MakeWay

Let’s make way for nature and
communities thriving together.

Let’s make way for
the momentum of change.

Let’s make way for
community-led solutions.

Let's make way for
partnerships to amplify impact.

What’s Happening at MakeWay

Check out our brand new Strategy! We head into the next three years with a clear sense of our unique role: to apply all our tools and resources in support of community-led transformation. Knowing that change is inevitable, this strategy is our North Star to help guide us toward the impact we hope to achieve.

Building community-led networks of support with the people of East Scarborough: Meet East Scarborough Storefront

Since 2001, East Scarborough Storefront has used the power of collaboration to support people and build community in East Scarborough. We sat down with them to hear more of their story and learn what’s on the horizon for the project.

Clearing the path to ‘right relations’

This article was originally written by Amy Romer for The Philanthropist Journal. After a decade of baby steps towards correcting power in conventional philanthropy, the Right Relations Collaborative is a leap forward.

MakeWay’s 2022 Year in Review

The stories in our 2022 Year in Review truly speak to the power of community support and community-led change. Take a glimpse into the many inspiring partnerships and transformations happening around us every single day.

Our planet is counting on all of us.

At MakeWay, we believe in a world where everyone is living in a stable climate and is treated fairly and equally. Where people feel secure and part of a community. Ecosystems are in balance, and waters are clean. When our environment is healthy, economies and communities can thrive. This is the world we work toward. We do it with collaboration and creativity, with changemakers, funders, community organizations and investors from coast to coast to coast.

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Healthy people. Healthy planet. Healthy economy.

MakeWay programming leverages our expertise, experience, strategic partnerships and deep community connections to tackle pressing local and systemic challenges.

Key programs:

We are stronger together.

On the ground, providing support, creating opportunities. We work with our partners to advance environmental, social, and economic justice. We see a better future and rely on one another to build it.

We partner with:

Our planet is counting on all of us.

Get to know us:

Healthy people. Healthy planet. Healthy economy.

MakeWay programming leverages our expertise, experience, strategic partnerships and deep community connections to tackle pressing local and systemic challenges.

Key programs:

We are stronger together.

On the ground, providing support, creating opportunities. We work with our partners to advance environmental, social, and economic justice. We see a better future and rely on one another to build it.

We partner with:

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Stories of Impact

Empowering and encouraging employee giving: a different kind of Donor Advised Fund

In March 2021, the Trottier Family Foundation began its Staff DAF program, in which a DAF is set up for each individual employee with a sum of $5000 per year that they can grant to charities of their choice. Operated via a Donor Advised Fund (DAF) at MakeWay, there’s no matching of funds required or strings attached. Each staff member gets to decide where to grant the money.

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Stories of Impact

Empowering and encouraging employee giving: a different kind of Donor Advised Fund

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Do you envision a world where nature and communities thrive together? We do. Join us as we back transformational ideas and help local leaders achieve their goals.

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What’s Happening at MakeWay

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MakeWay Strategy 2022 – 2025

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Building community-led networks of support with the people of East Scarborough: Meet East Scarborough Storefront

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Clearing the path to ‘right relations’

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MakeWay’s 2022 Year in Review

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Our planet is counting on all of us.

Get to know us:

Healthy people. Healthy planet. Healthy economy.

Key programs:

We are stronger together.

We partner with:

Our planet is counting on all of us.

Get to know us:

Healthy people. Healthy planet. Healthy economy.

Key programs:

We are stronger together.

We partner with:

Read all Stories of Impact

Do you envision a world where nature and communities thrive together? We do. Join us as we back transformational ideas and help local leaders achieve their goals.