Funded Projects

Funded Projects

Making a positive difference

Every year, the John Andrews Foundation makes grants available to charitable, community organizations that make a positive difference for people in Northwestern Ontario.

Below are some of the initiatives we have supported over the years. 

Here are some of the projects we’ve supported over the years.

$500,000 Donation to the Our Hearts at Home Cardiovascular Campaign

In 2019, the John Andrews Foundation announced a $500,000 donation to Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Foundation to bring cardiovascular surgery to Northwestern Ontario. “We want to ensure that, should people need surgery, they can have it here at home,” said Allan McKitrick, Chair, John Andrews Foundation.

$20,000 Donation for Mental Health Counselling

In 2017, Thunder Bay Counselling received $20,000 to improve access to mental health counselling for low-income individuals and families in Thunder Bay. “This new project will have a lasting impact on how people access mental health services locally and ensure they receive what they need when they need it most,” said Nancy Chamberlain, Executive Director at Thunder Bay Counselling.

Over the last 40 + years, we have granted funds for the following agencies and non-profit organizations.

 

ANDREWS FOUNDATION DONATIONS
AIDS COMMITTEE OF THUNDER BAY
ADVANCED CORONARY REATTACHMENT FOUNDATION
ALZHEIMERS SOCIETY OF THUNDER BAY
ASPEN COURT SENIOR LIVING – ATIKOKAN
ATIKOKAN GENERAL HOSPITAL
BIG BROTHER & BIG SISTER
CANADIAN DIABETES ASSOCIATION
CANADIAN HEARING SOCIETY
CANADIAN MENTAL HEALTH
CANADIAN ORTHOPAEDIC FOUNDATION
CANADIAN RED CROSS
CATHOLIC FAMILY DEVELOPMENT CENTRE
CHILDREN’S CENTRE FOUNDATION
CNIB
COMMUNITY ARTS AND HERITAGE EDUCATION PROJECT
COMMUNITY CLOTHING ASSITANCE
COMMUNITY LIVING THUNDER BAY
CONFEDERATION COLLEGE
DARE – THUNDER BAY POLICE SERVICE
DRYDEN REGIONAL HEALTH CENTRE
ELIZABETH FRY SOCIETY OF NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO
FAYE PETERSON TRANSITION HOUSE
GEORGE JEFFREY CHILDREN’S CENTRE
GERALDTON DISTRICT HOSPITAL
GRACE HAVEN-DRYDEN (OUR SAVIOUR LUTHERAN CHURCH)
GRACE PLACE
HAGI (WILDERNESS DISCOVERY CAMP)
HARBOUR YOUTH
HEART AND STROKE FOUNDATION OF ONTARIO
HOSPICE NORTHWEST (FORMERLY Via Vitae)
JOHN HOWARD SOCIETY OF THUNDER BAY
JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF NW ONTARIO
KENORA YOUTH DROP IN CENTRE
KIDNEY FOUNDATION OF CANADA
LAKEHEAD BOARD OF EDUCATION – LITERACY
LAKEHEAD BOARD OF EDUCATION – Nor’Wester View School
LAKEHEAD BOARD OF EDUCATION – INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREAT
LAKEHEAD REGIONAL FAMILY CENTRE
LAKEHEAD SEARCH & RESCUE UNIT
LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY
LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY ATAC
LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY NORTHERN ONTARIO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE (NOSM)
LAKE OF THE WOODS DISTRICT HOSPITAL FOUNDATION 
LAKE OF THE WOODS MUSEUM – KENORA ART GALLERY
LAPPE FIRST RESPONSE
LEADERSHIP THUNDER BAY
MACGILLIVARY PIPE BAND
MAGNUS THEATRE
MANITOUWADGE GENERAL HOSPITAL
MARJORIE HOUSE MARATHON
NATURE CONSERVANCY OF CANADA
NIPIGON DISTRICT MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
NORTHERN CANCER RESEARCH CENTRE
NORTHERN HEARTS REGIONAL HEALTH SCIENCES FOUNDATION
NORTH OF SUPERIOR HEALTH CARE GROUP – Wilson Memorial HSP Marathon
NORTH OF SUPERIOR HEALTH CARE GROUP McCausland HSP Terrace Bay
NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO AIR SEARCH & RESCUE
NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO AVIATION HERITAGE CENTRE
OGDEN COMMUNITY SCHOOL LOGO CONTEST – One of many
ONTARIO MARCH OF DIMES
PARO CENTRE FOR WOMEN’S ENTERPRISE
PRECIOUS BUNDLES
P.R.O. KIDS (CITY OF THUNDER BAY)
PUSH (Persons United for Self Help)
RED LAKE MARGARET COCHENOUR MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
REGIONAL FOOD DISTRIBUTION ASSOCIATION
RIVERSIDE HEALTH CARE FACILITIES INC.
RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE
RURAL CUPBOARD
THE SALVATION ARMY
SIOUX LOOKOUT DISTRICT HEALTH FOUNDATION
SIOUX LOOLOUT MENO-YA-WIN HEALTH CENTRE
ST. VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY CORPUS CHRISTI
SPECIAL OLYMPICS ONTARIO
SPORT ALLIANCE OF ONTARIO (Alpine Ontario)
ST. ANDREW’S CHURCH SAME & TRINITY
ST. ANDREWS CATHOLIC CHURCH DEW DROP INN
ST. JOHN AMBULANCE
ST. JOSEPH’S FOUNDATION
THUNDER BAY ADVENTIST ACADEMY
THUNDER BAY ART GALLERY
THUNDER BAY BOYS & GIRLS CLUB
THUNDER BAY CHILDREN’S FESTIVAL
THUNDER BAY COMMUNITY AUDITORIUM
THUNDER BAY COUNSELLING 
THUNDER BAY EMERGENCY SHELTER 
THUNDER BAY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
THUNDER BAY HISTORICAL MUSEUM
THUNDER BAY LITERACY
THUNDER BAY MILITARY MUSEUM
THUNDER BAY REGIONAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION 
THUNDER BAY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA (TBSO)
THUNDER BAY SYMPHONY YOUTH ORCHESTRA
THUNDER BAY THERAPEUTIC RIDING ASSOCIATION 
TOYS FOR TOTS THUNDER BAY 
TRINITY UNITED CHURCH
UNITED WAY OF THUNDER BAY
URBAN ABBEY
WESWAY
UNDERGROUND GYM & YOUTH CNTRE INC
VICTORIAN ORDER OF NURSES
VOLUNTEER CENTRE