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The Mercy Project was founded in 2008 by a group of Canadian volunteers who met while participating in the Concordia Volunteer Abroad Program in Northern Uganda. While in Uganda the volunteers provided support to a daycare where the children had limited access to healthcare. Profoundly affected by the experience, they created the organization in memory of a four-year-old girl named Mercy who needlessly died from malaria. Our Vision We believe in small movements that make large impacts in peoples lives. Access to healthcare is a human right and we refuse to be overwhelmed by the challenge of poverty. Within our partnering communities we focus on children so that they may have the opportunity to grow and thrive in good health.

AIM stands for "Ability in Me". AIM is intended to provide specialized education and support for children with Down syndrome and their families, helping them realize their full potential by working collaboratively with stakeholders. Through individual and small group learning experiences with the necessity of family engagement, each student will receive the personal attention they require to learn, to grow, and to contribute in inclusive settings at school and in the community.

The Painted Turtle’s mission is to provide a year-round, life-changing environment and authentic camp experience for children with chronic and life-threatening illnesses. The Painted Turtle supports children’s medical needs, inspires them to reach beyond their illnesses, and provides care, education and respite for their families. All campers and families attend free of charge. Of the more than one million children in California with chronic and life-threatening illnesses, our needs assessment revealed more than 17,500 are unable to attend summer camp due to their medical conditions. That is, until we came along! The Painted Turtle provides these children and their families with an empowering, renewing experience completely free of charge. The Painted Turtle offers year-round programs including: Spring and Fall Family Weekends for the entire family, one-day family events, week-long Summer Sessions, and hospital/community outreach programs.  

The KAT6 Foundation supports people and their families who are living with KAT6A and KAT6B syndromes around the world. We advance scientific research aimed at developing treatments and spread awareness of KAT6 syndromes so they can be more easily identified, treated and studied.

We are an organization created by parents of children diagnosed with rare forms of Epilepsy and Autism as a result of a change in the SCN2A gene. Our vision is to find effective treatments and a cure for SCN2A related disorders. Our mission is to improve the lives of those affected by SCN2A related disorders through research, public awareness, family support and patient advocacy. We are a registered 501(c)(3) organization.

To restore hope and provide healing to children and families.

The Kettle began over 35 years ago providing support and services to mental health consumers in Vancouver. It has since grown into a registered charity with an operating budget of approximately $8 million today. The Kettle's mandate is to provide an open door drop-in. It provides services and support in the areas of housing, advocacy, employment, meals and approximately 26 weekly life-skill programs.

Our Vision A Winnipeg where community life flourishes.

For over 100 years The Elliott Community has cared for and served seniors in Guelph. We have grown to become the only not for profit home for seniors in Guelph to offer five levels of care: Life Lease Suites, Retirement, Retirement Plus, Respite, and Long-Term Care. Our residents have made significant contributions to their communities. Our residents are war veterans, service men and women, husbands, wives, mothers, fathers, sisters and brothers. They are philanthropists, factory workers, ministers, farmers, doctors, industry leaders, visionaries and so much more. They have shaped their communities and our Country. It is their generation that formed many of the services and systems we rely on and utilize today.

Since 1982, the 9-10 Club Serving Soup To The Hungry has operated The Soup Kitchen out of rented space in the basement of St. Andrew's Cathedral in Victoria, BC. We serve soup to between 150-300 clients a day, and are open Monday through Friday, all holidays except Christmas day. The Soup Kitchen is staffed by volunteers, except for our caretaker who receives a modest honorarium. We rely on cash and food donations from the community to help feed those in need. We receive no support from the Government.

The Praxis Project is a nonprofit movement support intermediary and an institution of color that supports organizing and change work at local, regional and national levels. Focused on movement building for fundamental change, our mission is to build healthy communities by changing the power relationships between people of color and the institutional structures that affect their lives.

The Fogarty Center provides services and supports to children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, helping people increase independence, build community connections, and make choices about their lives. Its programs include residential supports, day and employment services, children’s services, and self-direction/fiscal intermediary services.