CIFAR Supporters
We express our sincere thanks to our supporters for helping us to address science and humanity’s most important questions.
LIFETIME GIVING
CIFAR is pleased to honour the lifetime commitment of donors who demonstrate a remarkable commitment and dedication to building a better future for all.
Benefactors' Circle
$20,000,000 and above
The Azrieli Foundation
$10,000,000 – $19,999,999
Brain Canada Foundation
RBC Foundation
Anonymous donor (1)
$5,000,000 - $9,999,999
MacMillan Family Foundation
$2,500,000 – $4,999,999
BMO Financial Group
Richard & Donna Ivey
Ivey Foundation
Lawson Foundation
Manulife Financial
Meta Platforms, Inc.
Michael and Sonja Koerner Charitable Foundation
Bruce H. Mitchell
Power Corporation of Canada
R. Howard Webster Foundation
$1,000,000 - $2,499,999
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Arthur J.E. Child Foundation
Canada Life
CIBC
CP
General Motors
The George Cedric Metcalf Charitable Foundation
Glencore
Google.org
The Henry White Kinnear Foundation
The Joseph Lebovic Charitable Foundation
J.W. McConnell Family Foundation
The Larry and Judy Tanenbaum Family Foundation
Magna International Inc.
Max Bell Foundation
Margaret & Wallace McCain
MDA Inc.
Molson Foundation
Scotiabank
TD Bank Group
Templeton World Charity Foundation, Inc.
Trottier Family Foundation
Vale Canada Limited
Believers
$500,000 – $999,999
ArcelorMittal Dofasco
Arrell Family Foundation
Atkinson Foundation
BCE
CN
Crabtree Foundation
David Dodge
Donner Canadian Foundation
Flair Foundation
George Weston Limited
Ira Gluskin & Maxine Granovsky-Gluskin
Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
Nancy & Jon Love
Petro-Canada
Rio Tinto Alcan Inc.
Shell Canada Limited
Barbara Stymiest
T.R. Meighen Family Foundation
Weston Family Foundation
Anonymous donor (1)
$250,000 – $499,999
Peter Allen
Alva Foundation
James C. Baillie
John & Mary Barnett
Bowring Group Limited
Chisholm Thomson Family Foundation
CRB Foundation
Bruno Ducharme
The Fleck Family Foundation
Gerdau Ameristeel
Anthony R.M. Graham
Hydro One
Jacobs Foundation
The Joan and Clifford Hatch Foundation
John Dobson Foundation
Donald K. Johnson
Lister-Rundle Foundation
MacMillan Bloedel Limited
The McLean Foundation
Gilles Ouellette
Sun Life
Torstar Corporation
The Young Fund at Hamilton Community Foundation
Anonymous donors (3)
$100,000 – $249,999
The Alvin and Mona Libin Foundation
Andrew Peller Limited
Cecily & Robert Bradshaw
Val & Dick Bradshaw
Canada Colors and Chemicals Limited
Canfor Corporation
CGI Group Inc.
Chawkers Foundation
Tony Comper
Olivier Desmarais
N. Murray Edwards
Fiera Capital Corporation
Fondation Céline & Jacques Lamarre
Janice & Morten Friis
GE Canada
The Gordon Foundation
Nancy & Richard Hamm
Charles Hantho & Eileen Mercier
Geoffrey Hinton
Chaviva M. Hošek
HSBC Canada
Imperial Oil Limited
Rosamond Ivey
John and Deborah Harris Family Foundation
Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, Inc.
Joseph Louis Rotman Charitable Foundation
Sheryl & David Kerr
Jacqueline Koerner
Liberty Mutual Canada
Maple Leaf Foods
Patricia Meredith & Stephen Karam
National Bank of Canada
NorandaFalconbridge
Lawrence Pentland & Nora Aufreiter
Placer Dome Inc.
Precarn Incorporated
PwC Canada
The Rockefeller Foundation
S. M. Blair Family Foundation
SDSN Association
Suncor Energy Inc.
Allan R. & Shirley I. Taylor
Technion Canada
TELUS Corporation
Texas Industries Inc.
Torys LLP
Daniel Trefler
Tula Foundation
Alfred G. Wirth
William L. Young & Ruth T. Dowling
Anonymous donors (3)
2023 SUPPORTERS
CIFAR is grateful to all of our donors who made multi-year commitments (in italics) and gifts throughout the 2023 calendar year.
Visionaries
$5,000,000 +
MacMillan Family Foundation
$1,000,000 – $4,999,999
The Azrieli Foundation
Google.org
$500,000 - $999,999
The Joseph Lebovic Charitable Foundation
$100,000 - $499,999
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Arrell Family Foundation
BMO Financial Group
Chisholm Thomson Family Foundation
The George Cedric Metcalf Charitable Foundation
Richard & Donna Ivey
Ivey Foundation
Jacobs Foundation
The Larry and Judy Tanenbaum Family Foundation
Magna International Inc.
Manulife Financial
Michael and Sonja Koerner Charitable Foundation
The Molson Foundation
Power Corporation of Canada
R. Howard Webster Foundation
RBC Foundation
Scotiabank
Sun Life
Templeton World Charity Foundation, Inc.
