CIFAR Supporters
We express our sincere thanks to our partners and donors for helping us to address science and humanity’s most important questions.
LIFETIME GIVING
As CIFAR approaches our 40th year, we wish to honour the lifetime commitment of donors who believed in our bold vision to inspire new directions of inquiry, accelerate discovery, and yield breakthroughs across borders and academic disciplines.
Benefactors' Circle
The Benefactors’ Circle recognizes the extraordinary philanthropic commitments of donors whose lifetime giving exceeds $1 million.
$20,000,000 and above
The Azrieli Foundation
$10,000,000 – $19,999,999
RBC Foundation
Anonymous donor (1)
$2,500,000 – $4,999,999
BMO Financial Group
Gerald Heffernan
Ivey Foundation
Lawson Foundation
Manulife Financial
Meta Platforms, Inc.
Bruce H. Mitchell
R. Howard Webster Foundation
$1,000,000 - $2,499,000
Arthur J.E. Child Foundation
Canada Life
CIBC
CP
General Motors
The George Cedric Metcalf Charitable Foundation
Glencore
The Henry White Kinnear Foundation
Richard W. & Donna Ivey
The Joseph & Wolf Lebovic Charitable Foundation
J.W. McConnell Family Foundation
Michael & Sonja Koerner
The Lawrence & Judith Tanenbaum Family Foundation
Magna International Inc.
Max Bell Foundation
Margaret & Wallace McCain
MDA Inc.
Molson Foundation
Power Corporation of Canada
Scotiabank
TD Bank Group
Templeton World Charity Foundation, Inc.
Trottier Family Foundation
Vale Canada Limited
Believers
$500,000 – $999,999
ArcelorMittal Dofasco
Atkinson Foundation
BCE
CN
Crabtree Foundation
David Dodge
Donner Canadian Foundation
Flair Foundation
George Weston Limited
Ira Gluskin & Maxine Granovsky-Gluskin
Google LLC
Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
Nancy & Jon Love
Petro-Canada
Rio Tinto Alcan Inc.
Shell Canada Limited
T.R. Meighen Family Foundation
Weston Family Foundation
Anonymous donor (1)
$250,000 – $499,999
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Peter Allen
Alva Foundation
Arrell Family Foundation
James C. Baillie
John & Mary Barnett
Bowring Group Limited
Chisholm Thomson Family Foundation
CRB Foundation
Bruno Ducharme
Margaret & Jim Fleck
Gerdau Ameristeel
Anthony R.M. Graham
Hydro One
John Dobson Foundation
MacMillan Bloedel Limited
The McLean Foundation
Gilles Ouellette
Barbara Stymiest
Torstar Corporation
The Young Fund at Hamilton Community Foundation
Anonymous donors (3)
$100,000 – $249,999
Andrew Peller Limited
Bealight Foundation
William Blundell
Cecily & Robert Bradshaw
Val & Dick Bradshaw
CCC Group
Canfor Corporation
CGI Group Inc.
Chawkers Foundation
Tony Comper
Olivier Desmarais
N. Murray Edwards
Fiera Capital Corporation
Fondation Céline et Jacques Lamarre
Morten N. Friis
GE Canada
The Gordon Foundation
Nancy & Richard Hamm
Charles Hantho & Eileen Mercier
Geoffrey Hinton
Chaviva M. Hošek
HSBC Canada
Imperial Oil Limited
Jacobs Foundation
The Joan and Clifford Hatch Foundation
Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, Inc.
Joseph Louis Rotman Charitable Foundation
Sheryl & David Kerr
Koerner Foundation
Liberty Mutual Canada
MacMillan Family Foundation
Maple Leaf Foods
National Bank of Canada
Lawrence Pentland & Nora Aufreiter
Placer Dome Inc.
Precarn Incorporated
PwC Canada
The Rockefeller Foundation
Dr. Molly Rundle & Stephen Lister
SDSN Association
S. M. Blair Family Foundation
Sun Life Financial Inc.
Suncor Energy Inc.
Allan R. & Shirley I. Taylor
Technion Canada
TELUS
Texas Industries Inc.
Torys LLP
Tula Foundation
Alfred G. Wirth
William L. Young & Ruth T. Dowling
Anonymous donors (2)
2021 SUPPORTERS
CIFAR is grateful to donors making multi-year commitments (in italics) and gifts in the 2021 calendar year.
Visionaries
$1,000,000 – $4,999,999
The Azrieli Foundation
RBC Foundation
Templeton World Charity Foundation, Inc.
$500,000 – $999,999
The George Cedric Metcalf Charitable Foundation
Meta Platforms, Inc.
The Molson Foundation
$100,000 – $499,999
Arrell Family Foundation
BMO Financial Group
Canada Life
Gerald Heffernan
Jacobs Foundation
Donald K. Johnson
Michael & Sonja Koerner
The Lawrence & Judith Tanenbaum Family Foundation
MacMillan Family Foundation
Magna International Inc.
