Major Gift News
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Agnico Eagle
Gift:
$2,500,000
Recipient:
Breakfast Club of Canada
City:
Boucherville
Province:
QC
Donation is a part of Agnico Eagle’s Inunnguiniq project, a $5 million pledge toward mine training and mental health programs in Nunavut, and will help provide school children in the Kivalliq and Kitikmeot regions in Nunavut with breakfasts for three years.
October 2023
Agnico Eagle
Gift:
$2,250,000
Recipient:
Ilitaqsiniq
City:
Rankin Inlet
Province:
NU
Donation is a part of Agnico Eagle’s Inunnguiniq project, a $5 million pledge toward mine training and mental health programs in Nunavut, and will support delivery of Ilitaqsiniq programs in the Kivalliq and Kitikmeot regions in Nunavut; support the Pilimmaksaijuliriniq project, which is designed to support the resiliency and wellness of Nunavut’s front-line workers and community champions, grounded in the principles of Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit; as well provide seed funding to establish a building fund with the aim of having a facility to host programs in Rankin Inlet.
October 2023
Agnico Eagle
Gift:
$250,000
Recipient:
Arctic Rose Foundation
City:
Oakville
Province:
ON
Donation is a part of Agnico Eagle’s Inunnguiniq project, a $5 million pledge toward mine training and mental health programs in Nunavut.
October 2023
Anonymous
Gift:
$1,500,000
Recipient:
University of Saskatchewan
City:
Saskatoon
Province:
SK
Donation supports the development of a mobile unit for rural health and wellness at the Canadian Centre for Rural and Agricultural Health, located at the University of Saskatchewan.
October 2023
Hans Jain
Gift:
$500,000
Recipient:
Scarborough Health Network Foundation
City:
Scarborough
Province:
ON
Donation will support the Diagnostic Imaging Department.
October 2023
Kirk Baines and the Gerald C. Baines Foundation
Gift:
$1,700,000
Recipient:
London Health Sciences Foundation
City:
London
Province:
ON
Donation supports the London Regional Cancer Program’s pre-existing Gerald C. Baines Centre for Translational Cancer Research.
October 2023
Bannister Family
Gift:
$1,500,000
Recipient:
BC Cancer Foundation
City:
Vancouver
Province:
BC
Donation is toward a new cancer therapy suite at BC Cancer-Kelowna.
October 2023
H. Thomas and Mary Beck (Estate Of)
Gift:
$14,700,000
Recipient:
Toronto Symphony Orchestra
City:
Toronto
Province:
ON
October 2023
Ryan and Cindy Beedie
Gift:
$5,000,000
Recipient:
Delta Hospital and Community Health Foundation
City:
Delta
Province:
BC
Donation is to the Coming Home campaign, which aims to bring a new long-term care community to the Delta Hospital Campus of Care.
October 2023
Bell Canada
Gift:
$1,000,000
Recipient:
IWK Foundation
City:
Halifax
Province:
NS
Donation is through Bell Let’s Talk and will support a dedicated mental health space in the new IWK Emergency Department.
October 2023
Bell Canada
Gift:
$500,000
Recipient:
Montreal Children's Hospital Foundation
City:
Montreal
Province:
QC
Donation is over five years through Bell Let’s Talk and supports the Children’s Eating Disorders program, and will allow for the hiring of an additional full-time therapist.
October 2023
BMO
Gift:
$750,000
Recipient:
JDRF Canada
City:
North York
Province:
ON
Donation supports the JDRF Centre of Excellence at UBC.
October 2023
BMO
Gift:
$250,000
Recipient:
Mount Allison University
City:
Sackville
Province:
NB
Donation establishes an entrance scholarship available to students from Atlantic Canada.
October 2023
Bombardier
Gift:
$2,000,000
Recipient:
CHUM Foundation
City:
Montreal
Province:
ON
Donation will fund the SERVO Project for neurological disease research.
October 2023
Bruce Power and Suppliers
Gift:
$112,500
Recipient:
Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada
City:
London
Province:
ON
October 2023
Robert Campeau Family Foundation
Gift:
$105,000
Recipient:
Children's Treatment Centre
City:
Chatham-Kent
Province:
ON
October 2023
Canada Life, IGM Financial, and Power Corporation of Canada
Gift:
$250,000
Recipient:
Canadian Red Cross, Doctors Without Borders, United Jewish Appeal, and Federation CJA
City:
Various
Province:
Canada Life, IGM Financial and Power Corporation of Canada are donating $250,000 to address humanitarian needs in Israel, Gaza, and the Middle East. The donation will be shared between the Canadian Red Cross Middle East Humanitarian Crisis Appeal, Doctors Without Borders, the Toronto-based United Jewish Appeal and Montreal-based Federation CJA.
