CANADIAN RUGBY FOUNDATION
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Mission Statement
Founded in 2003, the Canadian Rugby Foundation is a public foundation and registered charity that creates and manages endowed and capital project funds to promote and support amateur rugby activities in all parts of Canada. Over $22 million are now (March 2025) invested in 83 funds sponsored by local rugby clubs and other organizations and individuals, including the Foundation’s Unrestricted Fund.
About This Cause
PURPOSE The Foundation creates and manages endowed funds or awards funds to grow, develop, promote and support amateur rugby activities by making grants through qualified donees to fund sponsors and for Rugby Canada teams and programs. Among its purposes are the following: - to foster, encourage and promote the game of rugby among all genders within Canada through grants to qualified donees (as defined by the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency (the “CRA”)) including Rugby Canada and through its own initiatives or sponsorship of rugby initiatives in Canada; - to educate and train individuals in all aspects of the game of rugby including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, playing, coaching, officiating, and administering through grants to qualified donees (as defined by the CRA) including Rugby Canada; and - to advance the public’s awareness, appreciation, and understanding of the sport of rugby by such means as from time to time seem expedient to the directors including support of tournaments, conferences, educational seminars, workshops, lectures, and lessons and the printed or online dissemination of content as the Board or the Members in general meetings may think desirable for the promotion of the objects and purposes of the Corporation through grants to qualified donees (as defined by the CRA) including Rugby Canada. MISSION The mission of the Canadian Rugby Foundation is to contribute to the growth and development of rugby in Canada by “Investing in the Future of Canadian Rugby”.While many organizations and individuals contribute to rugby’s growth and development, the Foundation’s unique contribution is made in three ways: 1. Working with grassroots rugby clubs across Canada to: establish endowment funds that generate annual investment returns to support their activities; fund awards for rugby players, coaches, officials, and volunteers pursuing postsecondary education; and raise funds for rugby-related capital projects; 2. Through its Unrestricted Fund, initiating, supporting, and sponsoring important rugby initiatives, many of national scope, such as the Thunder Indigenous Rugby Fund, the University Men's Rugby Championship, and the BC Grassroots Rugby Foundation; and 3. Working with Rugby Canada to provide financial support to Canada's national rugby union men's and women's senior and age-grade teams and programs. VISION Our vision is to be viewed as a leading and respected contributor to rugby in Canada as directly measured by: - The number of funds established within the Foundation; - The number of donors and annual donations to Foundation Funds; - The investment returns on Foundation assets under management; - The overall growth in Foundation assets and resulting disbursements to Fund sponsors; and - The growth and success of the Foundation’s initiatives. Each of these metrics is designed to deepen and broaden the rugby talent pool in Canada, and ultimately improve the performance and calibre of Canada’s teams on the world stage by improvements at the grassroots level. These improvements will be achieved if: 1. Clubs increase in numbers in every part of Canada, and in the number (new and continuing members) of their players of any gender available for playing rugby at all ages, abilities and levels; 2. Players improve their skill level through better instruction, competition, coaching, officiating, and resource materials; 3. Coaches improve their skill level through better instruction, competition, officiating, resource materials and greater demands from more skilled and knowledgeable players, and coach networking; 4. Officials improve their skill level through better instruction, assessment, competition, and resource materials; 5. Administrators improve their skill level through more competitions and resource materials, networking across Canada, and where applicable, partnering in the management of their Funds; 6. The Community sees an elevated awareness of the sport of rugby in Canada and the role which our national teams play on the world stage, and higher levels of interest, viewership and attendance, and support of rugby at all levels.