live, work, learn, and grow

2009 - 2010 Annual Report

Live, Work, Learn, and Grow

New Bold Look. Same Bold Vision. In 2009, the brand of the Toronto Community Foundation evolved with a vibrant new look and feel.

Our brand is a powerful story of leadership and com-munity. What makes us unique is our ability to mo-bilize more than 325 individual and family Fundholders, high-impact community organizations, and cross-sector leaders to tackle complex quality of life issues in creative and inspiring ways to nurture the soul of our city.

We know Toronto. We identify the city’s current and emerging needs in our Toronto’s Vital Signs® Report, convene to explore solutions, and invest in these

solutions through our grant programs and special initiatives. Our trusted processes, knowledge and relationships fuel innovative forms of collaboration across many demographic, cultural, geographic and creative communities.

Everything we do is focused on generating meaningful impact. We’re effective in connecting donors to inspiring opportuni-ties that transform not only indi-viduals, but whole communities. We call it “The Art of Wise Giving.”

Our thanks go to Cundari for donating their servic-es to develop our new brand concept and creative execution.

“ Our new look serves as a statement of what we do at the Community Foundation, it’s a fresh symbol of philanthropy in Toronto.”

Rahul K. Bhardwaj President & CEO, Toronto Community Foundation

Our Missionto connect philanthropy to community needs and opportunities

Our Visionto ensure the vitality of Toronto and to make it the best place to live, work, learn and grow through the power of giving

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Table of ContentsFrom the President & Chair ............................................ 2Highlights 2009 - 2010 ................................................... 4

Understanding the Vital Toronto Fund ................ 6

Toronto’s Vital Signs® Issue AreasLearning ........................................................................... 8Arts & Culture .................................................................. 9Getting Around ............................................................. 10Getting Started .............................................................. 11Health & Wellness ......................................................... 12Work .............................................................................. 13Environment .................................................................. 14Housing ......................................................................... 15Safety ............................................................................. 16Gap Between Rich & Poor ............................................. 17Leadership, Civic Engagement & Belonging ................ 18

Vital Toronto Fund Awards ................................... 19Beyond 3:30 .................................................................. 20Recipe for Community ................................................... 21

Stories of Impact ...................................................... 22

The Art of Wise Giving™ ........................................ 24Our Team ....................................................................... 25Grantmaking .................................................................. 26Legacy Society ............................................................... 27Our Family ..................................................................... 28Council of 100 ............................................................... 32Grant Recipients ............................................................ 33Community Partners ...................................................... 37Professional Advisors ..................................................... 38Our Leadership .............................................................. 39Financial Highlights ....................................................... 40

In last year’s annual report, we reflected on the turbulent eco-

nomic landscape and resolved to continue “striving for solu-

tions” – the raison d’être for our community foundation. When

we say community vitality is our passion and promise we

mean it.

We are approaching our 30th year of cultivating partnerships

and working with hundreds of individuals and families from

all walks of life – donors like you and our many community

partners, all who share our vision for a more vital Toronto. This

is a pivotal year in Toronto. In October’s municipal election,

Torontonians will cast their ballots with the hopes of realizing

their dreams for a city they can all be proud of. The good

news is that some dreams,

as you will read in the pag-

es to follow, have already

become a reality.

Our city-building legacy

has been a catalyst for

change – mobilizing do-

nors, private enterprise,

governments and community partners to collaborate on cre-

ative responses to key quality-of-life issues.

This past April, we celebrated the fifth graduating class of the

Toronto Sport Leadership Program. Since 2005 this collab-

orative partnership, spearheaded by the Community Founda-

tion, has increased access to opportunities for youth in train-

ing, employment and community leadership. More than 500

youth from challenged neighbourhoods have become certi-

fied lifeguards, ski instructors, basketball and soccer coaches,

wading pool attendees or referees. Most importantly, younger

children now see leaders in their communities that they can

identify with and aspire to emulate.

It’s one of many legacies our donors and many community

partners helped create. And it’s only one of many.

Our community leadership allows us to connect your philan-

thropy with public and private partners to collectively address

the complex social issues we identify annually in our Toronto’s

Vital Signs® Report. Two of the initiatives we launched last

year each had a strong focus on community safety and be-

longing.

Recipe for Community is a project that engages citizens from

the ground up to improve the

sense of belonging and safety

in their neighbourhoods. We

teamed up with the residents

of Alexandra Park for the pilot,

bringing together the four “in-

gredients” that are integral to the

initiative: food, convening, youth

engagement, and neighbour-

hood beautification. Mary Wright is one of the many residents

who now feels safer after participating in the pilot. “Once you

start to talk… communicate with people, the fear of ‘I don’t

know you... I’m scared’ is gone.”

Working together to create A Pinch of This: Recipes from Al-

exandra Park is one way those walls of fear were torn down.

The book features recipes showcasing the rich diversity of the

residents and a story or two. Already, hundreds of books have

been sold.

“We would not exist without the unwavering support and trust of our family of Fundholders and donors. We will continue to strengthen our community impact because you have chosen to partner with us.”

Rahul K. Bhardwaj President & CEO, Toronto Community Foundation

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Our focus remains solution driven

Plans are currently underway to expand the program to

St. James Town, one of Canada’s most densely populated

communities.

This past year also saw the birth of an innovative, youth-fo-

cused program called Beyond 3:30. In 2008, our Toronto’s

Vital Signs® Report indicated that children left unsupervised

after the school bell rings at 3:30 p.m. are more likely to en-

gage in risky behaviour.

We answered the call to action by collaborating with numer-

ous community partners, to restore schools as the ‘hubs’ of

their communities. Beyond 3:30 provides a safe place for

middle school students in eight high-needs neighbourhoods

to participate in a range of free and stimulating after-school

activities. The outcomes of this good news story are profiled

on page 20.

This past year we also saw the creation of nine new endow-

ment funds, bringing our total to more than 325 and our en-

dowed assets to $115 million. Our Fundholder base remains

strong and unique – a true reflection of the diverse city we

operate in.

