Community One Foundation

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Community One Foundation, formerly the Lesbian and Gay Community Appeal Foundation, is a non-profit foundation based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada that builds and supports individuals and groups that enhance the development of the LGBTTIQQ2S communities in the Greater Toronto Area including Durham, Halton, Peel and York Regions.

In 2008, the LGCA became the Community One Foundation to recognize the ever evolving and diverse community that the Foundation serves and to promote the need for unity and philanthropy in our community. Until the name change legal process is completed, the Foundation still receives donations and issues tax receipts under the Lesbian and Gay Community Appeal Foundation name. In 1980, the Lesbian & Gay Community Appeal of Toronto (LGCA) the Appeal" (as it is known locally), was founded by a group of Toronto activists led by Harvey Hamburg, Tom Beechy, Rosemary Barnes and others. The LGCA was a response to the lack of financial support for community projects and organizations. The Appeal raises funds through an annual giving program and by holding special initiatives. Their mandate includes funding for projects and programs in the areas of education, health, human rights, and arts and culture.

Since its inception, The Community One Foundation’s volunteers and donors have raised millions of dollars to support over a thousand projects that have strengthened the LGBTQ community. The Foundation is a public foundation and registered charity. The Foundation operates primarily through individual donations and, with the exception of the Steinert & Ferreiro Award, does not currently have an endowment fund.


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[edit] Grant recipients

2008 Arts and Culture

  • Rainbow Voices of Toronto - Building Membership Capacity - Year 1
  • Gays Lesbians of African Descent (GLAD) - REEL GLAD IMAGES
  • Jamieson Eakin - The Queer Collective Showcase Festival
  • Buddies in Bad Times Theatre - Pride Cab
  • Buddies in Bad Times Theatre - The World Premiere Presentation of Waawaate Fobister's Agokwe
  • Christopher Richard-Bentley - A Guide to Navigation During Perilous Times
  • Counterpoint Community Orchestra - 25th Anniversary Celebration
  • Alliance for South Asians AIDS Prevention (ASAAP) - Queer South Asian Youth Q-SAY
  • Gurbeen Bhasin - Night at the Indies
  • Ontario Rainbow Alliance of the Deaf (ORAD) - Two Worlds As One
  • Sherbourne Health Centre - Supporting Our Youth (SOY)
  • Inside Out - Toronto Lesbian and Gay Film and Video Festival - Video Village
  • St. Jamestown Safety Committee - Ote'a Tanes - The Next Step
  • Mayworks Festival - Trans Workers Cabaret
  • Raging Asian Women Taiko Drummers (RAW) - Artistic Development Grant
  • Homosy what? Press - Out of Place –
  • Njo, Kong Kie - Naughty and Gay at the COC
  • Plato Bernburg Society - 2008 Queer Classics Screening Series
  • Mpenzi: Black Women's International Film & Video Festival 2009 - Mpenzi: Black

Health and Social Services

  • Asian Community AIDS Services (ACAS)
  • Queer Luck Club - A Leadeship Training & Peer Support Project
  • Asian Community AIDS Services (ACAS)
  • Sherbourne Health Centre - Supporting Our Youth (SOY): A Stronger CLICK
  • Alliance for South Asians AIDS Prevention (ASAAP):Snehithan
  • Halton Organization for Pride & Education (HOPE): LGBT Parenting Connections Halton
  • The Youth Centre (The Barbara Black Centre for Youth Resources):Say What?! Conference
  • Margaret Fraser House:Outreach and Support program
  • Ten Oaks Project:Camp Ten Oaks
  • North York Women's Centre: Pink Triangle Group
  • JD Griffin Adolescent Centre: SprOUT Online Community Hub
  • YAAHA! Youth Advocatging Anti-Homophobia Awareness:YAAHA! - Reach Out Scarborough!
  • Lesbian Gay Bi Trans Youth Line

