
NGC Foundation
The National Gallery of Canada Foundation welcomes visionary philanthropists, art collectors, and corporations from across the country to work with us in support of strategic initiatives at the National Gallery of Canada.
Join us in celebrating and supporting Canada’s visual arts heritage. Learn more about the Foundation and how we help advance art research, promote dynamic national programs, and nurture the growth of the national collection for future generations.
About the Foundation
In 1997, the National Gallery of Canada Foundation was established as a non-profit registered charity that cultivates private support in Canada and abroad, raising capital, and managing and increasing both expendable funds and an endowment, for the benefit of the National Gallery of Canada.
With the support of the federal government, and private patronage from donors, the Gallery’s collections and programs were founded upon, and continue to be sustained by, an ongoing spirit of public-private partnership.
To date, the NGC Foundation has raised more than $60 million in financial contributions and has generated $20 million in earned revenue from sponsorships, membership, and investment income. We are also proud to have facilitated donations of art valued in excess of $40 million and the establishment of more than 25 endowments and special project funds in support of research and acquisitions.
The NGC Foundation enjoys an active engagement with its donors, whose exemplary generosity has fostered the preservation, display, and understanding of a world-class collection of visual art.
Charitable Registration Number: 87 858 0240 RR0001

Support Us
Founded in 1880, the National Gallery of Canada is home to one of the finest collections in the world.
Major and Special Gifts
The Foundation welcomes gifts at all levels, and is pleased to recognize the generosity of all past and current patrons. Patrons may contribute to a range of restricted and non-restricted expendable funds or endowments.
Capital Naming Opportunities — including galleries, public spaces, and exhibition halls — are also available.
Please note that the Gallery’s Membership and Circle programs, are directly managed by the National Gallery of Canada. Information on these programs are available on the Become a Member page.
Scotiabank
The Audain Foundation (Michael J. Audain O.C., O.B.C., and Yoshiko Karasawa)
Reesa Greenberg
Elizabeth and Donald R. Sobey and Family
American Express Foundation
Bell
Canada Council for the Arts
Coril Holdings Ltd.
Fred Fountain, C.M., L.L.D. and Elizabeth Fountain
The Jack Weinbaum Family Foundation
Michael and Sonja Koerner Family
The Lacey Family
RBC
TD Bank Group
The Thomson Foundation
The Volunteers of the National Gallery of Canada
The Estate of Harry Michael Brindza
Charles Bronfman and the late Andrea Bronfman
Thomas d'Aquino, C.M., J.D., LL.M., LL.D. and Susan Peterson d'Aquino, M.A.
Jackie Flanagan
The J.W. McConnell Family Foundation
A.K. Prakash Foundation
Power Corporation of Canada
The Estate of Elizabeth Simonfay
Sun Life Financial
Anonymous Donors
BMO Financial Group
Nahum Gelber, Q.C. and Dr. Sheila Gelber
Government of Canada
The Estate of Dorothea and Margaret Graham
Heffel Fine Art Auction House
Imperial
Imperial Tobacco Canada Foundation
Invesco
Investor’s Group
The Estate of Liv‑Ellen Lockeberg
The Estate of Elsje and Paul Mandl
Hal Jackman Foundation
The Marjorie and Gerald Bronfman Foundation
Mark McCain and Caro MacDonald
Midland Walwyn
Newcourt Credit Group
John O’Brian
Pierre Lassonde Family Foundation
Carol and Morton Rapp
Jay Smith and Laura Rapp
Anne Stanfield
Michael J. Tims, C.M. and Renae N. Tims
Anonymous Donors
David Aisenstat
Malcolm and Robin Anthony
The Anthony and Gladys Tyler Charitable Foundation
The Audrey and Donald Campbell Foundation
Claire et Laurent Beaudoin, C.C., O.Q.
Frances and the late Sam Belzberg
Diana Billes
Black & McDonald
Linda Black, Q.C. and the Honourable Douglas Black, Q.C.
Bombardier
Ann and Tim Bowman
The Province of British Columbia
The late David G. Broadhurst
Dr. Clifford M. Brown
Terry Burgoyne
Alice and Grant Burton
Chadha Family Foundation
CIBC
CN
The Daniel Langlois Foundation
DH Gales Family Foundation
N. Murray Edwards
Embassy of the United States of America
Enbridge Inc.
