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The Bob Rumball Foundation for the Deaf supports the following charities: *Bob Rumball Associations for the Deaf (Milton) *Bob Rumball Centre for the Deaf (Toronto) (Legal Name is The Ontario Community Centre for the Deaf Inc.) *Bob Rumball Camp for the Deaf (Parry Sound) *Bob Rumball Home for the Deaf (Barrie)

The Foundation for the Children of the Californias is a tri-national collaboration with Canada, the United States, and Mexico, endeavoring to improve the health and nutrition for the children of the mega-region of San Diego and Baja California through the operation of Hospital Infantil de las Californias, a model pediatric specialty medical and education complex, located one half mile into Baja California, Mexico

The BackStoppers provides needed financial assistance and support to the spouses and dependent children of all police officers, firefighters and volunteer firefighters, and publicly-funded paramedics and EMTs in our coverage area who have lost their lives or suffered a catastrophic injury performing their duty.

Incorporated in 1980, the Milton District Hospital Foundation (MDHF) was founded to assist Milton District Hospital in funding new and replacement equipment needs and community education programs. The Foundation serves as the primary philanthropic arm for the Milton District Hospital and is responsible for generating and administering all charitable gifts for the Hospital. A Board of Directors comprised of business and civic leaders in the community governs the Milton District Hospital Foundation.

Through various fund raising projects, memorials, donations, gifts, bequests, the Foundation has helped the Association with the cost of wheelchair repairs and provided such items as a 'Snoezelen Light Therapy System' (MKK), A Lifeline Emergency Call System (for Kotitalo residents) and new chairs for the Kestitupa dining room at Suomi Eesti Maja. In 2007 the Foundation also purchased a new, larger bus/van for the use of all OFRA residents for various outings. When Mauno Kaihla Koti was in need of an addition and renovations, the Foundation committed to help and raised $300,000.00 towards the project. The 'Friendship Rose Garden' is a special project of the Foundation. Anyone can buy a rose bush and/or an engraved granite stone to honor and remember a loved one.

The Clay Elliott Scholarship Foundation is dedicated to helping youth achieve their goals in education. What makes the foundation unique is that it awards scholarships based on the demonstration of the right attitude. At no time are transcripts used to evaluate a student. The Clay Elliott Scholarship Foundation is a non-profit organization that provides scholarships to students who are currently completing high school and are applying for a full-time under-graduate degree, college diploma or trade school certificate at an accredited Canadian post secondary institution. With the help of the local community, over the past five years, the Foundation has provided over $150,000.00 in scholarships to 78 students who have graduated from schools within Northumberland County. We want to keep giving more, please help.

Since 2002 Nourish and Develop has assisted those in need, in particular children. In 2009 the foundation moved its offices to Cannington in the Township of Brock (northeast GTA). The focus is to assist rural communities by encouraging innovative approaches to community economic development and participatory ownership of those affected. The foundation motto is "Food for Life...Education for Change"

The Maple Ridge Community Foundation is a public foundation established by and for the people of Maple Ridge. We're passionate about connecting people, ideas and resources through community philanthropy. We work to make giving easy by providing ways to connect donors with causes that matter in their own community, and facilitating individual, corporate and foundation philanthropy. We believe in the power of individuals, charitable organizations and corporations working together for positive change. A gift of any amount creates a legacy that addresses the needs of our community today and tomorrow. Help create a better Maple Ridge forever by making a donation today.

The Community Foundation of Mississauga works with donors, helping them to suport the organizations and charitable activities they care about and creating funds that will exist in perpetuity ensuring the ability to respond to current needs as well as emerging needs and opportunities of the future. Because the Community Foundation of Mississauga works directly with people, we can provide a further role through our awareness of community needs and providing donors with information and suggestions for working towards solutions. We build social capital by fostering networks of people who care about their communities and provide opportunities for them to become engaged and involved. And the Community Foundation of Mississauga makes grants from the investment earnings of these endowed funds to a broad range of charitable initiatives, building a better community through the programs and intiatives that enhance quality of life in our city.

THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF OTTAWA is a registered non-profit charity that raises private funds to help students in need and at risk of school failure, attending schools in the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board. Children cannot learn if their basic needs are not met. Children come to school hungry every day. Many of our students face life challenges that place them at risk of school failure. Over 25% of Ottawa's children are living in poverty. We provide funding in emergency situations, for food and clothing, or medication, when a family is in financial crisis. The Foundation is managed by a volunteer Board of Directors made up of business, education and community leaders, and chaired by Mr. Jim Orban, Publisher of the Ottawa Citizen. For more details, please visit our website: www.ocdsb.ca/foundation

The Anglican Foundation of Canada was established in 1957 as a separate corporation of the Anglican Church of Canada, distinct from General Synod. It was created in order to respond to the many needs of the Anglican Church of Canada. The Foundation's mandate includes supporting church camps, conferences and programs, publications, bursaries for theological students, creative programs in music, art, drama and dance, aboriginal prayer and peace circles and much more. In addition, we provide assistance to help build or renovate churches, halls, and rectories, including the creation of handicapped-accessible spaces. This is accomplished through a regular grants and loans program, as well as through 36 donor-designated trusts.