Our Donors
You make our impact possible!
In FY23, Rise had its most impactful year yet thanks to the generosity and support of a national community of like-minded funders, partners and donors. Together, we are achieving our shared vision of a Canada made stronger by the passion and innovation of entrepreneurs with mental health and addiction challenges.
At our core are the Rotmans—the family that started Rise in 2010 and continues its stalwart support. Thank you to the Rotman Family for its enduring commitment to our mission, and particularly to Sandy and Janis Rotman, for their dedicated involvement.
Our Gratitude to Longstanding Supporters
Thank you to our longstanding partners and donors whose gifts have reached the lifetime giving milestone of $500,000 and above (as of April 30, 2023).
Thank you to all of our donors who gave a gift in FY23
(May 1, 2022 to April 30, 2023)$100,000 to $499,999
$50,000 to $99,999
Canadian Western Bank
The Molson Foundation
Ontario Trillium Foundation
$10,000 to $49,999
* represents Rise Launch Investors
Deborah Alexander*
CanadaHelps
Canada Life and Workplace Strategies for Mental Health
Corpay
Echo Foundation
GROW
Tamara Kronis & Martin Traub-Werner*
Tom Little and Ann Sutherland
Andrew and Hillary Macdonald
Maple Leaf Resorts
The McLean Foundation
The Catherine & Maxwell Meighen Foundation
Nicola Family Foundation
Nicola Wealth
Nosreap Family Foundation
Ottawa Community Foundation
Diana S. Pitfield
Power Corporation of Canada
Philippe Savoy & Birgit Kibbel*
Savoy Pitfield Family Fund
Tassan & David Sung Family Giving Fund
Up With Women
Anonymous (2)
$1,000 to $9,999
* represents Rise Launch Investors
Kathryn Dunstan
Shannon Ferguson
Randy Garg
Alf Goodall*
Julia Green
Caroline Haselden
Haywood Securities Inc.
Howes Family Foundation
The Hylcan Foundation
Ito Family Private Giving Fund
Felix Kwamena
Andrew Le Feuvre*
Jonathan McCain*
Anne and Robert McGuire
Nikki Moffat
Gary Morassutti*
Djavad Mowafaghian Foundation
Jason & Courtney Nicola Private Giving Fund
Michael and Inna O'Brian Family Foundation
David Pitfield
Zahra Salisbury
Tom Scheuring*
Deanne Schweitzer
Paul and Kanya Simpson
David Skelly
David R. Smith & Cecillia Dos Santos
Arv Sooch
Lori Spadorcia*
Vancity Community Investment Bank (VCIB)
Praveen & Anuja Varshney
Summer Wilson
Garry Zlotnik
$500 to $999
* represents Rise Launch Investors
Surjit S Babra, Sardar*
Michael Bentley
Jamie Duncan
Xiaoli Jia
Boafoa Kawamena
Bernard Lewis
Ash & Danae MacLeod
Shana McEachren Inc.
Anonymous (1)
$1 to $499
* represents Rise Launch Investors
Zachery Abbas
Michelle Addison
Irfan Ahmad
Ligy Alakkattussery
Edible Alchemy
Noah Laszlo Bernett
Lucie Bourret
Alexander Braive
Maureen Burgess
Carolyn Burke
Darwish Chahbar
Peter Chernoff
Gianni Ciufo
Anne Cooper
Michael Demeter
Simone Dive
Fundraising Lab
Liana Fung
Franklin Hall
Jacqueline Hamilton
Chiara Iusso
William Jee
Paul Ko
Vera Krutzler
Felicia Kwamena
Stella La Sorda
Paul Larocque
Karthik Lingareddy
Corey Martin
Kenneth McGuffin
Esther Mui
Charlene Packer
Andrea Paquette
James Parker*
Vittoria Perrone
Marie-Josee Poulin
Andrew Propper
Noel Roberts
Samriddhi Sanjay
Michael Sharp*
Raiden Skala
Carrie Smith
Alexandra Snelgrove
James Ambury Stuart
Qiqi Su
Claudia Tenuta
David Thibodeau
Meaghan Thumath
Susan Tremblay
Grace Wang
Walter Wells
Benny Yeung
Melanie Yu
Anonymous (2)