We continue to invest in city-building solutions. Six of the high-

impact community leaders, our Vital People, each received up

to $5,000 in grants; eight community organizations were each

awarded up to $30,000 for their Vital Ideas. Supported by our

community endowment, the Vital Toronto Fund, these stra-

tegic grants will have a lasting impact. Last, but certainly not

least, our Get Active Kids grant program is now called Vital

Youth. This is an important grant stream given the current fo-

cus on youth inactivity and their access to recreation. Last year

twelve organizations were awarded up to $15,000 each for

after-school programming.

With a newly minted 2009-2012 strategic plan, we are excited

about what the future holds. High community impact is the

guiding theme of the plan, and our focus remains solution

driven.

You have told us that you want to learn more about the solu-

tions in action in the city. Soon there will be an online solution

bank for both you and the community at-large to understand

the community initiatives underway that are working towards

making Toronto the best place to live, work, learn and grow.

We call this online space the Community Knowledge Centre.

It will be accessible through our website.

Not only will this platform highlight Toronto’s high-impact

community assets, but it will leverage social media and citizen

journalism tools, such as YouTube, in the name of philanthropy.

It’s something we are very excited about.

In the pages that follow, you will get more acquainted with

some of the initiatives highlighted here – initiatives that would

not be possible without the committed support of our Board,

our staff, our committee members, and our many volunteers.

We thank you for daring to dream big and choosing to partner

with the Toronto Community Foundation to make a difference.

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Martin Connell Rahul K. BhardwajChair President & CEO Board of Directors

• Three-year operational funding from the Ontario Trillium Founda-tion will help us bring together the Get Active Toronto collaborative to increase physical activity in our city.

• We begin work with new partner Huxley Quayle von Bismark, who are generously donating their time creating an advertising campaign for the Community Foundation – keep your eyes peeled for the first spots this summer in Toronto Life.

July

• The Printing House comes aboard as our latest corporate partner, gen-erously providing in-kind printing services.

• We launch Beyond 3:30 in eight middle schools, providing students and their families access to quality after-school programming.

September

• Fundholders and professional advisors attend our “Engaging Your Family in Philanthropy” work-shop presented by Sharna Gold-seker from the Andrea & Charles Bronfman Philanthropies.

• CBC’s Matt Galloway hosts our annual Vital Toronto event, celebrat-ing last year’s Vital Toronto Fund Award recipients and the impact they have had on our community.

• Launch of the pilot Recipe for Community initiative in Alexandra Park, engaging residents to improve the sense of belonging and safety in their neighbourhoods.

• In partnership with CBC and sup-ported by the J.W. McConnell Fam-ily Foundation, we host a Toronto Dialogue on the Importance of Storytelling. Fifty-five community, media and not-for-profit leaders de-velop ideas for collaboration.

June

• Toronto Community Foundation joins the Community Partnership Strategy Reference Group at City Hall.

• Report to J.W. McConnell Family Foundation highlights the success-ful outcomes from our Toronto Dia-logues series from 2004 to 2009.

• Our latest fundholders include polar bears, meerkats, and bison as the Toronto Zoo joins the Toronto Community Foundation family.

• Over $160,000 in Vital Youth grants awarded to twelve organiza-tions.

May

• The Toronto Community Founda-tion-supported Leadership category at the Green Toronto Awards is won by Enermodal Engineering.

• The Toronto Sport Leadership Program celebrates its four hundredth graduate.

• Three-year Strategic Plan devel-oped with McKinsey & Co. sets the course for the Community Foundation.

April 2009

Highlights 2009 - 2010

• The Green Innovation Awards are launched at the Green Toronto Awards. Winners could receive up to $50,000 towards their green idea.

• Long time partner YMCA of Greater Toronto becomes the new program lead for the Toronto Sport Leadership Program; United Way Toronto commits $225,000 over three years for funding support.

August

• IBM partnership established to help us use technology to connect philanthropy to community needs.

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• Release of the 2009 Toronto’s Vi-tal Signs® Report in the Toronto Star and – new this year – Metro Toron-to, collectively reaching more than 1,000,000 Torontonians.

• Helen McCrea Peacock Foun-dation at the Toronto Commu-nity Foundation awards $107,000 in grants to 15 environmental organizations.

October

• With the launch of Toronto’s Vital Signs®, we unveil a brand new corporate identity designed by our friends at Cundari, and our new website is unveiled as well.

October

• We award $106,338 in grants to four organizations to develop and encourage alternative transporta-tion strategies in Toronto.

• Six emerging and established community leaders recognized as Vital People share $30,000 in grants for professional develop-ment.

November

• The residents of Alexandra Park publish A Pinch of This, a communi-ty recipe book created through our Recipe for Community partnership in that neighbourhood.

• Our new Vital Toronto Fund video helps tell our story of impact in the city through our grant programs. Watch it at www.youtube.com/TorontoCF.

December

• Thanks to the generosity of our fundholders, the Toronto Sport Leadership Program adds coaching programs for three new sports.

• Launch of Better Ballots, an initia-tive that seeks to increase the effec-tiveness of municipal elections. We are a proud collaborative partner.

• We welcome Simone Dalton to our team as our Media Relations & Communications Officer and Danie-la Kortan as our Community Knowl-edge Coordinator.

February

• The redesign of Museum Station through our Arts on Track program continues to attract attention, this time from Design Boom who rec-ognizes the Station as one of the world’s most architecturally interest-ing.

• Launch of Yonge Street, a new weekly online magazine focus-sing on innovation, diversity, and quality of life stories in the city. We are proud to be a found-ing partner. Have a read at www.yongestreetmedia.ca.

January 2010• Our Vital Ideas grant program awards over $236,605 to eight high-impact organizations working to improve the concerns identified in Toronto’s Vital Signs®.

March

• We hold our first-ever Vital Op-portunities workshop to introduce our Fundholders to high-impact grantmaking possibilities.

