Major Gift News
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Access Credit Union
Gift:
$500,000
Recipient:
Boundary Trails Health Centre Foundation
City:
Winkler
Province:
MB
Donation will go toward the Youth and Child Rehabilitation Centre.
May 2023
Paul Albrechtsen Foundation
Gift:
$27,000,000
Recipient:
CancerCare Manitoba Foundation
City:
Winnipeg
Province:
MB
$17M of the donation will go toward the rebuild of research lab facilities of the CancerCare Manitoba Research Institute, $4M is for single-cell technology machines, $2.5M is for genomic sequencing. A previously announced gift of $3.5M will be used to build the Paul Albrechtsen Centre for Hope at the Western Manitoba Cancer Centre.
May 2023
Anonymous
Gift:
$1,000,000
Recipient:
Collingwood General and Marine Hospital Foundation
City:
Collingwood
Province:
ON
The anonymous donation supports the Foundation’s campaign for an MRI unit for the Hospital.
May 2023
Anonymous
Gift:
$1,000,000
Recipient:
L'Arche Stratford
City:
Stratford
Province:
ON
An anonymous local donor is matching all donations given to L’Arche Stratford’s Be Belong Become campaign up to $1 million by the end of 2023.
May 2023
Anonymous
Gift:
$500,000
Recipient:
Globe Theatre
City:
Regina
Province:
SK
An anonymous donor announced they would match all donations up to $500,000 to the Globe’s renovation campaign.
May 2023
Anonymous
Gift:
$1,200,000
Recipient:
Trent University
City:
Peterborough
Province:
ON
Donation is over four years to the Trent Community Research Centre to develop training for students and employers, enhance hands-on learning opportunities, provide funds for primary research, and cover travel and other expenses for students to complete research.
May 2023
ATCO
Gift:
$100,000
Recipient:
Canadian Red Cross
City:
Ottawa
Province:
ON
Donation is to the Canadian Red Cross 2023 Alberta Fire Appeals and the Northwestern Alberta Emergency Recovery Fund.
May 2023
Ross Beaty
Gift:
$8,200,000
Recipient:
Dalhousie University
City:
Halifax
Province:
NS
Donation will establish an interactive research and discovery centre within Dalhousie’s Steele Ocean Sciences Building.
May 2023
Steven Beauchamp and family
Gift:
$1,300,000
Recipient:
Children's Aid Society of the District of Nipissing and Parry Sound
City:
Parry Sound
Province:
ON
Donation supports the redevelopment and expansion of the pre-existing Beauchamp Youth Hub in North Bay.
May 2023
Beedie Foundation
Gift:
$5,000,000
Recipient:
British Columbia Institute of Technology
City:
Burnaby
Province:
BC
Donation is toward the INSPIRE Campaign and allowed for the opening of a new student plaza at BCIT’s Burnaby Campus.
May 2023
Behaviour Interactive
Gift:
$2,000,000
Recipient:
Concordia University
City:
Montreal
Province:
QC
Donation is to the Campaign for Concordia and supports the funding of a new research chair in game design at the Department of Design and Computation Arts at the Faculty of Fine Arts and provide student financial aid.
May 2023
Diane Blake
Gift:
$2,000,000
Recipient:
Centennial College
City:
Toronto
Province:
ON
Donation is intended to broaden student access and accelerate Centennial’s commitment to sustainability. The gift will fund full-tuition scholarships in sustainability focused programs to remove financial barriers to education; invest in Centennial’s Sustainable Development Goals Lab; support Centennial’s Applied Research, Innovation, and Entrepreneurial Services; and help equip six labs with the latest technology at the School of Engineering ,Technology and Applied Science.
May 2023
BMO
Gift:
$2,000,000
Recipient:
The Royal Ottawa Foundation for Mental Health
City:
Ottawa
Province:
ON
Donation supports a newly established clinic for depression, which will provide increased treatment opportunities for people with severe and difficult to treat depression.