Export Development Canada
Margaret and Jim Fleck
Brigitte and Henning Freybe
Joan and Martin Goldfarb
Blake and Belinda Goldring
Ryan R. Green
David K. J. Heffel and Patsy Kim Heffel
Robert and Jennifer Heffel
Jim and Susan Hill
The late Michal Hornstein, C.M., G.O.Q. and the late Renata Hornstein
Rosamond Ivey
Stephen A. and Gail Jarislowsky
Judith and John C. Kerr, C.M., O.B.C., LL.D.
Hassan Khosrowshahi, C.M., O.B.C. and Nezhat Khosrowshahi
The late George and Karen Killy
The Estate of Inge Kramer
Steven and Lynda Latner
Leanne and George Lewis
David Marshall and Emylia Marshall
Dr. Kanta Marwah
Ronald P. Mathison
The late Harrison H. McCain, C.C., O.N.B.
The Honourable Margaret N. McCain and the late G. Wallace F. McCain
John and Keltie Mierins
Judith Miller and Joyce Harpell
Mary and John Nash
Elise Nuyten and the late David Dime
Michael and Inna O'Brian
Myriam Ouimet and the late Dr. J. Robert Ouimet, C.M., C.Q., Ph.D., M.B.A., Ph.D. h.c., M.Sc. P.S.
Parmalat Canada Inc.
Parnassus Foundation
Peter and Joanne Brown Foundation
Don and Sheila Pether
Jean H. Picard, C.M.
Robert and Donna Poile
Pratt & Whitney Canada
Private Foundation
Hartley and Heather Richardson
Nancy Richardson
Sandra Rotman and the late Joseph Rotman
Fred and Beverly Schaeffer
Richard and Nancy Self
Anne Shabaga
Eleanor and Francis Shen
Dasha Shenkman, OBE
The Estate of Rena Merilyn Sim
Philip Somerville
Ronald and Janet Stern
Stonecroft Foundation for the Arts
Takao Tanabe Charitable Fund
Jean Teron and the late William Teron, O.C.
The late Dr. Shirley L. Thomson, C.C.
Arni Thorsteinson and Susan Glass
Sara Vered, C.M. and the late Zeev Vered, C.M., P.Eng
The Wesik Family
Robin and David Young
Timothy A. Young
Anonymous Donors
Aimia Inc.
Claire Alasco
Alenia North America
William Anderson
Robert and Mary Pat Armstrong
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia
The Azrieli Foundation
Paul Baay
Salah Bachir
W. Bruce C. Bailey
Banque Nationale
Don and Sheila Bayne
The Bennett Family Foundation
Nichole Anderson Bergeron and Alain Bergeron
BGL
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
Cecily and Robert Bradshaw
BC Arts Council
Canadian Pacific Charitable Foundation
Carleton University
CHC Helicopters International Inc.
John Cleghorn, O.C., Pattie Cleghorn and Family
Karen Colby-Stothart
Corel Corporation
Corona Extra
Bernard A. Courtois et Dominique Jarrige
D'Alessandro, O.C. and Pearl D'Alessandro
David Zwirner
Leo and Sandra DelZotto
André Desmarais, O.C. and France Chrétien Desmarais, O.C.
Drake Hotel Properties
Emmanuelle Gattuso Foundation
EnCana Corporation
The Estate of James Kellner Fitzgerald
Fondation PHI
Dr. Lynne Freiburger Beniot and the late F. Harvey Benoit
Anouchka Freybe and Scott Connell
Harvey and Louise Glatt
Ira Gluskin and Maxine Granovsky Gluskin
Al and Malka Green
Jane Halverson and Bruno L. Vendittelli
Robert Harding
Dick and Lois Haskayne
H.C. Capital (Hélène Couture)
The Highbury Foundation
The Paul and Carol Hill Family
Arthur L. Irving, O.C. and Sandra Irving
Irving Oil
Jane Irwin and Ross Hill
The Jackman Foundation
James Kinnear, C.F.A., M.B. and Bridgett Eansor Kinnear
Phyllis Lambert
Phil Lind
The Estate of Barbara Joyce MacVicar
Manulife Financial
The Estate of Evelyn Henderson McAndrew
MFS McLean Budden
Viviane and Jay Mehr
The Estate of Gerald Mendel
David and Audrey Mirvish
Modelo Molson Imports L.P.
