News & Updates
2025 Annual Report and Celebrating 70 Years of Impact
On June 20, 2026, we gathered with close to 100 of our members in Collingwood, Ontario, for our Annual General Meeting (AGM) to celebrate the Foundation's 70th anniversary (1956-2026). The gathering was punctuated by the release of a special annual report, which...
Reflections & Leadership Stories From the 2nd Youth Action & Environment Pilot Fellowship Class
In late 2025, the second class of the Lawson Foundation's Youth Action and the Environment (YAENV) Pilot Fellowship culminated after 12 months of flexible financial support, leadership coaching, mentorship, and wellbeing support to four young environmental...
Taking Relationships into Account: Social Network Analysis of the Outdoor Play Strategy 2.0
The Lawson Foundation is sharing “Taking Relationships into Account: Social Network Analysis of the Outdoor Play Strategy 2.0” by Taylor Newberry Consulting. This companion report to the OPS 2.0 Final Evaluation Report explores how relationships, collaboration, and...
Announcing the Charitable and Nonprofit Sector Infrastructure Collaborative Fund
We are pleased to announce the launch of the Charitable and Nonprofit Sector Infrastructure Collaborative Fund—an initiative providing multi-year general operating support to nonprofit networks across Canada. Amid growing uncertainty in the sector, the Collaborative...
Reciprocity-Based Investment in Indigenous Community Foundations Marks 10th Anniversary of the Philanthropic Declaration of Action
In this 10th anniversary year of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Calls to Action and The Philanthropic Community’s Declaration of Action, the Indigenous Community Foundations across Canada and the Lawson Foundation are coming together to share a...
Regulating Outdoor and Land-Based Early Learning Programs
Children playing outdoors—in nature, on the land—is a beautiful experience that holds many benefits for healthy child development and equity, stewardship and sustainability of the Earth, and Truth and Reconciliation. Across Canada, there are now hundreds of specialty...