Awesome Foundation Toronto
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The Awesome Foundation in the Greater Toronto Area · funding $1000 no-strings-attached grants to make our communities more awesome · got an idea? we'd love to hear!
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Zine Dump - A New Toronto Zine Fair
Zine Dump is a new Toronto zine fair, organized by seven Toronto zinesters and librarians. The fair was founded in the wake of the end of Broken Pe...
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We've gone MAD for ZINES! This month's grant goes to ZINE DUMP which is happening THIS SUNDAY!! Head to the Cecil Community Centre between 12-5pm to enjoy (and participate in?) some self-published goodness.
Read all about it here:
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Read all about it here:
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We've gone MAD for ZINES! This month's grant goes to ZINE DUMP which is happening THIS SUNDAY!! Head to the Cecil Community Centre between 12-5pm to enjoy (and participate in?) some self-published goodness.
Read all about it here:
www.awesomefoundation.org/en/projects/...
Read all about it here:
www.awesomefoundation.org/en/projects/...
Zine Dump - A New Toronto Zine Fair
Zine Dump is a new Toronto zine fair, organized by seven Toronto zinesters and librarians. The fair was founded in the wake of the end of Broken Pe...
www.awesomefoundation.org
November 7, 2025 at 10:33 PM
We've gone MAD for ZINES! This month's grant goes to ZINE DUMP which is happening THIS SUNDAY!! Head to the Cecil Community Centre between 12-5pm to enjoy (and participate in?) some self-published goodness.
Read all about it here:
www.awesomefoundation.org/en/projects/...
Read all about it here:
www.awesomefoundation.org/en/projects/...
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Many people are saying that it is flying off the shelves @arsduo.bsky.social @awesomefoundgta.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Many people are saying that it is flying off the shelves @arsduo.bsky.social @awesomefoundgta.bsky.social
Congratulations to our latest grant recipient, Toronto-based music zine Bony Knees!!! They’ll use this money to expand on their already stellar coverage of punk, emo and indie bands. Please give them a look, we promise you won’t be disappointed!
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Bony Knees Zine
Bony Knees is a Toronto-based music zine focused on sharing news, reviews, and interviews of punk, indie, and emo bands — especially if they're Can...
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November 3, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Congratulations to our latest grant recipient, Toronto-based music zine Bony Knees!!! They’ll use this money to expand on their already stellar coverage of punk, emo and indie bands. Please give them a look, we promise you won’t be disappointed!
www.awesomefoundation.org/en/projects/...
www.awesomefoundation.org/en/projects/...
It's SCARY how these things just creep up on you! 🎃
Apply for a $1000 no-strings-attached cash grant to fund your idea and make this city a better/funner/weirder place!
www.awesomefoundation.org/en/submissio...
Apply for a $1000 no-strings-attached cash grant to fund your idea and make this city a better/funner/weirder place!
www.awesomefoundation.org/en/submissio...
October 14, 2025 at 11:02 PM
It's SCARY how these things just creep up on you! 🎃
Apply for a $1000 no-strings-attached cash grant to fund your idea and make this city a better/funner/weirder place!
www.awesomefoundation.org/en/submissio...
Apply for a $1000 no-strings-attached cash grant to fund your idea and make this city a better/funner/weirder place!
www.awesomefoundation.org/en/submissio...
Meet our latest grant recipient: Concerts on Connolly! A free series that’s been running since late 2020, this time they’re bringing some much needed joy to January! Please check them out on our site and stay tuned here for updates!
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Concerts on Connolly
Concerts on Connolly is a community concert series that takes place in Wadsworth Park in the Weston-Pelham community in Toronto.
Every year sinc...
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October 6, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Meet our latest grant recipient: Concerts on Connolly! A free series that’s been running since late 2020, this time they’re bringing some much needed joy to January! Please check them out on our site and stay tuned here for updates!
www.awesomefoundation.org/en/projects/...
www.awesomefoundation.org/en/projects/...
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!
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The Youth Canvas Exhibition
The Youth Arts Gallery is a vibrant, community-driven project showcasing artwork by children ages 7-10 years old. It is designed to spark confiden...
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September 15, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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/...
www.awesomefoundation.org/en/projects/...
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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
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 26, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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
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!
