Catherine Donnelly Foundation
catherinedonnellyfoundation.org Direct + LP
The Catherine Donnelly Foundation is a Canadian charitable foundation, the legacy of the Sisters of Service, that makes grants and impact investments in housing, the environment and civic engagement. It invests its endowment in impact investments such as funds, private debt and loans, and also grants to organisations across Canada.
Catherine Donnelly Foundation is an investor headquartered in Toronto, Canada, founded in 2003. It invests both directly in companies and in funds as a limited partner, in housing, environment, civic engagement and impact investing. Its stated cheque size is $50,000 and $500,000. 20 portfolio companies, as it reports.
“Our Impact investing actively seeks positive social and or environmental objectives delivered with a financial return.”
— Catherine Donnelly Foundation, own website
- Layer
- Direct + LP
- Type
- Other
- Stage
- Not stated
- Invests in
- Canada, Latin America, Caribbean
- Sectors
- housing, environment, civic engagement, impact investing
- Cheque size
- $50,000 and $500,000
- Founded
- 2003
- Portfolio
- 20 companies
Team, as Catherine Donnelly Foundation publishes it
- Anne Mark Director of Programs
- Claire Barcik Executive Director
- Yousuf Najmee Director of Finance and Investment
- Richard Morgan Board member, Chair of the Board, Civic Engagement for Social Change Committee
- Sucheta Rajagopal Board member, Vice-Chair of the Board, Chair of the Investment Committee, Environment Committee
- Gladys Yam Board member, Treasurer, Chair of the Finance Commitee
- Sr. Janet Speth, CSJ Board member, Civic Engagement for Social Change and Investment Committees
- Shelley Cahill Financial Administrator
- Hamshaa Sivaruban Grants and Logistics Coordinator
- Steve Brearton Communications & Policy Officer
- Mary Halder Honorary Elder
Names and roles exactly as listed on catherinedonnellyfoundation.org. Nothing else about these people is recorded.
Where this comes from
Every fact above was read from a page Catherine Donnelly Foundation publishes itself. Nothing is taken from third-party databases. Investment activity (deals, co-investors) is not yet recorded.
- https://catherinedonnellyfoundation.org/name, sectors, status
- https://catherinedonnellyfoundation.org/our-work/impact-investing/is_investor, layer, invests_in_geographies, stage_min, stage_max, cheque_size, thesis_quote, portfolio_count
- https://catherinedonnellyfoundation.org/who-we-are/our-story/type, hq_country, hq_city, description, founded, people
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