Awesome Foundation Toronto
@awesomefoundgta.bsky.social
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! https://www.awesomefoundation.org/en/chapters/toronto
Love this grant! Excited to support a project for queer and trans Asian youth and that supports arts and crafting skills 🪡
Awesome Foundation Toronto@awesomefoundgta.bsky.social · 5d agoProudly introducing July's grant recipient: Sew You Want to Sew! The Quartz Cluster puts on this beautiful seven-week introductory sewing program for 10 Queer and Trans Asian youth, teaching the skills to build future works of self-expression 🧵🪡 Sew cool! www.awesomefoundation.org/en/projects/...
An awesome series of workshops for LGBTQ+ youth who'd like to get crafty/DIY!
Awesome Foundation Toronto@awesomefoundgta.bsky.social · 5d agoProudly introducing July's grant recipient: Sew You Want to Sew! The Quartz Cluster puts on this beautiful seven-week introductory sewing program for 10 Queer and Trans Asian youth, teaching the skills to build future works of self-expression 🧵🪡 Sew cool! www.awesomefoundation.org/en/projects/...
Proudly introducing July's grant recipient: Sew You Want to Sew! The Quartz Cluster puts on this beautiful seven-week introductory sewing program for 10 Queer and Trans Asian youth, teaching the skills to build future works of self-expression 🧵🪡 Sew cool! www.awesomefoundation.org/en/projects/...
Sew You Wanna Sew
Sew You Wanna Sew is a program that will serve 10 Queer and Trans Asian youth through a weekly 7-week beginner workshop series on sewing clothing t...
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A couple of us here at the Awesome Foundation enjoyed a night out at Drom Taberna to see (another grant recipient!) The Ratskin Family Band!! 🪕🎻🤠🐀✨ Beyond talented performers, FUN from start to finish, and nothing short of heartening. Can't wait to see them again!
Some of us @ Awesome Foundation T.O. came out for the preview of Questing Through Life, opening July 4th at the Fringe Festival! It was delightful!🐉⚔️ And so great to see a grant recipient's project ourselves. Get your tickets while you still can!
Happy Pride, Toronto! ✨🏳️🌈✨ So thrilled that we got to support some incredible queer artists with our latest Awesome Foundation grant. The Ratskin Family Band are an all-drag country band; they're so talented and their shows are so much fun. Check out their next concert and their upcoming album!
Awesome Foundation Toronto@awesomefoundgta.bsky.social · last mo.We're seriously delighted to present June's grant recipients: The Ratskin Family Band! Just in time for their next show at DROM on July 9th- check them out; you won't be disappointed! www.awesomefoundation.org/en/projects/...
What can I say, sometimes we like a theme, and $1k ain't gonna get us a FIFA ticket
Awesome Foundation Toronto@awesomefoundgta.bsky.social · last mo.We're seriously delighted to present June's grant recipients: The Ratskin Family Band! Just in time for their next show at DROM on July 9th- check them out; you won't be disappointed! www.awesomefoundation.org/en/projects/...
We're seriously delighted to present June's grant recipients: The Ratskin Family Band! Just in time for their next show at DROM on July 9th- check them out; you won't be disappointed! www.awesomefoundation.org/en/projects/...
The Ratskin Family Band - Back to the Cuntry
Howdy! For decades, country and western fans have been begging for an all-drag-queen, -king, and -thing band. The Ratskin Family Band is an answer ...
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Canadian friends! Do you know awesome people in Vancouver who might be interested in microfunding amazing community projects in Greater Vancouver? I've seen so many awesome western Canadian projects come apply to @awesomefoundgta.bsky.social. A local BC chapter would make such an impact ✨
Alright, last stop of the day! One AF trustee trekked out to Hacklab to explore this marvellous hackerspace full of gadgets and tools to make your own gadgets! And space to hang out and be curious! Great way to cap off an awesome day 🤖
Second stop today was Daniels Spectrum in Regent Park! So many interesting projects in this one building
First stop: the "Palace of Purification" The R.C. Harris Water Treatment Plant
I'd seen these accessibility ramps for businesses all around the city since moving here—it was tremendously cool to learn they were one of the Toronto chapter's first grants!
StopGap
There is nothing worse than showing up at a music venue for a concert with a bunch of friends super excited to see a show only to find out that the...
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Awesome Foundation Toronto@awesomefoundgta.bsky.social · 2mo agoThis feels like a good start: Fueling up on the way to meet the Awesome Foundation for Doors Open TO and look at this! The Coffee Pocket is equipped with a StopGap ramp! StopGap received an Awesome Foundation grant in July 2012 (and is a personal favourite of your virtual tour guide)!
This feels like a good start: Fueling up on the way to meet the Awesome Foundation for Doors Open TO and look at this! The Coffee Pocket is equipped with a StopGap ramp! StopGap received an Awesome Foundation grant in July 2012 (and is a personal favourite of your virtual tour guide)!
Fringe! D&D! Young folks making art! So many things that we very much like combine to make QUESTING THROUGH LIFE our April awardee for Awesome Foundation Toronto.
