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When you donate to Tides Canada, you support exciting and innovative charities and projects in Canada and around the world. Donate online, via cheque or using other options, by clicking on the name of a fund or project listed below. You can also search by geographic region or your area of interest.

FUNDS AND PROJECTS

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African Rural Development Fund

Uganda Rural Development and Training (URDT) Programme has established the African Rural Development Fund at Tides Canada Foundation for the purpose of supporting charitable activities identified by URDT.

AIDS-Free World Fund

AIDS-Free World has established the AIDS-Free World Fund at Tides Canada Foundation for the purpose of supporting charitable activities.

Angkor Hospital for Children Fund

Friends Without A Border has established the Angkor Hospital for Children Fund at Tides Canada Foundation for the purpose of supporting charitable activities.

ArtBridges

Artbridges strives to alleviate poverty by bridging and advocating for people who want to make a difference through community arts in under-resourced communities.

ArtReach Toronto

ArtReach Toronto supports arts initiatives that engage youth who have experienced exclusion in under-served areas of Toronto.

ASEM Canada Fund

This fund supports orphans, victims of poverty, and HIV/AIDS infected children and young adults helped by ASEM Mozambique.

Ashraya Initiative for Children Canada

The Ashraya Initiative for Children Canada is a fund at Tides Canada Foundation established for the purpose of supporting charitable activities.

Aurora Fund

This fund supports wilderness-based experiences for youth at risk and other disadvantaged individuals and communities.

BC Marine Conservation Analysis

BC Marine Conservation Analysis helps advance marine planning initiatives in British Columbia by identifying potential areas of high conservation value.

Canadian Biotechnology Action Network (CBAN)

CBAN promotes food sovereignty and democratic decision-making on science and technology issues, genetic engineering in particular, in order to protect the integrity of the environment, health, food, and the livelihoods of people in Canada and around the world.

Canadian Freshwater Alliance

The Canadian Freshwater Alliance is a national capacity builder that assists Canada’s diverse non-profit water community in reaching their goals in efforts to secure healthy, thriving waters from coast-to-coast-to-coast.

Canadians for Popular Education in Health (EPES) Fund

Canadians for Popular Education in Health supports the work of Chile’s EPES Foundation in promoting health and improved quality of life through community capacity-building.

CANDi Cats and Dogs International Fund

CANDi-Cats and Dogs International has established the CANDi-Cats and Dogs International Fund at Tides Canada Foundation for the purpose of supporting charitable activities.

Canodia Fund

Canodia has established the Canodia Fund at Tides Canada Foundation for the purpose of supporting charitable activities.

Canopy Fund

Canopy has established the Canopy Fund at Tides Canada Foundation for the purpose of safeguarding forests and the environment.

CANRAD Fund

CANRAD has established the CANRAD Fund at Tides Canada Foundation for the purpose of supporting charitable activities.

Centre for City Ecology

The Centre for City Ecology (CCE) works towards affecting the course of Toronto’s development by increasing urban literacy about how the city functions and how citizens and professionals can work together, and by enhancing their effectiveness in collaborating for that purpose.

Childhelp Fund

Childhelp has established the Childhelp Fund at Tides Canada Foundation for the purpose of supporting charitable activities.

Choice Hotels Canada Foundation Fund
Fonds de la Fondation Choice Hotels Canada

The Choice Hotels Canada Foundation Fund at Tides Canada Foundation which supports charitable activities identified by Choice Hotels Canada Foundation.

CHOICE Humanitarian Fund

CHOICE Humanitarian has established the CHOICE Humanitarian Fund at Tides Canada Foundation for the purpose of supporting charitable activities.

Chordoma Foundation Cancer Research Fund

The Chordoma Foundation has established the Chordoma Foundation Cancer Research Fund at Tides Canada Foundation for the purpose of supporting charitable activities.

Clean Energy Canada at Tides Canada

Clean Energy Canada at Tides Canada is helping transform our country into a leading energy efficient, ecologically responsible, and prosperous low-carbon economy.

CW (Cassils and Wettstein) Asia Fund

The CW (Cassils and Wettstein) Asia Fund is a fund at Tides Canada Foundation established for the purpose of supporting charitable activities.

Dadiya Rural Development Fund

The Dadiya Rural Development Fund at Tides Canada Foundation was established for the purpose of supporting charitiable activities.

