STEPHEN LEACOCK FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN
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Mission Statement
The Leacock Foundation enables and supports children and youth to develop skills, competencies, and confidence through, educational enrichment, leadership initiatives, and connections and partnerships. Vision: A world where all children and youth have an opportunity to reach for their full potential. Mission: Our mission is to confront inequity by empowering children and youth to develop the critical and creative thinking skills to be confident leaders now and in the future.
About This Cause
The Leacock Foundation is a registered Canadian charity based in Toronto, Canada. Founded in 2002 by Peter Oliver of Oliver & Bonacini Restaurants, our mission is to address the inequality of opportunity for underserved and at-risk youth living in challenging economic and social circumstances. Through a series of academic interventions we seek to inspire young people to overcome barriers, unlock their potential and contribute to their communities. Funds are sourced through a committed network of supporters, fundraising events, and granting bodies. The organization’s revenues are approximately $1 million per year. Since 2002, our organization has empowered underserved youth in Grades 1-9 in Toronto by providing enriched, fully subsidized literacy and leadership development opportunities for children after school, weekends, and during the summer. Working in partnership with the Toronto District School Board and local independent schools, literacy and leadership programs are offered in several of Toronto’s high-need communities including St. James Town, Keele-Finch, Woburn, and the First Nations School of Toronto. Nearly 1,300 at-risk youth benefit from the Leacock Foundation’s programs each year.