May 2023
Steve & Elizabeth Stipsits & Branthhaven Homes
Gift:
$1,000,000
Recipient:
Mohawk College
City:
Hamilton
Province:
ON
Donation is to Mohawk’s City School program, and will create new education and employment opportunities in the residential construction sector for people in underserved communities.
May 2023
Brawn Family Foundation
Gift:
$2,000,000
Recipient:
Wilder Institute
City:
Calgary
Province:
AB
Donation will go toward the redevelopment of the Northern American river otter habitat at the Calgary Zoo.
May 2023
John and Bonnie Buhler Foundation
Gift:
$1,500,000
Recipient:
Siloam Mission
City:
Winnipeg
Province:
MB
This is the lead donation to Siloam Mission’s capital campaign to renovate the Madison supportive housing facility.
May 2023
Cadbury
Gift:
$100,000
Recipient:
Food Banks Canada
City:
Mississauga
Province:
ON
Cadbury aims to provide 400,000 meals to Food Banks Canada by matching donations up to $100,000 made when purchasing the new Cadbury Goodness Bar online, as well as donating all proceeds.
May 2023
Calgary Flames Foundation
Gift:
$400,000
Recipient:
Parks Foundation Calgary
City:
Calgary
Province:
AB
Donation will improve five parks in Calgary through the support of three bicycle pump track projects and two community revitalization projects.
May 2023
Carpenters’ Regional Council and Local Unions 27 & 675
Gift:
$1,000,000
Recipient:
Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre Foundation
City:
Barrie
Province:
ON
Donation is to the Keep Life Wild campaign, and will go toward the construction of a new health-care facility in Innisfil, as well as to help double the size of the existing hospital.
May 2023
Catherine and Fredrik Eaton Charitable Foundation
Gift:
$1,000,000
Recipient:
University of New Brunswick
City:
Fredericton
Province:
NB
Donation will make permanent the Fredrik S. Eaton Chair in Canadian Army Studies, which was originally created in 2013.
May 2023
Canadian National Railway Company
Gift:
$475,000
Recipient:
British Columbia Institute of Technology
City:
Burnaby
Province:
BC
CN made an in-kind gift of $475,000 to BCIT through the donation of a locomotive to the School of Transportation and will support the Railway Conductor and Operations program.
May 2023
Russel Cox
Gift:
$500,000
Recipient:
Centre Wellington Community Foundation
City:
Elora
Province:
ON
Donation established a fund to support children, youth and their families with a significant focus on food insecurity.
May 2023
Lloyd Davies
Gift:
$500,000
Recipient:
Okanagan College
City:
Kelowna
Province:
BC
Donation will support the creation of a daycare at the Okanagan College Vernon campus.
May 2023
DBS Developments
Gift:
$665,000
Recipient:
Scarborough Health Network Foundation
City:
Scarborough
Province:
ON
Donation is to the Love Scarborough campaign and will support diagnostic imaging through the purchase of new technology for the Diagnostic Imaging Department, including a new Digital Mammography System.
May 2023
Desjardins Group
Gift:
$150,000
Recipient:
The Nation Municipality
City:
Casselman
Province:
ON
Donation is to the Nation Gets in Shape campaign, which raises funds to obtain sports equipment, furnishings, and other necessary resources for the new Sports Complex in Limoges.
May 2023
Dream Unlimited
Gift:
$500,000
Recipient:
Regina Humane Society
City:
Regina
Province:
SK
Donation supports the Regina Humane Society’s campaign for a new Animal Community Centre.
May 2023
Breast Cancer Canada
Gift:
$3,000,000
Recipient:
Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
City:
Toronto
Province:
ON
Breast Cancer Canada has announced a $3-million three-year funding for Princess Margaret Cancer Centre. The 3P Precision Prevention Progress Project will drive molecular breast cancer prevention research to improve early detection, screening, treatment and ultimately, future prevention strategies for breast cancer patients.
