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The Yarmouth Hospital Foundation is a registered charitable organization providing funding to enhance patient care at the Yarmouth Regional Hospital. Since its establishment in 1970, and through the generosity of the community, the Foundation has helped to fund a major building expansion and has invested more than $17 million in equipment and facilities at the Yarmouth Regional Hospital. On average the Foundation purchases more than $300,000 in patient-related equipment for the hospital each year. The Yarmouth Hospital Foundation is governed by a voluntary board of directors with representatives from the local community and the hospital. Funds are raised through major gift solicitation, community mail appeals, special events, memorial gifts and other fundraising activities.

Namo Buddha Foundation (Canada) was established at the request of the Venerable Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche in 2000. Namo Buddha Foundation is a Canadian registered charitable organization founded by Thrangu Rinpoche to provide food, clothing, medical care and education to the poor children of the Himalayan region, and support nunneries, monasteries, schools, free clinics, retreat centres and monastic colleges in Nepal, India and Tibet. Namo Buddha Foundation (Canada) receives funds, issues tax receipts for Canadians, and ensures that those funds benefit the projects and people they are intended for. A complete description of these projects can be found by visiting Thrangu Rinpoche's main website at www.rinpoche.com. Namo Buddha Foundation (Canada) is run by volunteers who receive no financial remuneration.

The True Sport Foundation is committed to ensuring that sport makes a positive contribution to Canadian society, to our athletes and to the physical and moral development of Canada’s youth. As a leader in the True Sport Movement, the Foundation is focused on building and enriching communities and the lives of individuals by providing a safe, welcoming and rewarding environment for all participants, at all levels of sport. The Foundation also plays a pivotal role in the Canadian sport system by bringing together leading sport organizations to promote, celebrate and recognize sporting excellence. Together, these sport leaders guide the Foundation’s primary activities, including : 1. Sport and social innovation 2. Promoting sport as a public asset 3. Fostering collaboration through various funds 4. Celebrating values-based sport

Established in 1981, the Manitoba Chartered Accountants Foundation provides financial support to students, educators and post-secondary institutions in Manitoba.

The mission of The Johnny Mercer Foundation (JMF) is to support the discipline of songwriting in the tradition of the Great American Songbook as exemplified by the life and work of Johnny Mercer: lyricist, composer, performer, collaborator and producer. The Foundation continues Johnny’s legacy by partnering with individuals and organizations dedicated to celebrating and nourishing the disciplines he mastered, and the causes he and Ginger Mercer championed.

The Otis Redding Foundation's mission is to empower, enrich, and motivate all young people through programs involving music, writing and instrumentation.

PROMOTES JAZZ APPRECIATION AND EDUCATION. INDIANAPOLIS JAZZ FOUNDATION'S MISSION IS TO PRESERVE THE LEGACY AND PROMOTE THE FUTURE OF JAZZ IN INDIANAPOLIS THROUGH EDUCATION AND PERFORMANCE.

Okanagan College Foundation stimulates support from individuals, alumni, friends, corporations and foundations to enable students to participate in learning at Okanagan College’s four regional campuses (Kelowna, Penticton, Vernon and Salmon Arm) in British Columbia. The Okanagan College Foundation raises and manages private resources for the development and expansion of educational programs, services, capital projects and student financial aid through scholarships, bursaries and grants. Okanagan College has embarked on a $200 million expansion and launched The Okanagan College Campaign to raise $12.5 million over the next 5 years. The Foundation is dedicated to assisting the College in building endowments, supporting the long-term academic and strategic priorities of the College, fostering public knowledge and awareness of Okanagan College and the economic and social benefits that Okanagan College provides to the people of BC. Your support is highly valued and appreciated.

Halton Learning Foundation's objective is to raise charitable funds to remove economic barriers to learning for students in need and support school initiatives. As each has its own community, students and families, fundraising revenues generated within a school varies from school to school. In a number of communities, school council/parents are unable to raise any significant amount of money to help with additional purchases above and beyond core education funding. Funds raised by the Halton Learning Foundation are available to help schools that need additional assistance. Funds raised by the Foundation are directed to eliminating barriers to learning for students and classroom enrichment; not to administration or capital projects. The Halton Learning Foundation is incorporated as a registered charity and as an independent body collaborating with the Halton District School Board. The Halton District School Board has over 50,000 students and 95 schools in Halton Region.

Daniel's Music Foundation provides a comfortable, educational and social environment in which individuals of all abilities can enjoy, learn and practice the joy of music together.

The IEEE Canadian Foundation is registered, in Canada, as a charitable organization associated with IEEE Canada, the Canadian entity of the worldwide Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Inc.

We advise our volunteers to seek out children in villages and low income areas and convince their parents to send them to school, and the foundation pays the fees.