SPECIAL EDITION COVID-19
Major Gift News
Update April 17th
Canadian Tire Corporation
Gift:
$3,000,000
Recipient:
Various Health Organizations
City:
Various
Province:
Various
Canadian Tire is donating $3,000,000 worth of Personal Protective Equipment to front line responders and community organizations responding to COVID-19.
APR 2020
Maple Leaf Foods
Gift:
$2,500,000
Recipient:
Canadian Frontline Healthcare Professionals Protection Fund
City:
Various
Province:
National
This is a new fund established by Hospitals across the country which is providing support to healthcare professionals responding to COVID-19.
APR 2020
Canadian Tire Corporation
Gift:
$1,000,000
Recipient:
Canadian Red Cross
City:
Ottawa
Province:
Ontario
To support the organization’s COVID-19 response.
APR 2020
Canadian Tire Corporation
Gift:
$1,000,000
Recipient:
United Way Centraide Canada
City:
Ottawa
Province:
Ontario
To support the organization’s COVID-19 response.
APR 2020
Maple Leaf Foods and the Centre for Action on Food Security
Gift:
$1,000,000
Recipient:
Food Banks Canada and Community Food Centres Canada
City:
Various
Province:
National
Maple Leaf Foods and the Centre for Action on Food Security have contributed over $1,000,000 in cash to these two organizations, along with $350,000 in product donations as part of their $2,000,000 campaign launched in response to COVID-19.
APR 2020
Thistledown Foundation
Gift:
$1,000,000
Recipient:
Conquer COVID-19
City:
Various
Province:
National
Conquer COVID-19 is a grassroots incubator that is facilitating access to priority products that are in short supply for the healthcare community during the COVID-19 pandemic.
APR 2020
Fairfax Financial Holdings
Gift:
$1,000,000
Recipient:
Various
City:
Various
Province:
National
Fairfax is committing USD$1,000,000 to food banks and humanitarian organizations providing relief services to those impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
APR 2020
AIR MILES
Gift:
$500,000
Recipient:
Food Banks Canada and Kids Help Phone
City:
Toronto
Province:
Ontario
To support the organizations’ COVID-19 response, air miles collectors can donate 500 Dream Miles to Kids Help Phone or Food Banks Canada and AIR MILES will contribute $50, on behalf of the Collector, and match the first $500,000 raised.
APR 2020
Libro Credit Union
Gift:
$320,000
Recipient:
Various United Way Chapters
City:
Various
Province:
Ontario
Eight United Way chapters in Southwestern Ontario will share the funding that will be used for COVID-19 emergency response programs.
APR 2020
Libro Credit Union
Gift:
$320,000
Recipient:
Various United Way Chapters
City:
Various
Province:
Ontario
Eight United Way chapters in Southwestern Ontario will share the funding that will be used for COVID-19 emergency response programs.
APR 2020
Kitchener Waterloo Community Foundation
Gift:
$300,000
Recipient:
Various
City:
Waterloo
Province:
Ontario
$200,000 will be allocated to various local charities via a partnership with United Way Waterloo Region Communities, and $100,000 will establish a the COVID-19 Charitable Recovery Fund at Kitchener Waterloo Community Foundation.
APR 2020
Lowe's Canada
Gift:
$290,000
Recipient:
Children's Miracle Network and Opération Enfant Soleil
City:
Various
Province:
National
This gift is to compensate for the cancellation of the annual in-store fundraising campaign due to COVID-19 closures. In addition, Lowe’s is donating $120,000 worth of building materials to build the Maison Enfant Soleil by Bonneville Homes, whatever is raised by Lowe’s, RONA, and Reno-Dépot through their online fundraising campaign, which started earlier this month in Quebec and will launch on May 12 in other provinces.
APR 2020
Ontario Power Generation
Gift:
$250,000
Recipient:
Regional Food Distribution Association of Northwestern Ontario
City:
Thunder Bay
Province:
Ontario
To purchase and distribute food to First Nations communities during this time of increased need as a result of COVID-19.
APR 2020
Parrott Foundation
Gift:
$250,000
Recipient:
Quinte Health Care
City:
Belleville
Province:
Ontario
To help costs in the area of greatest needs at all four QHC hospitals.
APR 2020
The Krawczyk Family Foundation
Gift:
$200,000
Recipient:
Humber River Hospital Foundation
City:
North York
Province:
Ontario
$100,000 will match donations to the Humber Frontline Support Fund, which will help pay for things like meals and travel for frontline staff, and $100,000 will match donations to the COVID-19 Emergency Response Fund.
APR 2020
BC Dairy Farmers Association
Gift:
$150,000
Recipient:
Food Banks BC
City:
Surrey
Province:
British Columbia
The BC Dairy Farmers Association has started a $150,000 fund to help support food banks across the province in light of COVID-19.
APR 2020
EPCOR
Gift:
$150,000
Recipient:
Edmonton Community Foundation
City:
Edmonton
Province:
Alberta
To support the Foundation’s COVID-19 Rapid Response Fund.
APR 2020
EPCOR
Gift:
$150,000
Recipient:
United Way of the Alberta Capital Region
City:
Edmonton
Province:
Alberta
To support the organization’s local Love in a Global Crisis Campaign.
APR 2020
Ontario Power Generation
Gift:
$150,000
Recipient:
Feed the Need in Durham
City:
Oshawa
Province:
Ontario
To purchase and distribute food during this time of increased need as a result of COVID-19.
APR 2020
Peninsula Co-op
Gift:
$150,000
Recipient:
Various Vancouver Island Hospitals
City:
Various
Province:
British Columbia
Peninsula Co-op is matching donations up to $150,000 to support six Vancouver Island hospitals. Donors can choose which hospital foundation their donation will support, and Peninsula’s matching gift will be directed there as well.
APR 2020
The Cheng Family
Gift:
$100,000
Recipient:
North York General Hospital Foundation
City:
North York
Province:
Ontario
This is a matching gift to support the hospital’s COVID-19 response fund.
APR 2020
The Krawczyk Family Foundation
Gift:
$100,000
Recipient:
UJA Federation of Greater Toronto
City:
Toronto
Province:
Ontario
This is a matching gift to support the organization’s COVID-19 response fund.
APR 2020
Nanji Family Foundation
Gift:
$100,000
Recipient:
Fondation du CHUM
City:
Montreal
Province:
Quebec
This is a matching gift to support the hospital’s COVID-19 response fund.
APR 2020
Nanji Family Foundation
Gift:
$100,000
Recipient:
North York General Hospital Foundation
City:
North York
Province:
Ontario
This is a matching gift to support the hospital’s COVID-19 response fund.
APR 2020
Judy and Gerry Strongman
Gift:
$100,000
Recipient:
Lion's Gate Hospital Foundation
City:
North Vancouver
Province:
British Columbia
This is a matching gift to support the hospital’s COVID-19 response fund.
APR 2020
Krawczyk Family Foundation
Gift:
$100,000
Recipient:
Scarborough Health Network
City:
Toronto
Province:
Ontario
This is a matching gift to support the hospital’s COVID-19 response fund.