About us
The Lawson Foundation is a national family foundation that invests in and engages with ideas, people and organizations that contribute to the wellbeing of children and youth and their development as active and engaged members of society.
Our Work
Our work is focused on the wellbeing of children and youth.
We invest in three interconnected impact areas that we believe have a lasting positive effect on their development:
Early Child Development
Promoting and enhancing early child development for the benefit of children, families and Canadian society.
Healthy Active Children
Increasing opportunities for all children and youth to be active and make healthy choices to ensure their full potential, including a focus on diabetes prevention, treatment and management.
Children, Youth & the Environment
Promoting the value of outdoor spaces and providing opportunities for children and youth to connect with, value and become stewards of their natural environment.
With a focus on collaboration and continuous learning, we support projects and initiatives of Canadian charities working in these impact areas through:
Our grants to charities
For a variety of activities including community action, knowledge mobilization, monitoring, leadership, knowledge development, capacity building, and evaluation.
Our role as a convenor, connector and collaborator
To create bridges and conversations, by bringing leaders and organizations together to share knowledge and learn from one another.
Our impact investing strategies
Leveraging our foundation assets to make intentional investments in social good.