All connected for good means making a difference in communities in Canada and worldwide primarily by empowering vulnerable populations through technology. With our help, your favorite charity can receive the support they need to make a difference.
Please note: If your organization has a sponsorship opportunity you would like TELUS to consider, please apply using our online sponsorship submission process.
In 2018, we launched the TELUS Friendly Future Foundation an independent charitable organization founded to address the social and economic challenges facing Canada’s disadvantaged youth.
For more information on accessing funding please visit the Foundation's website.
Our Community Action teams serve areas outside of our major centers that have Community Boards, contributing thousands of dollars to hundreds of Canadian registered charities and non-profit organizations. TELUS Community Action teams will consider requests for funding up to $5,000.
Each year, TELUS International invests hundreds of thousands of dollars in the Philippines, Central America and Eastern Europe to registered charities through our five TELUS International Community Boards. The maximum investment our International Community Boards will consider is $5,000, with a maximum of two per year funded at $10,000.
Read the guidelines and deadlines below
Go through the online application process
Receive funds for your organization
Help us build stronger communities
At TELUS, we give where we live. That’s why we put community funding in the hands of local leaders. TELUS funds eight regional community action teams in Canada, as well as five community boards internationally. With each unique community come unique needs. We fund programs that best meet our vision and clearly demonstrate the criteria outlined below:
Focus on enabling youth to succeed
Aligns with our interest in health and education
Demonstrates technological innovation in program delivery
Defines and measures social outcomes
We can only consider single-year requests
Funding for capital investments must directly support youth and involve technology and/or social innovation
Operating costs directly associated with program delivery are eligible for support, including salaries or space dedicated to a program. Ineligible operating costs are those which support the charity as a whole, including utilities and overhead salaries
Community foundations are eligible for funding only if a specific program managed by the foundation fits within existing funding guidelines.
Support for a capital campaign or general donation is outside of funding guidelines and therefore ineligible.
Religious or sectarian organizations except where they represent non-denominational community and social support services and special interest groups
In-kind donations such as local or long-distance telephone services, or requests for reduced rates on telecommunication rates or services
Retroactive requests
We are unable to provide regional funding for initiatives that take place outside of Canada
Funding for individuals, competitive sports teams, goodwill advertising, travel expenses or beauty pageants
