Across Canada, charitable organizations are finding new ways to make their dollars work harder for their communities.
In Kawartha Lakes, that means growing local philanthropic capital. In Nunavut, it means supporting Inuit-led giving rooted in community priorities. For The ArQuives, it means sustaining and preserving LGBTQ2S+ history for future generations.
All are part of a broader shift toward building community wealth for the long term.
In 2021, Community Foundation of Kawartha Lakes joined Toronto Foundation’s Community Capital Pool with approximately $300,000 in assets. In 2025, it surpassed $1 million — growth that helps strengthen local philanthropy, support community priorities and build wellbeing across the region.
In Nunavut, Annauma Community Foundation also crossed the $1 million mark in 2025. Annauma supports Inuit-led solutions across the territory through Inuktitut Philanthropy, guided by Inuit values of sharing, consensus, and collective wellbeing.
The ArQuives joined the pool in 2018 with a $2.6 million contribution. Since then, the organization has withdrawn $500,000 to support operations while still growing the fund to more than $3 million. In eight years, the fund generated roughly $1.1 million in growth — helping sustain one of Canada’s most important 2SLGBTQIA+ archives and cultural collections while continuing to make those stories and histories accessible to future generations.
These organizations have very different missions, geographies and starting points. But together they point toward the same shift: charitable organizations are increasingly thinking not only about how to raise money, but how to build community wealth that can continue serving people and communities over time.
In 2025, this work reached an important milestone when the Ontario Securities Commission granted Toronto Foundation a customized exemption recognizing our role as an investment pooling platform for charities — helping expand access to shared investment infrastructure and long-term financial stewardship for more organizations.
Community Foundation of Kawartha Lakes, Annauma Community Foundation and ArQuives (formerly Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives) all grew their capital as investment pooling partners.