Canada Gives: The Foundation that Builds a Foundation for Charitable Giving.

How do you make the greatest impact with your charitable dollars? Most charities need funding to provide for their immediate needs while also relying on longer-term annual giving by donors to sustain their longer term needs.
 
Canada Gives will help you to develop a charitable giving strategy that will provide funding to the charities of your choice to meet those distinct two needs--funding for today and tomorrow.

Here's how it works.

• Identify how much you are able to give annually and over what period of time.
• Determine how much of every donation should be allocated to today's needs while you build your endowment.
• If you assume a 5% investment return on average each year from your endowment gift, you can identify the size of endowment required.
• Example:
  "If you wanted to give away $25,000 each year "in perpetuity," you would need to endow approximately $500,000 into your Personal Foundation Account at Canada Gives. You can make one significant donation if your circumstance permits, or build it over time with a number of donations. Each donation will receive a tax receipt for the full amount of the gift."