• In partnership with our friends at the Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto, we host Charles Bronfman and Jeffrey Solomon for a special panel discussion on their new book The Art of Giving.

• Our video holiday card receives international recognition.

• With support from the Toron-to Community Foundation, the Centre for Social Innovation’s En-terprising Non-Profits Toronto program awards grants to fifteen organizations.

The Toronto Community Foundation’s strategic guide is our Toronto’s Vital Signs® Report. Published annu-ally, the Report is a snapshot of the trends in our city, which looks at eleven different, yet interconnected, is-sue areas that we believe are critical to the well-being of our city and its residents. It also highlights the progress we should be proud of. Through our media partners, it reaches over a million people in the Greater Toronto Area.

A research hub of 112 (and growing) partners from gov-ernment, community and research-based institutions

helps us ensure the Report is balanced, fair, and serves as a catalyst for positive change.

Toronto’s Vital Signs® inspires civic engagement and provides focus for public debate. Through our Toronto Dialogues series, we work with diverse stakeholders to explore the issues and apply a collaborative approach to develop innovative solutions. Initiated in 2004, the Toronto Dialogues form a critical piece of the Commu-nity Foundation’s larger strategy to establish convening as a way to catalyze action on some of our city’s most pressing issues.

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The Vital Toronto Fund is Toronto’s community endow-ment and the focus of our grantmaking efforts. The Fund allows us to contribute to and partner on targeted strategies to tackle the challenges reported in Toron-to’s Vital Signs®. By sharing our in-depth community knowledge with our family of Fundholders and exter-nal partners, we leverage additional resources. We do this to help them identify Toronto’s greatest needs and connect them with the charitable organizations that are working on solutions or to connect them to new proj-ects initiated through the Toronto Dialogues process.

The Vital Toronto Fund supports our three main grant programs – Vital Ideas, Vital People and Vital Youth – These grants are transforming lives, neighbourhoods, and our city.

The following pages highlight stories of our community leadership in action. We start by introducing each To-ronto’s Vital Signs® issue area, why it matters, findings from the Report, and the Community Foundation’s re-sponse as we work with our partners and Fundholders towards solutions to make Toronto the best place to live, work, learn, and grow.

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Learning

our responseFill the gaps with quality program-ming to keep students engaged.

We created the Beyond 3:30 pro-gram with the Toronto District School Board to keep middle schools in some of Toronto’s more challenged neighbourhoods open five days a week from 3:30 – 7:30. Arts for Children and Youth (AFCY) received a grant to deliver drama, dance and creative arts program-ming at no cost to the youth. Youth are breaking down social boundar-ies through art.

AFCY engages young people liv-ing in Toronto’s high-needs neigh-bourhoods in arts programs that are meaningful, relevant and culturally diverse.

Toronto’s Vital Signs® Issue Area

our responseHelp the children of newcomers to Canada to be ready to start school.

our responseDevelop well rounded curricula to give youth the tools they need.

Learning Enrichment Foundation (LEF) has developed childcare cen-tres aimed at children and families vulnerable to the effects of poverty. They integrate literacy, ESL learn-ing, and family supports with health, well-being, and learning through play. LEF’s curriculum is working to improve the school-readiness of the children they serve.

Through continued measurements, LEF will document how they can directly target areas where chil-dren continue to fall behind in the educational system.

Malvern Family Resource Centre’s Foot Prints afterschool program emphasizes building environmental consciousness and social responsi-bility.

More than 160 students in four lo-cal schools will get to explore an enhanced environmental curriculum and improve literacy and numeracy while at the same time improving their health and fitness twice a week after school.

Foot Prints aims to help reduce conflict, decrease incidences of public mischief, and provide oppor-tunities, positive experience and engagement.

Why it matters

The more opportunities we have to learn throughout our lives, the more innovative, productive and adaptable we are. Successful communities offer residents abundant, affordable, and flexible opportunities to learn in formal school settings, at work, or online.

• Half of Toronto District School Board students in JK to Grade 6 are from lower income families• Only 5% of children in the city’s neighbourhoods with the highest numbers of 6-12 year olds have after-school programs

Toronto’s Vital Signs® Findings

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Arts & Culture

Alexandra Asher brings her passion to the Nathaniel Dett Chorale’s company, coordinating a revised strategic and fundraising process, and is now managing the website redesign.

Alexandra is an integral player in maintaining a cooperative environ-ment in Toronto’s choral arts, and in helping to foster a great sense of community and belonging through singing.

our responseInvest in leadership and fostering a sense of belonging through song.


Arts for Children and Youth’s (AFCY) Arts Informed Evaluation System engages marginalized children and youth in hands-on school-based programming that includes dance, visual arts, drama, dub-poetry and music in eight Toronto priority neighbourhoods.

Since 2002, AFCY has reached over 40,000 marginalized children and youth, exposing them to programs that are relevant and meaningful.

our responseInvest in arts education programs for high-needs neighbourhoods.

Yvette Nolan is a vital force in Can-ada’s Aboriginal theatre community.Since the early 1990s, Yvette has written, directed, published and been involved with an incredible array of artistic endeavours.

As the Artistic Director of Native Earth Performing Arts, she is com-mitted to staging productions that illustrate the true life of the city and its people and reflecting stories that go beneath the surface of the issues at hand – moving the audience past a purely emotional reaction to a critical understanding.

our responseInvest in leadership that supports the Native experience through arts.

Why it matters

The arts help fuel innovation and creativity, critical components in a successful city. The arts help us commemorate our past, understand our present, and imagine our future.

• Toronto Public Library is the largest big-city library system in the world• Over 13 million people attended over 32,000 City of Toronto cultural events• Artists earn half of what other typical Canadian workers bring home• Productions filmed on-location in Toronto generated 23% less income in 2008 than those in 2007


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Getting Around

As executive director of Jane’s Walk – a series of free neighbourhood walking tours named in celebration of the late Jane Jacobs, a leading urbanist, writer, and advocate – Jane Farrow has helped put people in touch with their environment and with each other, closing social and geographic gaps and creating a space for urban neighbourhoods to discover themselves.

