The Canadian Rugby Foundation owes its existence and growth to the rugby clubs, groups, and individuals (Fund Sponsors) who initiated and continue to support our over sixty funds, be they standard club endowment funds, student award funds, capital project funds, or Rugby Canada Senior and Age-Grade Team Funds. Along with donors to the Foundation and individual funds, they are true collaborators in the sense we all have common goals – growing, developing, and promoting rugby and the people involved in the game of rugby union anywhere in Canada – and we try to achieve those goals through the judicious use of monies accumulated within a Foundation fund towards rugby club operating expenses, student awards, and performance-related awards, expenditures for major capital projects such as new fields, facilities, and clubhouse construction and renovations.
Each of these funds or dedicated restricted funds has been set up with specific goals as outlined in the Fund’s Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the Foundation. They are restricted and dedicated in the sense that the monies accumulated are dedicated to, and restricted in use according to the MOA.
In addition to these funds, the Foundation has a General or Unrestricted Fund which it uses to help sponsor and support projects, events, and rugby tournaments of national scope, and to maintain the operations of the Foundation.
The Canadian Rugby Foundation Funds follow:
CLUB ENDOWMENT FUNDS (supporting rugby clubs and organizations)
- Ancient Nor’Westers Endowment Fund
- Aurora Barbarians Fund
- BC Grassroots Rugby Fund
- Brampton RFC Fund
- Brantford Harlequins RFC
- Capilano Rugby Club Fund
- Castaway Wanderers RFC Fund
- Clansmen Legacy Fund
- C.O.R.E. (Central Okanagan Rugby Enthusiasts) Fund
- Crimson Tide Junior Fund
- Deacy, Browne, Parfrey Fund
- Fletcher’s Patrons Fund
- Friends of Manitoba Rugby Fund
- Green and Gold Legacy Fund
- Hamilton Hornets Rugby Fund
- LeadHerShip Fund
- Leprechaun Tiger RFC Legacy Fund
- Les Voyageurs Fund
- Loyalists Legends Legacy Fund
- Markham Irish MICRC Legacy Fund
- Meraloma Rugby Endowment Fund
- Montreal Irish Fund
- Ravens Ripper Fund
- Rugby Ontario FFL Fund
- Rugby Rumble Fund
- Saint John Trojans RFC Fund
- Thunder Indigenous Rugby Fund
- Toronto Nomads Rugby Endowment Fund
- Toronto Saracens Legacy Fund
- Toronto Scottish FFL Fund
- Toronto Scottish Rugby Football Club Fund
- University of Western Ontario (Men) Award Fund
- University Rugby Supporters Fund
- Vancouver Island VIRU Fund
- Westshore RFC Fund
AWARD FUNDS
- Colette McAuley NSWT Award Fund
- Courtenay Taaffe Award Fund
- David Burnett Memorial Award Fund
- David Robinson Memorial Award Fund
- Dennis Crawford Memorial Award Fund
- Don Whidden Memorial Award Fund
- George Jones Award Fund
- Gerald McGavin Coaching Award Fund
- Guelph Gryphons Women’s Rugby Award Fund
- Jack Patrick and Nick Mather Awards Fund
- John Cannon Award Fund
- John Jones Memorial Award Fund
- Judy Seddon Memorial Award Fund
- Liam Geddes Memorial Award Fund
- Lt. Colonel W.D.C. Holmes University Awards Fund
- Marina and Howard Gerwing Award Fund
- Quinn Lauridsen Memorial Award Fund
- Steven Batie Memorial Award Fund
- Thomas Family Award Fund
CAPITAL FUNDS
- Bayside RFC Clubhouse Campaign Fund
- Burlington Centaurs Fund
- Montreal Irish Capital Fund
- Niagara Old Boys RFC Fund
- Strathcona Druids RFC Fund
- Tillman Briggs (JBAA) Capital Fund
RUGBY CANADA SENIOR AND AGE-GRADE TEAM FUNDS
- Captain’s Fund
- Dick Ellis Memorial Fund
- Monty Heald Senior National Women’s Fund
- Hong Kong and Olympic 7s Fund
- Pacific Pride Legacy Fund
- U20 Men’s Fund
CRF UNRESTRICTED FUND
TO MAKE A DONATION TO ANY OF THE FOUNDATION’S FUNDS, GO HERE AND SCROLL TO THE FUND’S NAME, AND PLEASE GIVE GENEROUSLY: