Donate

Please help us bring and settle Syrian refugees to the Greater Toronto Area.

You can do this by making donations to the Lifeline Syria Fund at Toronto Foundation. Proceeds from the fund will be used to facilitate the arrival and settlement of 1000 Syrian refugees as permanent residents of Canada with the help of private sponsors.

DONATE BY CASH/CHEQUE

Cash/cheque donations can also be made towards two objectives

Lifeline Syria's Operational Cost

To donate to Lifeline Syria’s operational costs, which helps our organization perform its day-to-day activities, make your cheque payable to “Lifeline Syria”. Please mail cheques to Lifeline Syria, 400 University Avenue – Suite 1902, Toronto, ON, M5G 1S5.

Lifeline Syria, donations for which, when received, are deposited to Lifeline Syria’s account and goes toward defraying ongoing administrative costs. Lifeline Syria is not a registered charity, and therefore cannot issue tax receipts.

Sponsor Syrian Refugees

To donate to sponsor and settle privately-sponsored Syrian refugees in Toronto, make your cheque payable to “Lifeline Syria Fund” at Toronto Foundation*. Please mail cheques to the Toronto Foundation: 33 Bloor Street East, Suite 1603, Toronto,ON, M4W 3H1.

Lifeline Syria at the Toronto Foundation, donations for which, when received, are forwarded to the Toronto Foundation for deposit to the Lifeline Syria Fund, and goes toward helping the settlement of Syrian newcomers to Canada. The Toronto Foundation is a registered charitable organization and issues tax receipts to donors.

*All net proceeds of sponsorship donations, which are received by Lifeline Syria Fund at Toronto Foundation, will be used to sponsor and settle privately-sponsored Syrian refugees through registered Canadian charities that are engaged with sponsoring and settling refugees in the GTA. The Toronto Foundation charges a management fee of 1% to hold and disburse the funds.  All net proceeds from the fund will be made public on this website on a regular basis.Effective April 1st, it has become the Foundation’s policy that all costs that are directly related to receiving a gift will be charged to the Fund to which the gift pertains. Transaction and merchant fee expenses associated with on-line gifts will be calculated at an average rate and charged to the related Funds on a monthly basis. Based on current rates and volumes by credit card used, those fees will be 2%.