Selected Grants
2009

 

Public Policy Research and Education

 
Atlantic Institute for Market Studies
General Support
 
$25,818
Atlantic Institute for Market Studies
The Atlas Experience – Bringing International Policy
Leaders to Canada for Idea Exchanges
 
$5,000
C. D. Howe Institute
Education Papers
 
$11,812
C. D. Howe Institute
General Support
 
$25,000
Canadian Constitution Foundation
General Support
 
$66,000
Frontier Centre for Public Policy
General Support
 
$65,000
Hillsdale College
Institute of World Politics/Hillsdale College
Faculty Exchange Initiative
 
$32,000
Historica-Dominion Institute
General Support
 
$3,000
Macdonald-Laurier Institute
General Support
 
$110,650
McGill University
General Support for the McGill Institute for the
Study of Canada
 
$35,000
Montreal Economic Institute
Book on Regulation and Economic Crises
 
$15,000
Montreal Economic Institute
General Support
 
$10,000
Montreal Economic Institute
MEI’s 2010 Research Program on Education
 
$10,490
Princeton University
General Support for the James Madison Program in
American Ideals and Institutions
 
$20,000
Stanford University
General Support for the Hoover Institution
 
$34,000
University of Calgary (Department of Political Science)
Eric Voegelin: Prehistoric Political Symbolism
 
$20,000
University of Delaware
General Support for the Center for Economic Education
and Entrepreneurship

 
$35,000
 

 

Social Services


 
Camp Oochigeas
Camp Ooch in the City
 
$72,120
Fraser Institute
Donner Canadian Foundation Awards for Excellence in
the Delivery of Social Services
 
$200,000
Pacific Assistance Dogs Society (PADS)
Apprentice Salary and Training and General Support
 
$50,000
Pathways to Education Canada
Support for Pathways to Education Program and
the Strategic Planning Program
 
$115,000
Regent Park School of Music
General Support
 
$10,000
Sexual Assault Centre of Edmonton
Making a Difference Canada Phase V
 
$69,277
Sprint-Pioneers Ministries Inc.
General Support
 
$10,000
 

 

Land and Wildlife Conservation


 
Bluenose Coastal Action Foundation
Gold River Salmon Research and Campaign
 
$55,000
Canadian Organization for Tropical Education and Rainforest Conservation
General Support
 
$25,000
Evergreen
No. 9 Contemporary Art and the Environment Mission
 
$10,000
Global Forest Society
Conservation of the Threatened Westslope Cutthroat Trout
and Investigation of Spectral, Thermal and Auditory Cues
of the Mountain Pine Beetle
 
$40,000
Ian Anderson House Foundation
Project Green: Installation of a Solar Thermal System
 
$30,000
Lewa Wildlife Conservancy (Canada)
General Support
 
$95,000
Nature Conservancy of Canada
Preserving Manitoba’s Tall Grass Prairie
 
$10,000
Respecting Aboriginal Values and Environmental Needs (RAVEN)
The Defence of Teztan Biny (Fish Lake): Participation
Funding for the Federal Environmental Assessment
of the Prosperity Project
 
$30,000
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
General Support
 
$15,000
Toronto Wildlife Centre
General Support
 
$20,000
Wildlife Conservation Society
Capacity-Building in Virunga National Park
 
$55,000
Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative Foundation
Preserving Grizzly Bear Habitat: Acquiring Kidd Creek 2 Lands
 
$25,000
 

 

International Affairs and Development


 
Bhutan Canada Foundation
General Support
 
$5,000
Canadian Ditchley Foundation
Biennial Conference, September 11-13, 2009
 
$15,000
Canadian Food for the Hungry International
Burundi International Medical Equipment Distribution Container
 
$23,000
Canadian Network for International Surgery (CNIS)
Controlling Injury and Improving Surgical Care in Tanzania: 2009/10
 
$51,500
Child Haven International
Sustainable Fruit-Drying Micro-Enterprise in Rural India
 
