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It’s not yet December 21st, but it certainly feels like winter is here. I don’t think I’m alone in wanting to stay inside with my loved ones. And that’s a luxury that I’m grateful to have. Families have all kinds of traditions this time of year – skating at Nathan Phillips Square, The Nutcracker, Chinese food […]

TORONTO, Nov. 28, 2017 /CNW/ – This Giving Tuesday, Torontonians can give a hand up to struggling families in their communities by giving to the local charities in Toronto Foundation’s Good to Give Guide.  The Guide is a catalogue of small Toronto charities doing life-changing work to support the city’s most vulnerable people, making it easy for Torontonians to give

 “My mother believed in showing a curiosity for new things. Learning new things, and not being afraid.” – Dr. Anish Kirpalani, Fundholder, the Sheila Kirpalani Foundation   Pooja, Anish and their son Sushil in their home.Pooja, Anish and their son Shushil in their home.Together, in late June 2009, Anish and Sheila established the Sheila Kirpalani

To chemistry & beyond! Tapping into creativity and community through STEM Do you remember going to your first science fair? Have you made a volcano or bottle rocket with baking soda and vinegar? I wonder how many of us were inspired enough by those classic experiments to continue in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM)? According to

Big city issues make up the headlines we see every morning. But there are many more communities that deserve our attention. More than boats and ski slopes, central Ontario has a rich, fragile environment and complex social and economic issues.   On August 25th nearly 40 friends and Fundholders gathered to learn about philanthropy in

Who gets the harvest? Fall begins in less than a month, but the evenings have already cooled. Photos of apple picking have started to fill our social media timelines. As we break out the decorative gourds for our dining tables we are grateful for our access to the fruitful Green Belt. The Foodland Ontario logo is

  Over the last few months we’ve been making some changes at Toronto Foundation. You may be curious about what we’ve been up to, and we think it’s time to pull back the curtain! You’ll already know from our announcement last month that we have quite a few staff changes and promotions. You can read about those

Vital Youth 2017-18 Vital Youth supports charitable organizations in the city of Toronto that are working to increase access to high quality recreation activities for youth aged 12-18 years. Funding of up to $15,000 has been awarded to programs that meet the Vital Youth priorities with year-long grant activities that start as early as September

  Small & Mighty – Our First CityViews Tour From the desk of Sharon Avery   In my eight years at UNICEF Canada, I travelled with donors to many far-off locations so they could see for themselves the great work many small but mighty organizations are doing to truly change people’s lives. Toronto Foundation presented

Welcome to our new Board Chair   If you’ve been following our communications over the last while, you’ll notice there’s a lot going on at Toronto Foundation. Tomorrow, on June 13th, we say goodbye to our Board Chair John Barford and send him off with trumpets and our gratitude for his 10 years on our board.