Lochmaddy Foundation

Lochmaddy Foundation

Lochmaddy Foundation was established in 2011 by Kevin Campbell, a longtime investment banker and Managing Director at Haywood Securities. The foundation represents the philanthropic allocation of wealth generated in Canadian financial services. Campbell structured it as a private charitable foundation under Canadian law, with a geographic focus split between sub-Saharan Africa and British Columbia, and no publicly disclosed intention to convert to a donor-advised fund or other more liquid structure. Deployment follows a venture-philanthropy model that blends grants, program-related investments, and early-stage equity exposure. In Africa, the foundation has concentrated on social and economic development projects — a posture that distinguishes it from pure grantmakers. In British Columbia, allocations have included a position in Raven Indigenous Impact Fund I LP, a venture-capital vehicle targeting Indigenous enterprises. Cultural commitments include the Vanguard Award at the Vancouver International Film Festival, where Campbell previously served on the board. The foundation's dual exposure to emerging-market development and Indigenous-focused venture capital is uncommon for a single-principal Canadian foundation of its era. Campbell operates Lochmaddy alongside a broader professional network that includes David Tedman, co-founder of Hootsuite and Invoke Labs. The foundation does not publish team headcount, AUM, or an annual report in a standard format. Structurally, Lochmaddy sits at the intersection of a family foundation and an operating-nonprofit investment vehicle — it makes direct charitable grants, holds fund LP interests, and participates in cultural sponsorship. That hybrid posture, guided by a single active principal rather than a professional CIO, makes it closer in behavior to a lean European-style family foundation than to a professionally staffed Canadian endowment.