Welcome to The Funding Network - Toronto

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...

Come celebrate our fifth anniversary!

The law firm of Borden Ladner Gervais will host our Fall event on Wednesday, November 17, 2010, which will also mark our fifth anniverary.   A champagne reception will precede the presentations by three deserving charities.   If you know of a charity you would like to sponsor for an opportunity to present a project at this event, the deadline for applications is Friday, October 1, 2010.   Please contact us for more information or an application form and guidelines.

KPMG proves to be the perfect host on May 19, 2010

Breathtaking views paired with elegant food and wine was the perfect start to another stellar event. More than $38,000 was pledged during the evening and, coupled with the $4,500 in matching funds received by CCIJ, a grand total of $43,201 was raised through this event.

The three presenting charities were:

• the Canadian Centre for International Justice (CCIJ), which provides legal and other assistance to the estimated 30 per cent of refugees and immigrants to Canada who have experienced torture, rape, mutilation, and the murder or disappearance of family members;
• Mully Children's Family Charitable Foundation (MCF), committed to transforming the lives of orphaned, abandoned and abused children in Africa; and
• the Stephen Leacock Foundation for Children, which provides educational programs and support to at-risk students in Toronto to prevent them from falling behind in order to break the cycle of poverty and disadvantage.  

Wendy Morton Adds a Poetic Touch to our May 19 Event

Wendy Morton, the British Columbian poet noted for her "random acts of poetry," provided a spontaneous and insightful view of each of the projects presented before the pledging session. Here is what she wrote about each charity:

Canadian Centre for International Justice

What terrible things
can change our lives: physically whipped,
tortured? Parents lost to genocide?
How can we help them?
How can we help them live? 
We can intervene.
We can try.

Mully Children's Family Charitable Foundation

We have rescued 6,000 children
from the streets. The girls,
sold into slavery; the HIV children.
 
We can reach more children.
We can give them food and water, medication.
We can save more.

Stephen Leacock Foundation for Children

These children, who never smile,
can fall in love with learning.
The gardens,
the gardens of their minds.

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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.