The Rasch Foundation has funded
a wide variety of different projects. The following selection
of past grants highlights the diversity of our giving:
Major funding for Murals of Hope, a charity
that aims to brighten the lives of sick and abused children
by painting murals in hospitals and other health facilities
and social agencies serving children.
Funding to develop a computerized patient
care system that is remotely accessibly by doctors using
PDAs to improve the continuity of care provided to terminally
ill patients of a Toronto area Palliative Care Centre.
Startup funding for Pups for Peace, a non-profit
group that buys, trains and deploys explosive-sniffing dogs
throughout Israel to help prevent terrorist attacks.
Annual funding to hold a lectureship at Mt.
Sinai hospital by a visiting expert to advance the education
of resident doctors on the subject of Oncological Surgery.
Seed funding for Vartana, Canada's first
non-profit financial institution dedicated to meeting the
needs of the voluntary sector.
The following is a only a partial list of charities
funded in the past by the Rasch Foundation. Please note that
this list includes the recipients of both grant proposals
and discretionary funding.
