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PORCH FOUNDATION

Helping level the playing field for international entrepreneurs.

PORCH network of immigrant entrepreneurs

The PORCH Foundation is a Not-For-Profit organization to help level the playing field and support international entrepreneurs.

Our Vision

It's Hard Out There

The challenges faced by immigrant entrepreneurs are very different than someone born in Canada/U.S.. We created PORCH is an exclusive community for immigrant entrepreneurs. Real community is about building relationships, learning, sharing, getting support, and having people you can call friends.

Community Support

The PORCH Community now has members from over 60 countries around the world, all coming together to support and help each other succeed in their journeys. The community support is invaluable, but there was more to be done.

Level The Playing Field

Everyone should have an equal opportunity to succeed. And our mission is to make sure that immigrant entrepreneurs have everything is takes to succeed!

Grants & Funding

The PORCH Foundation will provide grants and loans to immigrant entrepreneurs. Community, when done right is truly valuable, but sometimes we just need some financial support to progress.

2 Needed Support Systems

PORCH Globe showcasing members from all over the world
A collage of PORCH events and types of events
A collage of PORCH talk virtual sessions with various speakers

Club

  • Membership based community 

  • Ongoing/active engaged members

  • PORCH Hub and Slack

  • Digital and In-person Events

  • Content and resources

  • Strong and growing partnership network

  • PORCH members have front-of-line opportunity for future PORCH Foundation grants and loans

  • Leverages the PORCH Foundation to help with operational costs

PORCH sessions with incredible speakers from across various industries
Grant and funding graphic
Green gear with arrow pointing upward, two people pulling on a rope connected to a gear, hand pointing to a network diagram with icons on a screen
Green icons representing teamwork, strategy, and process

Foundation

  • Not-For-Profit

  • Provides micro-grants to international entrepreneurs and companies that support them 

    • Provided funds may be used for: marketing, sales assistance, product development, training/courses, resources.

    • Criteria must be met for eligibility.

PORCH logo icons for community
PORCH community icons
PORCH description of events in the community

Current Grants

PORCH Potluck event recaps
Ting Zhou at the PORCH Potluck
PORCH Community at Collision / WebSummit Toronto 2024
PORCH Potluck Founder Hunter Weitzman
PORCH Potluck Photo Booth
PORCH Potluck at Collision World Map

Interested in Partnering?

PORCH Foundation is raising funds to help support immigrant entrepreneurs.

Let's make an impact together!

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