From coast to coast, RFOH has awarded $345,181 along with MILLIONS of TD Aeroplan miles to Canadian charities!
2015: total of $25,000 disbursed in grant awards.
Sponsorship Support Stream
$10,000
- Rainbow Railroad – Lifeline Syria project in Toronto
$7,500
- Rainbow Railroad – General emergency relocation support
Community Services Stream
$7,500
- MOSAIC – Year 1 of the I Belong Project in Vancouver
2016: total of $49,563 disbursed in grant awards.
Sponsorship Support Stream
$5,000
- Capital Rainbow Refuge (CRR) – Lesbian woman resettled in Ottawa
$7,500
- CRR – Lesbian woman and trans couple resettled in Ottawa
$7,500
- St. Andrews Wesley United Church (STAW) – Lesbian couple resettled in Vancouver
Community Services Stream
$14,732
- Egale Canada Human Rights Trust – Youth OUTreach Program in Toronto
$7,331
- Inland Refugee Society – Housing for queer inland refugee claimants in Richmond
$7,500
- MOSAIC – Year 2 of the I Belong Project in Vancouver
2017: total of $67,988 disbursed in grant awards.
Sponsorship Support Stream
$15,000
- CRR – Gay couple and lesbian couple resettled in Ottawa
$7,500
- Ottawa Rainbow Friendship Alliance (CRR) – Gay couple resettled in Ottawa
$7,500
- Baker’s Dozen (CRR) – Gay couple resettled in Ottawa
$7,500
- Northern Lights (CRR) – Gay man resettled in Ottawa
$5,000
- Freedom Destination – Gay man resettled in Vancouver
Community Services Stream
$3,128
- Canadian Council for Refugees (CCR) – National Youth Action Gathering (YAG) in Winnipeg
$7,500
- The 519 – Trauma-informed support for lesbian and bisexual newcomers in Toronto
$7,500
- Centre de Solidarite Lesbiennes (CSL) – SOGIE migrant resources guide in Montreal
$7,360
- Rainbow Refugee – Enhanced referral project in Vancouver
2018: total of $50,250 disbursed in grant awards and Aeroplan miles.
Sponsorship Support Stream
$7,000
- Rainbow Railroad – Gay men resettled in Toronto
$4,000
- Rainbow Refugee – Emergency support for sponsored lesbian refugee in Toronto
$12,500
- Rainbow Refugee – Lesbian couple resettled in Vancouver and a gay man resettled in Toronto
$4,000
- Reaching Out Assisting Refugees (ROAR) – Gay man resettled in Nanaimo
$7,500
- STAW – Gay man resettled as a blended visa office referral (BVOR) candidate in Vancouver
Community Services Stream
$1,600
- MOSAIC – Year 3 of the I Belong Project in Vancouver
$1,150
- QMUNITY – Intercultural Planning Table Project in Burnaby
Aeroplan miles
- CCR – Rights conference and YAG in Toronto
$5,000
- Vancouver Association for the Survivors of Torture (VAST) – Trauma-informed counselling
$7,500
- Centre for Newcomers (CFN) – Rainbow Railroad Station Project in Calgary
2019: total of $72,280 disbursed in grants.
Sponsorship Support Stream
$5,000
- Rainbow Refugee – Trans woman BVOR candidate resettled in Vancouver
$7,500
- Rainbow Refugee – Ggay male BVOR candidate resettled in Toronto
$12,500
- Rainbow Refugee – Gay men (2) resettled in Vancouver
$7,500
- STAW – Gay man resettled in Vancouver
$17,500
- CRR – Gay man, gay couple, and gay/trans couple resettled in Ottawa
Community Services Stream
$5,280
- MOSAIC – Year 4 of the I Belong Project in Vancouver
$7,500
- Metropolitan Community Church (MCC) – Queer resettlement service in Toronto
$7,500
- Sherbourne Health – Supporting Our Youth (SOY) queer resettlement service in Toronto
$1,000
- Canadian Council for Refugees – YAG in Montreal
$1,000
- LOUD Foundation of Hope – Inaugural joint scholarship award
2020: total of $19,000 disbursed in grants.
Sponsorship Support Stream
$2,500
- MCC – Gay refugee resettled in Toronto
$6,500
- CRR – Queer/trans refugee couple resettled in Ottawa
$4,500
- Rainbow Refugee – Queer refugee resettled in Vancouver
Community Services Stream
$3,000
- MOSAIC – Year 5 of the I Belong Project in Vancouver
$2,500
- LOUD Foundation of Hope – 2nd annual joint scholarship awards
2021: total of $43,500 disbursed with two new community partners…
Sponsorship Support Stream
$3,000
- Reach Out Winnipeg – Queer Iranian couple support in Winnipeg
$2,500
- Rainbow Refugee – Queer Iranian family support in Vancouver
$5,000
- Universalist Unitarian Church – Queer Azerbaijani couple and queer Syrian support in Halifax
$5,500
- Rainbow Refugee – Queer Iranian couple and queer Syrian supported in Vancouver
$5,000
- Rainbow Refugee – African bisexual woman and her three children supported in Vancouver
$5,000
- Rainbow Refugee – Middle Eastern gay man supported in Vancouver
$10,000
- CRR – Queer couple and a lesbian mother with her children supported in Ottawa
Community Services Stream
$2,500
- LOUD Foundation of Hope – 3rd annual joint scholarship awards
$5,000
- MOSAIC – Year 6 of the I Belong Project in Vancouver
2022: total of $17,600 disbursed to date…
Sponsorship Support Stream
$4,700
- Rainbow Refugee – Trans Middle Eastern refugee resettlement
$4,000
- Reaching Out Assisting Refugees – Queer PSRP resettlement support
$4,600
- Metropolitan Community Church of Toronto – Middle Eastern Trans resettlement support
Community Services Stream
$ 4,300
- Sherbourne Health – Make Change Fund queer newcomer financial support