Dechinta Fund

Dechinta has established the Dechinta Fund at Tides Canada Foundation for the purpose of supporting transformative educational opportunities in a taiga bush environment, respectful of Indigenous Laws and Values for a sustainable and healthy future.

Dharma Ocean Canadian Giving Fund

The Dharma Ocean Foundation has established the Dharma Ocean Canadian Giving Fund at Tides Canada Foundation for the purpose of supporting charitable activities.

Dignitas International Fund

This fund supports a project dedicated to providing dignity for children, youth, and families affected by HIV/AIDS in resource-poor settings.

East Scarborough Storefront

East Scarborough Storefront is a partnership of more than 35 community groups and social service agencies working together to create a thriving community in East Scarborough, Ontario.

Etisah Foundation: Cameroonian Youth Fund

The Etisah Foundation: Cameroonian Youth Fund is a fund at Tides Canada Foundation established for the purpose of supporting charitable activities.

FAIR (Fund for Action on Investment Responsibility) Fund

The Social Investment Organization has established the Fund for Action on Investment Responsibility (FAIR Fund) at Tides Canada Foundation for the purpose of conducting research and education on public policy for socially responsible investment.

Farms at Work

Farms at Work promotes healthy and active farmlands within the Kawartha Region in Ontario.

Forests Live Fund

ForestEthics Solutions Society has established the Forests Live Fund at Tides Canada Foundation for the purpose of conserving and protecting the natural environments of Canada through public education, scientific research, the development of solutions based dialogue and the implementation of forest conservation agreements.

Forum For Leadership On Water (FLOW)

The Forum for Leadership on Water (FLOW) provides real-world solutions to protect Canada’s freshwater.

Friends of Pata Manzanillo

Friends of Pata Manzanillo has established the Friends of Pata Manzanillo Fund at Tides Canada Foundation for the purpose of supporting charitable activities.

Frontline Partners with Youth Network (FPYN)

FPYN is a group of bold and dedicated people who work with youth in Toronto.

Funding Awesome

Funding Awesome is a fund at Tides Canada Foundation established for the charitable purpose of supporting youth.

Genocide Intervention Network Fund

The Genocide Intervention Network (GI-NET) has established the Genocide Intervention Network Fund at Tides Canada Foundation for the purpose of supporting charitable activities.

Gitanyow Wilp Sustainability Fund

Gitanyow Huwilp Society has established the Gitanyow Wilp Sustainability Fund at Tides Canada Foundation for the purpose of supporting the implementation of the Gitanyow First Nation Land Use Plan and the Kitwanga Sockeye Salmon Recovery Plan.

Give Girls A Chance

The Give Girls A Chance Fund is a fund at Tides Canada Foundation which supports charitable activities identified by Give Girls A Chance. Give Girls A Chance raises money to support educational opportunities for girls in Canada and around the world in places where girls and young women have limited or no access to schooling.

Give Green Canada (G2)

Give Green Canada helps environmental and conservation organizations (eNGO’s) maximize revenue with a focus on green legacies by providing online tools and training.

Global Reef Research Fund

Global Reef has established the Global Reef Research Fund at Tides Canada Foundation for the purpose of generating awareness, conducting research and facilitating education on ocean conservation.

Global Security Institute Fund

Global Security Institute Fund supports international civil society efforts that advance the cause of the global elimination of nuclear weapons.

Guarding the Gifts – The Liiłga K’yilama Fund

Guarding the Gifts supports and enhances the local and global community by developing initiatives in the Great Bear Rainforest that foster sustainability and create social equity in traditional Gitga’at First Nation’s Territory.

Halifax Initiative

The Halifax Initiative is a coalition of development, environment, faith-based, human rights, and labour organizations working for global economic democracy and justice.

Headwaters Initiative Project

The Headwaters Initiative Project works to create a more informed and connected community engaged in the conservation of some of British Columbia’s great rivers.

Holden Village Fund

Holden Village has establed the Holden Village Fund at Tides Canada Foundation for the purpose of supporting charitable activities identified by Holden Village.

Hollyhock Fund

Hollyhock Fund supports charitable foundations that produce educational programs in collaboration with Hollyhock; including all manner of general support for educational programs, research and program development.

Hoops 4 Hope Fund

Hoops 4 Hope (H4H) has established the Hoops 4 Hope Fund at Tides Canada Foundation for the purpose of supporting charitable activities.

