Advancement
We are deeply grateful for our ever-growing group of public and private donors, who have helped make Perimeter what it is today: a world-leading centre for fundamental research, scientific training, and educational outreach.
Founder ($150M+)
Mike Lazaridis
$25M+
Doug Fregin
$10M+
Jim Balsillie
Government of Canada
Government of Ontario
Centre for the Universe at Perimeter Institute supported by Carlo Fidani ($20 million)
Clay Riddell Centre for Quantum Matter ($10 million)*
Daniel Family James Peebles Chair in Theoretical Physics ($5 million)
Clay Riddell Paul Dirac Chair in Theoretical Physics ($5 million)
BMO Financial Group Isaac Newton Chair in Theoretical Physics ($4 million)*
Krembil Galileo Galilei Chair in Theoretical Physics ($4 million)
Krembil William Rowan Hamilton Chair in Theoretical Physics ($4 million)
Stavros Niarchos Foundation Aristarchus Chair in Theoretical Physics ($4 million)*
Intact Financial Corporation ($1.5 million)
Coril Holdings Archimedes Chair in Theoretical Physics (Visiting) ($1 million)
The Peter and Shelagh Godsoe Family Foundation Award for Exceptional Emerging Talent ($1 million)*
*These remarkable investments were made through endowment gifts.
BMO Financial Group, in support of the BMO Inclusive Excellence Postdoctoral Fellow Award
Cenovus Energy
Google Canada
Ed Kernaghan
Power Corporation of Canada, proud supporter of EinsteinPlus and Perimeter’s Teacher Network
+ one anonymous donor
The Savvas Chamberlain Family Foundation Anaximandros Fellowship
Marsland Family Honorary PSI Scholarship Award
$50,000+
Andrew and Lillian Bass
Cotton Family Charitable Foundation
John and Deborah Harris Family Foundation
Mac Van Wielingen, Viewpoint Foundation
$25,000+
Airlie Foundation
Woods Family Foundation
$10,000+
Aaron Bennett Foundation
The Boardwalk Partnership
The Cowan Foundation
Oriole Foundation
Two Small Fish Ventures
Woodbridge Foam Corporation
$5,000+
Jerome Bolce
Gnocchi Foundation
Elizabeth Hamilton-Keen
Renée Schingh and Robert Myers
Kelly Sinclair
$2,500+
M. Cannell
Michael Horgan
Don McMurtry
Quiet Legacy Planning Group
W. Michael Roche
Paul and Susan Summers
Waterloo Region Community Foundation
– The John A. Pollack Family Fund
$1,000+
Jeremy Anderson, JMA Exploration Inc.
John Attwell
David Chapman**
Michael Gagnier
Daniel Lauzon
Don McMurtry
Sabrina Pasterski
Schnurr Family Foundation
John Thorp
+ two anonymous
donors
$250 to $999
Melanie Anderson
Ross Bates
Mike Birch
Jeff Close**
Gary Cluett
Matt Douglas
Caroline Farrell
Eric Garat
Adam Gravitis
Denis Havey
Robert Hootkins MD PhD
Colin Lipson
Ian MacRobbie
Maneesh Mehta
Sebastian Mizera**
Douglas Mortley-Wood
Gordon Nicholls
Neil Steven Rieck
Mr. & Mrs. T. Scoble
Rosalind Tracey
David Welbourn
+ one anonymous
donor
Carolyn Crowe Ibele, in memory of Dr. Richard A. Crowe
Blair Kent, in memory of Allison Kent**
John and Bridget Tielemans, in honour of Frank Tielemans
Emmy Noether was a brilliant scientist whose work underpins much of modern physics. Perimeter’s Emmy Noether Initiatives – funded by Emmy Noether Circle donors – support and encourage women in science.
The Bluma Appel Community Trust
The Simons Emmy Noether Fellows Program at Perimeter Institute ($1 million)
The Ptarmigan Foundation Stephen W. Hawking Fellowship ($400,000)
$100,000+
Andrew and Lillian Bass
Anne-Marie Canning
Linamar Corporation
Tim Locke
Dr. Scott A. and Sherry Shannon-Vanstone and family
$25,000+
Cenovus Energy
Harbir and Monica Chhina
Dorian Hausman
$10,000+
Jane Kinney and Christian Bode
$5,000+
Kim Tremblay
$1,000+
Andrea Grimm
Yasemin Sezer
$250 to $999
Caroline Farrell
Tania Framst
Douglas Mortley-Wood
+ one anonymous donor
* Supporter of Friends of Perimeter Institute Inc., a 501(c)(3) private foundation in the United States dedicated to promoting and supporting education, research, and programs that expand the public knowledge and understanding of theoretical physics.
This list reflects gifts received between August 1, 2023, and July 31, 2024, and multi-year commitments of $50,000 and more. Charitable Registration number: 88981 4323 RR0001
