Cares
Our Team Cares
At Lumira, we support those in our broader healthcare ecosystem as well as in our local communities. We recently initiated the “double bottom line challenge” to help those affected by the recent COVID-19 outbreak and continue to donate a portion of partner time and profits to support the research, translational medicine and healthcare access missions of over a dozen leading healthcare foundations.
Double Bottom Line Challenge
Lumira has committed $100,000 to support community initiatives helping those most impacted by the COVID-19 crisis.
Like virtually every other VC and PE firm in this country, the lack of many normal course business expenses during this pandemic has actually represented a meaningful cost saving for our firm. Recognizing this, we have chosen to “invest/spend” our savings on those truly in need in our communities and to focus for the most part on grass-roots, truly volunteer initiated and led programs with high impact.
We have been looking for “double bottom line” opportunities – like feeding those in need by having local restaurants prepare and deliver the meals as an example, and we have started with a commitment of $100,000. This has truly been a team effort as we have our people pitch once a week to decide on the organizations/people we should support. This has become one of the highlights of our weekly process and to date we have supported the following organizations to date. Most importantly, we’ve gotten to know some incredible people selflessly doing some fantastic things for others, and if that doesn’t start your day right then nothing will.
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Second Harvest
Toronto, ON
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Outreach Project
Toronto, ON
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Life Science Cares
Boston, MA
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Feed The Frontlines
Toronto, ON
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Get ResQ Ltd.
Toronto, ON
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Woodgreen
Toronto, ON
Food Gatherers
Ann Arbor, MI
Food Stash Foundation
Vancouver, BC
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Meals on Wheels
Calgary, AB
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Fred Victor
Toronto, ON
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Frontline 100
Vancouver, BC
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Donate a Suspended Stew
Vancouver, BC
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Food For Thought Meals Fund
Ottawa, ON
St. Stephen's Community House
Toronto, ON
Say Mercy!
Vancouver, BC
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Sustain the Line
Toronto, ON
Montreal, QC
Fort McMurray, AB -
Share the Warmth - Partageons l'espoir
Montreal, QC
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Scarborough Food Security Initiative
Toronto, ON
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Santropol Roulant
Montreal, QC
Stop Community Food Centre
Toronto, ON
Daily Bread Food Bank
Toronto, ON
Foundation Partners
The charter foundations participating in Lumira’s Philanthropic initiative are:
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BC’s Children’s Hospital
Vancouver, British Columbia
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SickKids Foundation
Toronto, Ontatio
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Fondation de l’Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont
Montreal, Quebec
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St. Joseph’s Healthcare Foundation
Hamilton, Ontario
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Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada
Toronto, Ontario
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Sunnybrook Foundation
Toronto, Ontario
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Montreal Heart Institute Foundation
Montreal, Quebec
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Trillium Healthcare Partners Foundation
Toronto, Ontario
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Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation
Toronto, Ontario
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VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation
Vancouver, British Columbia
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William Osler Health System Foundation
Brampton, Etobicoke Ontario
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St. Michaels Foundation
Toronto, Ontario
Lumira Gives
Lumira Ventures supports a number of foundations and events in our broader community, including:
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Fighting Blindness Canada
Toronto, Ontario
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Crohns & Colitis
Toronto, Ontario
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Cycle for Sight
Toronto, Ontario
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Heart and Stroke - Big Bike
Toronto, Ontario