Adobe
The company donates copies of their software for a US$35 administrative fee through Gifts in Kind International. The program includes products like Adobe Acrobat, Photoshop, PageMaker, InDesign and Premiere.
Air Canada
The company considers requests for donations from organizations working to improve the lives of Canada's youth as well as those conducting research into diseases. In some cases they make cash donations, in many others they donate promotional tickets.
Alcan Inc.
Through its community investment program, Alcan contributes to Canadian nonprofits and charities in the areas of youth, education, technology, health care research, environment, sports, community services, and the arts.
Allstate Foundation of Canada
Provides grants to charities and not-for-profit organizations that are involved in a variety of activities and/or educational initiatives around crime prevention, road safety, and home safety.
Altamira Foundation
Provides grants to fund child and youth-related charitable organizations that focus on health and education initiatives. Through the foundation, Altamira gives disadvantaged children the opportunity to grow up in a safe environment, access to a good education, and the skills needed to assist them in securing employment and becoming productive citizens.
American Express Foundation
American Express supports nonprofit organizations that are preserving and enriching diverse cultural heritage, developing new leaders for tomorrow, and encouraging community service where its employees and customers live and work.
BC Hydro - Community Investment
Provides donations, sponsorships and scholarships to support the cultural, social and economic well being of BC's communities.
BC Hydro Employees' Community Services Fund
HYDRECS is an employee facilitated fund that provides donations and volunteer support to British Columbian-based registered charities in the health and social service sector. HYDRECS contributes approximately $800,000 annually.
BC Transmission Corporation (BCTC)
Responsible, sustainable environmental stewardship, high-quality educational opportunities and community development are core parts of BCTC’s business values and commitments. Through its Corporate Outreach Fund, BCTC supports environmental, educational and community development initiatives throughout British Columbia.
Bell Aliant
Committed to helping build healthy, vibrant and safe communities across the region. We create partnerships with organizations that help our youngest citizens reach their full potential and provide them with the resources they need to grow into happy, healthy adults.
Bell Broadcast and New Media Fund
The Bell Broadcast and New Media Fund advances the Canadian broadcasting system by encouraging and funding the creation of excellent Canadian digital media, promoting partnerships and sustainable businesses in the broadcast and new media sectors, and engaging in research and sharing knowledge.
BMO Financial Group
BMO welcomes the opportunity to contribute to both large and small organizations across a variety of areas including education, health, arts and culture, civic and community, and sports and athletics. Although support is broadly based, the focus is on assisting organizations and initiatives that encourage and facilitate learning.
Bravo!FACT (Foundation to Assist Canadian Talent)
Bravo!FACT was established in 1995 by the Bravo! New Style Arts Channel to provide grants for the production of Canadian short films, covering a wide range of arts-related disciplines.
Calgary Co-op
Calgary Co-op supports and contributes to local organizations, including providing support to the United Way, the Calgary Inter-Faith Food Bank, sponsoring numerous charitable fundraising activities and initiating work experience programs for the physically and intellectually challenged.
Canfor (Regional: Vancouver, BC)
Canfor focuses its philanthropic activities in its operating communities in northern British Columbia and Alberta. It offers support in the areas of youth and education, community enhancement, forestry and environment, amateur sports, and health and wellness.
CIBC Community Investment Program
As one of Canada's largest corporate donors, CIBC is committed to fostering strong, healthy communities. Its support extends to health, education, community, arts and culture, the environment and United Way agencies, with a focus on youth.
Clarica Life Insurance Company
Invests approximately one-third of corporate donations in programs that promote the best possible future for Canada's children; promotes effective organ donation programs in hospitals throughout Canada; channels funds to skills enhancement education programs that build the confidence and qualifications of Canada's workforce; and offers a matching gifts program and volunteers program.
CN Community Investment Program
CN focuses its funding in four core areas: community safety, transportation education, community response, and United Way/Centraide.
Co-operators
As a financial services organization providing insurance and financial service products, we have a responsibility to support the efforts of charitable organizations in Canada to ensure a safer, healthier and happier environment. In reviewing requests for funding, the following four main criteria are considered: to help a significant number of people; to help people help themselves; to have local Co-operators Board and/or staff involvement and/or support; to have broad community support.
Corus Entertainment
A Canadian-based media and entertainment company, Corus offers assistance in the areas of public benefit, corporate sponsorship, charitable donations, and local fundraising. Established funds relate primarily to the arts and assisting new and upcoming entertainers and producers. The primary focus of their giving strategy is on improving the lives of Canadian children by supporting programs that support play and development through arts and entertainment and improving the lives of Canadian women and their families by supporting programs and initiatives that offer training, skills development and tools that enhance the economic and personal independence of women.
EnCana (International: Calgary)
The company's four focus areas include: youth & education; health & wellness; the environment, and community development; with an emphasis on the communities and regions where EnCana has an operating interest.
Fairmont Hotels and Resorts
The Fairmont Hotels & Resorts Charitable Donations Program aspires to epitomize "Social Partnership," by ensuring that relationships are developed and fostered that address broader social issues, allowing an environment of both increasing involvement and increasing benefits to all concerned.
First Calgary Savings
First Calgary Savings' Learning Opportunities Donation Program provides funding for staff training and organizational development for nonprofit groups based in Calgary.
General Motors of Canada Limited
General Motors of Canada Limited believes that providing support in the communities in which it operates and has a significant employee population is of vital importance. Areas of focus include education, the environment, and civic causes.
George Weston Limited
George Weston Limited and its subsidiaries are committed to improving the quality of life in their local communities, and believe that business should partner with its employees to make a positive contribution to community organizations. Contributions of both cash and in-kind donations are made to voluntary organizations.
GlaxoSmithKline Canada

