The Fitzhenry Family Foundation was established December 2, 1987 by Robert I Fitzhenry as a private charitable foundation devoted to the promotion of human rights and education, animal welfare, culture, and the protection of the earth and its resources from overzealous development.

To date, the foundation has dispensed over $400,000 in pursuit of these goals.

It has been involved in the establishment and support of:

• The Bridget Fitzhenry Scholarship, Uxbridge Secondary School, Durham Board of Education,

• The Petersen-Fineberg Scholarship, Michigan Daily, University of Michigan, and

• the Fitzhenry-Galligan Scholarship School of Nursing, Mountainside Hospital Montclair, New Jersey.

Additional projects supported by the Foundation include:

• Friends of the Nemaiah Valley (BC),

• WaterCan, and

• The Abkhazi Rhododendron Garden in Victoria, BC.

Hollister (Fitzhenry) Doll and Sharon Fitzhenry have been sole directors of the Foundation since 1995.