Empowering families and building up communities
One activity and grant at a time
Grants and activities foster positive change
7,200+
Members using their grants to give back to their communities in 2025 4
$6.1 million
CAD
Total dollar amount of our grants used in 2025 5
27,000+
Members who’ve joined each other in meaningful volunteer events and fun memorable activities in 2025 6
Are you a Foresters member looking to get more involved in giving back to your community?
Register for or log into MyForesters to see the volunteering opportunities happening right now near you. You can also explore our grants and the difference they can help you make in your community and for your family.
Rolling up our sleeves and helping communities
Building bikes for local kids
During our 44th International Assembly and Leadership Development Conference in Arlington, Texas, our member leaders teamed up with Odyssey Teams to make a difference.
Together, we assembled 100 new bicycles for children from John R. Good Elementary and Iglesia Fuente de Vida in the community. The kids came into the conference center with smiles on their faces as the last bicycle was assembled. Each one of them was ready to try out their new rides.
Supporting young people with financial education
Foresters has partnered with Money Ready since 2023, and together, we’ve been working to help younger people get a better understanding of their finances.
Together, along with our volunteers, we’ve hosted multiple events and helped fund education sessions throughout 2025. One standout was a Money and Work seminar in our UK head office. On the day, 30 young people from Royal Docks Secondary School in East London learned about financial education, including saving and investing, the differences between employment and self-employment and more.
Partnerships that bring us together
Foresters works with charitable organizations across Canada, the US and the UK to provide more opportunities to give back and support important causes. These partners share our vision while bringing people together to do more good in our communities and for the people we love most.
Our partners in North America
Since 2006, Foresters Financial and KABOOM! have built 175 beautiful playspaces across 102 cities in 31 states and provinces throughout North America7. Thanks to the hard work of Foresters members, employees, sales agents and guests for the last 19 years, we are positively impacting the lives of more than seven million children by providing them with access to play8.
U.S. Hunger is an organization committed to solving food insecurity by providing healthy meals to people and creating a hunger-free world.
Clean Trails is a community of people focused on keeping the world’s natural spaces and the trails that pass through them clear of litter. National Cleanup Day is an initiative by Clean Trails that calls on people to join or start a cleanup project in their communities.
5th World seeks to leverage technological innovation, human ingenuity and the wisdom of nature to foster a positive, more abundant future for all. Their vision is to help build autonomous and regenerative communities that thrive, grow fresh, nutritious and delicious food, are a source of reliable clean water and harvest renewable energy. Through Foresters partnership with 5th World, we aim to build sustainable and regenerative food forests that can feed our communities for generations to come.
Our Partners in the UK
The Cash for Kids mission is to improve the lives of disadvantaged children and young people across the UK who are affected by poverty, illness, neglect or have additional needs. We work with grassroots organizations that aim to make a difference in young lives, directly supporting families who often have nowhere else to go. Volunteers looking to fundraise can do so through one of the 22 regional teams across the UK.
The Brokerage is a social mobility charity dedicated to breaking down barriers to professional careers for young people 16 to 25. Our partnership includes:
- Foresters colleagues volunteering to support with employability skills, like CV reviews and mock interviews.
- Our financial advisers offering financial education training.
- Offering work experience and work placements.
Join us as we build stronger communities together!
421355 CAN (04/26)
4 Grants includes Community Volunteer grants, Foresters Moments grants, Foresters Care grants, Branch Matching, and Member Engagement grants.
5 $6+ million CAD funds awarded as Grants for Community Volunteer grants, Foresters Moments grants, Foresters Care grants, Branch Matching, and Member Engagement grants.
6 Based on the number of members registered for a local event.
7 Number of children impacted is based on 175 playspace builds since 2006 with a lifespan of 15 years per playspace.
8 Estimated number of North American children who have and will be provided with access to play over the 15-year lifespan of 175 playspaces considering the number of families in the census tract x 1.2 children per family (US national average).