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Applying for Funding in Canada

Please follow these simple steps to submit your request
for community support to TD Bank Group:

To apply for funding you will need to complete and submit our on-line application form. It should take you 20-30 minutes to complete. + Some information we will require: Information about your organization, including your organization's name, mandate and Charitable Registration Number. Contact information so that we can reach you, including an email address. A list of the Board of Directors and Advisory Board members (if applicable). The most recent audited financial statements of the organization. Nature of the current campaign/appeal for which you are requesting funding. Overall campaign/program funding objectives and where these funds are expected to come from (i.e. breakdown between public and private sector; funds coming from matching campaigns). The campaign or project/program budget. How much financial support you seek. How TD's funds will be used for your program and how that support might be recognized. An indication of whether the organization is a member agency of United Way/Centraide. + What happens after you submit your on-line application? Once you have submitted your on-line application, you will receive confirmation by e-mail that your application was submitted successfully. Within 72 hours of submission, we will contact you by e-mail to let you know that we are in the process of reviewing your request. You can expect a decision on whether or not we can provide the support you have requested approximately six weeks from the date you submit your request. Note: This response time may be prolonged in case of an unexpectedly high volume of requests or if your request is incomplete and we must contact you for additional information. + Funding Focus Areas: 1) Education and Financial Literacy At TD we believe that a good education opens the door to opportunity and contributes greatly to the long term well-being of individuals, families and communities. We also see the importance of basic financial literacy as a foundation for individual and national prosperity. Our objectives in this area are to: Promote access to post-secondary education for all; Support excellence at Canada’s universities and colleges; and Invest both financial and human resources to raise financial literacy levels in underserved communities. 2) Creating Opportunities for Young People Young people are our future, and at TD, we believe that every young person should have the opportunities and support they need to reach their full potential. This includes a significant focus on ensuring that children start out their lives with a good foundation in basic literacy and reading. Our objectives in this area are to: Promote children’s literacy - a critical foundation for future success; Support young people from diverse and underserved communities to develop their full potential; and Create opportunities for young people to access and contribute to arts and culture in Canada. 3) Environment Protecting and enhancing the environment is our commitment at TD. In addition to the thousands of green projects funded through the TD Friends of the Environment Foundation (a unique business-community partnership involving customers, employees and TD) our objectives in this area are to: Green our urban environment and enhance biodiversity; Promote energy conservation; and Promote environmental education and community engagement + Eligibility Criteria: Organizations must be Canadian and the donated funds must be applied in Canada. Organizations must be not-for-profit, with a Charitable Registration Number. Organizations must be able to provide a charitable tax-receipt for the full amount of donation Under exceptional circumstances, we will consider applications from not-for-profit organizations, social enterprises, or other community based organizations which do not have a charitable registration number if they can clearly demonstrate how they are aligned with TD’s objectives and intend to make a meaningful impact in our funding focus areas. + TD Does Not Fund: elementary and secondary public/separate schools private schools religious organizations pageants sports teams and sporting events individuals or individual pursuits/fundraising initiatives recreational groups (lodges, fraternal clubs, self-improvement organizations, etc) conferences, trade shows, fairs golf tournaments production of videos, DVD’s and television shows Note: TD provides substantial support to United Way organizations across Canada. For this reason, we do not provide duplicate support to organizations that are United Way/Centraide member agencies + Your Privacy and Security: TD partners with the services of MicroEdge for the purpose of administering the on-line charitable grant request application. Our on-line application is a tool that helps us understand your charitable funding requirements. It consists of a series of questions about the organization that you represent as well as questions about the program/service/facility for which you seek support. Together, TD Bank Group and MicroEdge guarantee that all information provided by and received from you will be held in strict and complete confidence to protect your privacy, and will only be used for the purpose of review and adjudication of charitable funding requests from TD. The information you send through the on-line charitable grant application will only be made available to those employees and/or representatives of TD Bank who are involved in the review and adjudication process and this information will be used exclusively to determine TD's ability to make a charitable grant to your organization only. If you have any concerns about your privacy, please read the privacy policies posted on the TD Web Site. By clicking on the link below, you will leave the TD site and a new browser window will open connecting you directly with MicroEdge's secure server. Immediately after completing and submitting your answers, we will send you a message advising you of the status of your application. You can return to the TD site at any time by closing the new browser window.