Pride Toronto organizers hopeful about funding at 2025 kickoff
Pride Toronto organizers said they're cautiously optimistic about funding challenges as they kicked off the 2025 festival reveal.
Three top sponsors dropped their support earlier this year. But Pride Toronto executive director Kojo Modeste said four new Toronto-based sponsors and two unions have stepped up to fund the festival, providing over $300,000 in new sponsorship. Modeste didn't provide the names of these new funders, but said there's still a sponsorship shortfall.
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