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.

May 2023

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