Carol Newell

Through her work with Endswell Foundation and Renewal, Carol Newell has established a life’s work as a social entrepreneur and philanthropist, placing over $60 million in organizations and businesses working toward sustainability in BC.

Carol is also the co-creator of PlayBIG, an initiative to encourage others with wealth to activate their resources for social change.

Carol Newell inherited a substantial fortune over several years, culminating in the early 1990s. Believing she had "more than enough", she chose to dedicate the majority of her wealth to making the world a better place.

She found the focus for her intentions in British Columbia's mix of vast pristine wilderness and sophisticated urban meeting places for global influences. She has dedicated her career to nurturing broad-spectrum solutions to the ecological and social problems facing her home province.

The Great Bear Rainforest is an ecosystem of global importance and a vital, natural, cultural and economic resource for First Nations, coastal communities and British Columbia. Success here means protecting the ecological integrity of the land while respecting indigenous cultures and strengthening local economies.

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Guidelines

Please note that we only accept invited grant proposals and we are currently only minimally able to fund new organizations. Invitations to make proposals occur during each of our two annual grants cycles, subsequent to our review of a Letter of Inquiry.

The Endswell Foundation is an independent registered charity, operating under the Renewal group of organizations. Through the 1990s Endswell was the largest, BC based, private foundation funding environmental issues in the province.