Grant and Funding Programs Offered by Remembrance Coin

Remembrance Coin is a Canadian charitable organization created to generate financial support for programs addressing Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) among veterans and first responders. Founded in 2018 by Sean Kent, a fourth-generation member of the Canadian Armed Forces and Military Police Officer, the charity raises money through the design and sale of commemorative military challenge coins and related art. In 2019, Remembrance Coin became a registered charity with the Canada Revenue Agency and committed to donating 100% of its profits to PTSD programs in Canada.

The organization has chosen to direct its financial support to Wounded Warriors Canada, an established national charity that delivers a variety of mental health and family-support programs for veterans, first responders and their families. Remembrance Coin’s website notes cumulative donations (e.g. $20,000, later $40,000) transferred to Wounded Warriors Canada to help fund these PTSD-focused services.

Through its fundraising activities, Remembrance Coin indirectly funds counselling, peer support and other therapeutic initiatives targeted at Canadian Armed Forces veterans, first responders and their families who are affected by PTSD and related operational stress injuries. The charity’s contribution model is straightforward: coins and related items are sold to the public, and all net proceeds are donated to Wounded Warriors Canada for use in its mental health programs.

In addition to fundraising, the organization supports awareness initiatives such as the Veteran’s Portrait Project, which offers free digital portraits to veterans and first responders. While this project is not a grant program, it complements the financial support by promoting recognition of veterans’ experiences and encouraging donations to Remembrance Coin, for which charitable tax receipts are issued for eligible amounts.

Remembrance Coin emphasizes that it donates 100% of its profits to PTSD programs and provides its Canadian charitable registration number on the site. The Donate page clarifies that tax receipts are issued for donations over a specified threshold. Although it does not run open application grant programs, the organization functions as a focused fundraising and pass-through funder, channeling resources from supporters to a partner charity delivering frontline PTSD services across Canada.