We are committed to building strong and vibrant communities by supporting causes that are important to our clients, employees, partners and stakeholders. We believe that our success as individuals and as a company depends on the health of the communities in which we live and do business. Our commitment not only involves financial support, but also participating and playing significant leadership roles in a number of not-for-profit organizations, foundations and charities.
Created in 1999, the CC&L Foundation responds to requests from clients, staff and others to fund programs and not-for-profit organizations that help promote a better environment, improvements to education, advances in science and medicine, stronger communities and the arts.
Read more about the foundation's recent activities here.
Throughout this holiday season the Connor, Clark & Lunn Foundation is supporting 50 charitable and non-profit organizations across Canada and whose hard work makes the holidays a little easier for people in need. The holiday campaign is focused on providing support for food banks helping to fight hunger, homeless shelters providing warmth and a roof to those who need it most, empty stocking funds and meal hamper programs.
Organizations supported by the Connor, Clark & Lunn Foundation’s holiday campaign
Lower Mainland Christmas Bureau
Lower Mainland
Harvest Project
North Vancouver
The Salvation Army British Columbia Division
BC
Covenant House Vancouver
(Christmas Backpack Program)
Vancouver
Downtown Eastside Women's Centre
Vancouver
Cause We Care Foundation
Vancouver
Surrey Food Bank Society
Surrey
Mustard Seed Victoria
Victoria
Kelowna Community Food Bank
Kelowna
Kamloops Food Bank
Kamloops
Parksville Food Bank
Parksville
Inn from the Cold Society
Calgary
The Mustard Seed Foundation
Calgary
Calgary Inter-Faith Food Bank Society
Calgary
Rotary Club of Calgary - Christmas Hamper
Calgary
630 CHED Santas Anonymous
Edmonton
Ronald McDonald House (Northern Alberta)
Edmonton
Regina & District Food Bank
Regina
Saskatoon Food Bank & Learning Centre
Saskatoon
Winnipeg Harvest
Winnipeg
Ancaster Community Services
Hamilton
The Salvation Army – North York Temple
Toronto
Children's Aid Foundation
Toronto
Loft Community Services
Toronto
Daily Bread Food Bank
Toronto
Community Foundation of Orillia
Orillia
Mississauga Food Bank
Mississauga
Power of Hope Community Organization
Woodstock
Domestic Abuse Services Oxford
Woodstock
Saint Andrew's DEW Drop Inn
Thunder Bay
Regional Food Distribution Association
of Northwestern Ontario
Thunder Bay
Sudbury Food Bank
Sudbury
Tyndale St. Georges Community Center
Christmas Wish list
Montreal
Carrefour Familial Hochelaga
Montreal
Moisson Montreal
Montreal
Mada Community Centre
Montreal
YMCA (Feed the kids program)
Montreal
Jeffery Hale Foundation
Montreal
Montreal Oral School for the Deaf
Montreal
Fondation Jacques Forest
Montreal
The annual United Way Campaign is a focal point of Connor, Clark & Lunn’s philanthropy program that aims to extend the generosity and social awareness of staff and partners. The gifts made each year by partners and staff help in the funding of innovative projects designed to meet the emerging needs in our community such as an after-school program for kids with disabilities, a youth program for 6 -11 year olds to address aggressive behaviour and low self-esteem, and a hospice support program for families caring for someone with a life-threatening illness.
For 22 years Connor, Clark & Lunn has been instrumental in the organization of the annual Vancouver "Forget Me Not Golf Tournament" which has raised over $9.7 million in support of the Alzheimer Society of British Columbia.
Several CC&L partners have been on the board of this prestigious organization that is dedicated to protecting and conserving some of British Columbia's most spectacular and endangered regions.
Take a Hike is a unique program operated in partnership with the Vancouver School Board. The objective is to engage "youth at risk" in a program that combines outdoor experiential learning with in-class academics. The Foundation has embarked on an expansion initiative that will see the introduction of the program into new communities. A CC&L partner is a founding director.
Established in 1931 the Vancouver Art Gallery is the foremost venue for visual culture in British Columbia. With a collection of over 10,000 works of art and growing by several hundred each year, the Gallery is the primary source of works produced by artists in the region as well as works by other Canadian and international artists. Connor, Clark & Lunn Chairman, Larry Lunn, was elected to the Board of Trustees in May 2012. Click here to read the article on Larry's appointment.
The Vancouver Foundation helps build vibrant communities in British Columbia by harnessing the gifts of energy, ideas, time and money from caring citizens. Operating since 1943, the Vancouver Foundation is Canada’s largest community foundation with more than 1,400 endowment funds and approximately $750 million in assets. CC&L's Gord MacDougall became Chairman of the Foundation in 2011. Click here to read the Vancouver Foundation magazine article on Gord's appointment.
The Down Syndrome Research Foundation (DSRF) is a world-renowned Burnaby, BC based facility dedicated to Down Syndrome research and providing support and resources to individuals with Down Syndrome and their families. The facility is the only one of its kind in North America. CC&L participates in the annual Up the Down Market dinners in Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto and Montreal raising funds for the DSRF.