When residents feel connected to their neighbourhoods and each other, real communication and change can happen.

The Toronto Cyclists Union, a mem-ber-driven community of cyclists, is partnering with CultureLink Set-tlement Services to promote the integration of newcomers by fos-tering cycling transportation as an affordable, healthy and convenient option.

They encourage newcomers to learn about and engage in cycling advocacy, and to get involved in the political systems affecting people in our city through publishing the Toronto Cyclists Handbook in 17 languages.

our responsePromote walkable communities so residents feel connected.

our responseInvest in engaging newcomers in cycling in Toronto.

Why it matters

The prosperity of our economy, the health of our environment, and the productivity of our citizens all rely on a strong transportation system. A dense and diverse city like Toronto requires a system that is connected, fast, and affordable.

• Toronto is the second most traffic-congested of Ontario’s 15 largest municipalities. It costs each Torontonian $555 annually in lost time, vehicle operating costs, accidents and emissions• Public transit becomes even more essential as the Toronto population ages; the percentage of people with a driver’s license declines after age 59



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Getting Started

CultureLink is a settlement agency that fosters positive interaction and understanding for newcomers and refugees.

To strengthen the sense of belong-ing for youth in Toronto and ease the stress of integration, they have created a new sports leadership program.

The program engages 50 newcom-er and refugee youth in a sport that they find familiar (soccer), while in-troducing them to North American winter sports.

our responseInvest in recreation programs that increase connections.


Hospice Toronto helps to fill a sig-nificant gap by training teams of volunteers who provide in-home hospice and palliative care and support to patients and their families for free.

Hospice Toronto is building partner-ships with community agencies in diverse neighbourhoods to recruit volunteers from specific ethno-cul-tural communities. The volunteers are trained to provide palliative care and support to families in their own language and in culturally sensitive ways.

our responseSupport programs for culturally appropriate end-of-life care.

Hockey Education Reaching Out Society (HEROS) provides free hockey equipment and mentors to at-risk middle school kids.

This program, delivered by Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Toronto teaches not only hockey, but also nutrition and life skills.

Last year, nearly 100 students spent their after-school hours learning about healthier lifestyles, integrat-ing with other youth and having fun learning a treasured Canadian sport.

our responseInvest in recreation programs that break down participation barriers.

Why it mattersSuccess for our newcomers is vital to Toronto’s future wellbeing. For recent immigrants to our city, that means obtaining employment, affordable housing, and strong social supports.

• Recent immigrants are three times more likely to have lost jobs in the economic downturn than their Canadian-born colleagues• 60% of recent immigrant homeowner households were spending more than 30% of their income on housing in 2006• Statistics from 2005 show that immigrants generally arrive in Canada in good health, yet after being in Canada for over 10 years, 45% of them were overweight or obese


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Health & Wellness


Psychology Foundation of Canada’s research shows that certain condi-tions, combined with stressful mi-gration experiences, increase the risk of mental health problems for immigrants, including youth, and that close to no culturally or linguis-tically appropriate mental health services were available for Scarbor-ough newcomer families.

The Diversity in Action program has changed the way Scarborough’s four children’s mental health centres view their role in a multicultural society.

our responseSupport culturally relevant mental health services for newcomers.

Concrete Hoops is a youth-led orga-nization that was created by a group of five Oakwood Collegiate gradu-ates with experience as basketball players and coaches.

They use sport as a tool to develop the life skills of youth and provide them with a safe space to create connections through a shared love of basketball.

More than 25 graduating campers will be advanced into leadership roles in the organization, with 10 to 15 of them being hired to imple-ment basketball camps to over 500 children.

our responseInvest in a basketball program that also provides critical life skills.

Why it matters

When we think of health issues, many of us think of overflowing emer-gency rooms and long wait lists. However, lifestyle choices, such as how much we exercise and what we eat, can have a greater effect on our mental and physical health than the availability of doctors or technologies.

• 58% of Torontonians are inactive during leisure time, including 38.9% of youth• 11 of Toronto’s 13 Priority Neighbourhoods have high rates of diabetes• Suicide attempts are 10 times higher among those living in poverty in Ontario than those who are not


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Work

Local Food Plus (LFP) certifies farmers who produce food in environmentally and socially respon-sible ways and links them with insti-tutional purchasers.

LFP is launching a Toronto-wide campaign to encourage families to shift $10 of their weekly food pur-chases to support the environment and the local economy. This will re-sult in reductions in greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to taking 915 cars off the road and stimulating the creation of at least 100 jobs.

Nadine Peazer founded A.N.A.S.A. and through innovation and hard work has created inspiring, inventive economic development practices and civic engagement opportunities for young women in Scarborough.

Her social enterprise provides sup-port for youth in marginalized communities; she has worked with Schools Without Borders, consulted with like-minded organizations to forge partnerships and her leader-ship has resulted in the creation of accessible career, pre-employ-ment, and entrepreneurial training resources.

our responseSupport the local economy and sus-tainable food systems.

our responsePromote leaders who engage com-munity in economic development.

Why it matters

Strong and vibrant cities provide a wide variety of opportunities for secure, well-paid work. Safe, accessible, well-paying jobs will help at-tract and retain the talent pool we need for our future.

• Toronto’s unemployment rate rose by 37% between July 2008 and July 2009• 42,680 Torontonians received Employment Insurance in May 2009, an 88% increase over May 2008• Youth unemployment rate was over 20% in June 2009, up 5% in just one year • Median employment income for Toronto families in 2006 was $51,200, more than $10,000 below the provincial median



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Environment

Toronto Coalition for Active Trans-portation (TCAT), a project of the Clean Air Partnership, is the unified voice of over 50 groups promoting an improved environment for active transportation – walking and bicy-cling in the City of Toronto.

TCAT has embarked on active transportation research and promo-tion activities. This will provide the City of Toronto and members of the public with needed evidence to enhance the support for safe and widely available active trans-portation infrastructure for Toronto residents.

our responseInvest in research and advocacy on active transportation.


