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Professor Kerstin Hellwig Honoured with 2024 Rachel Horne Prize for Pioneering MS Research
Read more: Professor Kerstin Hellwig Honoured with 2024 Rachel Horne Prize for Pioneering MS ResearchWe are proud to announce that Professor Kerstin Hellwig has been awarded the 2024 Rachel Horne Prize for Women’s Research in Multiple Sclerosis (MS). Dr. Hellwig, a senior consultant at…
The Foundation Perpetuity Myth
Read more: The Foundation Perpetuity MythA version of this article was published in All About Estates on July 18, 2024. The philanthropic community has a perpetuity obsession. Critics of perpetuity believe that preserving capital, restricting payout,…
Aqueduct joins Land Trust Alliance of British Columbia
Read more: Aqueduct joins Land Trust Alliance of British ColumbiaAugust 1, 2024 Aqueduct Foundation recently announced its membership with the Land Trust Alliance of British Columbia (LTABC). Aqueduct has experience in collaborating with land trusts in the protection of…
Fair and Responsible Granting
Read more: Fair and Responsible GrantingA hot topic among charities is anonymous grants from foundations with donor advised funds. Charities receive grants but they often don’t know the identity of the donor or fund that…
The Estate Donation of a Company
Read more: The Estate Donation of a CompanyOn Giving Tuesday last month, The Winnipeg Foundation announced a $500 million estate donation from a local donor, Miriam Bergen. The donation is of two companies. Appleton Holdings Ltd., which…
Charitable Purposes and Estate Donations
Read more: Charitable Purposes and Estate DonationsEstate planning is an exercise in time travel. It is impossible to predict the future, especially when the time gap between planning and death is often decades. Fast forward 25 years, a…