L’Oréal Paris calls on Canadians to nominate extraordinary women for the 2020 Women of Worth Grant Award Program
For the fourth consecutive year, $110,000 in charitable grants will be presented on International Women’s Day TORONTO, ONov–L’Oréal Paris announced submissions for the Canadian edition of the 2020 Women of Worth Grand Award Program are open now through January 5, 2020. Entering its fourth year, the signature philanthropic initiative honours …
CIBC lauds its own: Laura Dottori-Attanasio honoured as Volunteer of the Year
Volunteer of the Year at 2019 Philanthropy Awards TORONTO, ON–CIBC congratulate Laura Dottori-Attanasio (second from left), the firm’s Chief Risk Officer, on receiving the prestigious Volunteer of the Year award at the annual Philanthropy Awards luncheon hosted by the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP)’s Greater Toronto Chapter. The award recognizes …
RBC Launches Tech for Nature
RBC will bring together charitable organizations, technology experts to build multi-partner coalitions to address and help solve our shared environmental challenges TORONTO, ON–RBC announced the launch of RBC Tech for Nature – a multi-year commitment by the RBC Foundation to new ideas, technologies and partnerships focused on protecting our shared …
Breakfast Club of Canada Set to Assess Its Social Impact
A great tool to fast-track the development of the Club and its partner organizations, help more than 1 million young Canadians who go to school on an empty stomach VANCOUVER, BC–With one in four Canadian children going to school without breakfast in 2019 – or one in two in Indigenous …
SickKids Foundation wins Top Cause Award at CMA Gala
TORONTO, ON—The Top Cause Award at the Canadian Marketing Association’s 2019 Awards was given to SickKids Foundation for their SickKids VS – Crews campaign in partnership with marketing and communications agency Cossette. The PR and social media strategy behind this campaign centered on a video that followed hundreds of donors, …
Royal Inland Hospital Foundation Project Gets $1 Million Donation
KAMLOOPS, BC–Domtar and Unifor have announced their intention to jointly commit $1 million over the next five years to Royal Inland Hospital’s Patient Care Tower Project. This donation makes history twice in one move, as it is Unifor’s largest single donation in the history of the Union and Domtar’s largest …
National Red Mitten Day Empowers Canadians to Join Hands in Support of Canadian Athletes
Every pair of Hudson’s Bay Red Mittens sold directly supports Team Canada athletes with more than $32 million raised to-date TORONTO, ON–On Thursday, November 21, Hudson’s Bay brought back National Red Mitten Day for its third year. National Red Mitten Day encourages Canadians across the country to show their pride …
Symcor announces over $500,000 gift to Women’s College Hospital
Gift to support virtual care at WCH TORONTO, ON–Symcor, a major Canadian provider of services supporting clients through their digital transformation, has announced a $510,000 total multi-year commitment to fund research into cutting-edge virtual care solutions being evaluated by The Women’s College Hospital Institute for Health System Solutions and Virtual …
Pandora launches limited-edition charms for change in support of UNICEF
As part of a new long-term global collaboration, Pandora joins UNICEF in supporting the world’s most vulnerable children TORONTO, ON–Ahead of World Children’s Day on 20th November, Pandora will launch the limited-edition Pandora Me jewellery for UNICEF – as the first of many partnership activities to come. By wearing Pandora …
2019 U.S. Donor-Advised Fund Report: Grants to Charities Exceed $23 Billion
Total Charitable Assets Surpass $121 Billion ; National Philanthropic Trust’s 13th annual report reveals how tax reform, financial market fluctuations and heightened interest in philanthropy impacted DAF sector JENKINTOWN, PA –The 2019 Donor-Advised Fund Report, the most comprehensive data on donor-advised funds (DAFs) in the U.S., reveals growth in key metrics for …