The Funding Network - Toronto

We eat together, work together, dance together…
and yet we give alone.

Charitable giving is both important and confusing.
Important because we understand the need.
Confusing because we don’t know where to start, which
cause to support, what criteria to use to say yes or no, what
kind of giving makes the biggest difference, how to give strategically instead of reactively.

Rarely are we in direct touch with the organizations we
support… and even more rarely are we in touch with others
asking the same questions or giving to the same causes.

The Funding Network is a ‘marketplace’, a charitable ‘Dragon’s
Den’ during which you will have the privilege of meeting and
the opportunity to contribute to three groups whose projects create a fairer, healthier and more sustainable world.

How does it work?

3 local charities each ‘pitch’ a program that needs support.
You get to hear from them directly, you get to ask questions.
You get to hear what other people think.  Then, with the
charities out of the room, we all get to decide what, if anything,
we want to support.

This part is a blast!  It’s sort of like a trading floor with people throwing their hands up and offering to support a charity with whatever amount they want.

No pressure, no minimums, lots of laughs and
inspiring presentations from the charities.
You will be amazed by what people in your own backyard are doing to make the world a better place.

Blake Boultbee Youth Outreach Service: Extensive outreach
and in-depth counselling with vulnerable and volatile high risk
youth and their families.

Street Kids International: Employment preparation
training for slum youth in India and developing nations.

Save a Child's Heart: A one-year medical outreach training program
in pediatric cardiac care for a physician from Africa.

You will:

• meet inspiring, dedicated people
  working for social change
• connect with other charitable givers in a warm,
  friendly atmosphere
• experience the pleasure of charitable contribution
  and develop an appreciation for the difference
  small sums of money can make

When we give together,
we change lives… including yours.

"It is not every day that we have the chance to meet and
engage such a group of generous, socially-minded people
who are not only interested in what we do, but feel free to
ask questions and challenge the way we do it.  I have deep admiration and respect for this group, what a great
contribution you make!"

Natasha Cassinath, Street Kids International

"I like the feeling I get when I walk out of the meeting room knowing I just made a difference."

Vic Hadfield