Electric Mobility Master Plan, is Pol-lution Probe’s study into incorporat-ing electric vehicles into the city’s future infrastructure.

Transport Canada and the Ontario Ministry of Transportation are cur-rently formulating regulatory op-tions for use of electric vehicles on public roads. In addition “smart me-tering” technologies are currently under development.

Pollution Probe is identifying ele-ments that would comprise an ef-fective plan to bring all the partners together.

For many years, Greenest City has been growing local food and devel-oping local leaders in Parkdale as a key way to create a healthy commu-nity and environment.

This program focuses on skills (gar-dening, cycling) that youth can maintain for life. The youth, a vast majority of whom are from new-comer families living in poverty, will be empowered as community lead-ers, helping to create, facilitate, and lead other programs. Older youth will take on mentorship roles in pub-lic education, community garden programs, classroom education and garden clubs.

our responseInvest in the next generation of environmental leaders.

our responseBe a part of the planning for new and cleaner vehicle technologies.

Why it matters

Clean air and water, uncontaminated soil, and green spaces are es-sential to healthy living. Greening Toronto ensures a healthy city for our children’s future.

• Toronto’s poorest neighbourhoods had higher concentrations of air pollutants than in other areas of the city• Nearly a quarter of Toronto’s water mains are over 80 years old • Toronto diverted 44% of its residential waste in 2008, up 2% from 2007, but still well below the 2010 goal of 70% • In 2004, Toronto had 12 farmers’ markets; today, there are close to 30


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Housing


Two motels on the motel strip on Kingston Road have been con-verted to shelters to accommodate homeless families when the city-run shelters are full. Typically 50 to 60 teenagers are staying at the shelter.

Jumblies Theatre participatory arts programs is offering arts activities that will allow each youth, however fleetingly present, to leave a lasting mark on the place and project, and help them create a sense of identity.

our responseInvest in arts programs for youth in homeless shelters.

The John Howard Society has been working to make our community safer by supporting the rehabilita-tion and re-integration of those who have been in conflict with the law.

Since 2006 their transitional housing program has successfully housed 458 individuals with 83% retaining their housing.

The chances of re-offending de-crease by 70% if permanent hous-ing and supports are made avail-able to those leaving prison.

our responseSupport proven strategies for breaking the cycle of crime.

Why it matters

Housing is a basic human right. However, if our housing costs over 30% of our total income, too many of us don’t have enough for food, clothing, education, recreation or other basic needs.

• Toronto ranks a lowly 190th in the world and 29th in Canada for housing affordability• By 2006, there were 7 low-income families for every moderate-rent unit in Toronto. In the mid 1990’s, the ratio was 2:1• 53% of recent immigrants renting in Toronto were spending more than 30% of their income on housing in 2006• Usage of emergency shelters rose almost 30% in Toronto in 2008


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Safety

San Romanoway Revitalization As-sociation was created to increase the sense of belonging and safety in the Jane/Finch neighbourhood, once dubbed “Canada’s worst neighbourhood.” The Life Line pro-gram aims to provide a space where girls exhibiting aggressive behavior can feel safe, and learn the skills needed to lead a healthy and active lifestyle.

Twenty-four more girls will be en-gaged over the year, using a partici-patory approach, in individual, rec-reational and group activities with mentorship support to address is-sues of esteem/image and bullying.

Urban Youth Riding Project offers equine-facilitated learning and therapy programs to children, fami-lies and youth at risk. The organiza-tion’s Leadership and Horses pro-gram matches students with their local police and builds the youth’s leadership abilities.

Through interaction with the horses, the youth directly experience the positive impact of empathy and nurturing. They take their learning home to their communities.

our responseCreate a safe place for girls to learn and play.

our responseUse horses to bring together urban youth with community police.

Why it matters

A sense of security and safety affects the quality of life in Toronto and our ability to enjoy life to its fullest. Personal safety determines how Torontonians socialize and participate in their neighbourhoods and city.

• The Region’s overall crime rate was well below the national average for the 5th year in a row• There were 3,998 crimes for every 100,000 people in the Toronto Region in 2008• 983 of them were violent, 6% fewer than in 2007 • There are over 100 youth gangs in Toronto, twice as many as in 2000



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Gap Between Rich & Poor


our responseInvest in leadership to help margin-alized women and youth.

Josephine Altilia founded Litera-ture for Life to help engage young mothers in social change and lead-ership through the power of the written word to build better futures for themselves, their children, and their communities.

Over the last nine years, the Women with Words reading circle program has worked with over 1,600 at-risk mothers, raising literacy levels of both mothers and children.

The Stop Community Food Centre strives to increase access to healthy food in a manner that maintains dignity and builds community.

The Stop provides emergency food and promote the skills and atti-tudes to grow, choose and prepare healthy food. The Centre challeng-es inequality by engaging people to take action on systemic problems.

The next step is replicating the program in other neighbourhoods.

our responseSupport a holistic model for food programming.

Why it matters

When there is a large gap between the rich and poor in our community, we are all affected. A large gap can lead to other social problems in our community, like health disparities and crime.

• One-third of Toronto’s young children are living in poverty • The average cost of basic nutritious food for a family of four is $590/month, up 9.4% from 2006 • This same family would need to spend 33% of its income on food and 72% on rent – more than they have


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Leadership, Civic Engagement

& Belonging


DiverseCity, a joint initiative of May-tree and the Toronto City Summit Alliance, aims to accelerate the social and economic prosperity of the Toronto region by ensuring our leadership leverages all of our as-sets and better reflects the racial and ethnic demographics of our population.

Since launching in November 2008, DiverseCity has greatly expanded leadership opportunities in institu-tions in Toronto by producing and sharing stories of leadership trans-formation and success.

our responseTell the stories of diverse leadership in Toronto.

Agincourt Community Services As-sociation (ACSA), a community organization serving the Scarbor-ough, neighbourhood realized that there were no programs outside the mosque and no recreational activi-ties anywhere for Muslim girls.

