2025 Beneficiaries
Each year the Pride and Remembrance Association selects community charities who receive the charitable pledges. Since 1996, the pride & remembrance run has raised over $3.3 million for charities.
Sherbourne Health Centre
Sherbourne Health is a dynamic provider of integrated health services, community programs and capacity-building initiatives that enable people and diverse communities to achieve wellness. As an urban health agency in downtown Toronto, Sherbourne provides holistic primary care and chronic disease management, mental health services, health promotion and education, and outreach and social supports. Sherbourne’s doors are open to everyone, with a focus on marginalized and racialized populations whose complex needs are often not met by traditional health care including 2SLGBTQ+ communities, people experiencing poverty and/or homelessness, and refugees and newcomers to Canada.
Project name: Resilient Roots
2SLGBTQ+ youth are about 14 times more likely than their heterosexual peers to experience suicide risk and substance use challenges and for Black 2SLGBTQ+ youth, these challenges are compounded by systemic racism and a lack of culturally informed programs. Sherbourne Health’s Resilient Roots program trains Black, African, Caribbean, and multi-racial 2SLGBTQ+ youth with lived experience to become peer support mentors. The program empowers youth with the tools and confidence to support themselves and others, aiming to reduce risk factors, bridge gaps between people and services, and improve access to mental health support and overall community health.
Sunshine Centres for Seniors (SCS)
Sunshine Centres for Seniors is a non-profit organization providing social, recreational and health promotion day programs for seniors in the Greater Toronto Area. Our mission is to reduce social isolation, improve thehealth and well-being of older adults and to empower them to lead meaningful and connected lives in which they are engaged and participating in the community. Through our many centres including our Camp Sunshine program on Ward’s Island, we are committed to providing inclusive, interactive, and accessible programs that make a difference in the lives of seniors, promoting independence, a sense of belonging to a supportive community, and fostering a sense of purpose in life.
Project name: Rainbow Seniors OUT and About Together
Rainbow Seniors OUT and About Together will promote healthy active living and community engagement for 2SLGBTQIA+ seniors in Toronto. The project objectives are to increase seniors' social inclusion, support their wellness and independence, and connect them to the community. The project will consist of 60 different activities including outings in and around Toronto, and creativity and wellness sessions providing social and learning opportunities for 2SLGBTQIA+ seniors who face isolation due to poverty, a lack of family supports, and discrimination. Healthy lunches and refreshments will be provided to address food insecurity.
Women’s College Hospital Foundation (WCHF)
Founded in 2019, the Transition-Related Surgery (TRS) Program at Women’s College Hospital Foundation (WCHF) provides plastic surgery, urology, gynecology and anesthesiology services delivered by a team of doctors, nurses, physical therapists, psychologists and social workers who are committed to building and advancing gender-affirming care through innovative research, accountability to our patient population, and diligence in changing the way this group of individuals experience care.
Pride and Remembrance Foundation
Established in 2010 by the Pride and Remembrance Association, the Pride and Remembrance Foundation (PRF) serves as the charitable arm of the pride & remembrance run. The Foundation's mandate is to provide financial support to registered charities in Canada that benefit the 2SLGBTQ+ community. These may include individual projects, services and/or activities that provide health, educational, legal, social, athletic, cultural or other charitable benefits.
past beneficiaries include
AIDS Committee of Toronto (ACT)
AndThenIWasFree Inc.
Asian Community AIDS Services (ACAS)
Black Coalition for AIDS Prevention (Black CAP)
Buddies in Bad Times Theatre (Buddies)
Canadian Centre for Gender and Sexual Diversity, Ottawa
Casey House
Durham Alliance Outreach
EGALE Canada Human Rights Trust
Fife House
Food for Life
Get REAL Movement
HIV and AIDS Legal Clinic of Ontario
Inside Out
Mark S. Bonham Centre for Sexual Diversity Studies, University of Toronto
PFLAG Toronto
Rainbow Faith and Freedom
Rainbow Railroad
Sherbourne Health
Supporting Our Youth
Singing Out
The 519 Church Street Community Centre
The AIDS Memorial
The ArQuives (formerly, the Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives)
The David Kelley Lesbian and Gay Community Counselling Program, Family Service Association of Toronto
The Gilbert Centre
The Stephen Lewis Foundation
Toronto People With AIDS Foundation
Triangle Program of the Toronto District School Board
Women’s College Hospital – Transition-Related Surgery Compassionate Fund
Youthline