The Better Toronto Coalition was started to do two things: share the stories of frontline organizations addressing the crisis and encourage direct financial support; create a central fund for donors that want to pool their giving. The following organizations have received grants from the Better Toronto Coalition Fund.
OUR APPROACH
Toronto Foundation has supported a broad range of organizations in the wake of the pandemic, making unrestricted grants where possible — with no strings attached.
Within two months of physical distancing restrictions, we issued 122 grants. By the end of the summer, that number grew to 198. In total, with the help of donors and Vancity Community Investment Bank, we granted over $3.3 million.
We prioritized smaller and medium-sized nonprofits that tackle inequality and serve people living on low-income and otherwise vulnerable populations in the city.
2-Spirited People of the 1st Nations
Aboriginal Legal Services (Trustee: NCCT)
Access Alliance Multicultural and Community Services
Actors Fund of Canada (The AFC)
AfriCan Food Basket (Trustee: FoodShare)
Africans in Partnership Against AIDS (APAA)
Agincourt Community Services Association
Alexandra Park Community Centre
Barbra Schlifer Commemorative Clinic
Black Creek Community Health Centre
Boys & Girls Club of East Scarborough (East Scarborough Boys’ & Girls’ Club)
Canadian Centre for Refugee and Immigrant Health Care
CANVAS Arts (Trustee: SKETCH)
Caribbean African Canadian Social (CAFCAN) Services
CEE Centre for Young Black Professionals
Centre for Community Learning and Development
Centre for Connected Communities
Centre Francophone du Grand Toronto
Children’s Aid Foundation Canada
Children’s Mental Health Ontario
Christie Ossington Neighbourhood Centre
Christie Refugee Welcome Centre
Community Family Services of Ontario
CREW Toronto (Community Resilience to Extreme Weather)
Culturelink Settlement Services
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EcoSpark Environmental Organization
Environmental Defence Canada Inc.
Etobicoke Services for Seniors
Eva’s Initiatives for Homeless Youth
Facing History and Ourselves Canada
FEAT for Children of Incarcerated Parents
FOCUS Media Arts Centre (formerly Regent Park Focus)
Friendly Neighbour Hotline (UHN OpenLab)
Friends of the Rouge Watershed Inc.
Gabriel Dumont Non-Profit Homes Inc.
Jane/Finch Community and Family Centre
Jane Finch Housing Coalition (Trustee: Jane/Finch Community and Family Centre)
Jean Augustine Centre in South Etobicoke
Macaulay Child Development Centre
Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre
Miziwe Biik Employment and Training
Na Me Res (Native Men’s Residence)
National African Integration and Families Association
Native Canadian Centre of Toronto
Native Child and Family Services of Toronto
Native Earth Performing Arts Inc.
Native Women’s Resource Centre of Toronto
Ontario Aboriginal HIV/AIDS Strategy
Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants
Ontario Non-Profit Network (Trustee: Toronto Neighbourhood Centres)
Paprika Theatre Festival (Paprika Festival)
Parenting Group (Trustee: Flemingdon Health Centre)
Parkdale Activity-Recreation Centre
Parkdale Queen West Community Health Centre
R.I.S.E. Edutainment(Trustee: VIBE Arts)
Regent Park Community Health Centre
Rexdale Community Health Centre
Scadding Court Community Centre
Scarborough Centre for Health Communities
Scarborough Food Security Initiative (Trustee:Warden Woods Community Centre)
Scarborough Rosewood Food Drive (Trustee: North Scarborough Rotary Club)
SKETCH Working Arts for Street-involved and Homeless Youth
South Asian Women’s Rights Organization
The Black Coalition for AIDS Prevention (Blackcap)
The Centre for Spanish Speaking Peoples
The George Cedric Metcalf Charitable Foundation
The Stop Community Food Centre
Thunder Women Healing Lodge Society
Together Project (Trustee: TIDES Canada)
Toronto Aboriginal Support Services Council (Trustee: NCCT)
Toronto Alliance to End Homelessness
Toronto and York Region Metis Council
Toronto Council Fire Native Cultural Centre
Toronto Environmental Alliance
Tropicana Community Services Organization (of Scarborough)
Visions of Science Network for Learning
Weston King Neighbourhood Centre
Woman Abuse Council of Toronto
Women’s Health In Women’s Hands Community Health Centre