October 2023
Central Okanagan Foundation
Gift:
$100,000
Recipient:
Westside Salvation Army
City:
Westbank
Province:
BC
Donation supports McDougall Creek wildfire relief efforts.
October 2023
John Clark
Gift:
$1,000,000
Recipient:
Fredericton Playhouse
City:
Fredericton
Province:
NB
Donation supports the campaign for the new performing arts centre.
October 2023
Desjardins
Gift:
$1,250,000
Recipient:
HEC Montreal
City:
Montreal
Province:
QC
Donation is over five years and supports various projects at the Alphonse and Dorimène Desjardins International Institute for Cooperatives.
October 2023
Desjardins
Gift:
$500,000
Recipient:
L'Arche Sudbury
City:
Sudbury
Province:
ON
Donation is from Desjardins’ GoodSpark Fund and supports a campaign to build a fourth L’Arche Sudbury home for people with and without intellectual disabilities.
October 2023
Edmonton Oilers, Rogers, and NHL
Gift:
$200,000
Recipient:
Hockey Alberta
City:
Red Deer
Province:
AB
Donation is to Hockey Alberta’s Local Hockey Leaders Grant for Equity, Diversity & Inclusion, and will allow for the launch of a program to education leaders, members and participants about maltreatment and safe sport initiatives focused on providing a safe environment for all.
October 2023
Ruby Ferguson (Estate Of)
Gift:
$1,153,836
Recipient:
Brightshores Health System Owen Sound Foundation
City:
Owen Sound
Province:
ON
Donation was made through the Owen Sound and Meaford foundations, and will be used to purchase medical equipment and improve hospital facilities.
October 2023
Flames Foundation
Gift:
$1,000,000
Recipient:
YMCA Calgary
City:
Calgary
Province:
AB
Donation is for the Calgary Flames Grade 6 YMCA Membership. The membership helps grade 6 youth develop confidence and form positive relationships by providing access to YMCA facilities and programs in Calgary at no cost.
October 2023
Don Folk
Gift:
$5,000,000
Recipient:
Okanagan College
City:
Kelowna
Province:
BC
Donation is toward the development of a Recreation and Wellness Centre at the College’s Kelowna campus.
October 2023
Serwas Family
Gift:
$500,000
Recipient:
Okanagan College
City:
Kelowna
Province:
BC
Donation is toward the development of a Recreation and Wellness Centre at the College’s Kelowna campus.
October 2023
Gene Haas Foundation
Gift:
$1,000,000
Recipient:
British Columbia Institute of Technology
City:
Burnaby
Province:
BC
Donation allows for the opening of the new Gene Haas Manufacturing Lab.
October 2023
Judith Grant (Estate Of)
Gift:
$2,800,000
Recipient:
Nova Scotia Talent Trust
City:
Halifax
Province:
NS
October 2023
Green Fischer Family Trust
Gift:
$1,000,000
Recipient:
Canadian Mental Health Association
City:
Toronto
Province:
ON
Donation is over five years and supports the national Recovery Colleges program.
October 2023
Greater Sudbury Utilities
Gift:
$100,000
Recipient:
Cambrian College
City:
Sudbury
Province:
ON
Donation is toward the construction and equipping of the new electric vehicle lab at the College.
October 2023
Hamilton and District Senior Citizens’ Home RAMYBNAS Inc
Gift:
$1,625,000
Recipient:
St. Joseph's Healthcare Foundation
City:
Hamilton
Province:
ON
Funds from the donation were generated from the sale of Hamilton and District Senior Citizens’ Home RAMYBNAS Inc., and will fund the purchase of two pieces of diagnostic imaging equipment.
October 2023
Harris & Partners Inc
Gift:
$100,000
Recipient:
Scarborough Health Network Foundation
City:
Scarborough
Province:
ON
Donation is to the Love Scarborough campaign.
October 2023
Hilary and Galen Weston Foundation
Gift:
$500,000
Recipient:
NSCAD University
City:
Halifax
Province:
ON
Donation supports the Hilary and Galen Weston Foundation Sow to Sew project, and will provide bursaries for graduate and undergraduate students in the textiles and fashion program, welcome artists-in-residence, expand programming for the NSCAD Art Factory’s Fashion Hacking project and resources for the Alfoldy Craft Institute at NSCAD.