May 2023
Go Auto
Gift:
$1,000,000
Recipient:
Edmonton Public Schools Foundation
City:
Edmonton
Province:
AB
Go Auto donated $500,000 to support the refurbishment of the basketball court at Delton School. Go Auto announced it will also match donations to the Edmonton Stingers’ Fresh Hoops initiative up to $500,000 until 2025.
May 2023
GSK
Gift:
$2,000,000
Recipient:
University of Toronto
City:
Toronto
Province:
ON
Donation is for the creation of a new chair in vaccine education at the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy.
May 2023
Honda Canada Foundation
Gift:
$300,000
Recipient:
Southlake Regional Health Centre Foundation
City:
Newmarket
Province:
ON
Donation will be given over three years and will help purchase equipment supporting the maternal child health program.
May 2023
Sam Ibrahim
Gift:
$25,000,000
Recipient:
University of Toronto Scarborough
City:
Scarborough
Province:
ON
Donation is for the creation of an innovation and entrepreneurship centre; to expand programming, outreach activities and coaching resources; and to create three student awards.
May 2023
Joyce Family Foundation
Gift:
$1,500,000
Recipient:
Red River College Polytechnic
City:
Winnipeg
Province:
MB
Donation will support students facing barriers to education through the creation of 10 annual bursaries for youth in care and for vulnerable students
May 2023
Ralph and Dorothy Kraft (Estate of)
Gift:
$15,000,000
Recipient:
Grand River Hospital Foundation
City:
Kitchener
Province:
ON
Donation will be put toward patient experience, staff wellness, and innovation.
May 2023
LongHendge Foundation
Gift:
$100,000
Recipient:
Plan International Canada
City:
Toronto
Province:
ON
In support of Safer Schools in Burkina Faso, which is working to create a brighter, safer future for young people living in conflict.
May 2023
Andrew Lutfy and family
Gift:
$3,600,000
Recipient:
Cedars Cancer Foundation
City:
Montreal
Province:
QC
May 2023
Kyle MacDonald and John Franklin
Gift:
$1,800,000
Recipient:
St. Joseph's Health Care Foundation
City:
London
Province:
ON
Donation will go toward funding research and support for veterans. The research aims to identify possible treatment opportunities in the military and for veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as well as other operational stress injuries as a result of service.
May 2023
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Gift:
$500,000
Recipient:
CIFAR
City:
Various
Province:
Various
Donation supports CIFAR’s Innovation, Equity and the Future of Prosperity program, an international research initiative established to develop and apply new ways to investigate how economic growth-oriented innovation interacts with distribution.
May 2023
Power Corporation of Canada
Gift:
$1,000,000
Recipient:
CIFAR
City:
Various
Province:
Various
Donation supports environment-focused research including global, interdisciplinary projects examining climate change and environmental sustainability.
May 2023
Marotta Family
Gift:
$1,500,000
Recipient:
Gillian's Place
City:
St. Catharines
Province:
ON
This is the lead donation to the Safer Futures campaign, and supports an expansion to Gillian’s Place St. Catharines facility.
May 2023
McConnell Foundation
Gift:
$5,000,000
Recipient:
LC3 Network
City:
Province:
National
Donation will support climate solutions that advance social equity and/or reconciliation with Indigenous peoples.
May 2023
Trottier Family Foundation
Gift:
$5,000,000
Recipient:
Greater Montreal Climate Fund
City:
Montreal
Province:
QC
Donation supports the launch a new program to decarbonize multi-residential buildings in Montreal.
May 2023
McConnell Foundation
Gift:
$2,000,000
Recipient:
The Atmospheric Fund
City:
Toronto
Province:
ON
Donation supports the acceleration of building renovation in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area.
May 2023
The Mosaic Company
Gift:
$500,000
Recipient:
Wanuskewin Heritage Park
City:
Saskatoon
Province:
SK
Donation is to Wanuskewin Heritage Park’s UNESCO Ready Campaign, and supports the Park’s efforts to attain UNESCO World Heritage designation and become the first World Heritage site in Saskatchewan.
