While the foundation focuses on a small number of major strategic initiatives and commitments, it also provides a limited number of smaller grants to a variety of organizations each year.

Some of the foundation's recent and current commitments are:

• Community Food Centres Canada
• Crow’s Theatre
• Evergreen
• FoodShare Toronto
• Greater Saint John Emergency Food Program
• Jack.org
• MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions at St. Michael’s Hospital
• McGill University
• Pathways to Education (Saint John, New Brunswick)
• Pine River Institute
• Saint John Regional Hospital Foundation, Pediatric Research
• Sistema NB
• Stratford Festival, Tom Patterson Theatre Project
• The Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack Fund
• The Leacock Foundation