Major Campaign YMCA Springboard for Life (2017 - 2024)
The year 2023 was a historic milestone for the YMCA Foundation: the major fundraising campaign—YMCA Springboard for Life—concluded, raising $20.7 million. Thanks to the generosity of our donors, partners, and volunteers, who helped us advance our cause, an important goal was achieved.
20,7M raised to help our communities
This financial injection has notably allowed us to develop key projects that support the transformation and emerging community needs. These projects have made accessing our services easier and allowed us to demonstrate our agility in adapting our services to the changing needs of the population. Investing in the YMCA’s mission allows us to consolidate our impact, innovate, and ensure that we can continue to offer programs and services to the community for years to come.
Since 2017, over 29,000 actions, big and small, supported our mission and cause. The $20.7 million raised will have a substantial impact on making YMCAs of Quebec programs accessible and on our ability to offer our services. . To do this, we will distribute the funds as follows according to our donors’ wishes:
- Over $10 million to help youth and families access our programs and to support the Y’s mission through structuring projects that reinforce our impact, allow us to innovate, and secure a sustainable future for our programs.
- $7 million to support our youth programs and offer young people a brighter future.
- $2 million for a new community and sports centre in the Saint-Roch neighbourhood of Québec City , which opened in 2020.
- $1 million to promote financial and physical literacy with young people and help them fulfill their potential.
Why launch a major fundraising campaign?
In 2017, many worrying societal issues were raised. These included an elevated school dropout rate, ongoing unemployment among young adults, sedentary lifestyles, technology addiction, an increase in chronic lifestyle diseases even in younger people, and increased marginalization.
The YMCAs of Québec wanted to find ways to address the growing needs of communities affected by these issues and the money raised through this major campaign will allow the organization to support a greater number of people.
To clearly define the campaign’s funding axes and properly address the issues identified, four goals were set:
- Break down the barriers of inequality
- Develop children’s potential
- Reinforce young people’s interest in physical activity
- Reduce the school dropout rate
The impact of volunteers
Through the engagement of the YMCAs of Quebec Foundation volunteers, we surpassed our goal! We are so grateful for their substantial and unwavering commitment.
Let's highlight the contribution of the campaign cabinet co-chairs!
“This is a collective victory that will benefit communities and families and which has allowed us to rally volunteers from the business community around the YMCA’s cause. These volunteers contributed to completing ambitious projects, which focused on the social inclusion of young people and the creation of diverse communities to offer youth a healthy, active, and respectful environment.”
- Richard Payette | Corporate Director
“This year marked the YMCA’s third anniversary in Québec City, where its rallying presence has had a big social impact in the community. Our paths have crossed over our shared desire to create welcoming and innovative community spaces in the Saint-Roch neighbourhood and where the values of caring, inclusion, solidarity, and respect have found a home.”
- Geneviève Marcon | GM Développement
“The results we’re celebrating will allow the YMCA to remain present in our communities for a long time. The needs are there and our work must continue to have a significant impact. The YMCA can count on caring people who work hard and make a difference with youth, families, and newcomers. Long live the Y!”
- Gregory Chrispin | Corporate Director
Campaign cabinet members
Mario Bédard | Mallette
Daniel Charron | Fondaction
Mathieu Duguay | Cogir
Jean-François Hanczakowski | National Bank
Alexander Watson | RBC Québec
Thank you to our major donors for their contribution
Beneva
BMO Financial Group
Claudine & Stephen Bronfman Family Fondation
Cogeco
Cogir Real Estate
Desjardins
Geneviève Marcon et Jean Campeau
Groupe Mach
iA Financial Group
Louis-Marie Beaulieu
Manulife
McConnell Foundation
METRO
National Bank of Canada
Power Corporation of Canada
Programme Placement Réussite
Québecor
RBC Royal Bank
Scotiabank
Standard Life
The Birk Family Foundation
The Estate of Dr. John and Mrs. Jane Smola
The Molson Foundation