Ignite Excellence Foundation Fund

Ignite Excellence Foundation Fund was started by the Ignite Excellence Foundation, whose purpose is to educate and support women in developing countries to lead their families, communities, regions, and countries to equality, which includes a safe and humane living.

Independent World Television Fund

Independent World Television Inc. has established the Independent World Television Fund at Tides Canada Foundation for the purpose of supporting charitable activities.

Inner Activist

The Inner Activist is a program designed to help change makers, social entrepreneurs, leaders and activists be radically more effective in their life-serving work.

Island Conservation Canada

Island Conservation Canada is dedicated to preventing extinctions and protecting natural ecological and evolutionary processes on islands.

Jane’s Walk

Jane’s Walk honours the legacy and ideas of urban activist and writer Jane Jacobs who championed the interests of local residents and pedestrians over a car-centered approach to planning.

John Kenneth Galbraith Prize Endowment Fund

This fund supports programs which sponsor a biennial lecture and seminar on the application of economic theories to issues of poverty, disadvantage, and social justice.

JustWorld International Fund

JustWorld International has established the JustWorld International Fund at Tides Canada Foundation for the purpose of supporting charitable activities.

Keep a Child Alive Fund

Keep a Child Alive has established the Keep a Child Alive Fund at Tides Canada Foundation for the purpose of supporting charitable activities.

LAM Canada Fund

LAM Canada Fund is a fund at Tides Canada Foundation established for the charitable purpose of supporting scientific research (basic, clinical, and psycho-social) on lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) and to increase awareness of LAM among the general public and health care professionals in Canada.

Laura Louie Hope Foundation Fund

Laura Louie Hope Projects Fund is a fund at Tides Canada Foundation established to support charitable activities.

Light Up the World Fund

Light Up the World Fund supports Light Up The World Foundation (LUTW) – an international humanitarian organization affiliated with the University of Calgary dedicated to illuminating the lives of the world’s poor.

Local Food Plus

Local Food Plus nurtures regional food economies across Canada by certifying farmers and processors for local, sustainable food production and helping them connect with buyers. They help ensure food security for future generations.

Lost Lyrics

Lost Lyrics believes that in order create a world you want, you must take a stand. The initiative is a mobile and innovative learning incubator that empowers young people to create a bridge of knowledge between the streets and the classroom.

Lunapads Global Opportunity Fund

The Lunapads Global Opportunity Fund is a fund at Tides Canada Foundation established for the purpose supporting charitable activities.

Marine Planning Partnership for the North Pacific Coast (MaPP)

The Marine Planning Partnership for the North Pacific Coast (MaPP) is a collaborative planning process for coastal and marine areas in four sub-regions of B.C. MaPP is a partnership among the Province of British Columbia, the Coastal First Nations-Great Bear Initiative, the North Coast-Skeena First Nations Stewardship Society and the Nanwakolas Council.

MDMA/PTSD Fund

The Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) has established the MDMA-PTSD Fund at Tides Canada Foundation for the purpose of supporting charitable activities identified by Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies.

My Arms Wide Open Fund

The My Arms Wide Open Foundation was established to provide support and collaboration with mothers, children, and youth in South Africa, enabling them to build sustainable communities and responsible businesses.

New Literacies Fund

The New Literacies Fund is a fund at Tides Canada Foundation established for the charitable purpose of supporting the emergence of global consciousness, constructive critical thinking, media literacy and other essential competencies for the 21st century.

Not Far From The Tree

Not Far From The Tree puts Toronto fruit to good use by picking and sharing the bounty. They are enhancing the environment, promoting local food, alleviating poverty, enriching city life, feeding the hungry, and building a better community.

Oceans Fund

The Living Oceans Society has established the Oceans Fund at Tides Canada Foundation for the purpose of supporting research and education projects that will increase public awareness of the problems affecting our ocean and solutions that will ensure our ocean will be healthy for generations to come.

Oceans Initiative Marine Wilderness Project

Oceans Initiative conducts research projects on whales, dolphins, and other marine wildlife in British Columbia and around the world.

Open Media Education Fund

OpenMedia.ca has established the Open Media Education Fund at Tides Canada Foundation for the purpose of supporting the charitable work of organizations that advance and promote open communications systems.

Organizing for Change

Organizing for Change (OFC) is a collaborative project of some of BC’s largest and best-known environmental organizations.

OSEA Education and Research Fund

The Ontario Sustainable Energy Association (OSEA) has established the OSEA Education and Research Fund at Tides Canada Foundation for the purpose of supporting education and research on community and commercial sustainable energy.

