Since its inception, the Foundation has donated over $362 million to Education, Health and Community projects Jamaica. In 2005, the donations totaled $61.8 million.

The Scotiabank Jamaica Foundation is guided by the principles to assist in alleviating poverty, deprivation, distress among economically and socially disadvantaged individuals and their dependents: and to undertake research into these problems, along with methods of addressing them.

Major contributions to the Health sector:

• Cornwall Regional Hospital, Montego Bay, and St. James, (1998): the Scotiabank Jamaica Foundation Haemodialysis Centre was established at the hospital at a cost of $19.3 million and continues to support the centre with an annual donation of $7 million to provide drugs, supplies and maintenance of equipment. This facility provides treatment for patients with renal (kidney) failure. In 2005, an additional donation of $5.2 million was disbursed for the purchase of a new dialysis machine and equipment.
• Kingston Public Hospital, Kingston, (2000): the Foundation completed renovations to the Renal Unit at a cost of $19.4 million. Unit was outfitted with a water purification system, air-conditioning units and haemodialysis machines. The Foundation also contributes to the maintenance of the equipment in the Unit.
• Jamaica Cancer Society, Kingston, (2000): The Foundation donation a fully equipped Mobile Mammography Unit at a cost of $10.4 million. This Unit is the first in the island and is used to provide breast cancer screening for women in rural communities. This unit is also maintained by the Foundation.
• Port Antonio Hospital, Portland, (2001): construction of the Scotiabank Jamaica Foundation Emergency Unit at the Port Antonio Hospital at a cost of $8 million, enabling the staff to deal with an increased number of emergencies at any one time.
• University Hospital of the West Indies, St. Andrew, (2005): expansion of the Scotiabank Centennial Accident & Emergency Unit at a cost of $32 million. The Foundation provides $1 million annually to maintain the Unit. The Foundation has just completed the expansion of this unit at a cost of $32 million and the facility will be handed over in May 2006.

Major Contributions in Education

• Northern Caribbean University, (2004) - $9.6 million was donated to the University's Endowment Fund and Computer Community Outreach Programme to make tertiary education accessible to the needy and extend computer literacy to the community.
• Point Hill Diagnostic Reading Centre, St. Catherine, (2003 - 2004) - $7.5 million for the provision of a Special Education Teacher.
• Hugh Shearer Foundation, (2003) - establishment of the Hugh Shearer Foundation with a donation of $6.5 million.
• Iris Gelley Primary School, (2005-2006)- $5.5 million for the construction and equipping of computer lab. This facility will be opened later this year.
• Holy Family Infant and Primary School – breakfast feeding programme.

Major Contributions in Community projects:

• Urban Development Corporation, (2001- 2004): donated $15 million for the Prime Minister's Inner-city Redevelopment Programme.
• Hands Across Jamaica For Righteousness, (2004 – 2006) - $5 Million for the funding of a Secretariat.
• Golden Age - annual donation of $1.5 million for the provision of meals for residents in 'Cluster F'.
• May Pen Cemetery, (2004): contributed $1.5 million for the restoration of the Cemetery.

Some of the organizations that have benefited in the past are:

Hillel Academy Building Fund, University of The West Indies, University of Technology, Northern Caribbean University, College of Agriculture, Science & Education, Mona School of Business, Montego Bay Community College, Holy Family Infant and Primary School, St. Michael's Primary School, the Operation Friendship Basic School, Old Harbour High School, Edith Dalton Comprehensive High, Trench Town Primary, St. Martin de Porres Primary School, Iris Gelley Primary School, Meadowbrook High School, Polly Ground Primary School, Brown's Town Community College, Caribbean Christian Centre for the Deaf, the ACB Bakery, Swallowfield Chapel 'Youth Reaching Programme', Spanish Town Hospital, Addiction Alert, Bethel Baptist Church Foundation, Bethlehem Home Project, Bustamante Children's Hospital, Danielle Henry Fund, Heart Foundation of Jamaica, Jamaica Christian Boys' Home, Jamaica Red Cross Society, JAMAL Foundation, KC Welfare Programme, National Blood Transfusion Service (The Blood Bank), National Crime Prevention Programme, National Development Foundation, Ohara Ikebana Chapter, Operation Friendship, Scientific Research Council, St. Patrick's Foundation, United Way of Jamaica, Wolmers Girls' Trust and National Foundation for Development of Science and Technology.