About us

The CSPG Foundation raises money to fund and support educational petroleum geoscience outreach across Canada.  The CSPG Foundation is the charitable arm of the CSPG and is a Registered Charity with the Canada Revenue Agency.

Our Vision

To fully fund and support all existing and future CSPG outreach programs.

Our Mission

We fund programs that inspire and advance education, foster technical excellence and encourage awareness of petroleum geoscience.

Sustainable Geoscience Outreach Funding

The CSPG Foundation invests in outreach that educates about petroleum geoscience.  Our goal is to ensure that current programs such as the Student Industry Field Trip (SIFT) remain world class and to help new outreach programs develop.  Once a program is established it often becomes self-sustaining through corporate sponsorship or through a restricted fund supporting only that program.  Once programs become established the CSPG Foundation is able to invest in new opportunities.

The CSPG Foundation uses a three-fold approach to fund geoscience outreach:

1. Annual donations (General fund)

2. Endowment Fund investment income

3. Restricted funds - SIFT, University Awards & Scholarships, Visiting Lecture Tours