October 2023
iA Financial Group
Gift:
$150,000
Recipient:
Mental Health Research Canada
City:
Toronto
Province:
ON
Donation will be used to fund student internships for research into workplace and mental health.
October 2023
J & W Murphy Foundation
Gift:
$354,000
Recipient:
Pallium Canada
City:
Ottawa
Province:
ON
Donation will support two projects to improve access to palliative care education and resources for health care providers across Nova Scotia.
October 2023
Jeganathan Family
Gift:
$250,000
Recipient:
Scarborough Health Network Foundation
City:
Scarborough
Province:
ON
Donation is toward the new Northpine Emergency Department at Centenary Hospital.
October 2023
Kelowna Auto Dealers Association
Gift:
$230,000
Recipient:
BC Cancer Foundation
City:
Vancouver
Province:
BC
Donation supports the replacement of BC Cancer Foundation’s systemic cancer therapy suite.
October 2023
Kinsmen Foundation
Gift:
$1,000,000
Recipient:
Cancer Foundation of Saskatchewan
City:
Regina
Province:
SK
Donation is to the Cancer Foundation of Saskatchewan’s Breast Cancer Screening Bus campaign, and will allow for the purchase of a new vehicle for breast cancer screening for women across rural Saskatchewan.
October 2023
Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds
Gift:
$1,000,000
Recipient:
International Committee of the Red Cross
City:
Province:
International
Donation is to assist children in Israel and Gaza.
October 2023
Living Sky Casino
Gift:
$120,531
Recipient:
City of Swift Current
City:
Swift Current
Province:
SK
Donation is to the City’s Community Grant Program.
October 2023
LNG Canada
Gift:
$900,000
Recipient:
Kitimat General Hospital Foundation
City:
Kitimat
Province:
BC
Donation supports the purchase of a new CT scanner.
October 2023
MacMillan Family Foundation
Gift:
$6,300,000
Recipient:
CIFAR
City:
Various
Province:
Various
Donation supports the new CIFAR MacMillan Multiscale Human program: a global, interdisciplinary research team working to understand the human body across various spatial and temporal scales and create an unprecedented map of the human body and help drive medical advances.
October 2023
Margaret McCain
Gift:
$10,000,000
Recipient:
Mount Saint Vincent University
City:
Halifax
Province:
NS
Donation will support research, teaching, and programs at the University’s child and youth study department and its child study centre.
October 2023
Mitsubishi Canada
Gift:
$150,000
Recipient:
Food Banks Canada
City:
Mississauga
Province:
ON
Donation is through Mitsubishi’s Driving Healthy Change campaign.
October 2023
Ernie and Yvonne Yakimovich
Gift:
$2,500,000
Recipient:
BC Cancer Foundation
City:
Vancouver
Province:
BC
Donation supports the campaign to transform the former Canadian National Institute for the Blind building on Richmond Road into a supportive-care centre for cancer patients.
October 2023
Murry and Lynda Farmer
Gift:
$500,000
Recipient:
BC Cancer Foundation
City:
Vancouver
Province:
BC
Donation supports the campaign to transform the former Canadian National Institute for the Blind building on Richmond Road into a supportive-care centre for cancer patients.
October 2023
Northeastern Ontario Health Education Advancement Foundation
Gift:
$1,300,000
Recipient:
Northern Ontario School of Medicine University
City:
Thunder Bay
Province:
ON
Donation is to NOSOM University’s student endowment and will create two awards for first-year medical students in perpetuity.
October 2023
North 49 Foods
Gift:
$100,000
Recipient:
Moose Jaw Health Foundation and the Moose Jaw & District Food Bank
City:
Moose Jaw
Province:
SK
North 49 Foods’ sow processing facility is donating $50,000 each to the Moose Jaw Health Foundation and the Moose Jaw & District Food Bank.
October 2023
Northpine Foundation
Gift:
$250,000
Recipient:
Amp Health
City:
St. John's
Province:
NL
Donation is to help combat diabetes and prediabetes in rural areas of Newfoundland and Labrador.
October 2023
Kathy and Brad Pryde
Gift:
$1,000,000
Recipient:
Town of Saugeen Shores
City:
Saugeen Shores
Province:
ON
Donation is to the Saugeen Shores Just Add Water campaign, which aims to create a new aquatic and wellness centre.