$32,000
Dignitas International
General Support
 
$70,000
Doctors Without Borders Canada
General Support
 
$55,000
Doctors Without Borders Canada
Malnutrition Project in Niger
 
$10,000
Farm Radio International
Scriptwriting Competition on Farmer Innovation
 
$10,000
Human Rights Watch (Canada)
General Support
 
$5,000
Jane Goodall Institute of Canada
Roots & Shoots in Uganda
 
$17,000
OHAfrica
General Support
 
$2,000
ORBIS Canada
General Support
 
$130,000
PEN Canada
General Support
 
$3,000
Synergos Institute Canada
The Synergos Canada Program to Build Capacity and Collaboration
Among Civil Society Leaders: The Senior Fellows Program

 
$30,000
Tides Canada Foundation
Mapendo International Fund: Restoring Basic Rights to
Forgotten Refugees in Africa

 
$30,500
Tides Canada Foundation
Operation Smile India
 
$90,000
University of Cambridge
General Support for the Donner Atlantic Studies Programme
 
$124,780
University of Toronto (Munk Centre for International Studies)
Promoting Human Rights Online in Iran
 
$40,000
WaterCan
Clean Water for Vikenge Primary School
 
$25,000
 

 

Other (Including Arts and Culture and Medical Research)


 
Adopt-A-Dog Save-A-Life
General Support
 
$10,000
Alberta Spay Neuter Task Force Society
General Support
 
$5,000
Animal Rescue Foundation (ARF) of Alberta
General Support
 
$10,000
Annex Cat Rescue
General Support
 
$5,000
Bear Valley Rescue
General Support
 
$25,000
Blue Metropolis Foundation
General Support
 
$5,000
Canadian Art Foundation
General Support
 
$1,000
Chester Municipal Heritage Society
General Support
 
$7,000
Chester Theatre Council Society
General Support for the Chester Playhouse
 
$3,000
Christian Studies International
Scholars Mentoring and Support Initiative
(Komensky Institute of Prague Scholars Program)

 
$31,000
Fordham University
General Support for Fordham Law School
 
$10,000
French for the Future
General Support
 
$1,000
Friends of Abandoned Pets
Standard Vaccination, Deworming, and Testing
 
$10,000
Funds for Furry Friends
General Support
 
$10,000
Gardiner Museum
Endowment Campaign 2009-2013
 
$14,000
Mayo Foundation
General Support of the B-Cell Lymphocytic Leukemia
Research Program at the Mayo Clinic

 
$49,500
McGill University (Faculty of Medicine)
Supporting Graduate Research in Experimental Medicine
 
$5,413
McGill University
Training Patients, Healthcare Practitioners and
Medical Students in Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction

 
$15,000
Paws and Claws Animal Rescue Foundation
General Support
 
$5,000
Pound Rescue
General Support
 
$10,000
Responsible Animal Care Society, The
Investigation into Inhumane Equine Slaughter Practices
 
$25,000
Royal Conservatory of Music
Masonry Facade Restoration and Maintenance
 
$15,000
Royal Winnipeg Ballet
Support for Music in Moulin Rouge – The Ballet
 
$6,205
Second Chance Animal Rescue
General Support
 
$20,000
Syracuse University
Newhouse III Capital Campaign
 
$35,000
University of British Columbia
Research by Dr. Robert Hare on White Collar Psychopathy
 
$75,000
University of California, San Diego
Wm. M. Spencer, Jr. Endowed Fellowship and Research
Fund in Multiple System Atrophy

 
$33,538
University of Delaware (Center for Economic Education and Entrepreneurship)
Preserving the Great American Songbook
 
$45,000
University of Oxford (Wadham College)
Hackney Fellowship in Law
 
$15,000
University of St. Thomas
Tertio Millennio Seminary on the Free Society
 
$14,000
Vancouver Foundation
Ahousaht Welcome Figure
 
$25,000
Walrus Foundation
General Support
 
$4,000
Yukon Foundation
National Outdoor Leadership School Outreach
Through Scholarships for Youth, Educators, University Partners,
and First Nation Communities

 
$40,000
 

 

 


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