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 seventy 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 (alphabetically):
Ancient Nor’Westers Endowment Fund
Aurora Barbarians RFC Development Fund
Aurora Barbarians RFC FFL Fund
Bayside RFC Clubhouse Campaign Fund
C.O.R.E. (Central Okanagan Rugby Enthusiasts) Fund
Colette McAuley NSWT Award Fund
Dave Huang Memorial Award Fund
David Burnett Memorial Award Fund
David Robinson Memorial Award Fund
Dennis Crawford Memorial Award Fund
Don Whidden Memorial Award Fund
Gerald McGavin Coaching Award Fund
Guelph Gryphons Women’s Rugby Award Fund
Jack Patrick and Nick Mather & Tillman Briggs Family Awards Fund
John Jones Memorial Award Fund
Judy Seddon Memorial Award Fund
Kevin ‘Lunk’ Wirachowski Award Fund
Leprechaun Tiger RFC Legacy Fund
Liam Geddes Memorial Award Fund
Marina and Howard Gerwing Award Fund
Markham Irish MICRC Legacy Fund
Monty Heald Senior National Women’s Fund
Niagara Old Boys RFC Capital Fund
Paul ‘Koby’ Kobayashi Memorial Award Fund
Peterborough Rugby Endowment Fund
Quinn Lauridsen Memorial Award Fund
Red Deer Titans RFC Capital Fund
Red Deer Titans RFC Endowment Fund
Steven Batie Memorial Award Fund
Tillman Briggs (JBAA) Capital Fund
Toronto Nomads Rugby Endowment Fund
Toronto Scottish Rugby Football Club Fund
Twin Elm Rugby Park Renewal Fund
University Rugby Supporters Fund
Vikes Men’s Rugby Supporters Fund
Western Mustangs Men’s Rugby Fund
Western Women’s Rugby Alumni 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:
