Charity BreakdownCanadian charity filings, itemized

The grant ledger of The Cowan Foundation

Every gift to a qualified donee this charity reported on its T3010 filings — 235 grants across 5 fiscal years.

2024 — 35 grants, $2.5M

RecipientLocationAmount
The Conestoga College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning$1,000,000
The Conestoga College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning$500,000
The Conestoga College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning$400,000
K-W Working Centre for the Unemployed$250,000
Homewood Research Institute/institut de Recherches Homewood$65,000
Shelter Movers$50,000
Perimeter Institute$50,000
Lions of Canada Fund for LCIF$47,500
Homewood Research Institute/institut de Recherches Homewood$29,000
Perimeter Institute$15,000
Strong Start Charitable Organization$15,000
Independent Living Waterloo Region$10,000
ST Paul's Church$10,000
Brant Waterways Foundation$10,000
Tree Canada / Arbres Canada$6,000
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Society of Canada Société Canadienne de la Sclérose Latérale Amyotrophique$5,750
Township of North Dumfries$5,000
Cambridge Food Bank$5,000
The Food Bank of Waterloo Region$5,000
The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada/conseil de Direction de l'Armée du Salut du Canada$5,000
Community Resource & Employment Service (brantford)$5,000
Neighbour to Neighbour Centre (hamilton)$5,000
The Ottawa Food Bank/la Banque d'Alimentation d'Ottawa$5,000
Elora Road Christian Fellowship Inc.$1,000
Falls Food - Onaping Falls Area Foodbank$1,000
Ontario 4-H Council$1,000
Strong Start Charitable Organization$1,000
Woodstock Little Theatre Incorporated$1,000
Ottawa Stray Cat Rescue$1,000
Food4Kids Waterloo Region$1,000
Canadahelps Canadon$1,000
Hope Haven Therapeutic Riding Centre Inc.$500
The Humane Society of Kitchener Waterloo & Stratford Perth$500
The Cure Foundation$490
Supportive Housing of Waterloo$250

2023 — 55 grants, $2.5M

RecipientLocationAmount
The Conestoga College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning$1,000,000
The Conestoga College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning$500,000
The Conestoga College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning$400,000
Bruyère Health Foundation$150,000
Schlegel-Uw Research Institute for Aging Foundation$110,000
Ducks Unlimited Canada - Canards Illimites Canada$70,000
Ducks Unlimited Canada - Canards Illimites Canada$70,000
Homewood Research Institute/institut de Recherches Homewood$70,000
Lions of Canada Fund for LCIF$40,000
Kitchener-Waterloo Multicultural Centre Inc.$22,000
Schlegel-Uw Research Institute for Aging Foundation$20,000
The Able Network Corporation$20,000
Perimeter Institute$15,000
Independent Living Waterloo Region$10,000
ST Paul's Church$10,000
Camino Wellbeing + Mental Health$2,168
The Food Bank of Waterloo Region$2,167
Christie Lake Kids$2,060
Community Resource & Employment Service (brantford)$1,500
Brant Haldimand-Norfolk Catholic District School Board$1,000
Cambridge and District Humane Society$1,000
City of Kitchener: KW Water Polo Club$1,000
Elora Road Christian Fellowship Inc.$1,000
Falls Food - Onaping Falls Area Foodbank$1,000
Girl Guides of Canada/Guides Du Canada$1,000
Huron-Perth Catholic District School Board$1,000
The Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation$1,000
Thames Valley School District$1,000
The Terry Fox Foundation$1,000
Woodstock Little Theatre Incorporated$1,000
Walkerton & District Food Bank$1,000
WDMH Foundation$1,000
Kitchener Public Library Board$750
Strong Start Charitable Organization$750
The Cure Foundation$670
Child and Family Services of Grand Erie$648
The Food Bank of Waterloo Region$500
Hope Haven Therapeutic Riding Centre Inc.$500
Lisaard and Innisfree Hospice$500
Nova Vita Women's Shelter Incorporated$500
Operation Sharing of Woodstock$500
Supportive Housing of Waterloo$500
Brampton Meals-on-Wheels$250
Cambridge Self-Help Food Bank Inc.$250
Cambridge Self-Help Food Bank Inc.$250
Canadian Mental Health Association Brant-Haldimand-Norfolk Branch$250
The Food Bank of Waterloo Region$250
The Guelph Humane Society Incorporated$250
Kitchener Stray Cat Rescue$250
Nova Vita Women's Shelter Incorporated$250
Oxford County Animal Rescue$250
Paris Presbyterian Church$250
Simcoe and District Humane Society$250
Wellington Catholic District School Board$250
Oxford County Feline Wellness & Outreach Programs$250

