The Donner Canadian Foundation Awards for Excellence in the Delivery of Social Services were established in 1998 to recognize and reward excellence and efficiency in the delivery of social services by non-profit agencies across the country. The national scope and $60,000 purse makes the Donner Awards Canada?s largest non-profit recognition program. Since 1998, $1,020,000 has been granted to Canadian non-profits through the Donner Awards. By providing non-profits with tools to measure and monitor their performance, the Donner Awards Program also encourages agencies to strive to ever-higher levels of excellence. In turn, the commitment to excellence and accountability demonstrated by Donner Awards participants can help encourage public confidence and involvement in this important sector of Canadian society.