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Toronto Foundation grants: funding routes and current status
A foundation may support good work without having an application you can submit today. Check the route and current program status before spending time on a proposal.
Understand the funding route
Toronto Foundation makes grants through donor-advised, core and responsive grant routes.
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Toronto Foundation does not review unsolicited funding requests.
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Past gifts can help you understand a foundation, but an application still needs a published route.
Current program status
Applications for the 2026 Toronto’s Vital Signs grants are closed.
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Responsive funding programs come up occasionally, often in partnership with other organizations.
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Keep closed programs separate from opportunities you can act on now. Check the official program details for any newly announced intake.
Check the rules for the specific stream
Some grant streams fund charities partnering with grassroots groups and may fund non-qualified donees directly; check each opportunity’s specific eligibility requirements.
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Read the full requirements before deciding whether your organization and project belong in that stream.
Put this funder in context
Checking one funder is a good start, but building a strong shortlist takes legwork. Tell us about your project and we can check whether our research would be useful.
A little help planning for spring
Get our free Spring 2027 foundation deadlines PDF, with official links and checked dates, plus one reminder in early January.
The free PDF covers selected foundations across Canada; each funder has its own intake dates.