In response, ACSA established a Muslim female youth group, includ-ing a martial arts program. The year-long program highlights both the physical and emotional benefits of martial arts.

The girls’ progress is currently being documented through a comic book created by the participants.

Diaspora Dialogues’ Young Writers on the Edge program allows profes-sional writers from Aboriginal and culturally diverse communities to work intensely with a group of young writers. They explore emotional and intensely personal topics related to immigration, race, religion, mental health, or family conflicts by en-couraging honest reflection and expression.

In 2009, they achieved an 85% in-crease in the number of workshops offered in four at-risk neighbour-hoods, and doubled the number of youth involved in the workshops.

our responseConvene Muslim girls in a safe place to increase physical activity.

our responseInvest in the next generation of ar-tistically talented youth.

Why it mattersThe more we feel connected to others, the more vibrant and resilient we are, individually and collectively. Opportunities to contribute our unique talents, including becoming community leaders, are key to the vitality of our city.

• 65.6% of Torontonians feel a sense of belonging to their local community, up 7.4% from 2005• 47% of Torontonians are visible minorities, yet fill just 13% of the GTA’s leadership roles• 49% of City of Toronto appointments were women in 2008, compared to 30% in 2004• Just 39% of eligible voters turned out for the last civic election

Toronto’s Vital Signs®

Findings

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Vital Toronto Fund Awards 2009 - 2010

Arts for Children and YouthHospice Toronto John Howard Society of Toronto Learning Enrichment Foundation Local Food PlusMaytree & Toronto City Summit AlliancePsychology Foundation of Canada The Stop Community Food Centre

Josephine Altilia, Literature for Life Alexandra Asher, Nathaniel Dett Chorale Jane Farrow, Jane’s Walk Yvette Nolan, Native Earth Performing Arts Nadine Peazer, A.N.A.S.A. Collective Michael Prosserman, Urban Non-Violent Initiatives Through Youth

Vital Ideas Vital People Agincourt Community ServicesArts for Children and YouthBig Brothers and Big Sisters of TorontoConcrete HoopsCultureLink Settlement Services Diaspora Dialogues Charitable SocietyGreenest CityJumblies TheatreMalvern Family Resource Centre San Romanoway Revitalization AssociationScadding Court Community CentreUrban Youth Riding Project

Vital Youth

Beyond 3:30Green Innovation AwardsGet Active TorontoRecipe for CommunityToronto Sport Leadership Program

Vital Initiatives Clean Air PartnershipJane’s Walk Pollution ProbeToronto Cyclists Union

Transportation Grants

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Last year, our Toronto’s Vital Signs® Re-

port revealed that after 3:30 p.m. un-

supervised children are more likely to

engage in gang-related or delinquent

behaviour, or become victims of crimes.

It also revealed that Toronto’s priority

neighbourhoods have large concentra-

tions of students living in poverty, and

that these students have less exposure

to mainstream cultural, recreational, and

enrichment programs relative to their

counterparts in more affluent neigh-

bourhoods.

We responded. In partnership with the

Toronto District School Board and Mod-

el Schools for Inner Cities, we created

the Beyond 3:30 program. It is designed

to provide a free, safe and stimulating

place for middle school students to gath-

er on school nights between the hours

of 3:30 and 7:30 p.m., allowing them to

engage in quality after-school program-

ming such as dance, visual arts, sports

and culinary classes. Beyond 3:30 seeks

to address this disparity and provide

vulnerable students the same opportu-

nities as others in Toronto. This program

truly extends beyond the classroom and

would not have been possible without

the financial support of 30 Fundholders

at the Toronto Community Foundation

and several corporate partners.

Launched in October 2009, the Beyond

3:30 program was recently expanded

from eight to 10 middle schools.

Beyond our Expectations

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Our 2008 Toronto’s Vital Signs® Report

highlighted a low sense of belonging

and safety as key issues for our city. This

concerned a Fundholder at the Toronto

Community Foundation who had deep

connections to the Alexandra Park neigh-

bourhood and wished to work with resi-

dents to find a solution to help make it

a healthier and safer community. In re-

sponse, Toronto Community Foundation

and the Toronto Office of Partnerships

brought together Toronto Community

Housing and the residents of Alexandra

Park in grassroots discussions to imagine

neighbourhood improvements. From this,

the pilot Recipe for Community was born.

Alexandra Park is nestled south of Kens-

ington Market and west of Chinatown

and is home to more than 2,000 people

from over 20 different racial and cultural

backgrounds. Residents speak a variety of

languages, practice different customs and

traditions, and contribute varied perspec-

tives. Recipe for Community recognized

the strengths of this vibrant neighbour-

hood and built on existing relationships

among residents, public and voluntary

sector organizations to enhance the sense

of community.

Blending four key ingredients: food, con-

vening, youth engagement, and neigh-

bourhood beautification, residents young

and old worked together to build a more

vital community by creating gathering

spaces, an organic garden, flower plant-

ers, outdoor cooking areas, and even a

community recipe booklet.

Public spaces were created where resi-

dents can meet, get to know their neigh-

bours better, and enhance the community

spirit. Benches, picnic tables, and seating

around the basketball courts provide a

space to enjoy a meal, watch a game, or

catch up with friends and family. An out-

door mosaic imagined and created by a

local youth-led social enterprise, Toronto

Mosaic, helped to beautify the neigh-

bourhood and provide young people

with carpentry, safety skills and summer

employment. In addition, window planter

boxes and community planting events

have helped the community to think

green.

Recipe for Community is a great example

of how partnerships between neighbours,

the public sector, and the philanthropic

sector are creating powerful forces for

change in Toronto, releasing new energy,

new resources, and new ideas.

Next year Recipe for Community moves

to St. James Town, one of Canada’s high-

density communities just east of Yonge

and Bloor.

Mixing up a Recipe for Community

Toronto CREW (Commercial Real Estate

Women) is a professional membership

association of approximately 200 wom-

en working in commercial real estate

and extremely committed to philanthro-

py. They are involved in three initiatives.

