The Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation


The Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation is a private Canadian charity. Its mission is to "provide grants to young artists who are pursuing their studies or are in the early or developmental stage of their career, are working in a representational style of painting, drawing, sculpture or printmaking, and demonstrate the determination and talent to pursue a lifetime career in their art practice."
It was established in 1955 by Charles Glass Greenshields, Q.C., a distinguished Montreal lawyer and amateur artist, in memory of his mother, Elizabeth T. Glass. It was endowed by Mr. Greenshields and does not solicit or receive external funding. By the terms of its endowment, it is precluded from funding the pursuit of abstract or non-objective art.
In 2016, it received the Excellence in Fine Art Education Award from the Portrait Society of America.
In 2019, The Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation awarded a total of C $1.55M in grants to 94 artists and art students. Since its inception, it has granted some C $25M to over 1900 students and artists in 40 countries.

Notable grantees