Is there something wrong with your computer that you are unable to look anything up ? In the preamble describing the Trudeau Foundation it states that in 2002 with the support of the House of Commons the Government of Canada provided an endowment to the Foundation for research in the Humanities and Science. Endowments are the seed capital that gets things like the Foundation up and running. I suspect that you don't understand endowment, although you mention it. Endowments=Money. The initial money came from the Chretien government . Continued money comes from donations. As well there were private donations from family and friends etc. at the time of inception.