The Funding Network - Toronto | next event 2012.05.17
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.
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
|
The Funding Network-Toronto is a non-profit charity that brings people together to: act as a ‘marketplace’ to which individuals can bring projects which work towards a fairer, healthier, and more sustainable world. Read more... AXA Art Insurance sponsors our highly successful event on May 18Thank you to everyone who attended our May 18 event and for helping to make it such a huge success. Together we raised over $50,000 for the four featured charities - Jane Goodall Institute of Canada, Machik Canada, Ugandan Orphans Fund and Yonge Street Mission-Evergreen Centre. How gratifying to know that together we funded the projects that will provide peer to peer training to keep young Ugandan girls in school, send rural Tibetan children to high school, provide the start-up capital for 4 income generating projects that will allow the Barlonyo school to be self-sustainable (forever) and that addicted Toronto street youth will have access to a multi-layered Addiction Counselling Program!! We look forward to seeing you at our November 2011 event. Feel Like You're Part of the Dragon's Den?Read what the Tides Canada Foundation says about us. Not a Member? Join Us! You don't have to be a member to attend a funding event or to donate to one or more of the charities presenting at the event. But you do have to be a member to sponsor a project by a small to mid-size charity that you believe in, and think others should support as well. Come to our next event and see what you think. Learn how to become a member. |
|
