Grant and Funding Programs Offered by Fondation du Centre de prévention du suicide de Québec

The Fondation du Centre de prévention du suicide de Québec (CPSQ Foundation) is a charitable foundation dedicated to financially supporting the Centre de prévention du suicide de Québec and its mission to reduce suicide in the Capitale-Nationale region. While the CPSQ’s core operating budget is largely funded by the Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux through the PSOC program, most prevention programs, awareness activities, information booths and many training initiatives are supported by donations collected and managed by the Foundation.

Through major fundraising campaigns and ongoing individual and corporate giving, the Foundation allocates resources to a portfolio of suicide-prevention initiatives. These include school-based mental health promotion, workplace and community campaigns, services for bereaved people and postvention activities. The Foundation explicitly states that all donations are invested in services offered to the population, such as prevention, support for the bereaved and postvention, rather than in general administration.

The Foundation targets a wide range of vulnerable groups. Among the programs it supports are Les amis de Zippy for primary school children, Semblables et différents for secondary school youth, and the Et moi, comment ça va? initiative and its campaign Allume.org, which address mental health and suicide risk particularly among men and workers. It also helps finance awareness campaigns in communities and workplaces, training of Sentinelles (gatekeepers) in the population, and specialized services for people bereaved by suicide as well as postvention interventions in affected environments.

By funding these programs, the Foundation contributes to building a comprehensive safety net across the greater Québec City area. The materials and annual reports highlight both the scale of telephone interventions and face‑to‑face follow-up, and the growing demand for support, underscoring the importance of sustained philanthropic funding.

The Foundation operates primarily as an internal funder of the CPSQ’s programs and services rather than as an open-call grantmaker for external organizations. Its mission includes raising the funds required to maintain and develop prevention services, financing the establishment of new suicide-prevention programs, promoting CPSQ services to the public and reaching the most vulnerable client groups.

Governance is ensured by a board of directors composed of professionals from various sectors (law, finance, business, consulting). The Foundation regularly publishes annual reports, which present its activities and financial results, providing transparency on how donations are used to support suicide-prevention initiatives in the region.