Resiliency Fund Recipients and Donors
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Round 1 Recipients
Round 2 Recipients
Round 3 Recipients
Resiliency Fund Donors
Toronto Arts Foundation’s Resiliency Fund was created in March 2022 to help Toronto artists emerge from the pandemic. With an estimated loss of 60% of revenues for performing arts within the first year of the pandemic, leading to cancelled contracts for thousands of artists and arts workers, the first round of funds was directed to the performing arts sector in May. In October, the second round was directed to community-engaged arts organizations. As we continue to raise funds we open up this opportunity to artists in other disciplines.
ROUND 1
Thanks to significant donations from The Hal Jackman Foundation and The Slaight Family Foundation, in May 2022 we distributed $2 million to 118 charitable performing arts organizations committed to paying fees to Toronto artists and arts workers. This crucial support will help these organizations pay artists, regardless of any future unforeseen pandemic interruptions.
Round 1 Resiliency Fund Recipients:
Across Oceans Arts
adelheid dance projects
Against the Grain Theatre
Aluna Theatre
Amadeus Choir of Greater Toronto
Amici Chamber Ensemble
Anandam Dancetheatre Productions
Angela Blumberg Dance
ARC
Arraymusic
Art of Time Ensemble
Ashkenaz Foundation
Ballet Jorgen Canada
BoucharDanse
Buddies in Bad Times Theatre
Cahoots Theatre
Canadian Children's Opera Company
Canadian Chinese Society for the Arts
CanAsian Dance Festival
CCMC Music Gallery
Centre for Indigenous Theatre
Citadel + Compagnie
Clay and Paper Theatre
Common Boots Theatre
Confluence Concerts
Continuum Contemporary Music
CORPUS Dance Projects
Crow's Theatre
dance Immersion
Dancemakers
DanceWorks
Dreamwalker Dance Company
Dusk Dances Inc.
Elmer Iseler Singers
Esmeralda Enrique Spanish Dance Company
Esprit Orchestra
Factory Theatre
Fall for Dance North
fu-GEN Theatre Company
Fujiwara Dance Inventions
Guild Festival Theatre
Intersection Music & Arts
Ipsita Nova Dance Projects
Janak Khendry Dance Company
Kaeja d'Dance
Le Théâtre français de Toronto
Little Pear Garden Dance Company
Mammalian Diving Reflex Theatre Group
Maple Leaf Theatre for Social Responsibility
Modern Times Stage Company
Moonhorse Dance Theatre
Music Toronto
Native Earth Performing Arts Incorporated
Necessary Angel Theatre Company
New Music Concerts
Nightswimming
Nightwood Theatre
Obsidian Theatre Company Inc
Opera Atelier
Opera in Concert
Orpheus Choir of Toronto
Outside the March Theatre Company Inc.
Paprika Theatre Festival
Pax Christi Chorale
Pleiades Theatre
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Pratibha Arts
ProArteDanza
Public Recordings
Puppetmongers Theatre
Raging Asian Women Taiko Drummers
Red Sky Performance
Roseneath Theatre
Shakespeare in Action
Shakespeare in the Ruff
Sinfonia Toronto
SING! The Toronto Vocal Arts Festival
Small World Music
Soulpepper Theatre Company
Soundstreams Canada Concerts
Studio 180 Theatre
SummerWorks
Tafelmusik
Tapestry Opera
Tarragon Theatre
The Canadian Stage Corporation (Canadian Stage)
The Chimera Project Dance Theater
The Company Theatre
The Fringe of Toronto Theatre Festival
The Hannaford Street Silver Band
The Musical Stage Company
The Royal Conservatory of Music
The Smile Company - Theatrical Productions (Smile Theatre)
The Theatre Centre
The Toronto Consort
The Toronto Sketch Comedy Festival
Theatre Direct Canada
Theatre Gargantua Inc
Theatre Passe Muraille
Theatre Smith-Gilmour
Tiger Princess Dance Projects
Toronto Blues Society
Toronto Children's Chorus
Toronto Dance Theatre
Toronto Downtown Jazz Society
Toronto Mendelssohn Choir
Toronto Operetta Theatre
Toronto Summer Music Foundation
Toronto Tabla Ensemble, World Music Organization Inc.
Tribal Crackling Wind for the Arts
Video Cabaret International
VIVA Singers Toronto
Volcano Non-Profit Productions Incorporated
Why Not Theatre
Women's Musical Club of Toronto
Xenia Concerts Inc.
