Empowering Change
Celebrating our International Development Partners
We’re proud to celebrate the impact of our partner organizations delivering important work overseas.
Learn a bit about our partners including Acts for Water, SOS Children’s Villages, and Canadian Physicians for Aid and Relief, as they work towards Sustainable Development Goals addressing poverty, health, and gender equity.
Peter Gilgan Foundation commits $100M to solving climate change
Philanthropy is instrumental in the fight against climate change, yet a recent analysis shows that climate only makes up 0.9% of all Canadian philanthropic giving, which is well below the global average of 1.6%.
Climate Champions is a new initiative with the goal to triple climate philanthropy in Canada, from roughly $100 million to more than $300 million per year by 2030. On November 13th, 2024, a group of 9 Canadian families and foundations, including the Peter Gilgan Foundation, came together to announce the biggest philanthropic contribution to climate solutions in Canadian history: $405 million over ten years.
These families and foundations hope this inaugural announcement will motivate others to consider new philanthropic commitments to climate solutions. By deploying this funding over the next ten years, we can help Canada make tangible progress to a low-carbon economy.
Giving Back with Our Grant Programs
How it Works
Any Canadian organization whose work aligns with our funding priorities is welcome to apply to our Grant Programs. Our grants range from one-time donations to multi-year funding opportunities.
Our Funding Priorities
- Children, Youth & Families
- Indigenous Youth
- Climate Change
- International Development
Changing the World Together:
Since launching in 2016, our Grant Programs have supported hundreds of exemplary Canadian charities that create opportunities for young people to succeed and lead the charge for a sustainable future.
“Thank you to all our wonderful community partners. You’ve shown me what it really means to create something special and to make this world better.”
$11.9 Million Raised for Youth Mental Health by Tour de Bleu
Our cycling fundraiser, Tour de Bleu, has raised $11.9 million for the William Osler Health System’s Adolescent Intensive Day Program for youth struggling with self-harm and suicidal thoughts. With thousands of adolescents in Ontario currently waitlisted to receive mental health care, Osler is building greater capacity to provide specialized treatment for youth in need.
MaRS Discovery District and Peter Gilgan Foundation present the Better Buildings Mission
On June 25th, The Peter Gilgan Foundation in partnership with MaRS Discovery District, North America’s largest urban innovation hub, launched Mission from MaRS: Better Buildings.
Through the mission, MaRS will work with ventures and industry partners to create a more sustainable built environment and support the commercialization of high-potential Canadian technologies.
This partnership presents an amazing opportunity to support Canadian clean-tech ventures with market-ready technologies that reduce embodied and/or operational carbon in our built environment, through the Better Buildings Adoption Accelerator.
Our Year in Review – Fiscal 2024
It’s our great pleasure to share our 2024 Annual Report. Each year, alongside our partners, we learn and grow as we strive to make the world a more healthy, prosperous, and sustainable place for all.
We hope you enjoy reading a bit about the work being done in partnership with the Peter Gilgan Foundation.
Tour de Bleu 2024
Our Health Care Commitment
Peter Gilgan makes historic donation of $105 million to Trillium Health Partners
Peter Gilgan has made a historic $105 million gift to Trillium Health Partners (THP) – the largest donation to a hospital in Canadian history.
The donation will support THP in building the largest and most advanced hospital in Canada, to be named “The Peter Gilgan Mississauga Hospital.” It will also help expand and redevelop Queensway Health Centre, which will be named “The Gilgan Family Queensway Health Centre.”