In 2025, we implemented some significant and important changes separating OFAH Membership and OFAH Foundation.
This wasn’t about creating complexity — it was about creating clarity. When both functions lived under one umbrella, we often heard the same line: “My membership is my donation.”
Your membership is incredibly valuable, but it isn’t a charitable gift. Your dues pay for the benefits you rely on — Ontario Out of Doors, liability insurance, and strong advocacy for fishing and hunting at all levels of government. Also, your dues support local clubs, community outreach programs, member services, and a lot of other work that helps people stay active, informed, and engaged in the outdoors.
The OFAH Foundation, on the other hand, focuses on ensuring the future of fish and wildlife, and the long-term sustainability of fishing and hunting through species and habitat restoration, conservation advocacy, and impactful education programs in schools and communities across Ontario.
OFAH members are one of the greatest strengths behind this charitable work. Many of you donate, play Catch the Ace, give monthly, or leave legacy gifts to ensure tomorrow’s outdoors is brighter than today’s. It makes a difference.
OFAH Membership and OFAH Foundation, in combination, can be incredibly powerful. If you’re able, I encourage you to consider giving on top of your membership this year — any amount, big or small, whatever you can afford to help make an even bigger impact for conservation in Ontario.
Originally published in the Jan.-Feb. 2026 issue of Ontario Out of Doors
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