International Development Grant Recipients

We’ve contributed more than $10 million in grants to Canadian charities working in Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Central America since 2016. 2022 accomplishments included:
178,041
mothers, newborns and children improved their health and nutrition status in Bangladesh, Kenya, Myanmar, Pakistan and Tanzania
40,901
women and girls in Mozambique experienced increased access to maternal, newborn, sexual and reproductive health care provision
263
girls in Liberia were able to overcome barriers to education and accelerate multiple grades in one year
2,223
project participants increased their income-generation capacity through Farmer Field Business Schools and Producers Groups in South Sudan

Featured Grant Recipients

We’re proud to highlight some of our exceptional long-term partners in international development. Through multi-year commitments, these organizations are driving meaningful, outcomes-focused change—advancing equity, health, and economic opportunity in communities across Africa.

CARE Canada
$484,000 over three years

To support women and girls in Tanzania to lead in climate-resilient, high-value agriculture.

Kinvia (formerly Canadian Feed the Children)
$330,000 over three years

To reduce food insecurity and poverty in Ethiopia by supporting women-led food production and access to nutritious diets.

CODE
$150,000 over three years

To accelerate learning for at-risk girls in Liberia and train majority women teachers.

Partners in Health
$600,000 over three years

To strengthen paediatric and family medicine in Haiti by funding resident doctors in underserved regions.

University of Cape Town
$300,000 over three years

To expand paediatric leadership across Africa by supporting in-country training, clinical attachments, and long-term specialist support.

World Bicycle Relief
$434,000 over two years

To improve school attendance and learning for girls in seven countries by providing 700 bicycles.

Plan International Canada
$534,000 over two years

To support sexual and reproductive health and economic empowerment for adolescent girls and women in Nigeria

UNICEF Canada
$334,000 over two years

To equip girls to succeed in STEM and shift gender norms in Zimbabwe.

2025 Grant Recipients

The 2025 international development portfolio reflects our continued investment in high-impact, community-driven work. We’re honoured to work alongside partners whose efforts are improving health, advancing gender equity, and strengthening economic opportunity across multiple countries.

  • CECI (Centre d’étude et de coopération internationale)
    $100,000
  • Children Believe
    $100,000
  • Community Forests International
    $134,000
  • Crossroads International
    $25,000
  • FINCA
    $134,000
  • ForAfrika
    $143,898
  • FOS Feminista Canada
    $89,610
  • Habitat for Humanity
    $95,000
  • Imagine1Day
    $123,000
  • Jane Goodall Institute of Canada
    $104,131
  • Opportunity International
    $234,000
  • Oxfam Canada
    $117,000
  • Right to Learn Afghanistan
    $100,000
  • Thrive for Good
    $16,000
  • UBC Faculty of Forestry
    $80,000
  • Veterinarians Without Borders
    $100,000
  • War Child Canada
    $234,000

2024 Grant Recipients

  • Action Against Hunger Canada
    $85,000
  • Africa Community Technical Service Society
    $25,000
  • African Wildlife Foundation
    $75,000
  • Canadian Physicians for Aid and Relief
    $50,000
  • CARE Canada
    $150,000
  • Centre for Affordable Water and Sanitation Technology
    $100,000
  • Compact Resource Foundation
    $20,000
  • The Co-operative Development Foundation of Canada
    $100,000
  • FINCA Canada
    $100,000
  • Fondation Paul Gerin-Lajoie
    $50,000
  • Habitat for Humanity Canada
    $50,000
  • HealthBridge Foundation of Canada
    $50,000
  • Operation Eyesight Universal
    100,000
  • Opportunity International Canada
    $100,000
  • PLAN International Canada
    $200,000
  • SOS Children’s Villages Canada
    $50,000
  • SUCO
    $75,000
  • WaterAid Canada
    $100,000

2023 Grant Recipients

  • Canadian Feed the Children
    $330,000 over three years
  • Canadian Women for Women in Afghanistan
    $31,250
  • CODE
    $150,000 over three years
  • Community Forests International
    $50,000
  • Doctors Without Borders
    $50,000
  • ForAfrika
    $50,000
  • HealthBridge Foundation of Canada
    $70,000
  • Jane Goodall Institute of Canada
    $50,000
  • Lifewater Canada
    $25,300
  • Partners In Health Canada
    $600,000 over three years
  • Plan International Canada
    $200,000
  • UNICEF Canada
    $200,000 over two years
  • University of Cape Town
    $300,000 over three years
  • World Vision Canada
    $100,000

2022 Grant Recipients

In 2022 we supported organizations with a proven track record of demonstrated success in improving maternal and child health, and education and economic opportunities for women and girls:

  • Horizons of Friendship
    $150,000 over three years
  • Majengo Canada
    $25,000