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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! www.awesomefoundation.org/en/chapte…

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Awesome Foundation Toronto @awesomefoundgta.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Apply today! Or tomorrow! Or the next day!
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Awesome Foundation Toronto @awesomefoundgta.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Beautiful day today in Biidaasige Park where a few trustees and their social media volunteer met up to view a serious number of birds, bees, and butter/dragonflies. Great hang/gang!🦝
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Awesome Foundation Toronto @awesomefoundgta.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
An exciting follow-up on one of last year’s AF grant recipients: Electric Neon Clock has arrived at the Art Gallery of Mississauga Read about this immersive exhibit and experience it yourself from now until October 25th! We can't wait to visit! www.artgalleryofmississauga.com/events/a-s-m...
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A.S.M. Kobayashi: Electric Neon Clock - Art Gallery Mississauga
Discover Electric Neon Clock, an exhibition by A.S.M. Kobayashi exploring Japanese Canadian internment, family archives, memory, and community at the Art Gallery of Mississauga.
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Awesome Foundation Toronto @awesomefoundgta.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
We're thrilled to announce that Freestyle Socials is our latest grant recipient! This event encourages disagreements that end in laughter rather than the block button. (Good practice for conversations less likely to end that way 😬) Check them out here⬇️ www.awesomefoundation.org/en/projects/...
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Freestyle Socials: How to Disagree Better
Lately, disagreements can feel pretty contentious–if you’re not with us, you’re against us. This increasing polarization isn’t so awesome. But Free...
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Awesome Foundation Toronto @awesomefoundgta.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Wishing a VERY happy anniversary to the 162 Tamagotchis who were married on this day one year ago! It remains a special memory for us here at your Toronto Awesome Foundation as well! 💘💐 www.awesomefoundation.org/en/projects/...
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Worldʼs 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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Alex Koppel @arsduo.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Love this grant! Excited to support a project for queer and trans Asian youth and that supports arts and crafting skills 🪡
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Canadian, & therefore treacherous @stoneape314.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
An awesome series of workshops for LGBTQ+ youth who'd like to get crafty/DIY!
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Awesome Foundation Toronto @awesomefoundgta.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
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/...
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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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Awesome Foundation Toronto @awesomefoundgta.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
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Awesome Foundation Toronto @awesomefoundgta.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
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!
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Awesome Foundation Toronto @awesomefoundgta.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
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!
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Alex Koppel @arsduo.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
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!
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Canadian, & therefore treacherous @stoneape314.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
What can I say, sometimes we like a theme, and $1k ain't gonna get us a FIFA ticket
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Awesome Foundation Toronto @awesomefoundgta.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
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/...
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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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Alex Koppel @arsduo.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
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 ✨
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Awesome Foundation Toronto @awesomefoundgta.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
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 🤖
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Awesome Foundation Toronto @awesomefoundgta.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Second stop today was Daniels Spectrum in Regent Park! So many interesting projects in this one building
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Awesome Foundation Toronto @awesomefoundgta.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
On to the next!
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Awesome Foundation Toronto @awesomefoundgta.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
You have to get pretty far away to catch the whole building (thanks @stoneape314.bsky.social)
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Awesome Foundation Toronto @awesomefoundgta.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
First stop: the "Palace of Purification" The R.C. Harris Water Treatment Plant
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Alex Koppel @arsduo.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
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!
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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 · 24/05/2026
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)!
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Canadian, & therefore treacherous @stoneape314.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
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.
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Alex Koppel @arsduo.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
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!
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Awesome Foundation Toronto @awesomefoundgta.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
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/...
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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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Awesome Foundation Toronto @awesomefoundgta.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
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/...
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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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Alex Koppel @arsduo.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Toronto friends! Where's a good place to get good T-shirts made? Asking for a friend(ly neighbourhood @awesomefoundgta.bsky.social)
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Awesome Foundation Toronto @awesomefoundgta.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
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!
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Awesome Foundation Toronto @awesomefoundgta.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
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/...
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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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Alex Koppel @arsduo.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
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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Forwarding the interest of Awesome in the universe, $1,000 at a time.
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Alex Koppel @arsduo.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
HORSE GRANT HORSE GRANT HORSE GRANT
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Alex Koppel @arsduo.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
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!)
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Forwarding the interest of Awesome in the universe, $1,000 at a time.
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Canadian, & therefore treacherous @stoneape314.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Mini-Horse!! How could we possibly not vote for this project?
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Awesome Foundation Toronto @awesomefoundgta.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
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/...
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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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Alex Koppel @arsduo.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
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 ✨
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Awesome Foundation Toronto @awesomefoundgta.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
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 👏👏 www.awesomefoundation.org/en/projects/...
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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...
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Awesome Foundation Toronto @awesomefoundgta.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
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! www.awesomefoundation.org/en/projects/...
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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...
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Awesome Foundation Toronto @awesomefoundgta.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
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/...
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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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ritchie @ritchie.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Many people are saying that it is flying off the shelves @arsduo.bsky.social @awesomefoundgta.bsky.social
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Awesome Foundation Toronto @awesomefoundgta.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
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/...
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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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Awesome Foundation Toronto @awesomefoundgta.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
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...
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Awesome Foundation Toronto @awesomefoundgta.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
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/...
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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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Awesome Foundation Toronto @awesomefoundgta.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
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/...
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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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Civic Tech Toronto @civictechto.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
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
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Awesome Foundation Toronto @awesomefoundgta.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
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/...
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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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Awesome Foundation Toronto @awesomefoundgta.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
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 ⬇️⬇️⬇️
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Awesome Foundation Toronto @awesomefoundgta.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
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/...
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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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Awesome Foundation Toronto @awesomefoundgta.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
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/...
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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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Awesome Foundation Toronto @awesomefoundgta.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
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/...
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Awesome Foundation Toronto @awesomefoundgta.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
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/...
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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...
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