Each year we publish a Charity List of reviewed organizations to coincide with GivingTuesday. Giving Tuesday is an annual global movement of generosity. This year, for GivingTuesday, we highlight two client stories, one is a site visit to Stars Air Ambulance and the other is a personal journey across Canada’s arctic. Check out these stories and others in the most recent Karma & Cents newsletter.

In working with clients, we explore the different types of assets at their disposal that can be integrated in a giving plan. We call these assets the 4 T’s – Time, Talent Treasures and Ties. When you consider your giving for the 2025 holiday season, aside from your wealth, how else can you tap into your time, your expertise and your network?

The Charity List is a compilation of organizations supported throughout the year by donors through the Place2Give Foundation and consulting clients through Karma & Cents. In many cases, these are agencies that we have reviewed and recommended based on a donor risk tolerance and/or the funding objectives of the donor.

If you are interested in supporting any one of these agencies, please visit the GIVE page at Place2Give where you can specify the charity you’d like to support. In addition, you can choose to support one of our customized GIVE funds. Each fund has its own Charity List outlining its allocations for the year.

2025 Charity List

Animal Agencies

  • AARCS
  • Canadian Animal Task Force Society
  • Central Alberta Humane Society
  • Cochrane Humane Society
  • Greater Edmonton Animal Rescue Society
  • MEOW Foundation
  • Pause4Change Animal Rescue Foundation
  • Saving Grace Animal Society
  • Wildlife Rehabilitation Society of Edmonton
  • Winnipeg Humane Society
  • Zoe’s Animal Rescue Society

Arts & Culture

  • Calgary Jewish Film Festival – Beth Tzedec Synagogue
  • ChamberFest West
  • Honens
  • National Music Centre
  • Theatre of the Beat

Children & Youth

  • Big Brothers Big Sisters – Calgary
  • Boys & Girls Club – Winnipeg
  • Camp B’nai B’rith – Pine Lake, AB
  • CanU
  • Dream Factory
  • Live Different
  • Mammas for Mammas
  • Quest Theatre
  • Thrive Community Support Circle
  • Trellis
  • Toba Centre for Children and Youth
  • Two Wheel View
  • United Way of Winnipeg – The Huddle
  • WITS
  • YMCA of Winnipeg

Environment

  • Calgary Wildlife Rehabilitation Society
  • Ducks Unlimited
  • Manitoba Naturalists Society
  • Nature Conservancy of Canada

Food Security

  • Agape Table
  • Fresh Routes (non-profit)
  • Harvest Manitoba

Gender Equity

  • Centre for Sexuality
  • Girls Forward (formerly Fast & Female)
  • Informed Perspectives
  • Sagesse
  • Sisters ‘n Sync
  • Victoria Women’s Transition House
  • West Coast Leaf

Healthcare

  • Alberta Children’s Hospital Foundation
  • Cancer Care Manitoba Foundation
  • Children’s Hospital Foundation of Manitoba
  • St. Joseph’s Health Centre Foundation
  • STARS Air Ambulance

Indigenous Organizations

  • Creating Hope Society
  • Indspire
  • Miskanawa
  • Thunderbird Foundation
  • USAY

International Organizations

Note: For agencies that do not have charitable status in Canada we work with Myriad Foundation to facilitate cross-border donations.

  • Alongside Hope (multiple countries)
  • Casa Guatemala (Guatemala)
  • Dentistry for All (Latin America)
  • Hadassah Wizo (Israel)
  • Thorn (United States)
  • World Central Kitchen (Gaza)

Mental Health & Addictions

  • Bruce & Anne Oak Memorial Foundation
  • CINIM
  • Converge Mental Health Coalition (non-profit)
  • Dollar A Day Foundation
  • The Foundry
  • IYSNet – Integrated Youth Services Network
  • Kids Help Phone
  • Lionheart Foundation
  • Punjabi Community Association – Men’s Wellness program
  • Two Ten Recovery

Sports & Rec

  • Canadian Association for Disabled Skiing
  • Road to Racing

Universities & Education

  • Alberta University of the Arts
  • Lakefield College School
  • University of Calgary – Faculty of Education
  • University of Calgary – Cumming School of Medicine
  • University of Calgary – Faculty of Social Work
  • University of Calgary – Faculty of Science
  • University of Toronto – Faculty of Kinesiology
  • University of Victoria – Gender Studies Program

Welfare & Poverty Reduction

  • Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness
  • CUPS
  • Get S#!t Done Foundation (GeShiDo Foundation)
  • Momentum
  • Rise Asset Development
  • Seniors Secret Service
  • Umoja Community Mosaic
  • United Jewish Appeal
  • Windmill Micro-Lending

Other

  • Data for Good (chapters across Canada)
  • Jewish Historical Society of Southern Alberta
  • Platform Calgary