Nadir and Shabin Mohamed
The late Catherine Jean Wickenden Mooney
Nancy McCain and The Honourable Bill Morneau
Tracey Novak and Scott MacDonald
Della and Stuart McLaughlin
Michael F. B. Nesbitt
Maxine Oldham
Pamela Osler Delworth and the late Thomas W. Delworth
Julia and Gilles Ouellette
The Estate of Arthur R. Palmer
Partners in Art
PBB Global Logistics
The Estate of Rita-Anne Marie Piquet
Sandra and James Pitblado
Michael Potter
The late André Preibish
Private Foundation
Rennie Foundation
Peter and Susan Restler
Rio Tinto Alcan Inc.
John C. Risley
John and Jennifer Ruddy
Jan and Paul Sabourin
Leonard Schlemm
The Schulich Foundation
Gerald Sheff and Shanitha Kachan
Shell Canada
Nan Shuttleworth
Silicon Graphics
Rob and Monique Sobey
Sotheby's Canada
Phil and Eli Taylor
TELUS
Janet and Peter Tertzakian
The Estate of Italo Tiezzi
Mary D. Thomson
Victoria Miro
The William and Nancy Turner Foundation
Bruno J. Wall
Anonymous Donors
The late Byron Aceman and Caron Bernstein
Susan Almrud
Amex Canada Inc.
Barry Appleton and Magaly Bianchini
AXA Art Canada
Peter and Sheila Bentley
Elisabetta Bigsby
Kimberley Bozak and Philip Deck
Laura Brandon
Louise and the late Allen Browne
CAE Inc.
The late Frances Cameron
Canada Life
Canadian Museums Association
Canadian Pacific Railway
Dr. Michael and Mrs. Barbara Chamberlain
Chanonhouse Family
Stephen J. Chetner
Christie's Canada Inc.
Claridge Homes Group of Companies
Claudine and Stephen Bronfman Family Foundation
The late David and the late Mary Culver
David Daniels and Kate Alexander Daniels
Bryan P. Davies
Dr. Richard Deaton and Marie Claire Pommez
Pam Dinsmore
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur B. Drache, C.M., Q.C.
The Electrical Contractors' Association of Ottawa
The Embassies of Finland, Norway, and Sweden
Galerie Eric Klinkhoff
George Estey
Yvonne and David Fleck
Felix Furst
Glotman, Simpson Consulting Engineers
Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP
Anthony and Helen Graham
Martha Hanna
Vicki and Bruce Heyman
Julie Hodgson
The Horne Family Charitable Foundation
Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada
Richard and Donna Ivey
The late Andrea Jones
Bill and Sue Kidd
Vahan and Susie Kololian
Bernard Lamarre, O.C., Q.C.
Mr. Dennis T. and Sharon Lanigan
Lawrence & Company Inc.
Suzanne Legge
The Luigi Liberatore Foundation
Robert F. MacLellan and Margaret MacLellan
The Mark S. Bonham Charitable Foundation
Lillian and Billy Mauer
Liza Mauer and Andrew Sheiner
Rob and Sandra May
Margaret C. McNee
Nicholas Metivier
Mira Godard Gallery
Diana Nemiroff and the late Jean-Pierre Gaboury
Nordstrom, Inc.
Roxy Paine
Pandion Investments Limited
Paris Neckwear Limited
Sheila-Mary Pepin
The late Louise Perry
David and Shelley Peterson
Brian Porter
Kenneth Pustai
Kim Richter and Jon Shirley
R. T. Ross Holdings Inc.
Remai Modern
The Estate of Charles M. Ruggles
Sajo
Shiseido Canada
SNC LAVALIN
Sotheyby’s Inc.
Georgina Steinsky
The late Pierre Théberge, O.C., C.Q.
Terrence and Lisa Turner
TrépanierBaer Gallery
Velan, Inc.