Young People's Theatre
Young Voices Toronto
Testimonials:
"The Resiliency Fund is super helpful in these tricky times, and the simple application process really saves us time and energy." - Modern Times Stage Company, Resiliency Fund recipient
"As a funding recipient, we are extremely grateful for your support during these challenging and unpredictable times. This gift will provide greater stability for the Company and enable us to continue investing in our incredible dancers and artists." - Canada’s Ballet Jorgen, Resiliency Fund recipient
"We want to thank you so much for your continued support, commitment, and dedication to seeing the arts thrive. Your support is allowing Why Not to continue to look forward and envision a future where art plays a vital role in all of our lives." - Why Not Theatre, Resiliency Fund recipient
"In 2022 we celebrate the 35th anniversary of the TD Toronto Jazz Festival - an outstanding opportunity to fete the history and legacy of the Festival. But as we emerge from an incredibly challenging two years, during which so many in the music industry saw their livelihoods decimated, we are also focussing 35th anniversary celebrations on getting local and Canadian musicians and crews back to work. We’re on track to book over 800 local musicians this year which, when combined with our 100% local crew and staff, represents an investment of nearly half a million dollars into the local music industry – an investment made possible, in part, by your support, via the Resiliency Fund." - TD Toronto Jazz Festival. Resiliency Fund recipient
ROUND 2
In October 2022 we distributed $105,000 to 23 community-engaged arts organizations committed to paying fees to Toronto artists and arts workers.
Round 2 Resiliency Fund Recipients:
Art Starts
Cabbagetown Community Arts Centre
Childrens Peace Theatre
Jamii Esplanade
JAYU Festival Inc.
Jumblies Theatre + Arts
MABELLEarts
Mural Routes Incorporated
Native Women in the Arts
Nia Centre for the Arts
Rainbow Songs Foundation
Shadowland Theatre
Sistema Toronto
SKETCH Working Arts for Street Involved and Homeless Youth
SoCirC (Social Circus Circle)
Sustainable Thinking and Expression on Public Space (STEPS) Initiative
Tangled Art + Disability
The Remix Project
Tirgan Centre for Art and Culture
Unity Charity
VIBE Arts
Wildseed Centre for Art And Activism
Workman Arts Project of Ontario
ROUND 3
In February 2023 we distributed $79,500 to 24 Visual, Media and Literary Arts Organizations committed to paying fees to Toronto Artists and Arts Workers.
Round Three Resiliency Fund Recipients
Art Gallery of York University
Art Museum at the University of Toronto
Craft Ontario
Diaspora Dialogues Charitable Society
Gallery 44 Centre for Contemporary Photography
Gallery TPW/Toronto Photographers Workshop
League of Canadian Poets
Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto
Mercer Union, a centre for contemporary art
Northern Visions Independent Video and Film Association
Onsite Gallery
Open Studio
Planet in Focus
Prefix Institute of Contemporary Art
SAVAC (South Asian Visual Arts Centre)
Southern Currents Film & Video Collective
Storytelling Toronto
The Dance Current
The Image Centre
Toronto Animated Image Society
Toronto Community-Videotex, InterAccess
Toronto Outdoor Picture Show
Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival
Trinity Square Video
RESILIENCY FUND DONORS
Major Partners
Hal Jackman Foundation
The Slaight Family Foundation
Corporate & Foundation Donors
The Azrieli Foundation
Cannonbury Foundation
The Lindy Green Family Foundation
Mattamy Homes
Individual Donors
+ Gifts made through The Mayor’s Evening for the Arts
* Gifts made in honour of Claire Hopkinson
Anonymous*
Elizabeth Asselstine*
Anahita Azrahimi in memory of Jini Stolk
Sarah Bay-Cheng*
Diana Bennett & Spencer Lanthier*
Marni Binder
Borelson*
John & Anne Brace
Billie Bridgman*
Martha Burns+
Aidan Cosgrave*
Susan Crocker, C.M. & John Hunkin
David Dacks*
Dr. Sara Diamond & Kellie Marlowe*
Gini Dickie
Extra Pocket via CanadaHelps
Charles Falzon
John Filion*
Christine Fischer Guy+
Elizabeth Forsberg*
Julie Frost
Kamala Jean Marjorie Gopie*
Michael Herrera*
Caroline & Julian*
Donald K. Johnson O.C., LL.D.*
Victoria Lee & Philip Hebert
Jana and Brad Lepp*
Linda Lewis*
Rob MacKinnon & Steven Davidson*
Sean Mallen*
Sam Marinucci*
Martha L.A. McCain
John & Kay McKellar*
Dewi Minden*
Heela Omarkhail
Frances & Tim Price
Jonas Prince & Wayne Squibb+
Jaclyn Rodrigues
Brigitte Shim*
Roberta Smith*
Molly Thom*
Elissa Timothy
Helen Vari+
Susan Wortzman+
Jessica Wyman*
Gabriel Zamfir-Enache*
Lilie Zendel
For more information on the Resiliency Fund please visit:
Contact:
Mitsuki Amano, Donor Relations Coordinator: mitsuki@torontoarts.org.