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Supporting Toronto's communities

Toronto Foundation makes grants in three ways:

  1. Donor Advised Grants: Toronto Foundation fundholders direct grants independently through their own areas of interest. 
  2. Core Grants: When we use our smaller central pool of discretionary funds to support our core grants, investments and responsive granting.   
  3. Responsive Grants: When we administer federal grant programs locally to communities. 

The amount of Toronto Foundation’s discretionary funding available centrally varies from year to year and responds directly to the issues and opportunities arising from Toronto’s Vital Signs research.  Signature programs include Toronto’s Vital Signs Grants, Deacon Legacy Grants and Social Capital Grants, as well as social impact investments. In addition, we provide occasional partnership funding for organizations working at the crossroads of issues, sectors and systems change.   

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In 2023, together with our fundholders, Toronto Foundation made 2,451 grants to 1076 charities, totalling $55.4 million. 

CORE GRANTS AND INVESTMENTS

RESPONSIVE GRANTS

Occasionally, responsive funding programs do come up – often in partnership with other organizations. COVID-19 prompted many funding opportunities.

Below are links to past responsive grants we’ve administered, many in partnership with our umbrella organization, Community Foundations of Canada. Funding criteria for these programs are often pre-established and we administer the program locally.

We acknowledge we are on the traditional territories of the Huron-Wendat, the Anishinabek Nation, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy and the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation. While Indigenous communities in Toronto remain strong, vibrant, and resilient, they need support to address and overcome the impact of colonialism and systemic inequalities. Furthering Indigenous reconciliation and sovereignty are integral to achieving a more fair and just society where everyone can thrive.

We aim to be an ally and to fund local Indigenous organizations.