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Organization Project Description

Grant Amount
Approval
Date
Sector
ONTARIO TRILLIUM FUND

Peach - Promoting Economic Action and Community Health

Contact:
Marilyn Eisenstat
Tel: (416) 740-9593
Fax: (416) 740-3002  meisenstat@primus.ca

$172,500 over 28 months for staff resources to strengthen organizational capacity.

These will help sustain and expand programs for youth at risk in North York's Jane and Finch area, encouraging them to stay in school and make positive life choices.

$172,500
Mar 6/08
SOCIAL AND HUMAN SERVICES
ONTARIO TRILLIUM FUNDATION

Friends in Trouble Youth Initiative (FITYI)

60Carl Hall Rd
N.Y., ON 
M3K 2C1

Contact:
Brenya Griffin,
Tel: 416-736-2100 x 30192
brenya@yorku.ca

$ 14,900 over six months for furniture, computer equipment
and supplies to renovate this youth drop-in centre in Downsview Park Toronto.

The appearance, comfort and safety of the space will be enhanced for youth, volunteers and staff.

$ 14,900
 

San Romanoway
Revitalization Association

Robert Wraith
Tel: 416-739-7949;
Fax: 416-739-8079
robert.wraith_sra
@rogers.com

$225,000 over three years to support leadership development and creative programming at a youth-led studio and drop-in.

Youth in the Jane and Finch community will then have positive
alternatives to violence using creative writing and music production.

$225,000
Mar 6/08
ARTS & CULTURE

CHRY Community Radio Incorporated

Danae Peart

Tel: 416-736-5293
ext. 33914

Fax: 416-650-8052
chrymgr@yorku.ca

$15,000 over six months to digitize the
music library to create a more efficient and physically accessible
workspace.

Improvements will optimize volunteer experiences for broadcast
enthusiasts, including youth from across
Toronto.

$15,000
Nov 1/08
SPORTS & RECREATION
MINISTRY
CITIZENSHIP & IMMIGRATION

Centre for Spanish Speaking Peoples

Mr. Claudio Ruiz-Pilarte Executive Director
(416) 533-8545

 
$87,730
 

Jamaican Canadian Association

Ms. Nzinga Walker
Interim Executive Director
(416) 746-5772

 
$57,031
 

Jane/Finch Community and Family Centre

Ms. Sue Wilkinson
Executive Director
(416) 663-2733

 
$48,858
 
MINISTRY
HEALTH &
LONG-TERM CARE
The Phillip Aziz Centre (The Children’s Hospice)

Ms. Gretchen Van Riesen Board Chair
 
$2,068,000
 
MINISTRY OF TOURISM

Event: Rogers Cup

Contact:

Greg Wood
(416) 650-7931
Riding: York-West

 
TEMPP:
$165,000
 

Event: Salsa on St. Clair

Contact:
John Montesano

(416) 744-5746
Riding: York-West

 
TEMPP:
$15,000
 
MINISTRY OF CULTURE – THE ONTARIO ARTS COUNCIL

Upfront Theatre Foundation – Multi Arts Projects program toward Rastafest

Martha Durdin
Chair 
(416)961-1660

(Embodies Cultural Lifestyle of Rastafarians – African-Carribean-Canadian Communities)
$7,500
THE ONTARIO ARTS COUNCIL
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION Jane Finch’s Caring Village Westview Centennial Secondary School - Support Local Youth
$0.1 Million ($100.00)
 
MINISTRY OF TRAINING COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES York University 

Dr. Mamdou Shoukri
President
York University
 
$18,588.100
 
York University Visiting Elders and Indigenous Speaker Series Program
$10,500
 
Office Equipment for Aboriginal Resource Centre  
$10,350
 
Transition to York University Promotion Recruitment and Outreach
$37,000
 

York University and Ecoschools

(tools and training to teachers engaging students in actions plans aimed at energy conservation, school ground greening, and waste minimization.

Ms. Catherine Mahler
Program Coordinator
(416) 642-5774
emahler@yorku.ca

Trinity Spadina Ontario EcoSchools

$297,850 Over 3 Years Province-Wide

 
Seneca College

College Equipment and Renewal Fund 2008-09
Ontario’s 24 colleges will each receive funding for tools, books and equipment they have identified as priority items.

