Our 2023 annual report highlights our affiliation with Toronto Arts Council, marking a renewed focus on working together to make Toronto better through the arts. Through stories and statistics, we showcase our commitment to arts communities and the city, and demonstrate our impact as city-building organizations.

Our 2022 annual report tells stories of opportunity, where our programs and services, including the Toronto Arts Foundation Resiliency Fund, gave Toronto’s artists, arts organizations and communities renewed hope and connection.

Our 2021 annual report reflects on another successful year of strategic programming and investment, including the launch of our inaugural Indigenous Artist Award.

Although 2020 was a challenging year, with the support of our generous donors and sponsors, Toronto Arts Foundation was able to amplify its support to artists and arts organizations via new COVID-19 Response Effort Initiatives.


In 2018, Toronto Arts Foundation programs focused on increasing arts access and celebrating the artists, advocates, and communities which bring this creative city to life.

2017 was a year of growth for Toronto Arts Foundation; from the success of the Mayor’s Evening for the Arts, Arts in the Parks, Creative Champions Network, Neighbourhood Arts Network and more, the Foundation is continuing to enliven Toronto through the arts.

Toronto Arts Foundation’s annual report thanks donors, sponsors, and board members for their commitment and highlighted the success of the Mayor’s Evening for the Arts, Arts in the Parks, Neighbourhood Arts Network and the Creative Champions Network in 2016.

Highlights from 2015, including our Emergence Symposium and Mayor’s Evening for the Arts.

2014 saw the growth of the Foundation’s initiatives and programs, as well as the introduction of a new level of support: The Creative City Circle.

In 2013 the Toronto Arts Foundation saw its strategic initiatives grow in strength and impact, offering exciting opportunities to artists and residents alike in a number of areas of the City. Your support is integral to building a Creative City: Block by Block.

Toronto Arts Foundation is poised to build on its many successes in 2012, including the implementation of its new Strategic Plan: a three year plan set to transform the Foundation and position it as one of the most important voices for the arts community, unifying art making with city building.

Over the course of the last year the Toronto Arts Foundation has served as an important voice for the arts community, leading the conversation on the value and impact of the arts in Toronto.

At Toronto Arts Foundation, we believe that a great city demands great art, and by supporting, celebrating, financing and advocating for Toronto’s local artists, we are improving the quality of life of all Torontonians. The Foundation is in a unique position to achieve its vision for a ‘Creative City: Block By Block.’