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The Black Watch of Canada Foundation was officially established August 13, 1996. The primary role of the Foundation is to assist the Commanding Officer in reaching the community in which the Regiment is located, so as to serve it better.

In Hastings County Ontario on May 1st, 1991, Quinte Regional Children’s Foundation* was founded to help children who have been abused or neglected and to help prevent further suffering. The Quinte Children's Foundation is the fund raising arm of the Hastings Children's Aid Society. Our mission is to raise funds for programs that let these children be kids again and to raise public awareness that encourages adults to protect the innocent. In 18 years we have touched the lives of over 3,500 children in need and helped over 900 families learn better parenting skills through counseling. We cannot change what has happened to these children, but we can help them heal and break the cycle of abuse and stop abuse before it happens… * Name changed to Quinte Children’s Foundation in 2002

At the Learning Centre children with dyslexia aquire reading skills. Services and programs provided by the Learning Centre help improve a child's attitude toward reading and, of greater importance, toward school and themselves. The Learning Centre tutors children individually with a program that accomodates their specific learning differences in a one-on-one setting by specially trained tutors. There is no cost to the child or the family. The Learning Centre is all-inclusive and promotes diversity amongst individuals. All children and youth who qualify for the program will be accepted regardless of race, colour or creed.

We are a volunteer group drawn from all walks of life, devoted to the preservation and advancement of the Aviary and the care and breeding of its birds. Since our start in 1992 we have gone on to become a registered charity in 2000.

The Paré Foundation is a family foundation established by Alphonse Paré and Lucy Griffith’s nine children. In commemoration of Alphonse and Lucy’s dedication to education, the Foundation was set up to support schools and families in Canada and abroad. As of 2007, the foundation’s activities have focused on achieving this in Sub-Saharan Africa (in Malawi since 2005), with newer projects in Bolivia, Israel, and Haiti.

Isha Foundation is a non-profit corporation established in the USA and a charitable trust founded by Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev in India in 1992. The foundation serves as an educator, catalyst and resource for yoga science and natural health. Isha Foundation conducts various public welfare programs to advance physical, mental and spiritual development through the intergration of body mind and spirit. The foundation improves the quality of life for the impoverished through humanitarian and social outreach programs such as "Action for Rural Rejuvination," medical and disaster relief for the poor, student scholarships for destitute children and prison yoga programs entitled "Inner Freedom for the Imprisoned". A significant amount of the foundation's efforts involve Mobile Health Clinics for rural villages in India and facilitating Yoga Programs to help individuals regain health, find peace within and become responsible to the world around them. Through humanitarian programs and other advanced yoga programs, Isha Foundation provides the potential and process for individual transformation, helping to establish a peaceful and prosperous global society.

With over 1,600 funds and assets totaling $930 million, Vancouver Foundation is Canada's largest community foundation. Each year, Vancouver Foundation and its donors make more than 5,300 grants, totaling approximately $50 million to registered charities across Canada. Since it was founded in 1943, Vancouver Foundation, in partnership with its donors, has distributed more than $1 billion to thousands of community projects and programs. Grant recipients range from social services to medical research groups, to organizations devoted to arts and culture, the environment, education, children and families, disability supports for employment, youth issues and animal welfare.

NewSpring Foundation They provide a path to hope, education and opportunities by clearing the obstacles of hunger and lack of resources.

The Calgary Foundation, founded in 1955, serves as a bridge between our Donors and the broader community, by assisting donors in reaching their charitable goals. Donations, most endowed in perpetuity, are invested and the capital is retained. The Calgary Foundation provides Grants, to support organizations in the areas of Arts & Culture, Human Services, Education & Lifelong Learning, Environment & Animal Welfare, Health & Wellness and Neighbourhoods. The Calgary Foundation encourages and supports dialogue on issues affecting our Community and serves as a catalyst for positive change, now and for future generations.

Catalyst Foundation works with ethnic minority families in rural Vietnam to build communities and prevent human trafficking.