May 2023
Northpine Foundation
Gift:
$200,000
Recipient:
Smallwood Crescent Community Centre
City:
Marystown
Province:
NL
Donation will support initiatives aimed to increase student attendance and retention in grades 7-12 in the Marystown/Burin School System, including early warning systems to identify at-risk students, mentoring programs, alternative education programs, family engagement, and community partnerships.
May 2023
Pat O’Callaghan and Paula Boucher
Gift:
$2,000,000
Recipient:
The Gathering Place
City:
St. John's
Province:
NL
Donation supports a new facility for the Gathering Place.
May 2023
Prostate Cancer Fight Foundation
Gift:
$100,000
Recipient:
BC Cancer Foundation
City:
Kelowna
Province:
BC
Donation will help expand BC Cancer’s brachytherapy program.
May 2023
Edith Rodie (Estate of)
Gift:
$4,700,000
Recipient:
University of Calgary
City:
Calgary
Province:
AB
Donation supports rehabilitative research, in part through the Calgary Health Foundation. The gift helped create the RESTORE Network, a multi-institute initiative which includes the Hotchkiss Brain Institute, Libin Cardiovascular Institute and the McCaig Institute for Bone and Joint Health, with ties to the Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute at the Cumming School of Medicine, which was created to enhance research into clinical neurorehabilitation.
May 2023
Joe Shannon and family
Gift:
$1,000,000
Recipient:
The Gaelic College
City:
St. Ann's
Province:
NS
Donation will go toward several initiatives at the Gaelic College’s Mabou Campus focused on student and program supports, the establishment of an Artist-in-Residence program, and an endowment fund for student scholarships.
May 2023
Simplot
Gift:
$100,000
Recipient:
Portage District General Hospital Foundation
City:
Portage la Prairie
Province:
MB
Donation was announced at the Portage District General Hospital Foundation’s fundraising barbecue event, and will support ongoing projects, including the acquisition of essential equipment and the construction of a new hospital building.
May 2023
Taylor family
Gift:
$10,000,000
Recipient:
YWCA Calgary
City:
Calgary
Province:
AB
May 2023
TD Bank
Gift:
$196,000
Recipient:
Royal Roads University
City:
Victoria
Province:
BC
Donation is to Royal Roads University’s Vision in Bloom fundraising drive, and will go towards expanding existing garden space as well establishing more garden space, including an Indigenous medicine garden and polyculture orchard.
May 2023
Teck Resources
Gift:
$300,000
Recipient:
STARS
City:
Calgary
Province:
AB
Donation is over three years in celebration of the 30-year partnership between Teck Resources and STARS. The donation will support STARS in providing care and transport to patients who need critical care in the Elk Valley and surrounding communities in southeastern British Columbia.
May 2023
Anonymous
Gift:
$100,000
Recipient:
St. Lawrence College
City:
Kingston
Province:
ON
Donation will to toward the transformation of St. Lawrence College’s paramedic training facilities at the Cornwall campus.
May 2023
Anonymous
Gift:
$200,000
Recipient:
St. Lawrence College
City:
Kingston
Province:
ON
Donation supports the creation of a Specialty Nursing Lab at the Brockville campus, which will be a research and learning environment for the development of specialty curriculums such as neo-natal intensive care, post-anaesthesia care, operating room, and emergency room training.
May 2023
Tom and Gail Kaneb Family Foundation
Gift:
$100,000
Recipient:
St. Lawrence College
City:
Kingston
Province:
ON
Donation supports the creation of a Specialty Nursing Lab at the Brockville campus, which will be a research and learning environment for the development of specialty curriculums such as neo-natal intensive care, post-anaesthesia care, operating room, and emergency room training.
May 2023
William James Henderson Foundation
Gift:
$400,000
Recipient:
St. Lawrence College
City:
Kingston
Province:
ON
Donation will establish a specialty Nursing Lab on the Kingston campus, creating a space for specialty curriculum learning.