Awesome Foundation Toronto@awesomefoundgta.bsky.social · 3mo agoMark your calendars! Our most recent grant goes to QUESTING THROUGH LIFE @ The Toronto Fringe Festival, taking the stage from JUNE 30-JULY 12 at Soulpepper’s Weyni Mengesha Theatre! It's a mix of coming-of-age tale and DnD campaign (see you there!) 🏹🐉🧝♂️ www.awesomefoundation.org/en/projects/...
Super excited to support young folks making theatre! Questing Through Life is a youth-written, -led, and acted production. Can't wait to see it at Fringe!
Awesome Foundation Toronto@awesomefoundgta.bsky.social · 3mo agoMark your calendars! Our most recent grant goes to QUESTING THROUGH LIFE @ The Toronto Fringe Festival, taking the stage from JUNE 30-JULY 12 at Soulpepper’s Weyni Mengesha Theatre! It's a mix of coming-of-age tale and DnD campaign (see you there!) 🏹🐉🧝♂️ www.awesomefoundation.org/en/projects/...
Mark your calendars! Our most recent grant goes to QUESTING THROUGH LIFE @ The Toronto Fringe Festival, taking the stage from JUNE 30-JULY 12 at Soulpepper’s Weyni Mengesha Theatre! It's a mix of coming-of-age tale and DnD campaign (see you there!) 🏹🐉🧝♂️ www.awesomefoundation.org/en/projects/...
Questing Through Life @ Toronto Fringe Festival
Questing Through Life @ The Toronto Fringe Festival is a youth-led theatre project by Dodo Tree Productions, a newly founded Toronto collective cre...
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We're excited to announce our latest grant recipient: PETAScale! A scaling-up of the PETadex project, this grant will allow for more in-lab testing of the many enzymes that break down microplastics! Please take a look at this exciting, heartening project! 🔬 www.awesomefoundation.org/en/projects/...
PETAScale
Microplastic pollution is one of Toronto’s most urgent yet invisible environmental threats, accumulating across waterways, soils, and even drinking...
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Toronto friends! Where's a good place to get good T-shirts made? Asking for a friend(ly neighbourhood @awesomefoundgta.bsky.social)
Apply before April 1st for our next $1000 No-Strings-Attached grant to make your most awesome idea a reality! One grant awarded each month and an average of 50-60 applicants each month (pretty good odds!). The form is simple and you can find it in our bio!
We very proudly present AF-GTA’s latest grant recipient: Dancehall Dubs! Photographer Lesia B has “bins on bins” of original 35mm negatives documenting Toronto’s 1990s and 2000s dancehall culture and aims to preserve/digitize them! We can't wait to see! www.awesomefoundation.org/en/projects/...
Dancehall Dubs
Dancehall Dubs is a high-standard preservation project dedicated to safeguarding the visual history of Toronto’s 1990s and 2000s dancehall culture....
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Just had a great call with @jlrmarin.bsky.social about the next year of @awesomefoundgta.bsky.social, and I'm excited. Our first grant went to the Trans Power Soup Social; our most recent helps preserve an archive of Black dancehall culture. Could $1000 make your community project happen?
Toronto
Forwarding the interest of Awesome in the universe, $1,000 at a time.
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Awesome Foundation Toronto@awesomefoundgta.bsky.social · 5mo agoWe’re beyond thrilled to officially announce our February grant recipient: Stash, the therapy mini horse!! Stash and his kind humans Rhiya and Aarya visit a variety of local hospitals and community centres spreading a serious amount of joy! 🐴💗👏 www.awesomefoundation.org/en/projects/...
Do you have an idea for something amazing? Want $1000 to make awesome happen here in Toronto? @awesomefoundgta.bsky.social gives out a grant every month for a cool community-focused project! Apppy through March 31 for our April award 🙌 (Not in Toronto? See if your city has a chapter!)
Toronto
Forwarding the interest of Awesome in the universe, $1,000 at a time.
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Mini-Horse!! How could we possibly not vote for this project?
Awesome Foundation Toronto@awesomefoundgta.bsky.social · 5mo agoWe’re beyond thrilled to officially announce our February grant recipient: Stash, the therapy mini horse!! Stash and his kind humans Rhiya and Aarya visit a variety of local hospitals and community centres spreading a serious amount of joy! 🐴💗👏 www.awesomefoundation.org/en/projects/...
We’re beyond thrilled to officially announce our February grant recipient: Stash, the therapy mini horse!! Stash and his kind humans Rhiya and Aarya visit a variety of local hospitals and community centres spreading a serious amount of joy! 🐴💗👏 www.awesomefoundation.org/en/projects/...
Animal Assisted Therapy: Miniature Horse
Stash is a certified miniature therapy horse and has a permit with Animal Services, Toronto to visit hospitals, healthcare facilities, libraries an...
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Some of the most meaningful projects we've funded at @awesomefoundgta.bsky.social are the ones that support our Toronto institutions. This one's a new favourite: helping our square dance association train a new generation of callers, to keep the art form alive (and welcoming) for years to come ✨
Awesome Foundation Toronto@awesomefoundgta.bsky.social · 6mo agoOur first grant of 2026 grant goes to: The Canadian Old Tyme Square Dancing Association! They're a group that started here in Ontario in 1954 and has evolved to include a wide range of musical choices and non-gendered dance positioning. Nice work, y'all 👏👏 www.awesomefoundation.org/en/projects/...
