Canada Gives, donor advised funds and endowment funds for community foundations

Fees, Costs & Transparency

Canada Gives is a charitable foundation that builds foundations. We offer more information, more often and with more choices over key decisions than other donor advised fund providers. In order to help our financial services industry partners provide a low cost solution without diminishing our level of customization and service, we reviewed our fee schedule.
 
Effective for Q2 2010, the annual administration fees for Canada Gives individual Foundation accounts will be reduced from 2.00% to 1.25% and declines to 0.50%. A minimum annual fee of $1500 per account will apply for full foundation management services. To see how this compares with the costs for operating a private foundation click here. 
 

Canada Gives fees are all-inclusive and transparent.

  • There are no additional fees for granting, or
  • No undefined expenses charged to these accounts
  • We do not receive any portion of the investment management fees.
 
While we continue to recommend that a permanent endowment fund be $100,000 or more in order to generate annual grants that can make a difference to the charities they support, we believe many clients would grow their endowment to that level over time working with a financial adviser. A Canada Gives Foundation account can now be opened with an initial donation of $25,000 and subsequent donations of $5,000 or more.

Is a Canada Gives Charitable Giving Account Right for You?

Every Charitable Donor is unique.  Canada Gives was designed to work with donors who are interested in setting their own philanthropic objectives and strategy and bringing their own priorities to their charitable giving. Contact us directly or through your professional Charitable Donations advisor and we can customize an individual or corporate Foundation account or an Annual Giving account that achieves your specific goals.

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You can find us in the Charities Directorate at www.cga-arc.gc.ca

 

Contact Denise Castonguay, Executive Director, to arrange your consultation:

Canada Gives
120 Adelaide Street West, Suite 2500
Toronto, Ontario, M5H 1T1

T (416) 644-1573
F (416) 367-1954
E info@canadagives.ca

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