We believe investments in charities that support health, education, and skills development are fundamental to changing the lives of Canadians. For that reason, we focus on charities that have a proven track record of addressing these areas and the specific needs of vulnerable groups, and that also have the opportunity for substantial growth.
Our investments are for activities that improve the efficiency and effectiveness of charities so they may better serve their community. We build their capacity by addressing organizational and governance gaps, developing a systematic approach to prove and improve their social impact, and by identifying strategies to scale their innovations into new markets.
The Legacies in Action Society gives priority to initiatives that:
Organizations that are:
Note: We support Canadian registered charities or other qualified donees as identified by the Canada Revenue Agency. Only initiatives that align with our granting approach and fall within one of our three funding areas are eligible for funding. We may undertake to do some of this capacity building work ourselves or use third party not-for-profit intermediaries.
Legacies in Action Society typically provides grants and support for term-specific initiatives, with a maximum granting period of three years.
We understand each organization is unique and the path to improving effectiveness, building capacity, and supporting scalability is different for each. As a result, other incidental activities may be required. The Legacies in Action Society provides grants and support for each of these activities.
The Legacies in Action Society does not support the following:
Note: We may, from time to time, make trustee-directed donations that fall outside our regular guidelines. These are proactive in nature, and Legacies in Action Society will not consider unsolicited proposals to our Board of Directors.