2007 Arts and Culture

  • Contact Contemporary Music - DRUMDRAG
  • Counterpoint Community Orchestra - Community Capacity Building Strategy 2006-7 (phase II)
  • Lesbian Gay Bi Trans Youth Line (LGBT Youth Line) - Community Youth Awards Sponsorship
  • Halton Organization for Pride & Education (HOPE) - LGBTTTQQ Youth Peer Support Group
  • Fred Victor Centre - Making Employment Services Accessible to the LGBTT2 Community
  • PFLAG - Getting The Word Out

Health and Community Services, Research and Education

  • Inside Out Toronto Lesbian & Gay Film Festival: Inside Out International Focus on East Asian Multi-Language Asian Program
  • Pride Scarborough Committee/YAAHA:Pride Scarborough Seniors Pride Network
  • Seniors Pride Network Website
  • North York Women's Centre: Pink Triangle Group.
  • The 519 Anti-Violence Programme: National Day Against Bi-Lesbi-Homo-Trans Phobia
  • Jen Keystone & Nancy McKelvey: Ten Oaks Project
  • Assoc. for Research on Mothering (ARM): Queer Parenting (book edited by Rachel Epstein)
  • Sherbourne Health Centre / Supporting Our Youth (SOY):Queer Youth Camping Retreat
  • Toronto TongZhi Club (TTC):Canadian Survival 101
  • Pride & Prejudice/Central Toronto Youth Services (CTYS): Families in TRANSition: Buddies In Bad Times: Hysteria: A Festival of Woman
  • Asian Community AIDS Services (ACAS): GenerAsian Understanding
  • Dianah Smith:"A" is for Orange: Walk Good
  • CKLN Radio:Out & Loud
  • Inside Out Toronto Lesbian & Gay Film and Video Festival:Inside Out 2007 QYDVP
  • Ontario Rainbow Alliance of the Deaf:Rise Above The Ground
  • Alliance for South Asians AIDS Prevention (ASAAP):Snehithan: Asian Community AIDS Services (ACAS) - Women's Program:Taboos & Tales Online
  • Alliance for South Asian AIDS Prevention (ASAAP): Dosti
  • Buddies In Bad Times:The PrideCab Project
  • St. James Town Safety Committee: Ote'a Tane
  • Black Coalition for AIDS Prevention (Black CAP): BlackCAP Youth Awareness Program for BLACK LGBTTQ youth of African or Caribbean Descent
  • Andy Wang: Unity (Gay-Straight Alliance) conference
  • Barb Taylor Coyle & Karleen Pendleton Jimenez: Tomboy
  • FrancoQueer: FrancoQueer
  • Mayworks: Taking Poverty Out of the Closet: Queer Emerging Artists of Colour and Two-spirited
  • Ryan Hinds: Gutter Theatrical Cabaret
  • MPENZI: Mpenzi
  • Kong Kee: Shattered Glass
  • Red Dress Productions: Never Man's Land
  • Francisco Corroy-Moral: The Sweet 15 of Hola
  • Joan Anderson: Rainbow Railroad