Outreach Zanzibar Fund

Outreach Zanzibar Fund was created to bring increased access to education, healthcare and the arts to the people of Zanzibar, their communities and their children, through grass roots projects.

Pacific Wild

Pacific Wild works to achieve long-term environmental protection for marine and terrestrial wildlife on Canada’s north Pacific coast.

Pathfinder International Fund

Pathfinder International’s mission is to ensure that people everywhere have the right and opportunity to live a healthy reproductive life.

PEACE Mexico Fund

PEACE Mexico has established the PEACE Mexico Fund at Tides Canada Foundation for the purpose of supporting charitable activities.

PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) Fund

PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) has established the PETA Fund at Tides Canada Foundation for the purpose of supporting charitable activities identified by PETA.

Project Enlighten Fund

Project Enlighten has established the Project Enlighten Fund at Tides Canada Foundation for the purpose of supporting charitable activities.

Project Neutral

Project Neutral is an ambitious enterprise to transition neighbourhoods to carbon neutrality.

Rainforest Solutions Project

The Rainforest Solutions Project is a joint initiative of ForestEthics, Greenpeace Canada, and Sierra Club of BC. RSP promotes conservation options and economic alternatives to industrial logging on British Columbia’s Central Coast, North Coast and Haida Gwaii.

Reconciliation Canada Legacy Fund

Reconciliation Canada Legacy Fund is a fund at Tides Canada Foundation established for the charitable purpose of developing, implementing and supporting public education programs, community engagement initiatives and other activities.

Reel Youth

Reel Youth encourages and empowers young people through the medium of film.

RefugePoint (formerly Mapendo International) Fund

RefugePoint (formerly Mapendo International) has established the RefugePoint Fund at Tides Canada Foundation for the purpose of supporting charitable activities.

Rideau Institute Research Fund

The Rideau Institute has established the Rideau Institute Research Fund at Tides Canada Foundation for the purpose of supporting peace and justice research and education projects intended to better inform decision makers, opinion leaders and the public about Canadian policy on national and international issues.

Rivers Without Borders

Rivers Without Borders protects the diversity and abundance of fish and wildlife species and their habitat in the transboundary watersheds of Canada and southeast Alaska.

Robert Huber Memorial Fund

Robert Huber Memorial Fund is a fund at Tides Canada Foundation established for the charitable purpose of to supporting research on IPF, species recovery of the Vancouver Island Marmot and for SYDA Vancouver Centre.

Room to Read Fund

Room to Read Fund supports an international non-profit organization that is committed to creating long-term solutions to the challenges of illiteracy by intervening early in a child’s life and providing ongoing educational opportunities in communities.

Salmon Aquaculture Innovation Fund

The Salmon Aquaculture Innovation Fund was created by Tides Canada to help develop alternative models to traditional open-net aquaculture in B.C.

Scarborough Access Centre

Scarborough Access Centre is an anti-violence project that works to promote safety and empower women and children fleeing domestic violence by providing a one-stop resource centre with easy access to a range of services.

SEAS Project Fund

The School of Esoteric Studies has established the SEAS Project Fund at Tides Canada Foundation for the purpose of supporting charitable activities identified by School of Esoteric Studies.

Seed to Table

Seed to Table is a youth-centred food security and food justice initiative in the Kingston-Galloway/Orton Park (KGO) neighbourhood. The project works with young people, parents and families to understand root causes of food insecurity, build capacity, facilitate community mobilization around food issues, and meet community goals around food, health and youth engagement.

Skeena Watershed Fund

Skeena Watershed Conservation Coalition (SWCC) has established the Skeena Watershed Fund at Tides Canada Foundation for the purpose of supporting education, research and community building activities in the Sacred Headwaters region of BC.

SkeenaWild Conservation Trust Fund

SkeenaWild Conservation Trust has established the SkeenaWild Conservation Trust Fund at Tides Canada Foundation for the purpose of building an endowment that will be used to ensure salmon conservation funding in the Skeena Watershed in perpetuity.

Small Change Fund

Small Change Fund believes in people. We believe people know how to figure out and fix the problems in their communities, their cities, their countries. We believe people can make change without long studies, thick reports, and big money. We believe people want to help each other. We believe in making that simple.