Manulife Financial
Gilles Ouellette
Lawrence Pentland & Nora Aufreiter
Power Corporation of Canada
R. Howard Webster Foundation
Scotiabank
Trottier Family Foundation
William L.Young & Ruth T. Dowling
Leaders
$50,000 - $99,999
Arthur J.E. Child Foundation
Burroughs Wellcome Fund
Chisholm Thomson Family Foundation
Kyunghyun Cho
David Dodge
Flair Foundation
John and Deborah Harris Family Foundation
Max Bell Foundation
Bruce H. Mitchell
The Young Fund at Hamilton Community Foundation
$25,000 – $49,999
Alan Bernstein & JoAnn Breitman
Scott Bonham
Val & Dick Bradshaw
Olivier Desmarais
Fiera Capital Corporation
Richard W. & Donna Ivey
Koerner Foundation
Irfhan Rawji
Ann Rooney
Dr. Molly Rundle & Stephen Lister
Indira Samarasekera
Barbara Stymiest
Damon & Stevi Williams
Knowledge Circle
$10,000 – $24,999
Bealight Foundation
Morten N. Friis
Anthony R.M. Graham
Nancy & Richard Hamm
Charles Hantho & Eileen Mercier
James Hinds
Rosamond Ivey
Suzanne Ivey Cook
Jacobs Family
The Joan and Clifford Hatch Foundation
Sheryl & David Kerr
McLean Group
$5,000 – $9,999
Frank & Julie Barker
William Blundell
Peter Bowie
Barnie & Bill Cowan in memory of Peter Bentley
Dominic D’Alessandro
Derek & Adrienne Fisher
Fondation Céline et Jacques Lamarre
Barbara L. Jackson & W. Robert Keyes, in memory of E. Sydney Jackson
Trisha Jackson, in memory of Syd Jackson
John C. Madden
Anne McLellan
Patricia Meredith & Stephen Karam
Midloch Foundation
Moffat Family Fund
Daniel Trefler
$2,000 – $4,999
Bristol Gate Capital Partners Inc.
Brenda Eaton
Rebecca Finlay
John Hepburn
Marietta Hurst
Carol Kirsh
Claude Lamoureux
The Linda Judith Reed Foundation
Leslie McCarley
Rob McDiarmid
Mitchell Family Fund
Doina Precup
Gail Regan
Sumitra & Ananth Seshan
Michael & Renae Tims
Alfred G. Wirth
Pauline Yick
Friends
$1,000 – $1,999
Beverley Brennan
Canadian Rotographics Limited
Mark Daley
P. Ducros & Associates
Elizabeth Gerrits & Gordon Evans
Joanne Harack
Dick & Lois Haskayne
David H. Laidley
J. Spencer Lanthier
Troy & Rosalyn Manthorpe
Robert Potter
Penny Rubinoff at the Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto
Susan Schafron
Elissa Strome
$500 – $999
Ronald Barr
Shiraz & Nurjehan Bharmal
The Brooks Family Charitable Fund
Jim Burge
Pascal Germain
David Hartwick
Joseph Heitman
Russell Hiscock
Morgan Lay
Catherine Letendre-Perreault
Jennifer Marczak
Jennifer Mauro
Robert McGavin
Catherine Riddell
Mrs. Hugo Sonnenschein
Jason Stajich
Josanne White
Anonymous donors (3)
UNDER $500
Jane Anderson
David Angell
Dr. Patricia Baird
Harry Baumann
Sebastian Bodart
Amy Cook
Lesley Evans
Elke Goebel
Nicole Goossens
Derek Hanna
Terrence Higgins
Nancy Howe
Criselda Lagokos
Margaret Lefebvre
Sara Ly
Michael MacDonald
Dawn McKeown
Simon Miles
Robert Morrison
Susan Pfeiffer
In memory of Giorgio Piscitelli
Lloyd & Pat Posno
George Prodanou
Shannon Rafferty-Terry
Donald S. Rickerd
Avril Robinson
Carole Salah
T. Ann Smiley
Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation
Wyatt Tessari
Michèle Thibodeau-DeGuire
Stephen Thomson
JP Udo
Leigh Valliere
Ymma Marie Villacastin
Allan Warrack
Kelly Zorzi
Anonymous donors (11)
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 W. Ivey
Lawrence Tanenbaum
GOVERNMENT
CIFAR is grateful for commitments and investments made between April 1, 2021 and March 31, 2022.
Canada
$25,000,000 AND ABOVE
GOVERNMENT OF CANADA
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
The International Development Research Centre
$1,000,000 - $1,999,999
GOUVERNEMENT DU QUÉBEC
Ministère de l'Économie et de l’Innovation
Fonds de recherche du Québec – Nature et technologies
Fonds de recherche du Québec – Santé
Fonds de recherche du Québec – Société et culture
$100,000 - $499,999
GOVERNMENT OF ALBERTA
Ministry of Jobs, Economy and Innovation
International
GOVERNMENT OF FRANCE
Centre national de la recherche scientifique
If you have any questions about this listing, or if your recognition wishes have changed, please contact giving@cifar.ca or 647.951.5709.
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CIFAR is a registered charitable organization supported by the governments of Canada, Alberta and Quebec, as well as foundations, individuals, corporations and Canadian and international partner organizations.