Foundation gifts
Supporting the next generation
The Doggone Foundation strengthened its support for the Faculty of Fine Arts with a donation of $540,000 to establish the Elspeth McConnell Critical Curatorial Laboratory Fund.
The Trottier Family Foundation gave $400,000 to support Space Concordia’s Starsailor project. An initiative of the student association’s Rocketry Division, Starsailor set a world record in 2021 when it became the first rocket engine developed and successfully tested by civilians.
The Trottier Family Foundation also donated $357,000 to strengthen efforts undertaken at the John Molson School of Business to grow Canada’s climate-finance sector and advance the consideration of the Climate-Aligned Finance Act (CAFA) in the Senate of Canada.
The Engineering and Computer Science Association, a not-for-profit organization that represents more than 6,500 students, gave $299,550 to support an equipment fund at the Gina Cody School.
The Luigi Liberatore Foundation made a $100,000 gift to the 2023 Concordia Golf Classic.
The 20th annual Concordia Golf Classic Golf, at Griffon des Sources in Mirabel, Quebec.
The Andrew J. Lutfy Foundation donated $50,000 to support student case-competition participants at the John Molson School.
The Dr. Louis G. Johnson Foundation donated $50,000 toward nanoscience research at the Faculty of Arts and Science.
The Naim S. Mahlab Foundation donated $50,000 in support of the Naim Mahlab Fellowships — awarded to students enrolled at the Concordia Institute for Canadian Jewish Studies — as well as the Student Emergency and Food Fund.
The Tenaquip Foundation donated $30,000 in support of various graduate scholarships.
The Ajram Family Foundation gave $29,000 to support the Beat the Odds internship program, the Student Emergency and Food Fund, the Supplemental Award for Work-Study fund and the Parental Leave Supplement Award for Graduate Students fund.
