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The Foundation supports creating, developing and promoting the best conditions for education of students at Malvern Collegiate Institute, including support for staff through teaching research, education tools and professional development. Donations to the MRBS are used to fund the bi-annual newsletter, the website, special events, office and archives expenses, and the annual MRBS award to a male and female student who have contributed to fostering the Malvern spirit.

The following are among the many important activities supported by the Foundation: • Promoting public awareness of its mission, capabilities and accomplishments. • Organizing and supporting lectures, curriculum development, symposia and other educational initiatives in the area of defence and security studies. • Supporting and funding research and education in the area of national and international defence and security studies. • Establishing and maintaining a Canadian Forces College Museum. • Establishing and supporting an active alumni affairs programme.

The mission of the Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation is to further the pioneering work of Alvin Ailey by establishing an extended cultural community which provides dance performances, training, and community programs for all people. As important as its artistic and educational mission, this performing arts community plays a social role, using the beauty and humanity of the African-American heritage and other cultures to unite people of all races, ages and backgrounds.

The Physiotherapy Foundation of Canada (PFC) is a nationally registered charitable organization that improves the quality of life of Canadians by sponsoring research which advances the treatment techniques, knowledge and skills of Canada's 13,000 physiotherapists. We take a leadership role in the funding of, and fundraising for, physiotherapy research. We develop partnerships with physiotherapy stakeholder including corporations, clinics and individual physiotherapists to  make certain that all research of merit is funded.

WEFI accepts donations from those interested in furthering excellence in education at WRDSB. The goal of WEFI is to build accounts to support projects that benefit the whole system or groups of schools within the Waterloo Region District School Board. The Foundation’s objectives focus on providing funding for the following: > to provide nutrition programs for hungry children; > to help re-integrate alienated, at-risk youth into the regular school system; > to provide classroom enhancements; > to encourage best practice initiatives for staff and students.

SDWF is a registered charitable organization. To reaffirm and promote all people's right to safe drinking water. With a focus on developing partnerships with rural communities throughout Canada and around the world, we intend to effect change at the municipal, provincial, and federal levels as well as within civil society and industries involved in the protection and production of public water supplies. We will deliver high quality, hands-on educational programs to thousands of classrooms in order to educate students, the leaders of tomorrow, about drinking water quality issues and solutions.

Literacy for Life Foundation is a community based network that facilitates and delivers literacy resources primarily in the Municipal District of Foothills #31 (south of Calgary, Alberta). Service is provided to families and individuals through the Books for Babies Program, Building Blocks Program, Rhythm and Rhyme classes and adult and adolescent programs. We offer classes for adults in English as a Second Language and adults preparing for their GED exam. Information and resources are shared at a provincial and national level. The Building Blocks Program was a pilot project in partnership with the Rainbow Literacy Society and is recognised as a provincial model for family literacy.

The Education Foundation of Niagara raises funds to support over 36,000 District School Board of Niagara students. Funding is directed to schools or initiatives that are not eligible for ministry or board funding. We - help students in financial need - provide annual student awards and bursaries for post secondary education - support projects and initiatives in DSBN schools in areas of the arts; character education; healthy, active lifestyles; outdoor education and environmental stewardship; innovative practices - provide leading-edge resources to the community such as Prom Project Niagara - manage donor designated gifts in accordance with donor specifications.

The RWA Foundation was incorporated in June 1997 and is a federally registered charitable organization. The RWAF is governed by a 12-member Board, that is elected annually and consists of parent volunteers, the school principal (or Vice Principal), and a staff representative. Meetings are held monthly at the school and are open to all members of the RWA community. Following completion of the gymnasium project in 2008, an updated auditorium, or “Performing Arts Centre” was identified as RWAF’s next goal. Since this time, the RWAF has been actively seeking $2.2 million in funding for the completion of this project. Phase one of this renovation project is slated to begin in the summer of 2013.

Calgary Arts Academy is the only school in Canada offering public education through Arts Immersion. We continue to develop interesting, exciting and effective programs to help our students learn and grow, but we need your help. We have identified the need for an additional $100,000 of funding to enhance current and future school programs and facilities. The CAA Foundation is introducing the "Be a Star - Buy a Star" giving program to support the development of new learning programs and facilities. Your donation will immediately benefit the students at our Glenmeadows Elementary and Knob Hill Middle School campuses, by helping us create new and exciting programs for the future.

Through various programs, Canada Post employees and retirees have devoted countless hours to initiatives that improve the lives of children. For more than 30 years, we’ve helped Santa answer 20 million letters. By raising both awareness and funds, Canada Post will support the grassroots volunteers, and local and national non-profit groups that work every day to improve the lives of our children—Canada's future generations. Through the sale of a fundraising stamp, combined with a retail donation campaign made possible by our generous customers, the Canada Post Community Foundation will provide financial support to registered charities, school programs and local initiatives that strive to improve the lives of children in communities across Canada.

Bringing the wonderment of science into the lives of our visitors has been our passion for more than a decade. We are proud to have created a bilingual learning environment that is amazing, fun and surprising. Our teams of education specialists, museologists, scientific consultants, engineers, technology experts, and artists join forces to help people better understand our world. Whether you are a visual learner, an auditory learner or a tactile learner, no matter what your age or educational background, you are permitted to wonder and will leave our Centre having learned something new. Perhaps you will even be inspired to invent, to innovate, to take up a new interest or even to change the orientation of your career.