2022 — 34 grants, $2.8M

RecipientLocationAmount
The Conestoga College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning$1,000,000
The Conestoga College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning$800,000
The Conestoga College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning$400,000
The Baycrest Centre Foundation$200,000
Schlegel-Uw Research Institute for Aging Foundation$110,000
Children's Mental Health Ontario/sante Mentale pour Enfants Ontario$90,000
Lions of Canada Fund for LCIF$60,000
'argus'- Residence for Young People$32,500
Guelph Neighbourhood Support Coalition$31,000
Schlegel-Uw Research Institute for Aging Foundation$20,000
Perimeter Institute$15,000
The Conestoga College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning$13,835
Independent Living Waterloo Region$10,000
ST Paul's Church$10,000
Waterloo Region Community Foundation$2,500
Canadian Cancer Society$1,092
Brant Haldimand-Norfolk Catholic District School Board$1,000
The Children's Foundation of Guelph and Wellington$1,000
City of Kitchener: KW Water Polo Club$1,000
Facile Futures Inc.$1,000
Girl Guides of Canada/Guides Du Canada$1,000
Guelph Wish Fund for Children$1,000
Hope Haven Therapeutic Riding Centre Inc.$1,000
National Service Dog Training Centre Inc.$1,000
The Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation$1,000
Strong Start Charitable Organization$1,000
Supportive Housing of Waterloo$1,000
Thames Valley School District$1,000
The Terry Fox Foundation$1,000
Woodstock Little Theatre Incorporated$1,000
Turtle Pond Wildlife Centre$1,000
Kitchener Public Library Board$750
The Cure Foundation$550
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Waterloo Region$250

2021 — 42 grants, $2.8M

RecipientLocationAmount
The Conestoga College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning$1,000,000
County of Brant$800,000
The Conestoga College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning$400,000
The Baycrest Centre Foundation$200,000
Schlegel-Uw Research Institute for Aging Foundation$75,000
Children's Mental Health Ontario/sante Mentale pour Enfants Ontario$50,000
Ducks Unlimited Canada - Canards Illimites Canada$40,000
ST Joseph's Health CARE Foundation of London$40,000
Schlegel-Uw Research Institute for Aging Foundation$35,000
'argus'- Residence for Young People$32,500
Perimeter Institute$12,500
Indwell Community Homes$10,000
ST Paul's Church$10,000
AIDS Committee of Cambridge Kitchener-Waterloo & Area$10,000
Children's Mental Health Ontario/sante Mentale pour Enfants Ontario$6,732
Why Not City Missions Brantford$6,250
Why Not City Missions Brantford$6,250
Independent Living Waterloo Region$5,000
Children's Mental Health Ontario/sante Mentale pour Enfants Ontario$2,500
Alzheimer Society Waterloo Wellington$1,000
Brant County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$1,000
The Children's Foundation of Guelph and Wellington$1,000
City of Kitchener: KW Water Polo Club$1,000
Food4Kids Guelph$1,000
Highland Animal Relief Team Inc.$1,000
Homeward Bound Rescue$1,000
Huron-Perth Catholic District School Board$1,000
Kidsability Centre for Child Development Foundation$1,000
Moisson Outaouais$1,000
The Ottawa Food Bank/la Banque d'Alimentation d'Ottawa$1,000
Parkinson Canada Inc.$1,000
Strong Start Charitable Organization$1,000
The Terry Fox Foundation$1,000
Waterloo Wellington Down Syndrome Society$1,000
Children's Mental Health Ontario/sante Mentale pour Enfants Ontario$595
The Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation$500
Wellkin-Child & Youth Mental Wellness$500
The Cure Foundation$420
The Ottawa Food Bank/la Banque d'Alimentation d'Ottawa$365
Canadian Cancer Society$250
Community Living Guelph Wellington$250
Kitchener Public Library Board$250

