital.
FEBRUARY 2022
Péladeau Family
Gift:
$40,000,000
Recipient:
University of Montreal
City:
Montreal
Province:
QC
Half the donation will go toward the creation of a new program focused on training the next generation of entrepreneurs, and the other will go toward the construction of a new pavilion at the University.
FEBRUARY 2022
Alan Quesnel
Gift:
$600,000
Recipient:
Brentwood Recovery Home
City:
Windsor
Province:
ON
Donation was given at Brentwood’s 30th annual charity lottery draw. The donation will help Brentwood continue to provide programming and services in the community.
JANUARY 2022
RBC
Gift:
$250,000
Recipient:
Canadian Red Cross
City:
Ottawa
Province:
ON
Donation is to the Canadian Red Cross Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal to support the needs related to the situation in Ukraine.
FEBRUARY 2022
Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively
Gift:
$1,000,000
Recipient:
United Nations Refugee Agency
City:
Province:
International
Reynolds and Lively announced they would match up to $1M in donations to the United Nations Refugee Agency in support of Ukrainians fleeing their homes due to the current situation.
FEBRUARY 2022
Tannis Richardson
Gift:
$1,000,000
Recipient:
JDRF Canada
City:
North York
Province:
ON
Donation is to support research efforts to defeat Type 1 Diabetes.
FEBRUARY 2022
RuffLife Rescues
Gift:
$101,357
Recipient:
British Columbia Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
City:
Vancouver
Province:
BC
FEBRUARY 2022
Molly Rundle and Stephen Lister
Gift:
$1,500,000
Recipient:
Michael Garron Hospital Foundation
City:
Toronto
Province:
ON
Donation will allow the hospital to double staff tuition reimbursement offered through its Tuition Assistance Program.
FEBRUARY 2022
Scotiabank
Gift:
$200,000
Recipient:
Canadian Red Cross
City:
Ottawa
Province:
ON
Donation is to the Canadian Red Cross Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal to support the needs related to the situation in Ukraine.
FEBRUARY 2022
Shaw Family
Gift:
$35,000,000
Recipient:
Glenbow Museum
City:
Calgary
Province:
ON
$25M of the donation is being used to allow for free admissions to the museum permanently, and $10M will be used to create the JR Shaw Institute for Canadian Art.
FEBRUARY 2022
The Slaight Family Foundation
Gift:
$15,000,000
Recipient:
12 organizations
City:
Province:
National
The donation will be split among 12 organizations with a focus on improving the lives of women and girls and members of Indigenous, Black racialized, refugee, and immigrant communities.
Canadian Women’s Foundation will receive $1.5 million for the Slaight Family Foundation Ending Gender Based Violence in Critical Communities Grant. Children’s Aid Foundation of Canada will receive $1 million for its Mothers In Mind Program. Covenant House will receive $1 million for new supports for youth experiencing or at risk of homelessness. Girls E-Mentorship will receive $500,000 to expand its mentorship program. New Circles will receive $1 million for the Women’s Rise Program. Northern Ontario School of Medicine will receive $1 million for the Slaight Family Scholars Program. Ontario Native Women’s Association will receive $1 million for its HERS (Healing, Empowerment, Reclamation, Safety) Program. University Health Network will receive $2 million for its National Eating Discord Information Centre. Women’s College Hospital Foundation will receive $1 million for its From Surviving to Thriving community initiative. Women’s Shelters Canada will receive $2 million to expand the number of second stage shelters. Women’s Health in Women’s Hands CHC will receive $1 million to expand its HIV program.
FEBRUARY 2022
Telus
Gift:
$2,000,000
Recipient:
Various
City:
Province:
Various
TELUS and the TELUS Friendly Future Foundation are donating $2 million to Canadian charities providing support and relief to those impacted by the conflict in Ukraine, including Canadian Red Cross, and Save the Children Canada.
FEBRUARY 2022
Walmart Canada
Gift:
$3,500,000
Recipient:
Various
City:
Province:
National
Donation is split up as grants to 7 organizations/initiatives supporting Indigenous and Black communities in Canada in education, career advancement, food security, and health, with the goal of working to address drivers of systemic racism in society and bring change.
Information and Communications Technology Council and NPower Canada will each receive $500,000 USD. Food Banks Canada will receive $599,250 USD. Community Foundations of Canada will receive $1,050,000 USD. Women’s College Hospital Foundation will receive $150,000 USD. York University will receive $75,000 USD in support of Dr. Jean Augustine’s Chair in Education, Student Research and Support Initiative. Indspire will receive $50,000 USD.