Official Charities
Click below for a list of participating Official Charity Partners in the 2026 Charity Challenge.
LIST OF OFFICIAL CHARITY PARTNERS
Become an Official Charity Partner
Click here to access the Charity Challenge FAQ section.
To apply, Charities must be a register Canadian charity in good standing with the CRA. Participating charities must apply before April 30th, 2026.
Summary of the benefits of participating in the Charity Challenge
- Raise Awareness: 31,000+ registered runners can engage with and support your charity.
- Community Involvement: Opportunities for on-site activations such as Charity Village, Block Party, water stations, cheer stations to engage with your fundraisers, donors, supporters, and broader community.
- Focus on Fundraising: We handle all logistics; you can concentrate on fundraising.
- Maximized Donations: Donors can cover processing fees (6.5% of the donation), ensuring more of their contributions go directly to charity.
- Simple Registration and Fundraising: Experience hassle-free race registration, online fundraising, and tax receipting on one simple platform, Race Roster!
- Prizes: A chance to win one of our Charity Challenge cash prizes!
- Charity Referral Donation Model: Each charity will receive a customized referral link, which provides the charity with a $5 referral donation per individual who successfully registers online via the referral link.
- Payment: Charities will receive online donations (net of processing fees) via direct deposit (payment profile set-up required).
We are now accepting applications from charities to join the 2026 Charity Challenge!
Do you represent a charity and want more information on becoming an Official Charity Partners in the Charity Challenge? Please review our 2026 Charity Challenge Information Package and contact us at charity@canadarunningseries.com our team with any questions.
Support an Official Charity Partner
Are you looking to support an Official Charity Partner of the TCS Toronto Waterfront Marathon Charity Challnege? Here are some tips to help get you started.
Select the charity you for which you’d like to fundraise.
Click here for the list of official charities of the 2026 Charity Challenge.
Would you like to raise money for a charity that is not listed? The charity must apply before April 30th, 2026. Please ask them to review the Become an Official Charity section.
Contact the charity: It’s beneficial
We recommend you contact the charity prior to signing up. They may have some additional information to share with you, including fundraising tips, and potential fundraising incentives!
Already registered for the event and would like to fundraise?
To customize your page, visit the Donate to Participant page, search for your name, and click on Donate.
- Sign in to Race Roster if not yet logged in (top right).
- Click Edit Fundraising page below the profile image on the right-hand side.
- Specify your fundraising goal, write a personal message, and upload a photo.
Be sure to scroll down and click Save updated fundraising information.
Not yet registered for the event? Follow these steps to register and create your fundraising account.
Click here to view a list of charity teams, search for charity team, and click Join Team.
- Complete the race registration form. By following each step, you will enroll in both the race and fundraising program.
- Once registered, you will receive two confirmation emails:
- An email for your race entry – Transaction Receipt – with confirmation number
- An email with a link to access your personal fundraising page.
- Start fundraising!
- Customize your personalized fundraising page. Add some photos and share your story to appeal to your friends, family and colleagues.
Charity Village
2026 marks our third year of bringing our Charity Village to our post-race area at Nathan Phillips Square on Saturday, October 17th. Once participants complete their 5K, they can have some face to face time with Charity Partners to connect and learn more about your cause.
If you are an Official Charity Partner looking to be involved in Charity Village, please contact charity@canadarunningseries.com.
Charity Block Party
We’re excited to bring back our on-site activation to our 5K course again this year, the Charity Block Party!
Official Charity Partners, spectators, families and friends are invited to take part in our 5K celebration on Saturday, October 18th at our Charity Block Party! Located along an 800m stretch of the 5K course at Front and Bay Streets, the Charity Block Party is the perfect spot to cheer on participants as they pass the 1K and 4.5K marks.
This section of the course will be filled with music, charity cheer groups, fun signs and more to help participants crush their 5K run goals.
If you are an Official Charity Partner looking to be involved in our Charity Block Party, please contact charity@canadarunningseries.com.
Contact Us
If you have a question or comments about the TCS Charity Challenge, contact us by email at charity@canadarunningseries.com. We will be happy to answer you as soon as possible.
