Ivey Foundation

The Ivey Foundation is a private charitable foundation located in Toronto, Canada. It was incorporated without share capital as The Richard Ivey Foundation on December 31, 1947 under the laws of the Province of Ontario by the late Richard G. Ivey, Q.C., LL.D., and his son, Richard M. Ivey, C.C., Q.C., LL.D. Since 1947 the Foundation has made grants totalling $69.1 million.

The Ivey Foundation has grown, evolved and kept pace with an increasingly demanding and sophisticated grant-seeking community. With roots in London, Ontario, it helped establish that city as a centre of health-care excellence and home to a leading research-intensive university. Today, the Conserving Canada's Forests Program provides critical support for environmental sustainability across the country. Throughout its long and rich history, the Foundation has maintained a focus on the pursuit and support of excellence, but has also embraced change as a necessary element in its evolution.

As a family, we have been privileged to work together over three generations, sharing ideas, insights and passions about the possibilities of philanthropy. Going forward, the Ivey Foundation will continue in its mission to improve the well-being of Canadians by focusing its resources on selected issues of significance.