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The Grand Bend Community Foundation, a member of Communities Foundations of Canada,supports a wide variety of organizations, ranging from schools, local recreation, children's programs, arts & culture, the environment,the Health Centre, local facilities and seniors projects. The Foundation has distributed nearly $900,000 since it was founded in 2001.

As a growing charitable organization and the first of its kind in Canada, Hope's Home is immensely proud of its achievements and the standard of excellence it has set for such a unique model of care. Our families and children receive the benefit of physical and occupational therapies, integrated and inclusive programming, and the security and expertise from a team of specialized pediatric care providers. Based on individual assessments and a total approach of planning and setting goals for each child, it has been exciting to watch so many medically fragile children and their siblings grow physically, mentally, socially, and emotionally.

The Eastern Townships is unique in its history and heritage. The people of the area are noted for their sense of community and commitment to institutions and organizations. It is the aim of the Foundation to support this commitment by directing funds raised towards gras-roots, volunteer-based organizations and projects in the fields of health and social services, arts and heritage, youth, education and research.

Raise funds for charitable causes involving the health, education and safety of the community at large. On an annual basis VOCM Cares donates more $200,000 to local charities in Newfoundland and Labrador. On an annual basis VOCM Cares supports community projects, such as the Happy Tree, Food Drives, Coats for Kids and public awareness campaigns.

Since 2001 the Edmonton Oilers Community Foundation (EOCF) has worked to change lives in Oil Country through their support of a host of deserving organizations. The Foundation gives back in excess of $1 million annually to registered charities throughout Central and Northern Alberta who focus their activities on youth, education and health & wellness.

The first Canadian organization working nationally to address lymphedema concerns. A collaboration among health professionals, community based organizations, patients and industry partners to improve standards of lymphedema management in Canada. Part of an international intiative to promote research, best practise guidelines and lymphedema clinical development both in Canada and around the world.

Founded in 1976, Working Women Community Centre is a non-profit and charitable organization that provides immigrant women and their families with opportunities to improve the quality of their lives through self-development and community action. We provide a range of services that include: - settlement - language and training - employment - health and wellness - public education and community development

The Population Council is dedicated to improving the reproductive health and well-being of the most vulnerable individuals in developing countries. Council researchers focus their efforts on three programs: HIV and AIDS; Poverty, Gender, and Youth; and Reproductive Health. Researchers draw on the multidisciplinary knowledge of colleagues from their own program as well as the other two programs to think broadly in developing, implementing, and testing programs that can help improve people's lives. The Council has a network of offices in 18 countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East and over 500 staff members who hail from 33 countries. An international board of 15 individuals from 6 countries governs the organization. Council headquarters and biomedical laboratories are located in New York. The Council also has an office in Washington DC.

The Access Communications Children’s Fund is a registered charity operated through Access Communications Co-operative Limited to provide assistance to children and youth in need across Saskatchewan. The charity focuses funding efforts in areas which support the following children's needs: health and well being, education and literacy, crime prevention and pathways out of poverty.

A community foundation is a local non-profit organization run by local volunteer representatives. Every year, fund management revenues are re-affected toward the financial assistance of a wide range of organizations operating in fields such as arts and culture, education, environment, health and youth. The capital raised remains untouched and only the interests are distributed to give a hand to the community.

The main focus of Okala’s work is the health and education of the village children, and the urgent medical needs of the villagers. Through continued sponsorship with Okala Foundation, the children receive a hot lunch every school day, all necessary school supplies needed for the year, plus a mosquito net to help reduce the spread of diseases like malaria and dengue fever.

The Trans-Himalayan Aid Society (TRAS), formerly the Tibetan Refugee Aid Society, is a Vancouver-based non-profit international development organization that seeks to improve the health and education of children and youth in Tibet, Nepal and northern India, working with local partners in the region. TRAS holds no political or religious affiliations, and assists communities on the basis of humanitarian need.