Major Gift News

Donation supports the Build: The Student Centre campaign.

An anonymous donor agreed to match all donations up to $170,000 made during the annual Daffodil Month fundraising campaign.

An anonymous donor is matching donations up to $120,000 on the Ottawa Humane Society’s Day of Giving. Funds will go towards shelter and care, medical treatment and rehabilitation, spay/neuter programs, community education and outreach initiatives.

An anonymous donor will match all donations up to $1 million made in support of the André Lewis Choreography Endowment Fund.

Donation will support the renovation of Haven’s Harbour, a shelter in Calgary which provides housing and supports for youth graduating from Haven’s Way.

Donation will go toward reducing MRI wait times.

Donation is through the Armstrong Family Foundation and supports the reopening of Centennial Area in Elliot Lake.

Donation supports targeted restoration, conservation, and opportunities for carbon removal projects. The donation will also support a study on the carbon sequestering power of tidal marshes in Quebec and Atlantic Canada.

Donation is to the Our Students, Your Health campaign in support of Okanagan’s Certified Dental Assistant program. $150,000 will go toward Okanagan’s dental suite, and $100,000 will kickstart a hands-on learning pilot program that will enable people to become CDAs while they continue to work.

Donation supports medical research and innovation in Thoracic Surgery through the creation of a Research Chair in Thoracic Surgery, Transplantation, and Regenerative Medicine.

Investment supports programs, services, and operations focusing on the expansion of the Saskatoon Aviation Learning Centre, to advance Indigenous aerospace training and education in Saskatchewan.

Donation supports the Moments Matter Even More campaign, and will help build new bedrooms at the Huron Hospice Bender House.

Donation supports the launch of the Future Cities Institute founded by CAIVAN (FCI). The FCI will focus on four main areas of research: housing, modelling, mobility and sustainable infrastructure, and how they intersect with future sustainability, economic, societal, health and technological goals.

Donation is to the Health & Homelessness Fund for Change, a fund managed by the London Community Foundation which supports solutions to address London’s homelessness crisis.

The Dawoodi Bohra Muslim community of Mississauga announced a five-year partnership and a contribution of funds to provide 250,000 meals in support of Food Banks Mississauga. The specific contribution amount is unspecified.

Donation is to Cambrian College’s School of Business and will be used to create an endowment to support various initiatives.

Donation is toward a new cancer therapy suite in Kelowna, which will increase BC Cancer Kelowna’s capacity to deliver drug treatments, including chemotherapy and immunotherapy by 40%. Donation will also create infrastructure to offer early phase clinical trials.

Donation is toward food rescue and redistribution efforts for Canadians, and will contribute 1.5 million meals across the country.

Donation supports UPEI’s campaign to revitalize the Robertson Library.

Donation supports UPEI’s campaign to revitalize the Robertson Library.

Donation supports the establishment of a research chair in disability and rehabilitation research within the Faculty of Health Sciences.

As a part of project agreements between the Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke and Hydro-Québec on the joint ownership of the Hertel–New York Interconnection Line, Hydro-Québec is pledging a $10 million donation to the new Kahnawà:ke Cultural Arts Center.

Donation is over 10 years and will support the research activities of the Chair in Sustainable Finance.

Innovation Federal Credit Union will match donations up to $1 million toward the new Meadow Lake arena and recreation facility.

Donation supports the Weldon Playground Project.

Donation supports the New Haven for Youth Haven campaign, which is raising funds to build a new emergency shelter.

Donation is to UPEI’s Faculty of Business.

Half of the donation supports innovation among the next generation of pharmacists through the modernization of technology and equipment. The remainder will go toward the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine the development of research projects focused on agri-food production and animal health.

Donation will fund programs and initiatives at the Boys and Girls Club Cornwall/SDG, and Big Brothers Big Sisters of Cornwall and District.

Donation supports the construction of the new waterfront gallery.

Donation is from the Petro-Canada CareMakers Foundation and will go towards the development of an online Caregiver Training Platform to support family caregivers transitioning from the hospital to the home setting.

Donation is to McMaster’s Global Nexus, and supports a project aimed at addressing critical gaps in health equity in the development and delivery of vaccines.

PharmaChoice Canada matched donations up to $100,000 made on the anniversary of Terry Fox launching his cross-country Marathon of Hope.

Procter and Gamble’s brands Herbal Essences, Head & Shoulders and Native have partnered with EcoSchools Canada, which included a $100,000 donation to support environmental education and leadership in schools.

Donation supports Saskatchewan Polytechnic and the new Saskatoon campus.

Donation supports the construction of a new pool complex.

Donation is over 10 years and supports a project to create new recreational facilities in Swift Current.

Donation is to the HERE is Where Cancer Meets Its Match campaign, and was allocated for a PET-CT Simulator Scanner at the hospital.

Donation is over three years and supports the Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Collaborative Care project, a collaborative health program between West Park Healthcare Centre and Black Creek Community Health Centre.

Proctor & Gamble’s laundry brand, Tide, announced a $400,000 donation over two years from its Loads of Hope program to support laundry programs at Ronald McDonald House and Family Room locations across Canada.

Donation is toward the Centenary Fracture Clinic and the Love, Scarborough campaign.

Donation is a part of Niagara College’s new Together campaign, and will create a bursary program for skilled trades, nursing, and healthcare students.

The undisclosed gift will launch the ConfideNCe program, a student-focused initiative to address anxiety and stress for students in applied health programs, and to provide resources after graduation.

Donations totaling over $3 million from Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment, Founders Pledge’s Climate Change Fund and Rethink Charity Foundation’s RC Forward Climate Change Fund will seed a ultradeep geothermal research program through the Cascade Institute at Royal Roads University.

The Belzberg and Soliman families each donated $50,000 to the Lincoln Alexander School of Law to create a scholarship to support law students who have demonstrated leadership and a commitment to bridging divides to bring communities together.

Donation is from the Walmart Foundation and supports BGC Canada’s Kid Food Nation cooking program.

Donation is over three years to BGC Canada’s Food Fund to help address the rising issue of food insecurity amongst Canadian households. goeasy’s ‘Feed their Future’ program will help provide 350,000 meals and snacks to children across the country attending BGC Clubs.