2020 — 69 grants, $2.4M

RecipientLocationAmount
The Conestoga College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning$1,000,000
The Conestoga College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning$400,000
Indwell Community Homes$200,000
The Baycrest Centre Foundation$200,000
Schlegel-Uw Research Institute for Aging Foundation$100,000
Ducks Unlimited Canada - Canards Illimites Canada$50,000
Child and Nature Alliance of Canada$38,000
Waterloo Education Foundation Inc.$34,500
Homewood Research Institute/institut de Recherches Homewood$32,750
'argus'- Residence for Young People$32,500
City of Stratford: Stratford Fitness Park$30,000
Waterloo Regional Health Network Foundation$25,000
AIDS Committee of Cambridge Kitchener-Waterloo & Area$25,000
Camino Wellbeing + Mental Health$20,000
The Bateman Foundation$20,000
Waterloo Region Family Network$20,000
Nutrition for Learning Inc.$18,400
The Catholic Community Foundation of Waterloo Region Inc.$15,500
Strong Start Charitable Organization$15,000
Perimeter Institute$12,500
Why Not City Missions Brantford$12,500
MS Canada SP Canada$10,000
ST Paul's Church$10,000
The Bateman Foundation$10,000
Waterloo Wellington Down Syndrome Society$7,500
Boys and Girls Club of Ottawa$7,000
Operation Sharing of Woodstock$5,000
Rosewood House Inc$5,000
ST. Joseph's Lifecare Foundation Brantford$5,000
Maison d'Amitie$3,070
Cambridge Self-Help Food Bank Inc.$2,450
The Cure Foundation$1,120
Greater Hamilton Food Share$1,085
Canadian Cancer Society$1,065
Kitchener-Waterloo Counselling Services Incorporated$1,025
Autism Speaks Canada$1,000
Brant Waterways Foundation$1,000
Cambridge Self-Help Food Bank Inc.$1,000
The Children's Foundation of Guelph and Wellington$1,000
City of Kitchener: KW Water Polo Club$1,000
Community Living Durham North$1,000
Community Living North Halton$1,000
Community Living Port Colborne - Wainfleet$1,000
Community Living York South$1,000
Deafblind Ontario Services$1,000
E3 (educate Enable Empower) Community Services Inc.$1,000
Girl Guides of Canada/Guides Du Canada$1,000
Harmony Centre for Community Living Inc.$1,000
Highland Animal Relief Team Inc.$1,000
Oxford County Animal Rescue$1,000
Parkinson Canada Inc.$1,000
Reena Foundation$1,000
Empower Simcoe Foundation$1,000
Strong Start Charitable Organization$1,000
Mississauga Foundation$1,000
Woodstock Little Theatre Incorporated$1,000
Waterloo Wellington Down Syndrome Society$1,000
Community Living Guelph Wellington$1,000
Wellkin-Child & Youth Mental Wellness$750
The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada/conseil de Direction de l'Armée du Salut du Canada$620
Stratford House of Blessing$600
Child Witness Centre of Waterloo Region$575
Covenant House Vancouver$525
Community Resource & Employment Service (brantford)$500
The Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation$500
Shepherds of Good Hope Foundation$350
Second Harvest Canada$300
Kitchener Public Library Board$250
Nova Vita Women's Shelter Incorporated$160

As reported on the donor’s qualified-donee schedule. Recipients link to their own receipt page where the CRA business number matched.