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The Sharing Farm grows food to feed Richmond families in need. The Farm is run by community members for community members, and is dedicated to providing fresh, healthy, local produce to our less fortunate neighbours. The Sharing Farm operates on a tiny budget, but thanks to the generosity of our over 1,000 yearly volunteers and the devotion of a small core of part-time staff, the Farm is able to provide thousands of pounds of fruits and vegetables every year to community meals throughout the city and the Richmond Food Bank. From a beginning involving collecting surplus fruit to give to the Richmond Food Bank, through growing vegetables on a small scale on donated land, The Sharing Farm Society now cultivates 5 acres between the Farm in Terra Nova Rural Park and our Orchard in south Richmond.

Meduxnekeag River Association is a non-profit community organization based in Woodstock New Brunswick. Since 1998, we have purchased and protected as the Meduxnekeag Valley Nature Preserve 120 hectares of ecologically-rich riparian forest including key habitat of more than a dozen species of provincially-rare plants. Our two principal education programs are guided curriculum-linked Preserve visits for K-12 classes, and our annual Meduxnekeag Environmental Showcase competition for elementary students. Financial support for property purchases has been received from the Dunn Foundation, EJLB Foundation, NB Wildlife Trust Fund, Woodstock Rotary Club, Nature Conservancy of Canada, Nature Trust of New Brunswick, and many individual donors. In 2004, we were honoured with a New Brunswick Environmental Leadership Award.

With your donation you can choose to support three different Miistakis Initiatives; General Funds, Highway Wilding and Road Watch in the Pass. These funds are described further along in the donation process.

Since 1958, the Central Lake Ontario Conservation Authority (CLOCA) has been working to promote conservation, restoration, development and management of natural resources on a watershed basis. In partnership with local municipalities, CLOCA provides environmental input to partner municipalities and assesses development applications using a broad knowledge of local natural heritage information gathered over the years. CLOCA has also been protecting areas of natural significance through direct ownership as well as through donation. Currently, CLOCA owns over 1700 hectares of conservation land in an effort to protect significant wetlands, valleylands, forest, meadows, groundwater resources, aquatic environments, important wildlife habitats and to enhance the biodiversity of south Durham Region.

VOKRA is a no-kill, non-profit, registered charity dedicated to the rescue of cats in the Lower Mainland. VOKRA does not have a shelter. Instead, we provide over 100 individual foster homes throughout the Lower Mainland. In a home environment, our cats are safe and receive lots of love and attention. VOKRA covers all costs and provides ongoing support to foster families. VOKRA's Trap-Neuter-Return team humanely traps feral cats and kittens. Pregnant feral mothers are cared for through birthing and weaning, at which time we spay the mother and socialize the kittens. If the mother cannot be tamed, she is returned to a location where volunteers ensure food and water are available daily, and the cat’s health can be monitored. We also neuter feral male cats, and either adopt them out or release them as appropriate, with the same care arrangements. VOKRA rescued over 1,420 felines in 2009. VOKRA has no paid staff. We are 100% volunteer. Website: www.vokra.ca

OLTA supports the efforts of 35 land trusts across Ontario. Fuelled by more than 100,000 volunteers, OLTA members have conserved over 80,000 acres across Ontario - and their impact continues to grow. Land trusts are locally-based, often volunteer-led, charities that work tirelessly to conserve special lands and waters in their communities - forever. Established and driven by community members, land trusts are well positioned to work with private landowners and other local stakeholders to realize shared conservation objectives and help build a nature legacy for current and future generations to enjoy.

Our Mission: To build on the strengths and assets of Nova Scotia’s coastal and rural communities by encouraging philanthropic giving, developing a permanent endowment and managing the granting of funds.

The Spence Neighbourhood Association is a resident-directed agency that works with the people of our neighbourhood to create and implement solutions to community concerns. We are located in the inner-city of Winnipeg, Manitoba. The Spence Neighbourhood is a 25 block area with higher than average youth, aboriginal and new immigrant populations, and housing stock that is over 100 years old. The SNA actively involves residents, business owners, and volunteers in the neighbourhood to plan, develop, and implement projects. It was first incorporated as a non-profit entity in 1997 and is directed by a board made of 8-12 residents of the neighbourhood. Resident participation is a key approach of our organization. Since our inception, we have built 33 homes, run innovative gang prevention programs, created nine community gardens and a community greenhouse site, created a community skills bank, pioneered sports programs for the entire inner city and more!

At Power To Be our programs are designed to impact local lives by filling the gaps in education, health and social service sectors. We work with specially trained staff, community partners and local agencies to provide award-winning inclusive nature-based experiences. The programs are designed to inspire a sense of connection, community and the limitless discovery of what is possible. Adaptive Recreation and Wilderness School participants are living with physical, cognitive, developmental or socioeconomic barriers. Power To Be helps break down these barriers by creating access to nature-based activities including sea kayaking, surfing, climbing, snowshoeing, skiing, backpacking, yoga, hiking and multi-day adventures.

This organization mobilizes chefs on three levels: the redistribution of food surpluses, the preparation of ready-to-eat meals to profit Quebec food banks, and the transfer of culinary and nutritional knowledge to underprivileged youth so as to break the cycle of poverty and develop culinary independence.

The Planet in Focus Foundation supports the charitable activities of the Planet in Focus: International Environmental Film & Video Festival. Planet in Focus screens and promotes outstanding and compelling films and videos (documentaries, dramas, experimental and animation) covering a broad range of environmental themes by Canadian and International filmmakers. We aim to promote the use of film and video as catalysts for environmental awareness, discussion, and engagement on the ecological and social health of the planet. The Festival also hosts panel discussions, workshops, a school touring program and a children's program. Planet in Focus also operates a youth environmental video production program called Youth Camera Action!

The Foundation provides stable, sustainable support to charitable organizations on the Sunshine Coast. We create a way for individuals, families, corporations, businesses and groups to pool charitable giving into a single Community Capital Fund that will respond to the needs and concerns of the area’s residents from Port Mellon to Egmont.