The Imperial Oil Charitable Foundation: The Esso Family Math Centre was made possible due to a generous donation from the Imperial Oil Charitable Foundation. Over a five-year span, from December 1999 to December 2004, the support from the Foundation has enabled the Centre to run Family Math programs in a variety of community settings, develop programs and resources for parents, children, Site Leaders, Community Leaders, Teaching Volunteers and Family Math Coordinators, and disseminate the research through refereed articles, conferences and our web site.
The Imperial Oil Charitable Foundation
Investing in Children: From the conception of Esso Family Math, Investing in Children has been an active partner:
Faculty of Education at the University of Western Ontario:
Western's Faculty of Education
Citigroup Foundation: It is due to the Citigroup Foundation's generous donation that we have been able to improve our web site, and produce our resources on a CD/DVD. The Citigroup Foundation is part of CitiFinancial who, since 1912, has been helping people find solutions to fiscal problems. In 2003 Citigroup and the Citigroup Foundation gave almost $90 million (US) to organizations in more than 80 countries. In 2004, CitiFinancial and other Citigroup subsidiaries across Canada gave over $500,000 (CD) to not-for-profit organizations across Canada - including the Esso Family Math Program. More information about CitiFinancial can be found at:
The Maurice Price Foundation: Funding, over a three-year period (November 2000 to November 2003), was provided by the Maurice Price Foundation for leadership positions at the Esso Family Math Centre. The Maurice Price Foundation Director of the Esso Family Math Program was a position made possible due to this generous donation.
Texas Instruments: Families have received calculators (TI 10's and TI 15's) and Family Math Bags due to the generous donations of Texas Instruments.