SPECIAL EDITION COVID-19
Major Gift News
Update May 1st
The Temerty Foundation
Gift:
$10,000,000
Recipient:
University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine
City:
Toronto
Province:
Ontario
To support Toronto’s hospital and health-science network as it responds to the COVID-19 pandemic.
MAY 2020
The Sprott Foundation
Gift:
$10,000,000
Recipient:
Second Harvest
City:
Toronto
Province:
Ontario
To support the organization’s increased needs due to COVID-19.
MAY 2020
The Sprott Foundation
Gift:
$10,000,000
Recipient:
Community Food Centres Canada
City:
Toronto
Province:
Ontario
To support the organization’s increased needs due to COVID-19.
MAY 2020
407 ETR
Gift:
$4,000,000
Recipient:
United Way of Greater Toronto
City:
Toronto
Province:
Ontario
407 ETR has made a multi-year commitment totalling $4 million, consisting of an immediate emergency donation of $750,000 to the United Way Local Love Campaign, another future $500,000 gift in 2020 (total of $1.25 million for 2020), $1.75 million in 2021, and $1.0 million in 2022. The funds will support the United Way’s network of agencies in Durham, Halton, Hamilton, Peel, Toronto and York.
MAY 2020
The Hewitt Foundation, Estate of Elspeth McConnell, and the Trottier Family Foundation
Gift:
$4,000,000
Recipient:
McGill University Health Centre Foundation
City:
Montreal
Province:
Quebec
To support the COVID-19 Emergency Fund.
MAY 2020
407 ETR
Gift:
$1,200,000
Recipient:
Various
City:
Various
Province:
Ontario
This donation will be split evenly ($50,000 each) between 24 hospitals across the regions in which the 407 operates.
MAY 2020
Craig Fielding and Katriina Ruotsalo
Gift:
$1,000,000
Recipient:
Health Sciences North Foundation
City:
Sudbury
Province:
Ontario
To cover additional supply, equipment and staffing costs that HSN has incurred in expanding its emergency department and intensive care unit to prepare for a surge in COVID-19 patients. It will help buy a new ECMO machine; three anesthetic machines; a heart-lung machine for post-op open heart surgery patients; and a mask-fit testing machine.
MAY 2020
TD Bank
Gift:
$1,000,000
Recipient:
The Canadian Association of Community Health Centres and the U.S.-based National Association of Community Health Centers
City:
Various
Province:
Various
This gift is part of a recently announced fund called the TD Community Resilience Initiative, which will allocate $25 million to organizations engaged in COVID-19 response and community recovery.
MAY 2020
Darren Entwistle and the Entwistle Family Foundation
Gift:
$687,500
Recipient:
Unspecified
City:
Various
Province:
Various
For the months of April, May and June 2020, Darren Entwistle (CEO of Telus) will donate his salary to buy equipment for Canadian healthcare workers responding to COVID-19. Three months of Entwistle’s salary equals $343,750; this is being matched by his family foundation to reach a total gift of $687,500.
MAY 2020
Green Shield Canada
Gift:
$500,000
Recipient:
Various
City:
Various
Province:
Various
Green Shield of Canada has launched a $500,000 campaign supporting community foundations across Canada. The first gift is a $50,000 donation to the Windsor Essex Community Foundation’s COVID-19 Emergency Response Fund.
MAY 2020
Roots Canada
Gift:
$500,000
Recipient:
Various
City:
Various
Province:
Various
This is an in-kind donation of $500,000 worth of products to front-line healthcare workers.
MAY 2020
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Canada Inc. and Sandoz Canada Inc.
Gift:
$500,000
Recipient:
Various
City:
Various
Province:
Various
This commitment will be will be distributed to community and patient groups as part of the companies’ newly created Community Strong COVID-19 response program. As part of the program, an employee donation initiative has been established whereby up to $50,000 in contributions will be matched by the company.
MAY 2020
Sobeys Inc. and the Sobey Family
Gift:
$425,000
Recipient:
Canadian Red Cross
City:
Various
Province:
Nova Scotia
To support the Stronger Together Nova Scotia Fund in response to the recent shooting tragedy. Sobeys Inc. will make an additional donation to the RCMP Foundation in memory of Constable Heidi Stevenson, the RCMP officer who died in the attack.
