Please Donate to the RAIC Foundation

“I support the RAIC Foundation because I believe in architecture and I believe in the profession. I believe in the valuable contributions that we architects make in Canada and beyond. It’s a no brainer – the RAIC Foundation is the most clear and immediate way to support this conviction.”

– Ralph Wiesbrock, FRAIC, Partner/Principal at KWC Architects Inc.

The RAIC Foundation advances excellence and knowledge in Canadian architecture by supporting programs, projects, awards and scholarships that:

• nurture and support the next generation of Canadian architects
• educate the public about how architecture improves lives and transforms communities
• raise the profile of Canadian architecture at home and internationally

We are proud to share with you some of our most recent accomplishments that helped us advance these goals. For example:

• We raised more than $850,000 in cash and in-kind donations for Migrating Landscapes, Canada’s entry at the 2012 Venice Architecture Biennale, which showcased work by young Canadian architects, intern architects and architecture students at eight exhibitions across Canada and in Venice.
• We presented the first Centennial Award for Interns/Intern Architects.
• We awarded several longstanding scholarships and prizes, including the Ernest Wilby Memorial Scholarship, the Bernard Jodoin Scholarships and the CaGBC Scholarship for Sustainable Design and Research.

Please donate to the RAIC Foundation so we can continue to support these and similar initiatives, and create new scholarships, awards and bursaries that help us build a stronger Canada where everyone values architecture’s essential role in creating healthy and happy people and communities.

You can make a one-time donation or become a member of our monthly donor club by clicking on the CanadaHelps.org button above. You can also make your gift by mailing a cheque payable to the RAIC Foundation to:

RAIC Foundation
c/o Architecture Canada | RAIC
55 Murray Street, Suite 330
Ottawa, ON K1N 5M3

If you wish to join our monthly donor club by pre-authorized automatic withdrawal from your bank account, please fill out this authorization form and mail it to the above address.

All donations to the RAIC Foundation will receive an official charitable tax receipt.

For more information, or if you have any questions about your donation, please email the RAIC Foundation’s Manager of Philanthropy, Sascha Hastings.

“Although fundamental to the environments in which we live, work and play, architecture and urban design are often unrecognized as essential influences on daily activity. The RAIC Foundation plays an important role in promoting public awareness of the importance of architecture … I believe that those of us who have enjoyed the privilege of serving the public through our profession also have an undeniable responsibility to lend our support to this important initiative.”

– John Davidson, FRAIC, Principal, Davidson Yuen Simpson Architects