PETAScale Microplastic pollution is one of Toronto’s most urgent yet invisible environmental threats, accumulating across waterways, soils, and even drinking...

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! 🔬

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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!

Dancehall Dubs Dancehall Dubs is a high-standard preservation project dedicated to safeguarding the visual history of Toronto’s 1990s and 2000s dancehall culture....

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!

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Toronto Forwarding the interest of Awesome in the universe, $1,000 at a time.

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?

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Toronto Forwarding the interest of Awesome in the universe, $1,000 at a time.

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!)

Mini-Horse!!

How could we possibly not vote for this project?

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...

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! 🐴💗👏

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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 ✨

Training newer square dance callers We are an active organization started in 1954 in Ontario to preserve and promote the traditional Canadian style of square and couple dancing. All o...

Our 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 👏👏

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Electric Neon Clock Electric Neon Clock is a multidisciplinary performance and installation based on a 119-page WWII Canadian government custodial file that details th...

What better way to close out 2025 than with our latest grant recipient: Electric Neon Clock
Please give this important project a look as it is absolutely giving us something to look forward to in 2026. Cheers from all of us at Awesome Foundation Toronto!

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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...

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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Many people are saying that it is flying off the shelves @arsduo.bsky.social @awesomefoundgta.bsky.social

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...

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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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!
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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...

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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Correction: August's grant!

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...

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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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

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...

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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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 ⬇️⬇️⬇️

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...

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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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...

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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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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This is Not Going Away - TQFF

Grab tickets here! torontoqueerfilmfest.com/event/this-i...

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...

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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Adam Bunch presenting about the Toronto circus riot

A talk about the value of vets at the end of the works

A slide about the Awesome Foundation Toronto

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 😄

Grab tickets here! www.register2meet.com/nerdnitemar2...

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...

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!) 🥧‼️‼️

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