Meeka Walsh
Welch LLP
Jim and Deborah Westlake
Robin Wright and Ian Reeves
Y. P. Heung Foundation
Anonymous Donors
In honour of the sesquicentennial commemoration of Canadian Confederation, the National Gallery of Canada Foundation is proud to acknowledge donations received in support of the Art for the Nation 2017 initiative
Distinguished Business Leadership Circle
BMO Financial Group
Imperial
Power Corporation of Canada
RBC
Scotiabank
Canada 150 Visionaries
Audain Foundation
Thomas P. d’Aquino and Susan Peterson d’Aquino
Fred and Elizabeth Fountain
Reesa Greenberg
Michael and Sonja Koerner Family
Ronald and Diane Mannix
A.K. Prakash Foundation
Rennie Foundation
Donald R. Sobey Family
Canada 150 Benefactors
Albert and Temmy Latner Family
Robin and Malcolm Anthony
Ann and Tim Bowman
Joan and Martin Goldfarb
Hal Jackman Foundation
Jim and Susan Hill
Killy Foundation
Masters Gallery Ltd.
Don and Sheila Pether
Poile Family
Hartley and Heather Richardson
Fred and Beverly Schaeffer
Eleanor and Francis Shen
Dasha Shenkman, O.B.E.
Stonecroft Foundation for the Arts
The Jack Weinbaum Family Foundation
Robin and David Young
A donation of fifty paintings, valued at over $20 million, by Canadian artist James Wilson Morrice (1865-1924) from the A.K. Prakash Foundation. (announced December 2015)
A donation of tens of thousands of historically significant photographs and related artefacts, including the Matthew R. Isenburg Collection, historical and contemporary African and Asian photographs, historical Canadian and Indigenous photographs, British and French 19th-century photographs, Czech 20th-century photographs, and international photojournalism including the remarkable Globe and Mail archives, as part of a partnership to create the Canadian Photography Institute. (announced November 2015)
Founding Partners Circle

The National Gallery of Canada Foundation was created in 1997, under the leadership of Jean-Claude Delorme, O.C.,O.Q., C.R., (1934–2006). Together, the twenty founding patrons, known as the Founding Partners’ Circle, provided the Foundation’s first endowment fund in support of the National Gallery.
The NGC Foundation is grateful to its Founding Partners’ Circle:
- Bell
- BMO Financial Group
- CIBC
- Nahum Gelber, Q.C., and Dr. Sheila Gelber
- Michal Hornstein, C.M., O.Q., and Renata Hornstein
- Imperial Oil Foundation
- Imperial Tobacco Canada Foundation
- Parnassus Foundation (Raphael and Jane Bernstein)
- Jean H. Picard, C.M.
- Power Corporation of Canada
- RBC Foundation
- Donald R. Sobey, C.M., and Beth Sobey
- TD Bank Financial Group
- Sara Vered, C.M., and Zeev Vered, C.M., P. Eng.
Our Commitment
Each year, donors to the National Gallery of Canada Foundation provide support to collection expansion, curatorial and technical research, national touring programs and other key activity areas at the Gallery. Thank you!
To ensure that our donors and prospective donors have full and ongoing confidence in the National Gallery of Canada Foundation (“the Foundation”), we make the following commitments:
- To strive to raise the profile of the National Gallery of Canada, nationally and internationally. In particular, to support the Gallery’s vision to bring the national collections to all Canadians, from coast to coast, and to leave a lasting legacy for future generations.
- To clearly describe our mission and fundraising priorities, and to update these annually in strategic consultation with the National Gallery of Canada.
- To become a recognized leader in philanthropy in the art museum sector, with innovative collection development strategies.
- To provide a thoughtful stewardship program for the Foundation, designed to cultivate long-term donor relationships and to recognize donors’ generosity in an appropriate manner.
- To identify members of the Foundation’s Board of Directors, and to make available the most recent financial statements of the National Gallery of Canada and the National Gallery of Canada Foundation.
- To provide tax receipts for the full value of all charitable donations, and to provide customized Deed of Gift agreements for all gifts in excess of $100,000. (Deed of Gift agreements are also available upon request for gifts below $100,000.)
- To manage specially designated restricted funds for the purposes for which they were given, and to issue annual fund summary reports where relevant.
- To manage invested funds with rigorous financial oversight, and with the services of a professional financial investment management firm.
- To offer confidential donation services and gift management, to the extent provided by law. To manage confidential personal data, including addresses and contact information with discretion, and to seek permission to transmit personal information to any third-party organization working with the Foundation.
- To ensure that all communication from the Foundation and the Gallery is prompt, courteous, and professional.

Tribute to our Donors
The extraordinary generosity of our donors helps build the national collection that we all share and enjoy today.