Toronto Foundation for Student Success is a 5-star charity with Good demonstrated impact. It has above average disclosure with an A grade for results reporting. Its overhead spending and funding reserves are both within Ci’s reasonable range.

Toronto Foundation for Student Success (TFSS) is a local charity founded in 1998. TFSS provides food, free after-school programs, eye and ear care, emergency funds and grants to schools for youth in need. According to the charity, 1 in 4 children in Toronto lives in poverty. In the city, 40% of children come to school hungry each day. In the most at-risk communities, it rises to 68%. Students who skip breakfast are twice as likely to be suspended, while 78% of students who eat breakfast are on track for graduation. Risks continue after school. TFSS states that 42% of all youth crime happens between 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. However, 3 in 10 Canadian families cannot afford after-school programs.

TFSS runs two main programs: Student Nutrition and Beyond 3:30. In F2025 TFSS spent $33.7m on its programs. This included $29.9m in program costs and $3.8m in grants.

The Student Nutrition program was TFSS’s largest program in F2025. It accounted for $26.9m or 80% of program spending. TFSS supports 846 Student Nutrition programs across Toronto. In F2025, it delivered 36,735,618 meals to 236,860 students. A typical meal contains one vegetable or fruit, one protein, and one whole grain food. Student Nutrition spending also includes the Central Nutrition Pantry program. This program is a separate supplementary program that provides additional food to Student Nutrition sites that need it most.  In F2025, the Central Nutrition Pantry program delivered 3,234,986 meals to 71,299 students.

The Beyond 3:30 program accounted for $1.9m or 6% of program spending in F2025. It is a free after-school program for kids between the ages of 8 and 14. In F2025, it ran 25 programs in 20 different schools. The charity offers nutrition, sports, homework, financial literacy, and arts programs. In F2025, 1,474 students registered in Beyond 3:30. The program provided 81,376 hours of academic support and 3,590 hours of physical activity to students.

Grants accounted for $3.8m or 11% of program spending. TFSS granted $3.3m to Angel Foundation of Learning and $555k to the Toronto District School Board. Angel Foundation of Learning is a Toronto charity that runs student nutrition programs, emergency funds and student equity funds for students in the Toronto Catholic District School Board.

TFSS spent the remaining $1.1m or 3% of program spending on eye and ear care, emergency funds, and grants to schools for youth in need.

Toronto Foundation for Student Success had total revenues of $54.7m in F2025. It received $44.6m or 82% of revenues in government funding. It also received donations of $8.4m or 15% of revenues. TFSS spent $33.7m on its programs and grants which is 62% of revenues. In F2025, it recorded a surplus of $18.3m.

TFSS spent $772k or 9% of donations on fundraising. Administrative costs were $1.5m or 3% of revenues in F2025. Total overhead spending is 12%. For every dollar donated to TFSS, 88 cents are available to go to the cause. This is within Ci’s reasonable range.

TFSS has $33.1m in reserve funds. The 117% increase from F2024 is due to increased government funding for the charity’s Student Nutrition Programs. Its reserves can cover a year of its annual program costs. This is within Ci’s reasonable range.

Updated on May 27, 2027, by Raihan Firosh.