Ways to Give

Our work has never been more important.

Since 1849, RCIScience has been committed to building a stronger Canada through an informed public that embraces science. With your support, RCIScience’s free, engaging and informative programs connect Canadians directly with scientists, increasing science literacy, fostering science culture and countering science-related misinformation.

Thank you for being a part of our vital work of connecting Canadians with trusted science.

  • One-Time or Monthly Gifts

    Donate online or send a cheque, made payable to RCIScience, to RCIScience, PO Box 65129, Toronto, ON, M4K 3Z2. Tax receipts will be issued for donations above $20.

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  • Gifts of Securities

    If you hold securities that have increased in value, donating them directly to RCIScience eliminates the capital gains tax, and you’ll receive a tax receipt for the value of your securities on the day you transferred them.

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  • Legacy Giving

    Leaving a gift to RCIScience in your will is a powerful way to make a lasting contribution to RCIScience’s work. If you choose to leave a gift to RCIScience in your will, your lawyer will need the following information:

    Legal name: Royal Canadian Institute, operating as RCIScience

    Charitable registration number: 13163 5286 RR0001

    To find out more about the power of Legacy Giving contact our Philanthropic Advisor, Cheryl Roddick.

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Corporate Giving Programs

Did you know that your employer may match your gift to RCIScience at no cost? Every year, thousands of companies match employee donations through corporate giving programs. By making use of your employer’s corporate gift matching program, your gift to RCIScience can be doubled and even tripled!

Here are three ways to find out if your employer has a matching gift program:

  1. If your employer uses Benevity for its corporate matching program, find out how to make your gift to RCIScience through that platform.

  2. Check to see if your employer is on the list of the companies with matching gift programs listed below. 

  3. If your employer is not listed, check with your Human Resources department, as they may have a matching gift policy in place.

If you’re not sure if RCIScience meets the criteria for your company’s matching gift program, contact our Philanthropic Advisor, Cheryl Roddick, and we’ll be glad to send you a description of our mission and programming.

    • 3M Canada

    • Addison Wesley Publishers

    • ADP Canada

    • Aetna Canada

    • AGF Management

    • AIG Insurance Company of Canada

    • Aimia

    • Air Liquide Canada

    • Air Products Canada

    • Albany International

    • Alberta Natural Gas Company Ltd.

    • Alliance Data

    • Allstate Insurance Canada

    • Allstream

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    • Bank of America Merrill Lynch Canada

    • Barclays Capital Canada Inc.

    • Barrick Gold Corporation

    • BASF Canada

    • Bayer Canada

    • BCE Inc. (Bell Canada)

    • Bechtel Canada

    • Benjamin Moore

    • Bentall Kennedy

    • Best Buy Canada

    • BHP Billiton

    • Blake, Cassels & Graydon

    • BMO Financial Group (Bank of Montreal)

    • BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc.

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    • Boeing Canada

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    • BP Canada

    • Brokerlink

    • Brookfield Properties

    • Burgundy Asset Management Ltd.

    • CA Technologies

    • Campbell Company of Canada

    • Canada Bread Company

    • Canada Steamship Lines

    • Canadian National Railways (CN)

    • Canadian Tire Corporation

    • Capital Group

    • Cargill Canada

    • Carrier Enterprise

    • Celestica

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    • CGC Inc.

    • CGI

    • Charles River Laboratories

    • Chevron Canada

    • Chrysler Canada

    • Chubb Insurance Company of Canada

    • Ciena Canada

    • Clorox Company

    • CNA Canada

    • Colgate-Palmolive Canada

    • ConocoPhillips Canada

    • Costco Canada

    • Cytec Solvay Group

    • D. E. Shaw & Company

    • Deloitte

    • Deluxe Corporation

    • Desjardins Financial Security

    • Deutsche Bank AG

    • Diamond Schmitt Architects

    • Dole Foods Of Canada

    • Dow Chemical Canada

    • Dun & Bradstreet

    • Eli Lilly Canada

    • Emera

    • Enbridge

    • Encana Corporation

    • Equifax Canada Inc.

    • Equitable Life Insurance Company of Canada

    • Ernst & Young

    • ESRI Canada

    • Exxonmobil Canada

    • Fasken Martineau

    • Fidelity Investments

    • Ford Motor Company of Canada

    • Franklin Templeton Investments

    • General Electric Canada

    • General Mills Canada

    • General Reinsurance Corporation

    • Gillette Canada

    • GlaxoSmithKline

    • Goldman Sachs

    • Grant Thornton

    • Green Shield Canada

    • Guarantee Company of North America

    • H&R Block

    • HarperCollins Canada

    • Home Depot Canada

    • Honda Canada

    • Honeywell Canada

    • HSBC Canada

    • Husky Energy

    • Hydro One

    • IBM Canada

    • IGM Financial

    • Ingersoll-Rand Canada

    • Intact Financial

    • International Financial Data Services

    • Intuit

    • Invesco Canada

    • Investors Group

    • Ipsen Canada

    • Ivanhoe Cambridge

    • John Deere

    • Johnson & Johnson

    • Johnson Controls

    • JPMorgan Chase

    • KPMG

    • Kronos

    • Labatt Brewing Company

    • Lexmark Canada Inc.

    • Mackenzie Investments

    • Magna International Inc.

    • Manulife

    • Marsh and McLennan

    • McDonald's Restaurants of Canada

    • McGraw-Hill Education Canada

    • McKesson Canada

    • McKinsey & Company

    • Mercer Canada

    • Meridian Credit Union

    • MetLife

    • Microsoft Canada

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    • Morgan Stanley

    • Motorola Canada

    • Murphy Oil Company

    • National Bank of Canada

    • Nestle Canada

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    • Ontario Power Generation

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    • PepsiCo

    • Pfizer Canada

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    • Pratt & Whitney Canada

    • Praxair Canada

    • Pricewaterhouse Coopers

    • Procter & Gamble

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    • Raymond James

    • Raytheon Canada

    • RBC Financial (Royal Bank of Canada)

    • Reckitt Benckiser Canada

    • Repsol Canada

    • Resolute Forest Products

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    • Rogers

    • Russell Investments

    • Ryder System

    • Sanofi Canada

    • Scotiabank

    • Shell Canada Products Limited

    • Smucker Foods of Canada

    • Spectra Energy

    • Standard Financial

    • Stanley Black & Decker

    • State Street Corporation

    • Stikeman Elliott LLP

    • Sun Life Financial

    • Suncor

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    • TD Bank Group

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    • TELUS

    • Thomson Reuters

    • TMX Group

    • Toronto Star

    • Total E&P Canada

    • Towers Watson

    • Transcanada

    • Travelers

    • Ultramar

    • Unilever Canada

    • Union Gas Limited

    • USG Corporation

    • Varian Canada

    • Weyerhaeuser

    • Xerox Canada Inc.

    • Zurich Canada

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“I do not regret the time I have spent (although I deeply regret many other things) and the zeal shown in bringing into existence and into active operation the “Canadian Institute” because I believe it is calculated to do great good to my adopted country, and to begin the New Year well, have now resolved to provide for it an endowment of £1,000 when all that is mortal of me returns to its mother dust, the interest of which to be annually expended in furthering the objects of the society. To effect this object I have already taken steps to assure my life for that sum.”

Founder Sir Sandford Fleming’s Diary, January 1, 1853