MAY 2020
Emera, Nova Scotia Power, Emera Energy, Emera Newfoundland, and Labrador and Emera New Brunswick
Gift:
$400,000
Recipient:
Canadian Red Cross
City:
Various
Province:
Nova Scotia
To support the Stronger Together Nova Scotia Fund in response to the recent shooting tragedy.
MAY 2020
PepsiCo
Gift:
$350,000
Recipient:
Food Banks Canada
City:
Ottawa
Province:
Ontario
This is an in-kind gift of Quaker, Gatorade, Aquafina and Frito Lay products valued at $350,000 for distribution to COVID-19 affected people across the country through Food Banks Canada.
MAY 2020
Scotiabank
Gift:
$300,000
Recipient:
Various
City:
Various
Province:
Nova Scotia
To provide immediate and longer-term support to those impacted by the recent shooting in Nova Scotia. $50,000 is going to Mental Health Foundation of Nova Scotia for Mental Health and Wellness services for First Responders, Care Providers and the people in their lives. Recipients of the remaining $250,000 have not yet been announced.
MAY 2020
Newmont Musselwhite
Gift:
$259,000
Recipient:
Various
City:
Thunder Bay
Province:
Ontario
This commitment includes a $30,000 gift to support United Way of Thunder Bay’s COVID-19 Community Relief Fund, and the rest will be used to gather and transport food and supplies to various First Nations communities.
MAY 2020
TELUS Friendly Future Foundation
Gift:
$250,000
Recipient:
Various
City:
Various
Province:
Various
This gift is part of a $10 million commitment to help fight COVID-19. This gift will support a number of community healthcare leaders in their COVID-19 response for homeless and marginalized citizens across Canada.
MAY 2020
The Victoria Foundation
Gift:
$220,000
Recipient:
Canadian Mental Health Association - Cowichan Valley Branch
City:
Duncan
Province:
British Columbia
Made through the Foundation’s Rapid Relief Fund, this grant will support the organization’s programming and COVID-19 response.
MAY 2020
The PepsiCo Foundation
Gift:
$140,000
Recipient:
Food Banks Canada
City:
Ottawa
Province:
Ontario
To support the organization’s increased needs due to COVID-19.
MAY 2020
The Victoria Foundation
Gift:
$105,000
Recipient:
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Victoria
City:
Victoria
Province:
British Columbia
Made through the Foundation’s Rapid Relief Fund, this grant will support the organization’s programming and COVID-19 response.
MAY 2020
BMO
Gift:
$100,000
Recipient:
Various
City:
Various
Province:
Nova Scotia
In response to the recent shooting tragedy, this gift will be split between the Nova Scotia Strong First Responders Fund, set up by the Wounded Warriors Canada to help provide mental health support for affected first responders and their families, and the Nova Scotia Mental Health Foundation.
MAY 2020
Dairy Farmers of Ontario
Gift:
$100,000
Recipient:
Feed Ontario
City:
Toronto
Province:
Ontario
To support the organization’s increased demand due to COVID-19. Dairy Farmers of Ontario will also donate an additional 200,000 liters of incremental milk.
MAY 2020
Nanji Family Foundation
Gift:
$100,000
Recipient:
Hamilton General Hospital Foundation
City:
Hamilton
Province:
Ontario
This is a matching gift to support the hospital’s COVID-19 response.
MAY 2020
The Tricar Group
Gift:
$100,000
Recipient:
United Way
City:
Various
Province:
Ontario
To support COVID-19 response through the United Way’s Local Love Global Crisis community response fund. This commitment will be distributed as follows: $50,000 to Elgin Middlesex, $35,000 to Guelph Wellington Dufferin, $10,000 to Sarnia-Lambton and $5,000 to Perth-Huron.
MAY 2020
Vancity
Gift:
$100,000
Recipient:
The Victoria Foundation
City:
Victoria
Province:
British Columbia
This is a matching gift to the Foundation’s Rapid Relief Fund, which funds local community organizations responding to COVID-19.
MAY 2020
World Financial Group
Gift:
$100,000
Recipient:
William Osler Health System Foundation
City:
Brampton
Province:
Ontario
To support the hospital’s COVID-19 response fund.