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Community Involvement

The TSX Group's Community Investment Program provides value and growth opportunities to the communities where we live and work. Registered charities from across Canada are invited to submit proposals for donations. Please note that we only consider requests that fall within our areas of support.

Areas of Support

We receive a large number of requests to support worthwhile programs and try to limit our focus to activities that are likely to have the widest effect.

We focus on social responsibility in the communities we serve in the following areas:

• Investor education
• Health and research
• Social services
• Arts and culture

We'll also consider requests for donations for emergency disaster relief in Canada and around the world. We'll channel these donations through an organization that is designated to collect and distribute funds for disaster relief.

Our corporate community investment initiative includes a corporate matching gifts program. All permanent TSX Group employees can participate in the program. We'll match employee donations from $10 to $200 within our areas of support.

Exclusions

TSX Group does not support:

• Political parties and organizations or lobby and advocacy groups that promote a particular social, political or economic ideology
• Religious organizations, except secular activities such as operating a home for the elderly open to those of all faiths
• Organizations that discriminate against race, gender or religion
• Institutions or programs that are supported by tax dollars, such as public schools and parks
• Private or independent schools
• Individuals
• Third-party organizations such as service or fraternal clubs
• Programs outside of Canada that don't directly effect the well-being of Canadians
• Tickets, travel, tuition, membership or registration fees, sabbatical or academic leaves
• Courtesy or goodwill advertising
• Direct-mail solicitations
• Freelance films, videotapes or audio production
• Environmental causes
• Animal charities and societies

How to Apply

To request a donation, please send us a brief letter of inquiry. Your letter should include:

• Your name, address, telephone number, fax number, e-mail and key contact of the organization
• A list of your officers and members of the board of directors, if applicable
• The organization's most recent audited financial statements
• Why you are requesting the funds
• Issues the proposed project will address
• The amount you are asking for
• Your current means of support and the status of applications to other funding sources (for example, donations from other donors or government grants)
• General information on your organization, including a brief history, its purpose and achievements
• Charitable registration number assigned by the Canada Revenue Agency.

We consider applications throughout the year and will generally respond to your application within four weeks of receiving it.