Members of the Armed Forces and Veterans Breakfast Club were joined by members of the Royal British Legion Youth to visit the National Memorial Arboretum.
A new report titled:
Unfunded: Black Communities Overlooked by Canadian Philanthropy, released on December 2, has found that only six of about 40 leading Canadian foundations with assets totalling nearly $16 billion have donated to black-serving organisations.
In fact, only two of those organisations donated to black-serving organisations between 2017 and 2018, the report found.
“The report’s findings are startling, yet unsurprising,” said Rebecca Darwent, working group member of the Foundation for Black Communities (FBC). “For many black leaders within the charitable and non-profit sector, this report only affirms what we already knew, that Canadian philanthropy has turned a blind eye to black communities,” she added.