Deadline: 11-Aug-22
TD Ready Challenge invites eligible organizations to submit applications that offer solutions for a problem statement that is connected to one of the four drivers of change of the TD Ready Commitment: Financial Security, Vibrant Planet, Connected Communities and Better Health.
The 2022 TD Ready Challenge is focused on supporting solutions designed to help people and communities who may be disproportionately affected by climate change, to prepare for, adapt to and help mitigate the potential impacts of climate change and/or to work towards a transition to a low-carbon economy.
Funding Information
For 2022, there are a maximum of ten (10) grants available under the TD Ready Challenge for Canada and the US together. Eligible Canadian-based organizations are able to apply for CDN$1 million and eligible US-based organizations are able to apply for USD$1 million.
How can organizations address the Problem Statement?
- The 2022 TD Ready Challenge seeks to provide financial support to organizations that have designed innovative, scalable and/or replicable solutions focused on addressing the 2022 Problem Statement.
- Such solutions could be focused on, but are not limited to, one or more of the following:
- Providing support to address specific needs of those communities and/or people who will most likely be disproportionately impacted by climate change (e.g. physical and/or mental health support programs, programs that support flood prone communities) to mitigate the effects of climate change.
- Providing support to communities and/or workers affected by closures of carbon intensive industries or sectors, or are seeking to transition to the low-carbon economy (e.g. training and upskilling people from disproportionately impacted communities for low-carbon industries).
- Supporting the development of cleantech entrepreneurs, businesses and companies that are focused on the development of low-carbon power generation and/or efficient energy solutions.
- Innovation in sustainable land use to help support the decarbonization of working landscapes.
- Large scale green infrastructure solutions that are focused on improvements such as:
- decreasing the effect of urban heat islands, such as removal of pavement and replacement with alternative ground cover.
- improving existing infrastructure’s ability to capture storm water flow and reduce flash floods.
Eligibility Criteria
- Canadian registered charities and not-for-profit organizations; or
- U.S. charitable and not-for profit organizations which meet the following criteria and can provide written confirmation of same:
- Have received Section 501(c)(3) determination from the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”); or
- Are treated by the IRS as an organization that is not a private foundation as described in Sections 509(a)(1), (2) or (3) of the Internal Revenue Code (the “IRS Code”); or
- Are a local/state government organization.
Note: 2018 and 2019 TD Ready Challenge Grant recipients are eligible to apply.
Ineligible
- Elementary and secondary schools
- Religious organizations (i.e., organizations whose primary purpose is religious practice or worship). However, faith-based organizations that provide programs and services for broader community benefit, may be considered.
- 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
- Production of videos, DVDs and television shows
- TD Employees
- 2020 and 2021 TD Ready Challenge Grant Recipients
For more information, visit https://www.td.com/ca/en/about-td/ready-commitment/funding/the-ready-challenge/
