Creating Lasting Change in Our Community.
The Yuill Family Foundation is dedicated to supporting initiatives in education, healthcare, youth sports, and community development.
About our Foundation
Over $20M in transformative support since 2007
The Yuill Family Foundation was established on a foundational belief: That purposeful giving, combined with patient capital and genuine partnership, can reshape communities
The Yuill Family Foundation exists to nurture meaningful growth across Medicine Hat, Southern Alberta, and Western Canada. We support registered charities undertaking projects that create enduring positive change in four core areas: Youth Sports, Mentorship, Education, and Health.
Health
Projects that strengthen wellbeing: physical, mental, and community health alike.
Education
Initiatives that expand access, deepen learning, and create pathways to opportunity.
Youth Sports
Programs that build confidence, resilience, and belonging through athletic engagement.
Mentorship & Entrepreneurship
Empower individuals with the guidance, skills and opportunities needed to grow, innovate, and succeed in their communities.
Organizations we’ve proudly collaborated with:
Stories of Impact
Over the past decade and a half, we’ve had the privilege of supporting dozens of transformative projects—each one a testament to what becomes possible when dedicated organizations and strategic philanthropy align.
Vision, leadership, and the power of dedicated work.
The Yuill Family Foundation was established on a foundational belief: that purposeful giving, combined with patient capital and genuine partnership, can reshape communities.
Bill Yuill, our founder, understands that meaningful change rarely happens overnight. It requires visionary thinking, capable leadership, and the resolve to see initiatives through to completion. These principles continue to guide every funding decision we make.
Bill Yuill
Founder and Chairman
Shown at the Margery E. Yuill Cancer Centre, named in honour of Yuill’s mother.
The Yuill School of Health & Community Services
$5 million donation to advance healthcare programs from the Yuill Family Foundation.
A partnership approach to meaningful giving.
The Yuill Family Foundation is a private family foundation rooted in a founding principle: lasting change emerges from vision, strong leadership, and dedicated work.
We invest in organizations that don’t just identify community needs, they innovate to address them. We seek partners who demonstrate the courage to imagine better outcomes and the commitment to realize them.
At the Yuill Family Foundation, we approach grantmaking as a partnership. We don't simply distribute funds, we invest in relationships with organizations we believe will move the needle on community challenges.
The Yuill Family Foundation in Numbers
Here’s what our years of strategic philanthropy have created: transformed communities, unleashed potential, and lasting change that will ripple through generations.
In Transformative FundsSince 2007
Nearly two decades of strategic philanthropy supporting projects that strengthen Medicine Hat, Southern Alberta, and Western Canada.
Registered Charities Funded
Partnering with visionary organizations making real difference in their communities.
