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The Foundation of SJS & NTC has a mission for today: to raise funds, coordinate fundraising activities, and manage investments to meet the operating expenses of the Seminary and College. Newman Theological College and St. Joseph Seminary provide a foundation of theological understanding for both religious and lay leaders. Whatever their calling--ordained priests or lay ministers in churches; chaplains in hospitals, the military or prisons; teachers in the Catholic school system; or one of many ministries in the secular world--our graduates depend upon your contribution toward their development and work.

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 Mazamas Foundation is affiliated with but distinctly separate from the Mazamas by design. Established to benefit the club, the Foundation exists to carry out the purposes of the Mazamas. The Mazamas Foundation Mission Statement reflects these goals and the Foundation accomplishes its purpose by assuring the long-term security of and the prudent investment and management of endowment fund assets.

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.

The Honnold Foundation promotes solar energy for a more equitable world.

The Water Foundation’s mission is to create lasting water solutions for communities, economies, and the environment.

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.

The Outside Foundation has a mission to get kids outside and to preserve and protect our local environment.

Established in 1970, the Miriam Foundation supports rehabilitative, vocational, residential services and programs that foster increased socialization and community integration for children and adults living with intellectual disabilities or autism spectrum disorders. The Foundation, through the Lou Greenberg association also owns and manages 19 adapted community homes which offer a caring and supportive environment and promote inclusion. The Miriam Foundation also supports educational initiatives of a national scope through its Abe Gold Learning & Research Centre, including conferences and training and a bilingual national web portal (Autism Central). The Miriam Foundation publishes Exceptional Family, a national resource magazine for Parents and caregivers of children with cognitive and physical special needs. The Miriam Foundation also funds the Trampoline Programme, an early intensive therapeutic programme for children with an autism spectrum disorder or a developmental disability.

The ACT Foundation is the national charitable organization that is establishing CPR and defibrillator training programs in Canadian high schools.