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Masabilities: Disability Carnival
Masabilities: Carnival Without Limits was created with the mission to create an inclusive Caribbean Carnival Dance to address the needs of the Disa...
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July 14, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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/...
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 ⬇️⬇️⬇️
Check it out the tale below ⬇️⬇️⬇️
The Toronto Circus Riot broke out on this day 170 years ago — sparked by a brawl between angry clowns and firefighters at a Victorian brothel.
Here's my annual thread about one of the strangest stories in Canadian history...
Here's my annual thread about one of the strangest stories in Canadian history...
July 13, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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 ⬇️⬇️⬇️
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! 🛍️
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My Big Fat Pop Up
My Big Fat Pop Up (MBFP) was born out of a shared passion between my sister and I to support small, BIPOC, and women-owned businesses through inten...
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June 23, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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/...
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! 💐
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World's Largest Tamagotchi Wedding
The Toronto Tamagotchi Club is an independent fan club that formed in December 2022 as a response to the "cultural crisis of loneliness" in a world...
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June 2, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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/...
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
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April 28, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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/...
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!
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www.awesomefoundation.org/en/projects/...
This Is Not Going Away
This is Not Going Away is a zine making workshop and conversation about the continued effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on queer, chronically ill an...
www.awesomefoundation.org
March 9, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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/...
www.awesomefoundation.org/en/projects/...
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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 😄
Plus a great shout-out to @awesomefoundgta.bsky.social—thrilled to support Nerd Nite's return 😄
March 9, 2025 at 2:34 AM
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 😄
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/...
www.awesomefoundation.org/en/projects/...
Nerd Nite Toronto Pi(e) Day Event
Since 2010, Nerd Nite Toronto has created an inclusive, welcoming, and fun place for people to get together. Each event, two or three people give p...
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February 26, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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/...
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/...
www.awesomefoundation.org/en/projects/...
Dentonia Park Community Mural
This project will be a collaboration between neighbourhood children and a professional mural artist. We plan to have a series of workshops to recon...
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February 3, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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/...
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
Queer Muslim Network
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December 31, 2024 at 6:36 PM
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!
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Hex Girlfriends: An Improvised Fantasy Podcast
Hex Girlfriends is an improvised fantasy-comedy podcast created by Ella Maria and Cole Dille. “Join exes Liv and Arlo as they help the monsters and...
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November 13, 2024 at 4:40 AM
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/...
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/...
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/...
PERIOD. Ontario's Packing Parties
PERIOD. Ontario is the Ontario chapter of the larger PERIOD. Movement which aims to end period poverty and stigma through the three pillars of advo...
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October 27, 2024 at 4:57 PM
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/...
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!
So excited to have Alison Stewart as a passionate, thoughtful representative for bikers!
October 3, 2024 at 10:51 PM
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!
So excited to have Alison Stewart as a passionate, thoughtful representative for bikers!
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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 💔
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Ghost Bike Memorials
For too long, cycling advocates have gathered together at the sites of cycling fatalities, to install a memorial bike and go on to have a memorial ...
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September 23, 2024 at 8:12 PM
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/...
www.awesomefoundation.org/en/projects/...
Ghost Bike Memorials
For too long, cycling advocates have gathered together at the sites of cycling fatalities, to install a memorial bike and go on to have a memorial ...
www.awesomefoundation.org
September 23, 2024 at 6:13 PM
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/...
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 🎨🏠
Congrats to the team on such a great project and vibrant contribution to both our city's artistic tapestry and our urgent housing discussion 🎨🏠
August 11, 2024 at 4:14 PM
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 🎨🏠
Congrats to the team on such a great project and vibrant contribution to both our city's artistic tapestry and our urgent housing discussion 🎨🏠
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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.
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 Art on Barton house is so cool—if you're in Toronto this weekend, check it out 🎨🏚️
www.cbc.ca/arts/art-on-...
Toronto's newest immersive gallery is an old house marked for demolition | CBC Arts
Featuring more than 30 local artists, Art on Barton opens to the public Saturday. Organizers have dreamed of doing this project for years. And to make it happen, all they had to do was ask developers for the house keys.
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August 10, 2024 at 3:40 PM
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...
www.awesomefoundation.org/chapters/tor...
August 10, 2024 at 3:06 PM
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...
www.awesomefoundation.org/chapters/tor...