ABOUT
History
The Belinda Stronach Foundation (TBSF) was founded in March 2008 by The Honourable Belinda Stronach, P.C. The Foundation’s Mission is to advance human potential and achievement through individual empowerment and social change by strengthening the capacity of individuals and groups through investments in community-based initiatives.
TBSF is governed by a Board of Directors who include Belinda Stronach, Senator Rod Zimmer, Ambassador Mark Entwistle (Ret.) and Ms. Jodi Craig. TBSF is also proud to be supported by an Advisory Board made up of: The Honourable Louise Arbour, The Right Honourable Joe Clark, Ms. Jennifer Corriero, Mr. Sol Guy, Mr. Paul Lavoie, Mrs. Nancy Lockhart, The Honourable Ed Lumley, Mr. Clint Davis, Mr. Paul Sparkes and Mr. Josh Thome. A dedicated staff team, lead by Ms. Farah Mohamed, President, is responsible for day-to-day foundation operations.
In just over a year-and-a-half, the Foundation has established partnerships with The Tony Blair Faith Foundation, The Clinton Global Initiative, ONE, The Canadian Club of Toronto, The Economic Club of Canada, Malaria No More and several other domestic and international organizations.
The Foundation focuses on strategic philanthropy rather than chequebook philanthropy so that programs are built on partnerships rather than solely on funding.
The Foundation believes that awareness is one of the keys to change and that it is important to engage individuals and organizations. As such, since its creation only one and a half years ago the Foundation has held a series of events to raise awareness and engage individuals including:
Golf Rocks Fore Malaria, held in September 2008 at the Magna Golf Club in Aurora, Ontario, was the first major event lead by TBSF and was a huge success. This unique golf and rock-n-roll cabaret event was co-hosted, along with Belinda Stronach, by Queen Latifah, Jennifer Hudson, Alicia Keyes and Peter Chernin (COO Fox News Corps and Chair, Malaria No More US) and produced by David Foster. Golf Rocks raised over $600,000 for Malaria No More, Spread the Net and Malaria No More Canada.
In November 2008, TBSF hosted a roundtable with Sol Guy and Josh Thome, founders of 4Real. The roundtable brought together Aboriginal leaders and individuals from across Canada to discuss the issues and opportunities facing youth. Since that meeting, TBSF has been working with aboriginal organizations, individuals, the private sector and various governments to bring the internationally successful program, One Laptop Per Child (OLPC), to First Nation, Métis and Inuit children, ages 6-12.
TBSF joined forces with The Tony Blair Faith Foundation in December 2008. In April 2009, it hosted a roundtable led by Belinda Stronach and The Right Honourable Tony Blair and a reception with the interfaith community to launch Faiths Act Fellows – a program in which eight young Canadians of Faith will work together and in faith communities to tackle malaria. To commemorate World Malaria Day on April 25th, TBSF and the Canadian Club presented a nationally televised speech by Mr. Blair.
In May 2009, Belinda hosted Live to Tell, a concert featuring Sheryl Crow and benefiting Sunnybrook’s Odette Cancer Care Centre.
Fall 2009 presented a number of opportunities to champion global development issues and the advancement of girls and women including a meeting with Bono in Toronto, a commitment at the Clinton Global Initiative to galvanize Canadians to advocate for the G8/G20 agenda to champion the advancement of girls and women and the launch of the Start with A Girl and the Shriver Report.
This past month, TBSF is pleased to have realized the support of the Assembly of First Nations, Metis National Council and Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami and the support of leading private sector companies and will pilot OLPC in September 2010.
As we grow, The Belinda Stronach Foundation will continue to build partnerships with individuals, non-governmental organizations, businesses large and small, as well as other foundations who work in Canada and around the world to confront global challenges with innovative solutions.
TBSF is governed by a Board of Directors who include Belinda Stronach, Senator Rod Zimmer, Ambassador Mark Entwistle (Ret.) and Ms. Jodi Craig. TBSF is also proud to be supported by an Advisory Board made up of: The Honourable Louise Arbour, The Right Honourable Joe Clark, Ms. Jennifer Corriero, Mr. Sol Guy, Mr. Paul Lavoie, Mrs. Nancy Lockhart, The Honourable Ed Lumley, Mr. Clint Davis, Mr. Paul Sparkes and Mr. Josh Thome. A dedicated staff team, lead by Ms. Farah Mohamed, President, is responsible for day-to-day foundation operations.
In just over a year-and-a-half, the Foundation has established partnerships with The Tony Blair Faith Foundation, The Clinton Global Initiative, ONE, The Canadian Club of Toronto, The Economic Club of Canada, Malaria No More and several other domestic and international organizations.
The Foundation focuses on strategic philanthropy rather than chequebook philanthropy so that programs are built on partnerships rather than solely on funding.
The Foundation believes that awareness is one of the keys to change and that it is important to engage individuals and organizations. As such, since its creation only one and a half years ago the Foundation has held a series of events to raise awareness and engage individuals including:
Golf Rocks Fore Malaria, held in September 2008 at the Magna Golf Club in Aurora, Ontario, was the first major event lead by TBSF and was a huge success. This unique golf and rock-n-roll cabaret event was co-hosted, along with Belinda Stronach, by Queen Latifah, Jennifer Hudson, Alicia Keyes and Peter Chernin (COO Fox News Corps and Chair, Malaria No More US) and produced by David Foster. Golf Rocks raised over $600,000 for Malaria No More, Spread the Net and Malaria No More Canada.
In November 2008, TBSF hosted a roundtable with Sol Guy and Josh Thome, founders of 4Real. The roundtable brought together Aboriginal leaders and individuals from across Canada to discuss the issues and opportunities facing youth. Since that meeting, TBSF has been working with aboriginal organizations, individuals, the private sector and various governments to bring the internationally successful program, One Laptop Per Child (OLPC), to First Nation, Métis and Inuit children, ages 6-12.
TBSF joined forces with The Tony Blair Faith Foundation in December 2008. In April 2009, it hosted a roundtable led by Belinda Stronach and The Right Honourable Tony Blair and a reception with the interfaith community to launch Faiths Act Fellows – a program in which eight young Canadians of Faith will work together and in faith communities to tackle malaria. To commemorate World Malaria Day on April 25th, TBSF and the Canadian Club presented a nationally televised speech by Mr. Blair.
In May 2009, Belinda hosted Live to Tell, a concert featuring Sheryl Crow and benefiting Sunnybrook’s Odette Cancer Care Centre.
Fall 2009 presented a number of opportunities to champion global development issues and the advancement of girls and women including a meeting with Bono in Toronto, a commitment at the Clinton Global Initiative to galvanize Canadians to advocate for the G8/G20 agenda to champion the advancement of girls and women and the launch of the Start with A Girl and the Shriver Report.
This past month, TBSF is pleased to have realized the support of the Assembly of First Nations, Metis National Council and Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami and the support of leading private sector companies and will pilot OLPC in September 2010.
As we grow, The Belinda Stronach Foundation will continue to build partnerships with individuals, non-governmental organizations, businesses large and small, as well as other foundations who work in Canada and around the world to confront global challenges with innovative solutions.