Making a difference through Dough'Nation
Kids with heart, giving back.
BuckTime!'s Dough'Nate lets kids turn some of what they earn into a real donation to a cause they care about. Here are the registered Canadian charities families can choose from.
How Dough'Nate works
Kids earn and set some aside.
As kids build good money habits in BuckTime!, they can put part of what they earn into a Give jar.
Kids pick a cause.
From the shelf below, a child chooses a charity that matters to them — and learns a little about the good it does.
Parents make the real donation.
The child's request goes to their parent, who makes the actual donation directly to the charity with their own card — and gets the tax receipt.
The app never moves money to a charity. BuckTime! inspires and directs the gift; every real donation is made by a parent, straight to the charity. That keeps giving safe, transparent, and in the family's hands.
The charity shelf
🧒Kids — helps kids near you and across Canada
SickKids Foundation
SickKids is a famous hospital in Toronto just for kids. Your dough helps doctors and scientists fix broken bones, fight big sicknesses, and find new cures for children.
Visit / Donate ↗Kids Help Phone
For the youth of Canada who believe everyone deserves to Feel Out Loud, Kids Help Phone is the 'Unlock The Hope' Youth Charity, the Empowering, Trusted Changemaker, that delivers a personalized well-being experience for all youth, so they can thrive in their world, no matter where life takes them.
Visit / Donate ↗Make-A-Wish Canada
Make-A-Wish grants dream-come-true wishes for kids who are very sick — like meeting a hero or going on an adventure. Your dough helps turn a hard time into a magical memory.
Visit / Donate ↗Canadian Tire Jumpstart
Every kid deserves to play sports, but gear and sign-up fees cost money some families don't have. Your dough helps kids join teams, get equipment, and play!
Visit / Donate ↗Special Olympics Canada
Special Olympics helps athletes with intellectual disabilities train, compete, and win medals in sports all year round. Your dough cheers them all the way to the finish line.
Visit / Donate ↗🍎Food — helps feed families and kids
Food Banks Canada
Food banks near you give groceries to families when money is tight. Your dough helps fill food bank shelves and dinner plates right in your own community and across Canada.
Visit / Donate ↗Breakfast Club of Canada
It's hard to learn on an empty tummy! Your dough helps schools serve a healthy breakfast so every kid starts the day ready to go.
Visit / Donate ↗Second Harvest
Lots of perfectly good food gets thrown away — Second Harvest rescues it and delivers it to people who need it. Your dough keeps good food out of the garbage and on the table.
Visit / Donate ↗🐶Animals — helps protect animals big and small
Humane Canada
Humane Canada teams up with animal shelters and SPCAs across the country to keep pets safe from harm. Your dough helps protect dogs, cats, and all kinds of animals.
Visit / Donate ↗WWF-Canada
WWF-Canada protects amazing wild animals like polar bears, whales, and caribou — and the wild places they live. Your dough helps keep them safe for the future.
Visit / Donate ↗Canadian Wildlife Federation
From owls to otters, Canada is full of incredible wildlife. Your dough helps scientists and helpers protect animals and the forests, rivers, and skies they call home.
Visit / Donate ↗🌎Planet — helps protect nature and our planet
Earth Rangers
Earth Rangers is a conservation club just for kids — with missions, animal adoptions, and cool school visits. Your dough powers kid-sized projects that protect animals and the planet.
Visit / Donate ↗Tree Canada
Trees clean our air, shade our parks, and give animals homes. Your dough plants real trees in real neighbourhoods across Canada.
Visit / Donate ↗Nature Conservancy of Canada
NCC protects Canada's most special wild places — forests, prairies, and wetlands — so they stay wild forever. Your dough helps save nature, acre by acre.
Visit / Donate ↗Ocean Wise
Oceans are home to whales, seals, and millions of fish — and they need our help. Your dough supports scientists working to keep our oceans clean and full of life.
Visit / Donate ↗❤️🩹Health — helps people stay healthy and strong
Terry Fox Foundation
Terry Fox ran across Canada on one leg to fight cancer, and his run never stopped. Your dough joins his Marathon of Hope by helping scientists find cures.
Visit / Donate ↗Heart & Stroke
Your heart beats about 100,000 times a day — it's a big job! Your dough helps doctors learn how to keep hearts and brains healthy and strong.
Visit / Donate ↗Canadian Cancer Society
The Canadian Cancer Society helps people who are sick with cancer and funds scientists hunting for cures. Your dough brings help and hope to families across Canada.
Visit / Donate ↗CNIB Foundation
CNIB helps people who are blind or can't see well live big, full lives — even training amazing guide dogs. Your dough opens doors and guides the way.
Visit / Donate ↗The War Amps — CHAMP
The War Amps CHAMP program helps kids who are missing arms or legs get artificial limbs so they can run, swim, and play. Your dough helps a kid just like you do what they love.
Visit / Donate ↗🏘️Community — helps neighbours right in your community
United Way
United Way helps people right in your own community — with food, shelter, and someone to lean on. Your dough stays close to home, helping neighbours in need.
Visit / Donate ↗Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada
Every kid deserves a mentor — a big buddy who listens, helps with homework, and shows up. Your dough matches kids with mentors who change their lives.
Visit / Donate ↗Habitat for Humanity Canada
Habitat helps working families build and buy homes of their very own. Your dough buys nails, wood, and hope — one house at a time.
Visit / Donate ↗🌍World — helps people all around the world
Canadian Red Cross
When floods, fires, or emergencies happen, the Red Cross rushes in to help — in Canada and around the world. Your dough brings blankets, food, and safety when people need it most.
Visit / Donate ↗UNICEF Canada
UNICEF helps children in almost every country on Earth get medicine, clean water, and school. Your dough travels the world to help kids everywhere.
Visit / Donate ↗🏳️🌈Pride — helps LGBTQ+ people feel safe, seen, and supported
Egale Canada
Egale works so LGBTQ+ people — all kinds of families and love — are treated fairly and kindly everywhere in Canada. Your dough helps make schools and communities safer places to be yourself.
Visit / Donate ↗
The 519
The 519 is Canada's largest community centre located in Toronto. It's where 2SLGBTQ+ communities, including families and kids can meet, find belonging, and grow together through storytime, songs, celebrations, and more. Your dough helps ensure this 50-year-old organization can continue to provide a safer and welcoming space for all 2SLGBTQ+ people.
Visit / Donate ↗
Rainbow Railroad
In some parts of the world, it isn't safe to be LGBTQ+. Rainbow Railroad helps people facing danger find a safer place where they can live freely and be themselves. Your dough helps support their journey to safety.
Visit / Donate ↗Raising a little philanthropist?
BuckTime! turns everyday earning into lessons in saving, spending, and giving.
BuckTime! is not affiliated with, and does not imply endorsement by, any charity listed on this page. Charity names, logos, and trademarks are the property of their respective owners and are used to identify the organizations families may choose to support. Donations are made by parents directly to each charity; BuckTime! does not collect, hold, or transmit donations, and does not issue tax receipts. Charity information is provided for general guidance and may change. To have your organization's listing updated or removed, contact partnerships@bucktime.ca.