The Chawkers foundation grants
Private foundation in Toronto, Ontario · Website
- Given to charities in 2024
- $1.1 million
- Charities funded in 2024
- 70
- Typical gift (median)
- $11,500
How to apply
Accepts applications
- How
- Submit a short 500-word description of your program answering three key questions via email to jim@thechawkersfoundation.org (in English or French). If selected after review, a full application form will be sent.
- Deadlines
- September 9, 2026
- What they fund
- Environmental programs/work, education, and/or non-fiction writing or journalism; projects with community-building and network-creation elements.
- Where
- Canada
- Typical grant, as they describe it
- up to $35,000
Summarized by AI from The Chawkers foundation's own website on October 19, 2026. Check their site before you apply, because programs and deadlines change. Read from: thechawkersfoundation.org/how-to-apply, thechawkersfoundation.org/project-grants-2025, thechawkersfoundation.org/project-grants-2025
Who The Chawkers foundation funded in 2024
The 15 largest of 70 gifts to registered charities.
- The Walrus Foundation (Fellowship)Ontario$184,000
- Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation InitiativeAlberta$50,000
- Literary Review of CanadaOntario$40,000
- Qajuqturvik Community Food CentreNunavut$38,333
- Makeway Charitable SocietyBritish Columbia$37,500
- Canadian Children's Book CentreOntario$35,000
- Canada's National History SocietyManitoba$31,628
- Raising the Roof Chez ToitOntario$30,000
- Business in the StreetsOntario$30,000
- The Reading PartnershipOntario$30,000
- Groupe de Recherche Appliquée En Macro-Écologie (Grame)Quebec$25,000
- Datastream InitiativeOntario$25,000
- Water First Education and Training Inc.Ontario$25,000
- Restigouche River Salmon Conservation FoundationNew Brunswick$25,000
- Charlie's Freewheels Youth Education SocietyOntario$25,000
Where the money went in 2024
- Ontario37 charities, $655,700
- British Columbia10 charities, $119,300
- Quebec12 charities, $101,500
- Alberta6 charities, $94,800
- New Brunswick2 charities, $45,000
- Nunavut1 charity, $38,300
- Manitoba1 charity, $31,600
- Nova Scotia1 charity, $15,000
Giving by year
| Year | Total given | Gifts | Median gift |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.1 million | 70 | $11,500 |
| 2023 | $922,400 | 57 | $12,000 |
| 2022 | $705,200 | 59 | $6,000 |
| 2021 | $614,600 | 51 | $10,000 |
| 2020 | $509,100 | 35 | $10,000 |
| 2019 | $481,000 | 36 | $10,000 |
What they told the CRA they do
- To receive funds and contributions without any public appeal and to contribute and assist charitable organizations
Giving figures are gifts to registered charities (qualified donees) as The Chawkers foundation reported them in its T3010 returns to the Canada Revenue Agency, fiscal 2019 to 2024. Business number 119222040RR0001.
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