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From left, Nona Louise Macdonald, director and secretary of the board, and niece of Nona Macdonald Heaslip; and Brenda Radford, director and niece of Bill Heaslip.

‘We are the living memory of our aunt and uncle’

Created by the co-founder of clothing retailer Grafton and his wife, the Toronto-based William and Nona Heaslip Foundation supports arts, education and health care

July 31, 2024
Philanthropy

Mattamy Homes and Peter Gilgan Foundation founder Peter Gilgan, left, with daughter Stephanie Trussler, executive director of the foundation.

Mattamy founder’s Peter Gilgan Foundation gives millions

With initial focus on health care, next gens expanding mandate to children, families, sustainability and international development

May 30, 2024
Philanthropy

Kelly and Michael Meighen of the Meighen Family Foundation, which grants millions of dollars to projects supporting vulnerable people primarily in Ontario and New Brunswick.

Meighen family look to third generation to run foundation

Meighen Family Foundation was founded by Ted Meighen, son of former Prime Minister Arthur Meighen, now run by former senator Michael Meighen and his wife, Kelly, and their sons

May 3, 2024
Philanthropy

Solcz Family Foundation founding members, from left: Len, Michael Jr., Michael Sr., Doreen, Marty, and Mark Solcz.

What Windsor manufacturers Solcz family did after sale of global firm

The family behind Valiant Machine & Tool Inc., which grew global and supplied firms like Boeing and Ford, created a family office and family foundation, awarding over $7.8 million

April 19, 2024
Philanthropy

Claudine Blondin Bronfman and Stephen Bronfman (grandson of Samuel Bronfman, of Seagram’s fame) created the Claudine and Stephen Bronfman Family Foundation, which supports a variety of local, national and international programs with an emphasis on creating and innovating.

Claudine and Stephen Bronfman have donated over $100 million

When Claudine Blondin married into Montreal’s Bronfman family, she pivoted from a marketing career to work with her own and the larger family’s philanthropy

March 28, 2024
Philanthropy

A photo collage of Thea Barber, left, president of the Paul Barber Foundation, set up when her father, Prophix founder Paul Barber, right, sold his business and, the same month, was diagnosed with cancer.

Entrepreneur’s family’s race against time to create foundation

The Paul Barber Foundation aims to help underprivileged and underrepresented Canadians, especially marginalized youth

February 16, 2024
Philanthropy

Sam Ibrahim, president of Scarborough-based Arrow Group of Companies, stands next to a poster of the an artist's rendering of the building that will be created because he recently donated $25 million to create the Sam Ibrahim Centre of Inclusive Excellence in Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Leadership at the University of Toronto’s Scarborough campus so other locals could build up their ventures and their community: “No one was coming to save us and that mentality still shapes me now.”

Sam Ibrahim: Son of Scarborough makes and gives millions

Sam Ibrahim, of Arrow Group of Companies, recently donated $25 million to foster entrepreneurship through the University of Toronto’s Scarborough campus