Item - 2025.TA12.11
Tracking Status
- This item was considered by Toronto Atmospheric Fund on November 24, 2025 and was adopted without amendment.
TA12.11 - Grant Recommendations
- Decision Type:
- ACTION
- Status:
- Adopted
Confidential Attachment - Contains financial information supplied in confidence to the Toronto Atmospheric Fund which, if disclosed, could reasonably be expected to prejudice significantly the competitive position or interfere significantly with the contractual or other negotiations of a person, group of persons, or organization.
Board Decision
The Board of Directors of the Toronto Atmospheric Fund:
1. Approved the grant requests summarized in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (November 7, 2025) from the Senior Grants Manager, Toronto Atmospheric Fund, which includes grants recommended for approval and project descriptions.
2. Declined the grant requests summarized in Confidential Attachment 2 to the report (November 7, 2025) from the Senior Grants Manager, Toronto Atmospheric Fund, and received the rationale for partial funding decisions, including original requested amounts.
3. Authorized the public release of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (November 7, 2025) from the Senior Grants Manager, Toronto Atmospheric Fund, only for grants approved by the Board, and direct that confidential information on any declined grants remain confidential, as it contains financial information, supplied in confidence to The Atmospheric Fund, which, if disclosed, could reasonably be expected to prejudice significantly the competitive position or interfere significantly with the contractual or other negotiations of a person, group of persons, or organization.
4. Directed that the confidential information contained in Confidential Attachment 2 to the report (November 7, 2025) from the Senior Grants Manager, Toronto Atmospheric Fund, remain confidential in its entirety, as it contains financial information, supplied in confidence to The Atmospheric Fund, which, if disclosed, could reasonably be expected to prejudice significantly the competitive position or interfere significantly with the contractual or other negotiations of a person, group of persons, or organization.
Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (November 7, 2025) from the Senior Grants Manager, Toronto Atmospheric Fund is now public and can be accessed under Background Information.
Decision Advice and Other Information
The Board of Directors of the Toronto Atmospheric Fund recessed its public meeting to meet in closed session to consider the item as it pertains to financial information supplied in confidence to the Toronto Atmospheric Fund which, if disclosed, could reasonably be expected to prejudice significantly the competitive position or interfere significantly with the contractual or other negotiations of a person, group of persons, or organization.
Origin
Summary
This report recommends approval of five grants with a combined value of $848,077.
Background Information
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2025/ta/bgrd/backgroundfile-259903.pdf
Confidential Attachment 1 - Grants Recommended for Approval- made public on December 2, 2025
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2025/ta/bgrd/backgroundfile-260800.pdf
Confidential Attachment 2 - Grants Recommended for Decline or Partial Funding
Communications
Motions
At 10:42 a.m. - That the Board of Directors of the Toronto Atmospheric Fund recess its public meeting to meet in closed session to consider Item TA12.11 - Grant Recommendations, as it pertains to financial information supplied in confidence to the Toronto Atmospheric Fund which, if disclosed, could reasonably be expected to prejudice significantly the competitive position or interfere significantly with the contractual or other negotiations of a person, group of persons, or organization.