- The KPMG Foundation gave $3.6 million in support of a wide variety of organizations.
- 2,828 KPMG people helped 173 organizations, causes and events.
- A total of $46,000 was made by the firm in support of employee's charities.
Here are some of the numerous events and/or organizations that KPMG and its people supported:
Wyatt Hartley, Mike Giannelli, and Jonathan Ronkai from our GVA office, along with Wyatt's family and friends, rode their bikes from Halifax to Victoria in the "Make a Difference Marathon." This cross-Canada bike marathon was in support of the Strachan Hartley Legacy Foundation. Riding in memory of Dr. Strachan Hartley (Wyatt's brother), they biked over 6,329 km in 13 days to carry on Dr. Hartley's dream of making a difference in the lives of underprivileged children.
The KPMG Foundation contributed to the total of $400,000 raised in the "Make a Difference Marathon."
In the wake of Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar, World Vision Canada received a $150,000 one time donation from The KPMG Foundation. The donation helped World Vision's emergency team to distribute 50,000 blankets, 45,000 clothing packs, 32,000 cooking sets, and 57,000 tarpaulins, as well as provided more than 100,000 traumatized children with a safe place to play, learn, and access psychosocial support. In all, World Vision directly helped 450,000 people.
In the aftermath of the earthquake in China's Shaanxi province, our contribution to World Vision helped distribute 300,000 kilograms of rice to at-risk families. In Sichuan province, emergency teams supplied 1,440 residential tents, 7,000 quilts, and 3,395 cooking kits to approximately 102,800 survivors. School tents; pre-fabricated classrooms; and thousands of blackboards, desks, chairs, and back-to-school kits were provided so that students could quickly return to class. Emergency teams also set up temporary clinics, giving local health workers a place to treat patients.
Heather Kaine and Paula Foster are both partners in our GTA office. After spending a day cycling in Stanley Park in Vancouver, they were inspired to take their new passion for cycling and do something that would make a difference. When Toronto's Princess Margaret Hospital announced the inaugural Ride to Conquer Cancer, they thought it would be the ideal challenge for them and an excellent way to give back to their community. Heather and Paula raised $28,000 and plan to continue their fundraising efforts into 2009.
13 KPMG offices participate in CIBC's Run for the Cure In October 2008, 176 KPMG people from 13 offices across Canada, along with their families and friends, raised in excess of $40,000 for the CIBC Run for the Cure. The KPMG Foundation has supported the CIBC Run for the Cure for many years and generously made a donation, bringing KPMG's total donation to over $63,000.
Through The KPMG Foundation, the firm is a home sponsor of Habitat for Humanity Toronto. In addition, 153 KPMG employees volunteered 9 days of labour to help build eight town homes in the Peddicord Drive Project in Toronto, which were completed in April 2009. The Foundation donated $80,000 toward building the town homes; eight families will benefit