Foundations

The family of the late broadcast entrepreneur and philanthropist Allan Slaight has donated $50 million to Toronto’s Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation (PMCF) in his memory. Slaight died last...
The Slaight Family Foundation has matched the Hal Jackman Foundation’s $1-million lead gift to support Toronto artists and arts workers through the Toronto Arts Foundation Resiliency...
The Chicks, formerly known as the Dixie Chicks, will embark on a 27-city North American tour in June and are partnering with environmental non-profit REVERB to make it more environmentally...
Alternative pop-rock act AWOLNATION is partnering with mental health non-profit organization The Jed Foundation (JED) to shed light on mental health issues and raise funds for JED’s...
Two Akron, Ohio-born players were among the biggest names playing in the NBA All-Star Game in nearby Cleveland on Sunday (Feb. 20), but the biggest winners may have been the charities and...
The Slaight Family Foundation, one of Toronto’s most wide-reaching family foundations, has announced its latest charitable give of $15 million to 12 organizations across Canada, focused on...
Rihanna’s Clara Lionel Foundation has committed $15 million (USD) to 18 different organizations working on climate justice. The money will be spread across 11 groups in the United States, and...
The 16th annual “Mois des Câlins de Sainte-Justine” campaign has kicked off to benefit the CHU Sainte-Justine Foundation after raising close to $5 million since 2007.  For...
To honour what would have been Betty White’s 100th birthday on Jan. 17, fundraising campaigns involving Facebook and Instagram have raised around $13 million (all figures in U.S. dollars) for...
Bret Michaels, best known as the lead singer of rock band Poison, is also a philanthropist who launched the non-profit Bret Michaels Life Rocks Foundation. Michaels will put his moonbeam...

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