Committed to improving the quality of human life by enabling people to do more, feel better and live longer. Charitable and community programs support projects that are innovative, sustainable and results-oriented.
Gore Mutual Insurance Company Foundation

The foundation's mission is to support the communities served by Gore Mutual Insurance Company by aiding social services, education, health, cultural and environmental activities as may be in the best interest of these communities.
Honda Canada Foundation

At the heart of its charitable focus, the Honda Canada Foundation values: education, environment, and engineering. The Foundation uses these three areas as guiding principles in its charitable focus on the belief that a healthy understanding of each area will help both individuals and communities flourish.
Hewlett Packard Canada
HP's philanthropy and education programs focus on developing and supporting programs and partnerships that showcase HP technology while promoting educational opportunity and e-inclusion for people in underserved communities in Canada and around the world.
Hydro One
Hydro One funds charitable organizations delivering innovative community programs. It focuses its charitable giving on four areas: safety and injury prevention; energy education; United Way campaigns throughout Ontario; and local community causes.
Imperial Oil Charitable Foundation
Over half of the foundation's grants are in the field of education. About 30% are made to programs in the fields of community activities, health, social services and civic causes, and about 15% of grants are made to arts and culture activities in communities where Imperial Oil has employees.
Indigo Love of Reading Fund
The Indigo Love of Reading Fund provides new books and learning materials to high-needs elementary schools, enhancing the literacy and self-esteem of students. Indigo Books & Music Inc. commits more than $1.5 million annually to schools across the country.
Irving Oil Company - Community Giving Program
A strong supporter of communities throughout Atlantic Canada, Irving is involved in the regions where its employees and customers live and work. The company has identified three key areas of giving: environment, education, and community need.
KidReach
Microsoft Canada's national donations program that empowers young people by providing access to technology.
Manulife Financial
By promoting healthy futures, supporting leaders of tomorrow and by being a partner in the community, globally, Manulife Financial is committed to giving back to the community.
Maple Leaf Foods
Philanthropic giving focuses on three sectors: effective health research and services; community and social services programs; and education, particularly in the area of food nutrition research.
Matching Gift Companies
This site includes more than 500 companies that have matching gift programs in Canada, as well as basic information about the types of gifts that will be matched.
Microsoft Canada
Microsoft Canada believes it has a responsibility to help bridge the digital divide. Through its I Can Community Programs, Microsoft assists charities, nonprofits, and community groups across the country with support through financial aid, software, services, and volunteer support by its employees.
Miller Thomson Foundation
The purpose of the Miller Thomson Foundation is to encourage and promote the attainment of higher educational goals for individuals who have demonstrated a high level of academic achievement, have made a positive contribution to their school through involvement in extracurricular activities, and have made significant contributions of time and energy to community service programmes.
Molson Inc.
Molson gives to the community through a variety of initiatives that help build consumer loyalty and establish the Molson presence in large and small communities across Canada. Funding interests include youth leadership, volunteers, education, and sports.
Mountain Equipment Co-Op
MEC focuses their community funding and support on wilderness conservation and environmental education; and supporting people in achieving the benefits of self-propelled wilderness-oriented recreation in a safe and environmentally responsible manner. MEC also supports the promotion of cooperative principles and sustainable business practices.
Nissan Canada Foundation
Dedicated to serving Canadian senior citizens, the foundation helps raise and distribute funds to nonprofit organizations that serve seniors. It also works to raise awareness about the needs and concerns of seniors.
Ontario Power Generation
The company's corporate citizenship program complements employees' individual contributions by supporting not-for-profit organizations and local groups undertaking innovative programs to strengthen and support healthy, vibrant communities. Of particular interest to Ontario Power Generation are programs that promote environmental initiatives and excellence in science and technology.
Oracle Canada
Through Oracle Giving, Oracle Canada responds directly to the financial needs of medical research, endangered animal protection, environmental protection, and K-12 math, science and technology education.
Petro-Canada National Community Involvement Programs
Although education is the focus of the National Community Investment Program, the company also provides support to help meet more fundamental community needs, like poverty, child hunger and homelessness.
QLT Inc.
This Vancouver-based biotechnology company makes grants related to its research activities either on a local, national or global scale; related to furthering science education within British Columbia; and related to bettering the community in which QLT facilities are located.
Royal Bank Financial Group
In the company's "Community Centre", find a wide range of information about the bank's donation, sponsorship and voluntarism programs.
Saputo
Saputo focuses its community involvement on organizations that foster youth development, targeting three general areas: children’s nutrition, physical activity (especially soccer), and youth entrepreneurship.
SaskTel
Provides broad support to all Saskatchewan communities, with a focus of support on activities linked to technology, diversity, youth, and rural life.
Shell Canada
Provides funding primarily in the areas of education and the environment, and supports local communities through the Shell Community Service Fund.
Staples Business Depot
Staples Business Depot supports organizations and initiatives that focus on education, environment and entrepreneurship.
TD Bank Financial Group (TDBFG)
TDDFG's charitable giving philosophy places emphasis on three fundamental elements of a bright future - children's health, children's education and literacy, and the environment.
Xerox Canada - Community Contribution Programs
Xerox Canada supports registered charities, particularly those that focus on information technology literacy, through scholarships, matching gifts, and other donation programs.
Zellers Family Fund
Developed to provide financial assistance and employee involvement to charities that support the health, well being, and education of Canadian families