Firstly, through the Toronto chapter of

Habitat for Humanity, they target young

adults with the “Habitat University

CREW Leader” training program which

assists women to acquire construction

and building skills. Funding for this ini-

tiative will ensure that people living in

poverty are provided an opportunity to

learn hands-on skills so they can gain

employment in the construction and

home-building industry.

Secondly, through the Beyond 3:30 pro-

gram Toronto CREW is introducing real

estate trades through a mural-making

project in eight middle schools involved

in Beyond 3:30.

Each school is engaged in the creation

of a permanently installed large-scale

mural that is the end product of artistic

and hands on construction training. The

students involved in the mural program

are about 75% female, and the focus of

the program is on public art, architecture

and education. Each program is taught

by a female artist and includes visits

from a female architect who will discuss

gender issues related to the arts, artis-

tic placement, impact on traffic flow and

structural concerns from the perspective

of an architect.

And finally, a share of their fundraising

effort is directed toward their endow-

ment, which will provide a real estate

scholarship for a deserving female youth

for generations to come.

When Margaret Mahoney died, she left

her daughters, Elinor and Kathryn, some

shares of a private company in her will.

“We both recall how much the small

revenue from these shares meant to

her,” said Elinor. “They provided her

the means to get a perm or some other

small luxury without asking my father for

the money.”

A few years ago, the 80-year-old com-

pany was sold and shareholders, like

Margaret’s daughters, were handsomely

compensated.

“My sister and I were both stunned and

delighted by this windfall and felt it was

time to share Margaret’s Joy with others

in the community, so we each made an

initial contribution to create the Marga-

ret’s Joy Fund at the Toronto Communi-

ty Foundation. Our goal was to grant to

organizations that we know our mother

would have loved.”

Margaret’s Joy is now being shared with

the Regent Park School of Music, an or-

ganization that provides low-cost and

sometimes even free music lessons to

children in challenged Toronto neigh-

bourhoods. Her joy is also being shared

with a group home in Nova Scotia that

now operates in the house where Mar-

garet was born.

“I think Mom would be thrilled to know

about the legacy she inspired and the

little bit of joy we are now able to share

with others, because of her.”

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Hands-on Focus

A Mother’s Joy

As a young medical student in 1955, Al-

bert Strickler almost quit his studies as a

result of the painful deformities associat-

ed with an inherited physical condition,

Charcot-Marie Tooth Disease, which im-

pairs the muscles of the lower leg and

function of the feet. One of his profes-

sors offered him support and advice that

led to surgery and improved function in

walking.

For almost 15 years, the Albert C. Strick-

ler M.D. Scholarship Fund at the Toronto

Community Foundation has supported

students coping with a visible physical

impairment.

Academic achievement at the post-

secondary level is challenging for a stu-

dent with no physical constraints. But

it is much more so for a young person

who has to deal with the physical, social

and emotional obstacles of a permanent

disability which is evident to all. “It’s

achievement in the face of physical ad-

versity that counts,” says Dr. Strickler.

Don Haig turned his love of film into a

lifetime of filmmaking - even after his

passing in 2002.

Don always knew he wanted to be a film-

maker and from the age of 12, he began

charting the course that would become

his filmmaking legacy. From rescuing

discarded scraps of 35mm film, to set-

ting up his own home theatre called

The Ace Theatre in his family’s coal shed

with just a 16mm projector and a white

sheet – Don did everything he could to

develop his filmmaking skills. In fact, he

left school while in Grade 9 to work at

MGM’s Winnipeg office.

During his film career, Don received

many awards and earned several docu-

mentary credits. While wearing the hat

of co-producer and executive producer,

he worked on a vast array of projects -

all of which screened at the prestigious

Cannes Film Festival. His outstanding

contributions to Canadian film culmi-

nated with him receiving the prestigious

Governor General’s Performing Arts

Award.

Throughout his life Don gave generous-

ly to emerging filmmakers; he consid-

ered it a privilege. His friends and peers

thought it only natural to keep his legacy

alive after his death by establishing the

Don Haig Foundation. Every year, the

Don Haig Foundation grants $20,000

to an emerging filmmaker at the world-

renowned Hot Docs Film Festival.

The Toronto Community Foundation

makes it possible for “the godfather of

Canadian film” to touch the lives of the

next generation of Don Haigs.

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Life CapturedOffering Support

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The Art of Wise Giving™

With more than 325 endowment funds and assets under administration of more than $230 million, the Toronto Community Foundation is one of Canada’s largest charitable foundations. Our Mission is to “connect philanthropy to community needs and opportunities.”

By creating an endowment fund at the Toronto Community Foundation, donors support our Vision to “ensure the vitality of Toronto and make it the best place to live, work, learn and grow through the power of giving.”

Our Partnerships

Toronto Community Foundation is one of 175 community foundations across Canada that comprises this vital and growing national movement.

Our partnerships with education and research-based institutions guide our decision-making through our Toronto’s Vital Signs® report. With local nonprofits and government we combine intelligence and resources to maximize our reach and impact.

Most of all, we work with our Fundholders – individuals and family foundations. Together, we connect your philanthropic aspirations and our financial management and grantmaking expertise, with pressing community needs.

COMMUNITY KNOWLEDGEWe share our in-depth

community knowledge to help donors identify Toronto’s

greatest needs and the charitable organizations

working on the solutions.

CITY BUILDINGWe are a catalyst for change,

experienced in mobilizing donors, private enterprise,

governments and community partners to collaborate on creative responses to key

quality-of-life issues.

DONOR SERVICESWe provide donors the

opportunity to focus on their grantmaking activities as we take care of the “back office”

requirements and financial stewardship for their Funds.