October 2023
Lise and Giuseppe Racanelli Foundation
Gift:
$2,000,000
Recipient:
HEC Montreal
City:
Montreal
Province:
QC
Half of the donation will go toward the Hélène Desmarais Building and the other half to the Cursus entrepreneurial series of training activities and workshops within the Pôle Entrepreneuriat, Repreneuriat et Familles en affaires.
October 2023
RBC
Gift:
$250,000
Recipient:
Canadian Red Cross and United Jewish Appeal
City:
Province:
National
Donation will be divided between the Canadian Red Cross Middle East Humanitarian Crisis Appeal and the United Jewish Appeal for humanitarian efforts.
October 2023
RBC
Gift:
$1,000,000
Recipient:
United Jewish Appeal Federation of New York, American Friends of Magen David Adom and Save the Children
City:
Province:
International
Donation will provide humanitarian and relief support.
October 2023
Marlyn Ruth Rennie (Estate Of)
Gift:
$1,100,674
Recipient:
Uxbridge-Scugog Animal Shelter
City:
Uxbridge
Province:
ON
Donation supports the construction of a new animal shelter.
October 2023
St. Marys Rotary Club
Gift:
$100,000
Recipient:
Town of St. Marys
City:
St. Marys
Province:
ON
Donation supports the campaign to repair and expand the skate park in St. Marys.
October 2023
Charles and Majida Saikaley
Gift:
$1,000,000
Recipient:
Ottawa Hospital Foundation
City:
Ottawa
Province:
ON
Donation is to the Hospital’s Campaign to Create Tomorrow.
October 2023
ServiceMaster
Gift:
$250,000
Recipient:
Georgian Bay General Hospital, Orillia Soldiers' Memorial Hospital, Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre, and Collingwood General and Marine Hospital
City:
Various
Province:
ON
Donation is over five years. Orillia Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital, Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre, and Collingwood’s General and Marine Hospital will each receive $10,000 a year; Georgian Bay General Hospital will receive $20,000 a year.
October 2023
TD Bank
Gift:
$250,000
Recipient:
Save the Children and United Jewish Appeal
City:
Province:
International
Donation is for urgent humanitarian aid and community support to address the recent and ongoing conflict in the Middle East.
October 2023
TD Bank
Gift:
$500,000
Recipient:
Save the Children and UNICEF
City:
Province:
International
Donation is for urgent humanitarian aid, with a focus on addressing the needs of children in Israel and Gaza.
October 2023
TELUS
Gift:
$25,000,000
Recipient:
TELUS Friendly Future Foundation
City:
Vancouver
Province:
BC
TELUS is providing $25 million to the TELUS Friendly Future Foundation to contribute toward a $50 million student bursary endowment. Indspire is a partner of the fund, and 50% of the bursary recipents will be Indigenous.
October 2023
Toldo Foundation
Gift:
$100,000
Recipient:
Essex Region Conservation Foundation
City:
Essex
Province:
ON
Donation supports the restoration of the 200-year-old John R. Park Homestead.
October 2023
Various Donors
Gift:
$1,375,000
Recipient:
Niagara Health Foundation
City:
St. Catharines
Province:
ON
14 different donors have donated toward the It’s Our Future Campaign in support of the new South Niagara Hospital. Donors include Bosch Rexroth Canada, The Byl Family, Ida & Bob Gale Sr. Community Fund, GNGH Auxiliary, Jim & Liz Grice, Knights of Columbus, Hennepin Council No.1652, The Mathur Family, The Marcella & Vincent McNamara Family, Niagara Falls Bridge Commission, Niagara Falls Canadian Polish Home, Niagara German Canadian Club, The Trabucco Family, Mitch Williams, and Sherman Zavitz.
October 2023
Dennis and Phyllis Washington Foundation
Gift:
$5,500,000
Recipient:
British Columbia Institute of Technology
City:
Burnaby
Province:
BC
Donation will allow for the creation of a high school trades program which will provide technical training at four high schools in Vancouver, Surrey, Coquitlam and Maple Ridge.
October 2023
WB Family Foundation
Gift:
$3,000,000
Recipient:
JDRF Canada
City:
North York
Province:
ON
Donation establishes the WB Cures Fund to accelerate type 1 diabetes cure research.
October 2023
Wesley & Patricia Armour Foundation
Gift:
$3,000,000
Recipient:
New Brunswick Community College
City:
Fredericton
Province:
NB
Donation supports NBCC’s Going Beyond Campaign, and will establish the Wesley Armour School of Business, create new programs, upgrade facilities and technology, establish a speaker series, and provide Learning Opportunity Grants to students.