Exclusive fundraising events with ticket prices of up to $10,000 each helped Kathleen Wynne's Ontario Liberal Party collect the bulk of the $9.2 million it raised from donors in 2015.

The donor: Ira Grossman The gift: Raising $800,000 and climbing The cause: Children's Wish Foundation of Canada When Ira Grossman was taking a sports and event marketing course at Toronto's George ...