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.

October 2023

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