SPECIAL EDITION COVID-19
Major Gift News
Update May 15th
Canadian Medical Association Foundation
Gift:
$10,000,000
Recipient:
Federation of Canadian Municipalities
City:
Ottawa
Province:
Ontario
Through a strategic partnership with the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, the funds will be distributed directly to municipalities to support their efforts to assist their most vulnerable residents affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
MAY 2020
The Lazaridis Family Foundation
Gift:
$8,500,000
Recipient:
Various
City:
Various
Province:
Ontario
This commitment was split between Cambridge Memorial Hospital, Grand River Hospital, St. Mary’s General Hospital and the South Bruce Grey Health Centre to support the hospitals’ COVID-19 response funds.
MAY 2020
Equitable Life of Canada
Gift:
$4,500,000
Recipient:
Grand River Hospital
City:
Kitchener
Province:
Ontario
To purchase a new MRI scanner.
MAY 2020
The Peter Gilgan Foundation
Gift:
$3,200,000
Recipient:
St. Michael's Hospital Foundation
City:
Toronto
Province:
Ontario
This is a matching gift, and will support the expansion of the hospital’s COVID-19 testing capacity.
MAY 2020
Beiersdorf Canada
Gift:
$750,000
Recipient:
Various
City:
Various
Province:
Ontario
Supporting COVID-19 response efforts through Food Banks Canada, Canadian Red Cross, and Save the Children.
MAY 2020
Fortis Inc.
Gift:
$500,000
Recipient:
Various
City:
Various
Province:
Newfoundland & Labrador
As part of the company’s Community Matters Project, this gift will support 20 non-profit organizations to provide immediate financial support to frontline COVID-19 community response efforts in Newfoundland and Labrador.
MAY 2020
National Bank
Gift:
$500,000
Recipient:
Various
City:
Various
Province:
Various
To be split amongst ten organizations for mental health programming during COVID-19. Recipients include: a study by researcher Simon Coulombe at Wilfrid Laurier University; Revivre; Montreal Children’s Hospital Foundation; Fondation Jeunes en Tête; Kids Help Phone; Wood’s Homes Foundation; Alberta Children’s Hospital Foundation; BC Mental Health Foundation; Le Chaînon, and Canadian Mental Health Association – Manitoba and Winnipeg.
MAY 2020
Ontario REALTORS Care Foundation
Gift:
$480,000
Recipient:
Various
City:
Various
Province:
Ontario
In response to COVID-19, this commitment will support vulnerable populations through more than 50 shelters and food banks across
Ontario.
Ontario.
MAY 2020
Ledcor Charitable Foundation
Gift:
$400,000
Recipient:
Various
City:
Various
Province:
Various
This commitment will support local food banks in the communities where its employees work and live in Canada and the US. In Canada, this includes: Vancouver, Langford, Kelowna, Kamloops, Kitimat, Edmonton, Calgary, Fort McMurray, Yellowknife, Saskatoon, Regina, Winnipeg, and Toronto.
MAY 2020
Westcap Management Ltd.
Gift:
$250,000
Recipient:
Saskatchewan Health Authority
City:
Saskatoon
Province:
Saskatchewan
To purchase over 330 iPads with data plans to distribute to SHA long-term care homes across the province.
MAY 2020
Douglas Dewar
Gift:
$235,000
Recipient:
South Okanagan Similkameen Medical Foundation
City:
Penticton
Province:
British Columbia
To purchase a piece of medical equipment called a “C-Arm” to be used in tandem with the recently-acquired second specialized hip surgery table at Penticton Regional Hospital.
MAY 2020
Kia Canada
Gift:
$200,000
Recipient:
Food Banks Canada
City:
Mississauga
Province:
Ontario
In response to COVID-19, Kia Canada has started the #PowerToGive Campaign to support Food Banks Canada. It is also working with its national network of dealers, helping connect them with their local food banks and agencies to lend additional assistance and support.
MAY 2020
Anonymous
Gift:
$150,000
Recipient:
National Ballet of Canada
City:
Toronto
Province:
Ontario
This is a matching gift to help the National Ballet weather lost revenues due to COVID-19.
MAY 2020
Interior Savings Credit Union
Gift:
$150,000
Recipient:
Various
City:
Various
Province:
Various
This support is in response to COVID-19 and will be delivered through a $100,000 Community Relief Fund. Interior Savings has also introduced a new Community Impact Term Deposit. Members who invest in a one-year term will receive a 2% return on their investment and Interior Savings will add a matching two per cent to its Community Relief Fund, up to another $50,000.
MAY 2020
The Peter Gilgan Foundation
Gift:
$150,000
Recipient:
Food Banks of Alberta
City:
St. Albert
Province:
Alberta
To help the organization respond to the increased demand due to COVID-19.
MAY 2020
Westland Insurance Group
Gift:
$150,000
Recipient:
Various
City:
Various
Province:
Various
This commitment will help food banks across British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan respond to increased demand due to COVID-19.
MAY 2020
Barry Craig and Sara MacDonald
Gift:
$100,000
Recipient:
Huron University College at Western University
City:
London
Province:
Ontario
To support Huron College’s COVID-19 relief fund. Barry Craig is President of Huron University College at Western.
MAY 2020
Equitable Life of Canada
Gift:
$100,000
Recipient:
Region Ready
City:
Waterloo
Province:
Ontario
To support the Region Ready Campaign, which helps hospitals in the Waterloo Region respond to COVID-19.
MAY 2020
Manulife
Gift:
$100,000
Recipient:
Canadian Red Cross & Mental Health Foundation of Nova Scotia
City:
Various
Province:
Nova Scotia
In response to the recent shooting tragedy in Nova Scotia as well as COVID-19, Manulife is donating $50,000 to to the Canadian Red Cross Stronger Together Nova Scotia Fund to meet immediate and longer-term needs of families and communities devastated by this event, and $50,000 to the Mental Health Foundation of Nova Scotia to provide access to programs during isolation measures related to COVID-19.
MAY 2020
National Bank
Gift:
$100,000
Recipient:
Montreal Children's Hospital Foundation
City:
Montreal
Province:
Quebec
To support the hospital’s Pediatric Emergency Mental Heath Fund, to help children struggling with mental illness during COVID-19 through remote services provided throughout Quebec, including northern Cree and Inuit communities.
MAY 2020
Winnipeg Foundation
Gift:
$100,000
Recipient:
Winnipeg Harvest
City:
Winnipeg
Province:
Manitoba
This gift was part of the first phase of the Foundation’s COVID-19 Response Fund, which launched March 12 and has given $2.1 million to more than 115 front-line agencies, including charities, personal care homes and homelessness initiatives.