Eligible first-year expenditures include:
Computers or software for classroom use
Books or digital materials for libraries
Equipment or machinery for lab instruction

$867,420
 
THE MINISTRY OF CHILDREN AND YOUTH SERVICES

The Youth Challenge Fund
San Romanoway Revitalization Association

Creating Youth Spaces

Jacqueline Spencer
(416) 507-3294
Purchase equipment and supplies and Renovate or expand existing spaces for youth
$13,700
 
First United Pentecostal Church

Creating Youth Spaces

Jacqueline Spencer
(416) 507-3294
Open the Doors
Purchase equipment and supplies and Renovate or expand existing spaces for youth
$75,000
 
Friends in Trouble Youth Initiative

Investing in Youth

Jacqueline Spencer
(416) 507-3294
Build Youth leadership in the neighbourhood, Improve learni ng and education and Inspire youth throughout participation in arts and culture, recreation or the environment.

$150,000 (2007-2008)
and

$300,000 (2008-2010)

 
The Youth Challenge Fund

JVS Toronto – Investing in Youth

Jacqueline Spencer
(416) 507-3294
Build Youth leadership in the neighbourhood and Improve learning and education

$121,339 (2007-2008)
and

$252,250 (2008-2010)

 

San Romanoway Revitalization Association

Building Great Ideas 
Youth N’Charge Youth Space, Studio and Lounge

Jacqueline Spencer
(416) 507-3294

Developmental work, To design a program, develop partnerships or coalition, Write a proposal; create a work plan and budget, or similar developmental work
$50,000
 
Improve State of Repair of Your Facilities

Mr. John Spekkens
Executive Director
The Kincks-Dellcrest Treatment Centre - Improve State of Repair of  Facilities
$71,020
 
Conflict Mediation Services of Downsview

Ms. Joanne Gray
Executive Director
Improve State of Repair of Facilities
$39,998
 
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION St. Roch Separate School Spring Open House on Learning
Parents Reaching Out Grant - TCDSB
$300.00
 
St. Francis de Sales School Parents Reaching Out Grant - TCDSB
Home School Partnerships to Improve Student Achievement
$1,000
 
St. Charles Garnier Separate School Parents Reaching Out Grant - TCDSB
Cyberspace Surfing
$1,000
 
Topcliff Public School Parents Reaching Out Grant - TCDSB
Translating School Handbook
$1,000
 
Emery Collegiate Institute Parents Reaching Out Gran - TDSB
Parents Reaching Out Grant: Emery CI
$1,000
 
MINISTRY OF
MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS AND HOUSING
City of Toronto 2008 Rent Bank Program Allocations
$1,823.757
SOCIAL HOUSING
OFFICE
OF THE  PREMIER
York University Oscar Peterson Remembered with Music Scholarships
$1 Million - five annual $10,000 and
$4 Million Endowment
SCHOLARSHIPS
MINISTRY OF
CHILDREN AND YOUTH SERVICES
Agape Ministries Combat Youth Violence
$43,200
June 18/08
AFRICAN-CANADIAN CHRISTIAN NETWORK
(ACCN)

Lisle Memorial Baptist Church

(In partnership with the Jane-Finch Church Coalition)

$50,000
Salvation Army Yorkwoods Community Church
$48,310

The Church of Pentecost Canada

(In partnership with Pentecost Community Development  Agency)

$30,000

World Centre for Mission Mobilisation

(In partnership with Voice of Last Days Ministry)

$45,000

MINISTRY
OF
HEALTH PROMOTION

Communities in Action Fund
(CIAF)

Doorsteps Neighbourhood Services

T. 416-243-5480
F. 416-243 7406

211-1700 Wilson Ave
PO BOX 95
Toronto, On 
M3L 1B2

Lorna Weigand
T. 416-243-5480 
lweigand@doorsteps.ca

Youth Through Fitness

Physical Activity & Recreation for Children and Youth over the summer months.

$90,000
2008/2009
CIAF

 

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