The Mackenzie Financial Charitable Foundation

 
Partner Charities

In 2009, the Mackenzie Financial Charitable Foundation received more than 80 donation requests from Canadian charitable organizations. Each application was reviewed by the Employee Committee based on a variety of criteria developed in part by employees.

Last year, we donated over $590,000 to charitable organizations across Canada. The Foundation currently supports 13 Partner Charities with grants ranging from $5,000 to $60,000, and 19 Friend Charities.

 

Action Nouvelle Vie:
Provides support to disadvantaged children in suburban Montreal, especially those who are at risk or living in extreme poverty.

 
   

Big Brothers of Greater Vancouver:
Promotes the healthy development of children through a variety of mentoring programs, which match children with positive role models. These prevention-focused programs build the self-confidence and capacities of children.

   

Eva’s Initiatives for Homeless Youth:
Works with homeless and at-risk youth ages 16 to 24 to get them off the streets permanently.

   

Gilda’s Club Greater Toronto:
Provides a meeting place where men, women, teens and children living with cancer, as well as their families and friends, can build social and emotional support as a supplement to their treatment of choice.

   

Habitat for Humanity:
Mobilizes volunteers and community partners to build affordable housing and promote homeownership as a means of breaking the cycle of poverty.

   

Jennifer Ashleigh Children’s Charity:
Assists children who are chronically or seriously ill, are 21 years of age or under and whose permanent residence is in Ontario.

   

Moorelands Community Services:
Works with children and youth affected by poverty to provide them with positive and fun experiences to help strengthen their confidence, competence and character.

   

Second Harvest:
Provides food to children in need, seniors on fixed incomes, women fleeing domestic abuse, homeless people, psychiatric patients and thousands of others who have fallen on hard times.

   

Serve Canada:
Places troubled youths into positions of responsibility, empowering them to achieve. The focus is on leadership, teamwork and planning skills.

   

Starlight Children’s Foundation:
Touches the lives of seriously ill children and their families, from the time of diagnosis in the hospital to their time at home.

   

United Way of Greater Toronto:
Delivers quality services and programs by focusing on strengthening neighbourhoods, creating opportunities for youth and helping to fulfill the potential of newcomers.

   

Yonge Street Mission:
Makes a positive difference in the lives of families, seniors, socially isolated adults, homeless street youth, and the many children growing up in our lowincome community.

   

North York Harvest Food Bank:
The North York Harvest Food Bank works towards the relief of hunger in communities throughout Northern Toronto. North York Harvest, an independent charitable organization and the primary food bank for Northern Toronto, is unwavering in its commitment to those who are hungry in northern Toronto.

   
Friend Charities:
A Loving Spoonful - Vancouver Meals Society Diabetes Hope Foundation  
From the Street to Success Foundation Give Kids Foundation
PADS: Pacific Assistance Dogs Petit Dejeuner/ La Soupiere de L'Amitie de Gatineau
The Teresa Group Windfall Clothing Service
Downtown Care Ring - St Jamestown Youth Centre Power to Be Adventure Therapy Society
Scarborough Women's Shelter The Gatehouse Child Abuse Investigation and SupportSite
Toronto Children's Care Inc. (Ronald McDonald House) Harmony in Action
Life to Give Relief Organization (DBA: Dress Your Best) Hope for Children Foundation
The KidSport Society Calgary Sheena's Place
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