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Before Election Day: Ways to Take Part Now

Voting is one of the clearest ways we engage civically. But the pathway to the ballot box starts long before election day. A healthy democracy depends on more than candidates—it depends on people having access to trusted information, understanding the issues that affect their daily lives and feeling that their voice matters. Our Vital Signs

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Voting is one of the clearest ways we engage civically. But the pathway to the ballot box starts long before election day. A healthy democracy depends on more than candidates—it depends on people having access to trusted information, understanding the issues that affect their daily lives and feeling that their voice matters. Our Vital Signs

Tkaronto Indigenous Peoples Fund: Advancing Indigenous self-determination

At Toronto Foundation, we believe philanthropy has an important role to play in supporting reconciliation and strengthening relationships with Indigenous communities. As part of this responsibility, we have launched the Tkaronto Indigenous Peoples Fund, a new fund designed to support Indigenous self-determination and shift decision-making power. Toronto Foundation has committed annual contributions to the fund

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At Toronto Foundation, we believe philanthropy has an important role to play in supporting reconciliation and strengthening relationships with Indigenous communities. As part of this responsibility, we have launched the Tkaronto Indigenous Peoples Fund, a new fund designed to support Indigenous self-determination and shift decision-making power. Toronto Foundation has committed annual contributions to the fund

Building Community in Public Space

Bentway Dominos. Photo by: Sarah Holman courtesy of The Bentway Toronto Foundation is proud to support The Bentway’s Community Corps, a volunteer and apprenticeship program that helps turn visitors into participants. By creating opportunities for community members to contribute to public art and civic projects, Community Corps helps people build relationships with peers, develop new

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Bentway Dominos. Photo by: Sarah Holman courtesy of The Bentway Toronto Foundation is proud to support The Bentway’s Community Corps, a volunteer and apprenticeship program that helps turn visitors into participants. By creating opportunities for community members to contribute to public art and civic projects, Community Corps helps people build relationships with peers, develop new

A Bold Vision to Connect Neighbourhoods to Nature Through 80 km Loop Trail

Photo credit: Evergreen Toronto Foundation is proud to partner with Evergreen, The City of Toronto and Toronto and Region Conservation Authority on The Loop, a bold city-building project aiming to create an 80 km multiuse trail network. As a cornerstone of the City of Toronto’s Ravine Strategy, The Loop will invite locals and visitors to

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Photo credit: Evergreen Toronto Foundation is proud to partner with Evergreen, The City of Toronto and Toronto and Region Conservation Authority on The Loop, a bold city-building project aiming to create an 80 km multiuse trail network. As a cornerstone of the City of Toronto’s Ravine Strategy, The Loop will invite locals and visitors to

Seeing Toronto Differently: Stories from Emerging Journalists

Thorncliffe Park Urban Farmers and youth volunteers start to plant for the season on May 16, 2026. (Miyuki Wong/Toronto Observer) Toronto Foundation is proud to partner with Centennial College’s journalism program to shine a light on the people, organizations and ideas to strengthen communities across Toronto. Throughout the year, journalism students are reporting from neighbourhoods

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Thorncliffe Park Urban Farmers and youth volunteers start to plant for the season on May 16, 2026. (Miyuki Wong/Toronto Observer) Toronto Foundation is proud to partner with Centennial College’s journalism program to shine a light on the people, organizations and ideas to strengthen communities across Toronto. Throughout the year, journalism students are reporting from neighbourhoods

The Pan Am Legacy Fund: A New Model for Long-Term Public Benefit

After the 2015 Pan Am and Parapan Am Games, the question was not only how to maintain new facilities, but how to ensure public investment continued delivering community benefit for decades to come. The Toronto 2015 Pan Am and Parapan Am Games sparked a significant build of sport and recreation infrastructure across Ontario, including the

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After the 2015 Pan Am and Parapan Am Games, the question was not only how to maintain new facilities, but how to ensure public investment continued delivering community benefit for decades to come. The Toronto 2015 Pan Am and Parapan Am Games sparked a significant build of sport and recreation infrastructure across Ontario, including the

Lessons from a Shared Granting Circle

From left to right: Kelly McAllister (Friends of Ruby), Harmy Mendoza (WomanACT), Miriam Selick (Canvas Programs), Sariena Luy (Flaunt-it Movement) and Monica Samuel (Black Women in Motion) Put a group of nonprofits in a room and ask them to divide funding among themselves, and you can almost feel the discomfort before the conversation begins. Scarcity

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From left to right: Kelly McAllister (Friends of Ruby), Harmy Mendoza (WomanACT), Miriam Selick (Canvas Programs), Sariena Luy (Flaunt-it Movement) and Monica Samuel (Black Women in Motion) Put a group of nonprofits in a room and ask them to divide funding among themselves, and you can almost feel the discomfort before the conversation begins. Scarcity

From Mandate to Independence

Stewarding a $300M global fund for long-term public good In 2019, the Government of Canada selected Toronto Foundation as fiduciary partner for a $300 million global fund—an unprecedented effort to create a sustainable source of capital for women’s organizations and movements advancing gender equality worldwide. The mandate: to build, steward and ultimately transition a first-of-its-kind

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Stewarding a $300M global fund for long-term public good In 2019, the Government of Canada selected Toronto Foundation as fiduciary partner for a $300 million global fund—an unprecedented effort to create a sustainable source of capital for women’s organizations and movements advancing gender equality worldwide. The mandate: to build, steward and ultimately transition a first-of-its-kind

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

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

Great Lakes One Water Partnership (GLOW)

Toronto Foundation joins philanthropic partnership for flood awareness In Toronto, we often experience the effects of climate change as floods. Rainfall in the GTA has increased dramatically in the last 20 years, and will only continue to escalate. As climate change intensifies, our region will experience a greater number of severe rainstorms, leading to even

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Toronto Foundation joins philanthropic partnership for flood awareness In Toronto, we often experience the effects of climate change as floods. Rainfall in the GTA has increased dramatically in the last 20 years, and will only continue to escalate. As climate change intensifies, our region will experience a greater number of severe rainstorms, leading to even

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