Trottier Family Foundation
Leaders
$50,000 - $99,999
Flair Foundation
John and Deborah Harris Family Foundation
Donald K. Johnson
Max Bell Foundation
Bruce H. Mitchell
Barbara Stymiest
The Young Fund at Hamilton Community Foundation
$25,000 – $49,999
Alison Fisher Fund
The Henry White Kinnear Foundation
Rosamond Ivey
The Joan and Clifford Hatch Foundation
Lister-Rundle Foundation
McCall MacBain Foundation
Gilles Ouellette
Anonymous (1)
Knowledge Circle
$10,000 - $24,999
The Alvin and Mona Libin Foundation
David Dodge
Fiera Capital Corporation
Nancy & Richard Hamm
Charles Hantho & Eileen Mercier
James Hinds
Suzanne Ivey Cook
Jacobs Family
Sheryl & David Kerr
Jacqueline Koerner
McLean Group
Patricia Meredith & Stephen Karam
Lawrence Pentland & Nora Aufreiter
Irfhan Rawji
Stephen J. Toope
William L. Young & Ruth T. Dowling
Anonymous donor (1)
$5,000 - $9,999
Frank Barker
William Blundell
Scott Bonham
Tim & Sheila Casgrain
Dominic D’Alessandro
Derek & Adrienne Fisher
Susan Fox & Mike Schnekenburger
Trisha Jackson, in memory of Syd Jackson
Chonnettia Jones
John & Sidney Madden
Anne McLellan
The Midloch Foundation
Ann Rooney & Jim Artindale
Indira Samarasekera
Daniel Trefler
Damon & Stevi Williams
$2,000 - $4,999
James C. Baillie
Arnaud Bellens
Bristol Gate Capital Partners Inc.
Brenda Eaton
John Hepburn
Marietta Hurst
Barb Jackson & Rob Keyes, in memory of E. Sydney Jackson
Vahan & Susie Kololian
Claude Lamoureux
The Linda Judith Reed Foundation
Leslie McCarley
Mitchell Family Fund
Gail Regan
Michael & Renae Tims
Friends
$1,000 - $1,999
Beverley Brennan
CANARIE Inc.
Rebecca Finlay
Melvyn Goodale
Janet E. Halliwell
Joanne Harack
Dick & Lois Haskayne
Carol D. Kirsh
David Laidley
Zaylin Lalji & Paul Dhalla
Spencer Lanthier
Troy & Rosalyn Manthorpe
Jennifer Mauro
Jennifer Moore Rattray & Stacy Dainard
Roger & Maureen Parkinson
Robert Potter
Doina Precup
Susan Schafron
Elissa Strome
Louis Taillefer & Louise Brisson
Michèle Thibodeau-DeGuire
$500 - $999
Ross Bates
Shiraz & Nurjehan Bharmal
Jim Burge
Peter Farwell
Pascal Germain
Russell Hiscock
Sara & Scott Lamb
Robert McGavin
Ronald Pearlman
Mrs. Hugo Sonnenschein
Anonymous donor (1)
Under $500
Jane Anderson
David Angell
Patricia Baird
Craig Barlow
Harry Baumann
Philippe Boucher
John Burnett
Amy Cook
Véronique Dault
Patricia Duncan
Lesley Evans
Jordana Frankel-Sable
Liang Fu
Bruce Gaulin
Kate Geddie
David Goldbloom
Allison Harell
Terrence Higgins
Nancy Howe
Ingrid Kern
Alice Ko
Bryan Kolb
Will Kymlicka
Hugo Larochelle
Monika Lenkiewicz
S J L’Hirondelle
Kevin Lubberts
Qiong Ma
Jennifer Marczak
Simon Miles
Nicole Miller
Muriel Ostenberg
Lloyd & Pat Posno
Shannon Rafferty Terry
Donald S. Rickerd
Subir Sachdev
Carole Salah
T. Ann Smiley, in memory of William Blundell and Gerald Heffernan
Olav & Constança Sorenson
Terrell Sprecher
Wanda Stephens
Sam Sutherland
André-Marie Tremblay
Carolina Tropini
Leigh Valliere
Christopher Warnock
Allan Warrack
Anonymous donors (13)
The Fraser Mustard Legacy Society
CIFAR thanks the following donors for sharing their intention to leave a Legacy gift in their Will.
Elizabeth Gerrits
Richard Ivey
Lawrence Tanenbaum
GOVERNMENT
CIFAR is grateful for commitments and investments made between April 1, 2023 and March 31, 2024.
Canada
$25,000,000 AND ABOVE
GOVERNMENT OF CANADA
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
The International Development Research Centre
$500,000 - $1,000,000
GOUVERNEMENT DU ALBERTA
GOUVERNEMENT DU QUÉBEC
Ministry of Technology and Innovation
Fonds de recherche du Québec: Nature et technologies sector; Santé sector; Société et culture sector
PARTNERS
The British Academy
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Genome British Columbia
INRIA
National Science and Technology Council (NSTC - Taiwan)
Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)
If you have any questions about this listing, or if your recognition wishes have changed, please contact giving@cifar.ca or 647.951.5709.