[edit] 2006

  • CKLN Radio – CKLN Pride Week 2006
  • Singing OUT! – Rehearsal CDs
  • Counterpoint Community Orchestra – Capacity Building
  • Inside Out Lesbian and Gay Film Festival – 2006 Queer Youth Digital Video Project
  • Mayworks Festival – Full Spectrum
  • Mpenzi Black Women’s International Film & Video Festival
  • Trade: Queer Things – A queer fringe magazine
  • Buddies in Bad Times Theatre – The PrideCab Project
  • Toronto Women’s Bookstore – In Written Colour
  • CONTACT Contemporary Music – Pride Concerts
  • Music Picnic & Tapestry New Opera Works – “knotty together”
  • Alec Butler – Trans Cab (Explores the lives of Transsexual and Transgendered people in the shelter system)
  • Moynan King and the King and Dace Collective – “I Have No Gun – A Lesbian Trilogy”
  • Heather Bain – Archiving Toronto’s Queer Performers
  • Lucas Silveira & The Cliks
  • Red Dress Productions - Anna Camillieri & Tristan Whiston – “State of the Queer Nation”
  • York Region LGBT Community Outreach Program
  • Halton Organization for Pride & Education & AIDS Action Halton – The New Face of AIDS Conference
  • Halton Organization for Pride & Education – Human Rights Brochure
  • Alliance for South Asian AIDS Prevention – Dosti Project
  • Alliance for South Asian AIDS Prevention – Snehithan Project
  • Alliance for South Asian AIDS Prevention – Mirchi Project
  • Lesbian Gay Bi Trans Youthline – Youth Awards 2006
  • Agincourt Community Services Association – The Playworks Project
  • Asian Community AIDS Services – The Taboo and Tales Project
  • METRAC – Safe Spaces Project
  • Gay and Lesbian Athletic Association – Peer Mentoring Program
  • Ontario Rainbow Alliance of the Deaf – Fabulous ORAD!
  • Planned Parenthood Toronto – Health Care Access & LGBTT Youth
  • Ten Oaks Project – Camp Ten Oaks
  • Supporting Our Youth (S.O.Y.) – Essence Workshop Series
  • Supporting Our Youth (S.O.Y.) – Volunteer Capacity Building
  • Supporting Our Youth (S.O.Y.) – Handy Trans
  • Supporting Our Youth (S.O.Y.) – Queer Noise
  • Metropolitan Community Church Toronto – The Triangle Program
  • Toronto Tong Zhi Club – Outreach and Survival 101
  • FrancoQueer – Celebrating our Diversity in French
  • The 519 Church Street Community Centre and the Seniors Pride Network – Opening the Closet
  • The 519 Church Street Community Centre – Trans Fathers 2B
  • Chinese Canadian National Council ( Toronto Chapter) – Planting the Seeds Project
  • Lakeshore Collegiate Gay Straight Alliance – Expansion and Development Project

[edit] 2005

  • Ontario Rainbow Alliance of the Deaf (Toronto chapter)
  • Mayworks Festival
  • Trash and Ready
  • CKLN-FM
  • Singing OUT!
  • Counterpoint Community Orchestra
  • Inside Out Lesbian and Gay Film Festival
  • R. Kelly Clipperton
  • Mpenzi Black Women’s International Film and Video Festival
  • Trade: Queer Things
  • Barbara Brown and Chris Veldhoven
  • SAWA Philippine Student Workers Activists
  • Pash.arts (Joanna Reyolds and Amina Ally)
  • FTM and SOFFA Voices Toronto
  • East Scarborough Storefront and East Scarborough Boys and Girls Club
  • Lesbian Gay Bi Trans Youthline
  • The 519 Church Street Community Centre– TransMen and FTM Homelessness Project
  • Asian Community AIDS Services – Transgender Support Project
  • Gay and Lesbian Athletic Association – Peer Mentoring Program
  • Supporting Our Youth (SOY) – Cross-Ability Working Group
  • The 519 Church St. Community Centre and Gay Partner Abuse Program – Survivor Support Group
  • Central Neighbourhood House – “Positive Space at CNH”
  • Family Services Association, David Kelly Services – “Queering the Family Tree”
  • Halton Organization for Pride and Education - Halton PFLAG
  • Supporting Our Youth (SOY) – Volunteer Support Program
  • Alliance for South Asian AIDS Prevention – Sati Savriti and Queer Positive/Sex Positive Youth
  • North York Women’s Centre – Pink Triangles Group
  • Gays and Lesbians of African Descent (GLAD) – Each One Reach One Project
  • The 519 Church Street Community Centre – Victims Assistance Program
  • Bill 7 Award Trust – Scholarship Awareness Campaign
  • Chinese Canadian National Council (Toronto Chapter) – Asian-Canadians for Equal Marriage
  • Thornhill Secondary School’s Gay Straight Alliance – Pride Week and Conference

[edit] Board of directors

The current volunteer Board of Directors consists of:

  • Larry Hughsam (Co-Chair and Treasurer)
  • Sidney Peters (Co-Chair)
  • Rupen Seoni (Secretary)
  • Anthony Partipilo
  • Brad Wilson
  • Doug Kerr
  • Fatima Amarshi
  • Jill Andrew
  • Marcelo Gomez-Wiuckstern
  • Lenore MacAdam
  • Susan Mullin
  • Phil Wong (Executive Director)

[edit] External links

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