SOCAN Foundation Charitable Fund
Fonds de charité de la Fondation SOCAN

The SOCAN Foundation Charitable Fund is a fund at Tides Canada Foundation established for the purpose of supporting the charitable activities benefitting music creators and music publishers. Le Fonds de charité de la Fondation SOCAN appuie des activités caritatives dont bénéficient des créateurs et des éditeurs de musique.

Social Venture Institute Fund

This fund supports Social Ventures Institute (SVI), an annual event that offers mission-based entrepreneurs an opportunity to share challenges with peers in an atmosphere of trust and goodwill.

Social Venture Partners Toronto

Social Venture Partners Toronto (SVP Toronto) is a unique partnership that brings together a broad group of professionals to invest time and money in the most pressing challenges facing the city.

Sojourners Fund

Sojourners has established the Sojourners Fund at Tides Canada Foundation for the purpose of supporting charitable activities.

St. Paul’s School Fund

St. Paul’s School has established the St. Paul’s School Fund at Tides Canada Foundation for the purpose of supporting charitable activities.

STAND NOW Fund

STAND NOW supports organizations working towards alleviating poverty and oppression of women through research education and microfinance initiatives.

Strachan Hartley Legacy Foundation Fund

Honours Strachan’s life-long goal of making a difference in the world by ensuring that children, youth, and families in areas of the world where living circumstances are difficult are provided with life-enriching athletic, educational, and health opportunities to help them reach their full potential.

Sustain Ontario – The Alliance for Healthy Food and Farming

Sustain Ontario is a multi-stakeholder, collaborative initiative whose mission is to build and strengthen a just and sustainable local food system in Ontario.

The Base

The Base supports emerging initiatives to strengthen and increase access to community based change making, by combining quality administrative support with capacity building and opportunities for collective learning and action.

the deer crossing the art farm fund

The deer crossing the art farm has established the deer crossing the art farm fund at Tides Canada Foundation for the purpose of supporting the charitable work of the deer crossing the art farm society in creating positive change in people and communities through a combination of cutting edge arts and nature-driven programming.

The Drug Policy Reform Fund

The Drug Policy Reform Fund is a fund at Tides Canada Foundation established for the purpose of supporting charitable activities leading towards healthier society.

The Foundation for Angelman Syndrome Therapeutics (FAST) Fund

The Foundation for Angelman Syndrome Therapeutics (FAST) has established the Foundation for Angelman Syndrome Therapeutics (FAST) Fund at Tides Canada Foundation for the purpose of supporting charitable activities.

The Funding Network – Toronto Fund

The Funding Network-Toronto Fund is a fund at Tides Canada Foundation which supports charitable activities identified by The Funding Network-Toronto.

The Future Found Fund

The Future Found has established the The Future Found Fund at Tides Canada Foundation for the purpose of supporting charitable activities.

The Peace and Reconciliation Training Fund

The Peace and Reconciliation Training Fund is a fund at Tides Canada Foundation established for the purpose of supporting charitable activities.

The People Project

The People Project is an ever-growing movement of LGBTTQQ2SIA youth of color and their allies, committed to individual and community empowerment. The project produces innovative arts and leadership opportunities, as well as events & partnerships for under served communities, youth, LGBT communities, people of colour and allies.

The Tyee Solutions Society Fund

The Tyee has established The Tyee Solutions Society Fund at Tides Canada Foundation for the purpose of producing catalytic solutions-oriented journalism and conducting research on social, economic, and environmental issues of broad concern to Canadians.

The Writers’ Exchange

The Writers’ Exchange makes literacy exciting and accessible for inner-city kids through free mentoring and creative writing projects.

Tibetan Nuns Project Fund

The Tibetan Nuns Project has established the Tibetan Nuns Project Fund at Tides Canada Foundation for the purpose of supporting charitable activities.

Toronto Park People

Toronto Park People advocates for better parks for all of Toronto’s communities by facilitating neighbourhood engagement in their parks, building a network of local community park groups, acting as a watchdog on issues affecting parks, and highlighting the importance of good parks to the social, health, environmental and economic well being of all residents of Toronto.

Transformation Fund

Transformation Fund supports the creation of unique learning spaces that encourage relational leadership skills and the valuing of our diverse natures and natural equality.

UFSC Community Outreach Fund

The Urban Financial Services Coalition (UFSC) Toronto has established the UFSC Community Outreach Fund at Tides Canada Foundation for the purpose supporting programs that facilitate the fair and equitable participation of minorities in the capital markets and financial services industry and raise the economic condition and quality of life of at-risk communities.

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