CAMH Launches $500-million No One Left Behind Campaign for Mental Health Research
No One Left Behind By Sarah Chamberlin Happy 2023! I am proud to kick off this year with some exciting news from CAMH Foundation: On February 7, the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) publicly launched No One Left Behind, the largest-known fundraising campaign for mental health. With an …
One-Day event mobilizes 400 people to help Toronto homeless
Danny, a 13-year-old volunteer, sat at one of a handful of tables on the lower floor of Holy Blossom Temple, sandwiched between his father and older brother, cutting fringes into a large swath of felt that that the trio were transforming into a blanket for someone living on the street. …
Top 10 largest Canadian private foundations expenditures in 2020
THE TOP 10 Foundation Assets Expenditure % E xp Exp. on Charitable Activities Gifts to Qualified Donees Gifts & Exp As Perct. 1 Mastercard Foundation $40,078,183,354 $1,257,577,497 3.14% $857,257,427 $358,405,692 3.03% 2 FONDATION LUCIE ET ANDRÉ CHAGNON LUCIE AND ANDRÉ CHAGNON FOUNDATION $2,153,748,000 $71,829,000 3.34% $46,271,000 $16,958,000 2.94% 3 Green Municipal Fund $1,729,492,400 …
IN2ITION REALTY, ORION REALTY HOLIDAY CAMPAIGN RAISE NEARLY $55,000 FOR PEEL CHILDREN’S AID FOUNDATION
MISSISSAUGA, ON–To mark the giving spirit of the holiday season, In2ition Realty and Orion Realty Corporation, held their 3rd Annual Holiday Wishes campaign which resulted in $27,430 being raised for the Peel Region Children’s Aid Foundation. In addition, as in past years, Debbie Cosic, Founder and CEO of In2ition, and …
How much did the largest Canadian private foundations spend in 2020?
By Mark Blumberg and Henri Pasha (December 21, 2022) We recently reviewed the private foundations contained on the T3010 Registered Charity Information Return for 2020. The database was prepared by the Charities Directorate of CRA in August 2021 and covers about 84,000 charities. The Top Ten Full Chart Here In this …
Government of Canada announces recipients of Canada’s Volunteer Awards
GATINEAU, QC–Canadian communities continue to thrive thanks to the generous efforts of the country’s 12.7+ million volunteers. (note: Stats Canada report in 2018 show formal volunteers at 24 million people over the age of 15.) Through Canada’s Volunteer Awards, the Government of Canada recognizes those volunteers who go above and …
Five Lives: What We Do
Each issue Foundation Magazine provides a mini-profile of five people whose work and commitment make Canada a more liveable country. We thank them for their service. Margaret Acreman founded the Single Parent Association of Newfoundland in September of 1987, based on her own experience as a single parent and …
Grover-Nicholls House | Peterborough, Ontario
An outstanding example of Greek revival architecture, modified in the Palladian manner, it was begun about 1847 by P.M. Grover, a well-to-do local merchant. A rate type of building in Ontario, the square pillars are a classical Greek feature popular in North America principally because they were less costly to …
Do Donors Care About Your Fundraising Goals? Nope.
By Mary Cahane Your donors really don’t care about your fundraising goals. But they care — a lot — about your mission. Fundraising goals are important — inside. But donors care about your mission. If you’re fundraising, you already know that. But is that reflected in how you ask for …
How to Separate an Outsourced Chief Investment Officer from a Pretender
By Anthony Messina Those working and running foundations have more to accomplish in a day than ever before. They are tasked with fundraising, event planning, evaluating giving options and the oversight of the portfolio. All of this while functioning within a budget and dealing with human resources and other operational …