Priorities

Our granting programs focus on the two biggest sectors for carbon emissions: the building sector and the transportation sector.

In the building sector, we are looking to provide grants to scalable projects that:

• Demonstrate new approaches to significantly reduce the carbon intensity and increase the energy efficiency of existing buildings, especially multi-unit residential buildings, aiming to reduce the average GHG intensity of large buildings in the GTHA by 35% by the year 2030
• Support the transition of new construction in the GTHA to be near net-zero carbon emissions and energy consumption by the year 2030
• Advance policy and financing approaches to facilitate and scale energy-efficiency retrofits
• Pilot demonstrations of promising energy efficiency and zero-emissions building technologies and management approaches
• Deepen tenant engagement to support behaviour-related energy efficiency practices
• Work with diverse collaborators to demonstrate the co-benefits of energy efficiency such as improved indoor environmental quality and local job creation
• Quantify and describe the workforce and training gaps that need to be filled to serve a scaled-up energy efficiency retrofit sector, informing the creation of the TransformTO Workforce for High-Performance Building Campaign

In the transportation sector, we are looking to provide grants for scalable projects that:

• Speed up the transition to electric vehicles to help achieve our 2030 vision of electric vehicles making up 40% of new passenger vehicles in the GTHA
• Address key barriers and opportunities associated with the electrification of transportation such as grid capacity, refuelling infrastructure, resilience, and equitable access to affordable low-carbon mobility options
• Work with diverse collaborators to examine the co-benefits of clean transportation solutions including job creation, equitable access to mobility, and public health improvements
• Advance policy and financing approaches to achieve our provincial and municipal targets, for example ensuring that 100% of our transportation network is fueled by low-carbon energy sources by 2050
• Create new models for mobility service that improve efficiency and reduce emissions, such as first and last mile solutions, and shared mobility
• Reduce distances travelled (vehicle-kilometres travelled) through improved transportation options or avoided trips across the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area

Eligibility Criteria

• Your application must demonstrate the project’s potential to reduce carbon emissions in the GTHA and/or air pollution in Toronto.
• Only registered charities, not-for-profit organizations and municipalities in the GTHA are eligible to apply for TAF grants.
• Project applications can be single-year or multi-year requests. The requested funds should be in line with the project’s scope and timeframe.

Process

• Once you have reviewed our granting streams and recent recipients, get in touch with TAF’s grantmaking team via grants@taf.ca to discuss your idea.
• Fill out an expression of interest form and submit it before the deadline.
• Fill out the appropriate application form and submit it before the grant intake deadline.
• TAF will assess each application against the pre-set evaluation criteria outlined in our application forms.
• The Grants and Programs Committee reviews each application and makes a funding recommendation to our Board of Directors.
• The Board then makes a final decision on each grant proposal. Grant proponents may request an opportunity to address the TAF Board directly concerning their grant, should they wish to dispute the Committee’s recommendation.

2021 Grant intake schedule:

• Winter 2021: Expressions of Interest are due January 15, full grant applications are due February 19.
• Spring 2021: Expressions of Interest are due April 1, full grant applications are due May 7.
• Summer 2021: Expressions of Interest are due July 16, full grant applications are due August 27.