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End-of-Year Deadlines: Holiday Gifting and Granting

Organizational Updates / /

Sending a holiday grant to your favourite organization? Grants: Wednesday, December 4, 2024 Grants received by December 4 will be deposited or mailed before the end of the calendar year Making a contribution to your TF fund and hoping for a 2024 tax receipt? Gifts of securities: Wednesday, December 11, 2024* We require a completed Gift […]

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Sending a holiday grant to your favourite organization? Grants: Wednesday, December 4, 2024 Grants received by December 4 will be deposited or mailed before the end of the calendar year Making a contribution to your TF fund and hoping for a 2024 tax receipt? Gifts of securities: Wednesday, December 11, 2024* We require a completed Gift

When community and fundholders unlock potential together

Discover Community Organizations, Philanthropy / /

Eugenia Duodu-Addy always loved science. As a Black female scientist, that passion is what propelled her to pursue a PhD in chemistry at the University of Toronto despite the naysayers and lack of role models along the way. She joined Visions of Science hoping to break down barriers in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) for

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Eugenia Duodu-Addy always loved science. As a Black female scientist, that passion is what propelled her to pursue a PhD in chemistry at the University of Toronto despite the naysayers and lack of role models along the way. She joined Visions of Science hoping to break down barriers in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) for

Contributing to systemic change is possible — and starts local

Advancing Equality, Discover Community Organizations / /

1,000,000+ That’s the number of Torontonians, in the last two years, who’ve said they don’t have someone to rely on. Smaller community organizations have increasingly been filling that gap.1 Without a doubt, smaller and medium-sized organizations are delivering visionary work tackling Toronto’s inequities. Toronto Foundation’s newly-released Good to Give Guide highlights the recipients of the

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1,000,000+ That’s the number of Torontonians, in the last two years, who’ve said they don’t have someone to rely on. Smaller community organizations have increasingly been filling that gap.1 Without a doubt, smaller and medium-sized organizations are delivering visionary work tackling Toronto’s inequities. Toronto Foundation’s newly-released Good to Give Guide highlights the recipients of the

Mary Rowell Jackman: a feminist’s legacy

Donor Stories, Philanthropy / /

The most valuable asset Mary Rowell Jackman inherited from her parents was her unwavering commitment to social justice. Mary’s mother, Nellie Langford Rowell, worked with the YWCA throughout her life to support low-income and marginalized women and children. Her father, Newton Rowell, was an M.P. and lawyer who argued and won Edwards v. Canada, better

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The most valuable asset Mary Rowell Jackman inherited from her parents was her unwavering commitment to social justice. Mary’s mother, Nellie Langford Rowell, worked with the YWCA throughout her life to support low-income and marginalized women and children. Her father, Newton Rowell, was an M.P. and lawyer who argued and won Edwards v. Canada, better

Green Shield Canada and Toronto Foundation partner on new research and funding

Discover Community Organizations, Toronto Insights / /

Oral health report underscores the mental and physical toll on Torontonians One in three Torontonians lack dental coverage. Who you are, where you live and what you earn pre-determine your access to dental coverage – yet another consequence of inequality in Toronto – as well as oral health outcomes. Over 860,000 residents (35%) do not

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Oral health report underscores the mental and physical toll on Torontonians One in three Torontonians lack dental coverage. Who you are, where you live and what you earn pre-determine your access to dental coverage – yet another consequence of inequality in Toronto – as well as oral health outcomes. Over 860,000 residents (35%) do not

How fundholders are making an impact by leaving gifts in their wills

Philanthropy / /

A will is a powerful tool to help achieve charitable giving goals, yet only 5% of Canadians leave a charitable gift in their will. Establishing a legacy at Toronto Foundation will help create the change you want to see in the world and enable you to plan for a future that reflects your values. And

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A will is a powerful tool to help achieve charitable giving goals, yet only 5% of Canadians leave a charitable gift in their will. Establishing a legacy at Toronto Foundation will help create the change you want to see in the world and enable you to plan for a future that reflects your values. And

Leveraging our assets and knowledge for a bigger impact 

Organizational Updates, Philanthropy / /

A reflection on our social impact investing between June 2020 – June 2021 As a community foundation we know full well the potential of pooling assets to deliver a more powerful impact. This year we reaffirmed that philosophy as preferred practice of collaborating with other investors – notably other foundations – on larger, and sometimes ground-breaking initiatives so that we can share the due diligence, best practices and

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A reflection on our social impact investing between June 2020 – June 2021 As a community foundation we know full well the potential of pooling assets to deliver a more powerful impact. This year we reaffirmed that philosophy as preferred practice of collaborating with other investors – notably other foundations – on larger, and sometimes ground-breaking initiatives so that we can share the due diligence, best practices and

A Letter from CEO Sharon Avery

Organizational Updates, Toronto Insights / /

We opted to forgo a subtitle on this, our 18th Toronto’s Vital Signs Report. How to sum up 18 months of devastation and despair? There’s no simple roundup, no original, insightful, singular analysis that can make sense of all of this. There’s little comfort in pretty words in the face of the greatest crisis of

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We opted to forgo a subtitle on this, our 18th Toronto’s Vital Signs Report. How to sum up 18 months of devastation and despair? There’s no simple roundup, no original, insightful, singular analysis that can make sense of all of this. There’s little comfort in pretty words in the face of the greatest crisis of

How you can help Afghan refugees and residents

Advancing Equality / /

Some of you have started to ask how you can help the thousands of Afghan people who were unable to escape as well as those who manage to eventually make their way to Canada. While we still encourage you to also seek out suggestions by the local Afghan community, we’re suggesting three ways to channel

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Some of you have started to ask how you can help the thousands of Afghan people who were unable to escape as well as those who manage to eventually make their way to Canada. While we still encourage you to also seek out suggestions by the local Afghan community, we’re suggesting three ways to channel

The Trust Collective Giving Guide – 2021 Women and Girls Edition

Discover Community Organizations / /

Read the Trust Collective Giving Guide This is your guide to donation-ready organizations that are addressing gender equality in Toronto. These organizations are the grantees of the Gender Equality Fund. The first section of this guide profiles our 2020 and 2021 Toronto Foundation Gender Equality Fund grantees: organizations whose core activities, leadership, mission, and vision

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Read the Trust Collective Giving Guide This is your guide to donation-ready organizations that are addressing gender equality in Toronto. These organizations are the grantees of the Gender Equality Fund. The first section of this guide profiles our 2020 and 2021 Toronto Foundation Gender Equality Fund grantees: organizations whose core activities, leadership, mission, and vision

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