Coming this fall to Harlem Restaurant: The Youth Canvas Exhibition! July’s grant goes to this marvelous event that will showcase art created by local kids ages 7-10, encouraging both them and all who attend to KEEP MAKING ART! www.awesomefoundation.org/en/projects/...

Civic Spark is built by us — the civic tech community. Join us Aug 16–17 for a volunteer-led gathering shaping the future of public life. Full story → civictech.ca/announcements/civic-spark Tickets → civic-spark.com

July’s grant goes to: Masabilities: Carnival Without Limits! An event providing “an inclusive, liberating and accessible Carnival MAS dance experience celebrating Afro-Caribbean culture, identity and inclusion through a Disability-affirming lens” July 26! www.awesomefoundation.org/en/projects/...

The Toronto Circus Riot is such a weird and wild story! Getting to hear about it at (Awesome Foundation grant winner 🥳) Nerd Nite Toronto's Pie Day event was a blast. Check it out the tale below ⬇️⬇️⬇️

June’s grant goes to My Big Fat Pop Up! MBFP was created to support small, BIPOC, and women-owned businesses through intentional shopping and community. They've already hosted 7 fantastic events- browse their IG for a wealth of fabulous local vendors! 🛍️ www.awesomefoundation.org/en/projects/...

Our May grant recipient is The Toronto Tamagotchi Club! Their mission is to create a “more inclusive, more magical, more accessible Toronto”😍. They’re also holding the world’s largest Tamagotchi wedding on August 10th- check them out and save the date! 💐 www.awesomefoundation.org/en/projects/...

We are very excited to announce this month’s grant recipient: Sleepless Cinema- a new Toronto-based film club! Their first screening/panel discussion was “Night of the Living Dead: Examining Xenophobia Through Horror”. Check them out! sleeplesscinema.ca www.awesomefoundation.org/en/projects/...

Proudly presenting March's grant recipient: This Is Not Going Away: a zine-making workshop on the ongoing effects of COVID-19 on queer, chronically ill and disabled communities in 2025. Amplify your voice + learn new skills on March 30th at the Tranzac Club! www.awesomefoundation.org/en/projects/...

Two fantastic Nerd Nite talks, about the Circus Riot of 1855 and the enduring power of the Orange Order in city politics by @adambunch.bsky.social and the value of a vet at the end of the world. Plus a great shout-out to @awesomefoundgta.bsky.social—thrilled to support Nerd Nite's return 😄

This month’s grant goes to Nerd Nite Toronto’s Pi(e) Day Event at the Tranzac Club! We’re very excited to see Nerd Nite make a comeback. Join them March 8th for presentations on the Toronto Circus Riot and Post-apocalyptic Healthcare (+trivia! +pie!) 🥧‼️‼️ www.awesomefoundation.org/en/projects/...

January's grant recipient: a mural for the Dentonia Park recreational building! An artist will work with neighbourhood children to create a vision that reflects the community's hopes for a beautiful, ecological responsible future. We can't wait to see it! www.awesomefoundation.org/en/projects/...

Happy Almost New Year! We are very excited to announce this month’s grant-recipient: The Queer Muslim Network Toronto for their next Ramadan celebration. We hope your plans for 2025 go beautifully!! Please have a look at this wonderful organization here: www.queermuslimnetwork.com

Witches and Werewolves and Vegan Vampires, OH MY! October's grant recipient is the undeniably fun and funny improvised fantasy-comedy podcast Hex-Girlfriends. Check out their first two episodes online- we can't wait to hear what they come up with next! www.awesomefoundation.org/en/projects/...

We are excited to announce our latest grant recipient: Period. Ontario! As Ontario's chapter of the Period. movement, they provide support and menstrual products to those that need them and hold Packing Parties to assemble the care packages! www.awesomefoundation.org/en/projects/...

We got to join last week's inauguration at City Hall of Toronto's new Bike Mayor, a position designed to officially advocate for safe roads and bike infrastructure 🙌 So excited to have Alison Stewart as a passionate, thoughtful representative for bikers!

i’m very grateful that there is funding for this and i hope not a penny of it is spent

We are both glad and sad to announce our latest grant winner, Ghost Bike Memorials. Car violence is a regular, tragic occurrence in Toronto, and we are so grateful to the volunteers who memorialize those killed on our streets 💔 www.awesomefoundation.org/en/projects/...

