The Canadian Institute in Greece receives no government funding, and therefore its activities are made possible due to the generosity of its academic and private supporters. Every donation truly makes a difference!
Gifts may be directed towards the general ongoing operations of CIG, or towards any of the special Funds detailed here. Non-specific donations will be directed towards the most pressing needs of the Institute.
For further information, please contact the Institute’s Treasurer: treasurer@cig-icg.gr
Payment by email money transfer can be sent to treasurer@cig-icg.gr
This Appeal was launched in May 2021 in order to cover a significant deficit due to the COVID-19 pandemic. International travel restrictions have largely prevented Canadian scholars visiting Greece to carry out research in 2020 and 2021 and this has led to a substantial loss of revenue.
The Endowment Fund (or Operating Endowment Fund) was established in 1997 to provide a source of unrestricted income to cover some of the annual operating expenses of the Institute, including a portion of salaries, office overheads, publication of the CIG Bulletin, the lecture series, and incidental one-time expenses. This is the most important Fund established by the Institute to ensure that CIG has the necessary resources at its disposal for all contingencies.
The Director’s Honorarium Fund was established in 1997 during the Institute’s three-year fundraising campaign. Its purpose was to provide a source of income devoted to the annual honorarium received by the Director of the Institute in Athens. Since 1994, the Director’s position has been filled by a Canadian scholar resident in Athens who has devoted a portion of his or her time to the Institute’s business, for which an honorarium has been paid. Some of the costs for the position are borne by income from this Fund.
The Desmarais – Foreman Library Fund is an amalgamation of two separate funds established in the 1980s to provide resources for the Institute’s library. The Desmarais Family Library Fund was combined with the John A. Foreman Library Fund in 1995 to create a single source of income for book purchases, library equipment, binding, cataloguing and other needs which arise in maintaining and expanding the Institute’s research library.
The Publication Fund was established in 2014 to provide a source of income to support the production of the occasional monographs. These are generally the proceedings of conferences organized by the Institute, as well as final publications of Institute-sponsored fieldwork.
Sheila’s Garden Fund was established in 2019 in order to provide for the ongoing maintenance of the garden to be established on the roof terrace of the Institute’s new premises. Donations will support the purchase of plants, planters, fertilizer, gardening equipment, etc.
The Building Fund was established in 2005 in order to provide for the purchase and renovation of property in Athens to house the Institute’s library, offices and hostel. As the Institute continues to grow, further expansion and improvement of its facilities will be required. The Building Fund anticipates and provides for this continued growth.
The Schaus Student Internship Bursary Fund has been established to support students who have been accepted to serve an internship during the regular academic year (September to May) at the Canadian Institute in Greece. Such students will be considered automatically for a bursary to help offset costs for travelling to and living in Greece. Priority will be given to undergraduate students. Students from Wilfrid Laurier University will be given special consideration since this was the home institution of Professor Gerald P. Schaus who established this bursary award.
The Fred and Joan Winter Student Travel Bursary Fund was established in 2014. The goal is to endow the Bursary at a level of $50,000, so that an annual Bursary of $2,000 might be awarded to a Canadian graduate student in need of travel in the Mediterranean area for research purposes.
