The Fort York Foundation is an independent, federally-registered charity that fundraises to revitalize Fort York National Historic Site. We help the City of Toronto, which owns and operates Fort York, raise funds for capital projects, such as the Fort York Visitor Centre.  The Foundation operates with part-time staff working closely with a volunteer board of directors.  Since its establishment in 2006, the Fort York Foundation has helped the City of Toronto:

• Build and open a $26-million Fort York Visitor Centre in 2014, greatly enhancing the Fort’s ability to run educational and general interpretive programming, as well as special events and community functions;
• Complete phase 1 of Garrison Common rehabilitation, including eliminating work yards and parking lots and the expansion and restoration of its green space;
• Build and open The Wharf programming deck in front of the Visitor Centre (2017), allowing outdoor programming for both Fort York National Historic Site and The Bentway; and
• Establish the Fort York Acquisitions and Conservation Fund, now re-named the Stephen Anderson Otto Fort York Fund, to help City of Toronto Museums acquire and conserve artifacts of special interest and value to the interpretation of history at Fort York.