The Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation (), commonly called the Trudeau Foundation (), is a Canadian charity founded in 2001 by friends and family of former Canadian prime minister Pierre Trudeau. The foundation supports creative and critical thinkers who make meaningful contributions to pressing social issues through scholarships, fellowships, mentorships and public interaction events. It has granted hundreds of significant awards to top researchers and highly accomplished individuals in Canada and abroad. Leadership The Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation has had four presidents since its inception in 2001. The first president and CEO of the foundation, Stephen J. Toope, took up his position at the beginning of August 2002. An Interim President, Frederick H. Lowy, served from June, 2006 through to October 2006 after Toope left to become president of the University of British Columbia. Pierre-Gerlier Forest, formerly chief scientist at Health Canada, was the president of the foundation from November 2006 to September 2013. Tim Brodhead became interim president and chief executive officer as of 17 September 2013. In April 2014, Morris Rosenberg was appointed president and chief executive officer. Funding In 2002, the Government of Canada endowed the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation with $125 million CAD, to fund the creation of a program for advanced studies in the social sciences and the humanities. An agreement on the Advanced Research in the Humanities and Human Sciences Fund was signed March 2002, between the Government of Canada and the foundation outlining the obligations of the foundation in handling public funds in regards to investment strategy, governance and program delivery. The foundation also solicits private funding for targeted projects. Directed donation from Chinese government In February 2023, the Globe and Mail reported that the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation received a $200,000 donation from Chinese Billionaire Zhang Bin at the direction of the Chinese government, with the promise that the government would repay the donation. An accompanying $750,000 was donated to Pierre Trudeau's alma matter, the University of Montreal’s Faculty of Law, while $50,000 was donated for the construction of a statue at the University of Montreal. Mr. Zhang had originally requested that the statue be of both Pierre Trudeau and Mao Zedong, but the University rebuffed this proposal and a statue of only Pierre Trudeau was ultimately constructed. Alexandre Trudeau attended the event commemorating the combined $1-million donation as a director and member of the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation, with Mr. Zhang and