As the city’s community foundation, we exist to create a more fair and just society where everyone can thrive. Together with our fundholders we granted $36.7M in our 2020 fiscal period* to organizations in Toronto and across Canada. We are committed to listening, learning and working in partnership with community organizations and we invite our fundholders to join us in addressing long-standing and worsening inequalities.
For over 100 years community foundations have been pooling donations of local philanthropists to create permanent endowment funds for the cities they love. The net investment return on the value of the original donation is then available to provide grants to charitable organizations every year in perpetuity.
Donors partner with us for the strategic investment and administrative services we offer, as well as our community insights. Toronto Foundation also offers shorter-term funds so donors can augment their granting levels by flowing charitable gifts through the Foundation directly to registered charities.
