National Research Council support was obtained from 1946 and the date of termination is uncertain. The Defence Research Board provided a total of $44,696.00 from 1962-1972. From 1965-1974, the Canadian Life Assurance Officers Association provided a total of $56,566.00. In 1979 and 1980, Great West Life Assurance Company provided a grant of $15,000.00, the Murphy Foundation provided $15,000.00 and the Manitoba Medical Service Foundation provided a total of $33,667.00. The Heart and Stroke Foundation, in 1968, and again in 1986, provided a total of $23,404.00.

In 1968, a long-term grant from Health and Welfare Canada was established to provide stable funding. After reviewing the Study in 1983, they decided that no new information could be obtained by continuing the follow-up process and the funding was stopped at that time. Health and Welfare Canada recommended termination of the Study with the contingency to "wind down" the Study.

The Study members themselves said "No" and banded together, forming a Committee under the banner "MUFUS 2000", to raise funds to continue the Study. Various fund raising schemes were suggested. One in particular, following a suggestion by a Study member from Edmonton, requested that all Study members purchase and mail to the MFUS office a $10.00 lottery ticket for a specific Friday National Lottery draw. We received 986 tickets for that draw and won approximately $1400. The response to the fund raising activity underscored the dedication and respect both for Dr. Mathewson and the Study.

This activity has sparked the continued interest of the members in the Study. The Study has been established as a registered charitable organization. Since 1983, the majority of the annual budget necessary to contact and follow-up members has been met by the donations from the members themselves. They donate yearly or twice yearly following our contacts.

Some additional funds have been obtained as a specific grant from the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Manitoba for one year. As well, some Insurance Companies have provided one or three year contributions. We have also received a grant from a Federal government initiative, HEALNet. The National Office of the Legion allowed us to address their annual meeting, and following that we had contributions from several branches over the following year.

The Wartime Pilots' and Observers' have established a very special relationship with the Manitoba Follow-up Study. First of all, they have provided frequent financial contributions to the Study to the best of their ability. As well, during their international reunions, held in Winnipeg, they have allowed us to meet attendees who were members of the Study. We were able to examine them, to address them as a group and provide information about the status of the Study.

Further, the decision by the members to fund the ongoing Study was taken at their meeting in 1984. At that time, and subsequently, donations to the Study were received at these meetings. Until our fiftieth anniversary, in 1998, these meetings provided the only opportunity to meet our members face-to-face.