Such a pleasure and honour to see Mayor Olivia Chow visit Art on Barton yesterday, our Awesome Foundation Toronto grant winner for May! Congrats to the team on such a great project and vibrant contribution to both our city's artistic tapestry and our urgent housing discussion 🎨🏠

Click through to the CBC article. The “installation” is incredible. What a great idea, financed by *another* great idea! The @awesomefoundgta.bsky.social does great things for our city.

Have an amazing idea that $1000 could make happen here in the GTA? Awesome Foundation Toronto applications are open for our monthly grants—we'd love to see your idea become reality! www.awesomefoundation.org/chapters/tor...

The CBC just wrote about one of our @awesomefoundgta.bsky.social grant winners, one of my favourite projects. The Art on Barton house is so cool—if you're in Toronto this weekend, check it out 🎨🏚️ www.cbc.ca/arts/art-on-...

The CBC just wrote about our May grant winner, Art on Barton! This project is very cool: a house scheduled for demolition turned into an immersive art gallery. If you're in Toronto this weekend, check it out! www.cbc.ca/arts/art-on-...

Check out Art on Barton, our May grant winner! They've turned a house in Toronto slated for demolition into an immersive, ephemeral mural exhibition at 91 Barton Ave:

our friend is turning a house in toronto into an extremely cool art project!!!

The first mural just went up at our latest grant winner, Art on Barton! A team of muralists are transforming a soon-to-be demolished house in Toronto into an interactive, ephemeral art exhibit: www.instagram.com/reel/C83ARgL...

Awesome Foundation Toronto turns one this month, and we are thrilled to announce our May grant winner, Art on Barton 🎂 Toronto muralists will transform a house scheduled for demolition into an art experience, each room its own immersive mural installation. www.awesomefoundation.org/en/projects/...

We're excited to announce our April grant winner: Text for Help, a newcomer help line created by the Kenyan Community in Ontario. This help line will provide support for newcomers to the Kenyan community in Toronto. Learn more: www.awesomefoundation.org/en/projects/...

Every month we give a $1,000 grant to an awesome project that helps make Toronto a better place. If you have an awesome idea, we'd love to hear from you! Apply by Thursday, March 28th to be considered for our March 2024 grant. www.awesomefoundation.org/en/chapters/toronto

Our February grant winner is Cornell Community Iftaar! Cornell Public School's second annual community iftaar will provide an opportunity for their community to come together to share a meal which marks the breaking of the fast during Ramadan. www.awesomefoundation.org/en/projects/...

Our first grant winner of 2024 is Project Valentine! Project Valentine is an annual event where student volunteers create handmade cards which are sent to brighten the day of front-line workers such as paramedics and hospital workers! www.awesomefoundation.org/en/projects/...

Our Dec. winner is Stephen Leacock Collegiate Institute's Friday Buddies Program which pairs leadership students with students in the Autism Spectrum Disorder program! This grant will support their participation in the TDSB Barrier Free Track & Field meet. www.awesomefoundation.org/en/projects/...

Want to make a difference in your community this year & help bring exciting projects to life? We're searching for trustees to join our team! Trustees meet monthly to pick an amazing project and jointly give a $1,000 grant to help good things happen in Toronto.

Want to help great, local projects become a reality? AF Toronto is looking for a new trustee! We meet once a month to pick an amazing project and jointly give a grant to help good things happen here. If you're interested, reply here or email us at [email protected]!

What could you do with $1000 to make Toronto a better place? Every month we give a grant to a local project — if you have an awesome idea, we'd love to hear from you! Apply here: awesometoronto.ca

Our October grantee is the Human Nature Projects April Community Cleanup 2024! Human Nature Projects Canada is a youth-led, non-profit organization that strives to raise awareness about current environmental issues. www.awesomefoundation.org/en/projects/...

We're so excited to announce the winner of our September grant: The Sonar Network! The Sonar Network is a Toronto-based award-winning independent podcast network featuring local performers, writers, producers, comedians, and editors. Learn more: awesomefoundation.org/en/projects/...

Want to help amazing, community-level projects in the Toronto area? Each month, we pool $100 each from a set of trustees to support an amazing, community-oriented project, and we're looking for new trustees, both to help fund and to help to run our chapter a few hours a month.

What would you do with $1000 to make the Toronto area better? Every month, Awesome Foundation Toronto funds a great project with a $1000 grant to do something that makes a difference! If you have an awesome idea, we'd love to hear from you! https://awesometoronto.ca