Crux believes in giving back locally and globally through supporting smart organizations doing something uniquely well that helps create lasting changing in individual lives.
Windmill Microlending
Board Member and Supporter
Windmill Microlending offers microloans to help skilled immigrants and refugees continue their careers in Canada. Funded by the public and private sector, Windmill is Canada’s largest and most successful microlending program for immigrants and refugees. With a repayment rate of 98% and an average tripling of recipient income, Windmill helps unleash immigrants’ and Canada’s much too often wasted potential.
Children’s Aid Foundation of Canada
Children’s Aid Foundation of Canada is the country’s leading national charity dedicated to improving the lives of children and youth in and from the child welfare system, helping them move from surviving to thriving and empowering them to break the cycle of abuse and neglect they were born into through no fault of their own. Crux is a supporter of Children’s Aid Foundation of Canada’s Post-Secondary Education Scholarships.Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières is a Nobel Prize-winning emergency humanitarian medical organization that has helped tens of millions of people since its founding in 1971. Their values help them provide medical aid where it’s needed most. They are independent, neutral and impartial, providing curative and preventive care to people in danger, wherever they may be.True Patriot Love
The True Patriot Love Foundation provides support to injured members of the Canadian Armed Forces, veterans and their families in times of both peace and conflict. Their mission is to inspire every Canadian to contribute to the resilience and well-being of our military, Veterans and their families.WE
WE Charity is a worldwide development charity and youth empowerment movement that focuses on young people, with programs in Canada, the U.S. and U.K. for service learning and active citizenship, and international development projects in Asia, Africa and Latin America focused on children and education. Crux Capital provides funding for the development and implementation of the Kisurani group of schools in Kenya, a place where the self-esteem of young people flourishes, empowering them to lead with confidence.https://www.we.org/we-villages/where-we-work/kenya/kisaruni/
Sistering
Sistering is a multi-service agency for at-risk, socially isolated women in Toronto who are homeless or precariously housed. Sistering has been serving this community for over 35 years, validating the experiences of their community members, who come from diverse backgrounds and include those who are experiencing, or have experiences with substance use and mental health issues, disability, trauma and violence, and immigration, refugee and undocumented status.