Our Team

Rahul K. Bhardwaj LL.B. President & CEOT: 416.921.2035 ext. 206 E: [email protected]

Ann ClarkExecutive AssistantT: 416.921.2035 ext. 210 E: [email protected]

Community Initiatives

Rosalyn J. Morrison Vice-President, Community InitiativesT: 416.921.2035 ext. 219 E: [email protected]

Mini Alakkatusery Manager, ProgramsT: 416.921.2035 ext. 205 E: [email protected]

Nadien V. Godkewitsch Program OfficerT: 416.921.2035 ext. 204 E: [email protected]

Daniela Kortan Community Knowledge CoordinatorT: 416.921.2035 ext. 231 E: [email protected]

Development& Professional Advisory Services

Anne L. Brayley Vice-President, Professional Advisory ServicesT: 416.921.2035 ext. 232 E: [email protected]

Leigh Rowland Development & Donor Services OfficerT: 416.921.2035 ext. 208 E: [email protected]

Donor Services, Marketing & Communications

Carole A. BoivinVice-President, Donor Services, Marketing & CommunicationsT: 416.921.2035 ext. 212 E: [email protected]

Jason Wagar Donor Services & Marketing OfficerT: 416.921.2035 ext. 211 E: [email protected]

Britt Adams-Lowe Donor Services & Marketing AssistantT: 416.921.2035 ext. 203 E: [email protected]

Michael C. Salem Communications & Marketing OfficerT: 416.921.2035 ext. 224 E: [email protected]

Simone P. M. Dalton Media Relations & Communications OfficerT: 416.921.2035 ext. 218 E: [email protected]

Finance & Administration

Carol Turner CMA

Vice-President, Finance & AdministrationT: 416.921.2035 ext. 207 E: [email protected]

Andrea Lockhart Administrative AssistantT: 416.921.2035 ext. 201 E: [email protected]

Shabana Saeed Coordinator, AccountingT: 416.921.2035 ext. 209 E: [email protected]

Marya Syed AccountantT: 416.921.2035 ext. 202 E: [email protected]

From left to right: J. Wagar, L. Rowland, A. Clark, S. Saeed, A. Lockhart, M. Salem, R. Morrison, A. Brayley, R. Bhardwaj, C. Turner, C. Boivin, S. Dalton, B. Adams-Lowe, N. Godkewitsch, D. Kortan, M. Alakkatusery. Missing: M. Syed

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Learning26.5%

Arts & Culture5.6%

Work0.3%

Getting Around1.7%

Getting Started1.0%

Health & Wellness25.4%

Environment4.9%

Housing1.8%

Safety2.1%

Gap BetweenRich & Poor

17.6%

Civic Engagement,Leadership & Belonging

13.1%

Grantmaking

Total Grants: $6,510,344

Between the Vital Toronto Fund – our strategic community endowment – and grants made by our family of Fundholders, the Toronto Community Foundation supported more than 500 high-impact community organizations in our city and in communities across Canada. The graph below illustrates the impact of our collective grantmaking, based on the issue areas identified in Toronto’s Vital Signs®.

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The Legacy Society is made up of people who believe in the Toronto Community Foundation’s long-term vision for Toronto. Each member has designated the Toronto Community Foundation as a recipient of a portion of their estate.

Matthew & Phillis AirhartJoan AndersonRobert & Margaret AnglinElinor BeauchampMary Bieniewski W. Donald Black Ruth BradshawAnne BrayleyAl BrownDorothy Bullen Beverley BurkeWinnifred Bruton Dr. John Carey Una CoghlanDr. Sue Corlett Rev. Frank Corless Dan CornacchiaBonnie Cox J. Douglas Crashley Jeffrey Dawson & Janice JamesGregory & Oksana DeaconAdelle DeaconFrances DeaconWalter DonovanAlexander & Carolyn DrummondPatricia DunhamFrederick Dunn Ross & Marilyn DurantMargaret FlemingGabrielle FongRoy H. Frankel Angela FuscoJanet Gadeski & Gary FisherAnn GarnettKenneth Goldberg

William & June GoochAlison GordonJames R. Grand Elizabeth (Betty) Hamilton Cecil Hoffman Allison HoughMary Rowell Jackman Isobel Jaffrey Franc Joubin Dr. Anish KirpalaniMark KrakowskiHenry KrausMerle KrissChriste-Maria Kujus-FuhrmannMichael La Patriello Susan LatremoilleAnne LindseyCatherine LoganJon & Nancy LoveFrances Anne MacDonald Neil & Shirley MacdougallSoren & Sheila MadsenIrene MagillMarcia McClungEleanor McDougall Forence McEachrenNorman MiddletonJack MollenhauerPeter & Bette MorganFlora Morrison Dr. Saroja NarasimhanDouglas NealEva NeumayerDr. Mary L. Northway Daryl Novak & Brian HarrisonSteve O’Neil & Colette LegerAlfreda Parlee Michael Pearl Helen D. Phelan Lucile Pratt Robert RamsayJohn & Pamela RichardsonOscar Rogers

Dr. Charles Roy John & Judy RumbleWilliam SchultzBrian & Annabel SlaightW. W. Southam William StagerJoseph S. Stauffer Anne SwarbrickMax TanenbaumDr. Gaétan TardifCathy Thomas & Fraser BaillieGertrude Thomas Keith ThomsonBarbara TolsonJean TompkinsTimothy & Anne UnwinWilliam VaiseyKevin VanceJoan VanDuzerJoanne WaddingtonShannon WallerMichael Waters & Akiko RikimaruKen Watts Steven Williams Bob WitmerJohn & Peggy Withrow Vicky ZeldinAnonymous (17)

Fondly Remembered

Legacy Society

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Community BuildersCommunity Builders are civic-minded Torontonians who have contributed $100,000 or more to the Vital Toronto Fund, our strategic community endowment.

Anthony & Anne ArrellJohn & Jocelyn BarfordBrent & Lynn BelzbergSuresh P. & Nutan BhallaWilliam & Catharina BirchallGrant & Alice BurtonMartin Connell & Linda Haynes

Sue Corlett Susan Crocker & John HunkinMichael C. & Honor de PencierSamuel & Claire DubocDr. John & Gay EvansDouglas & Ruth GrantJohn HonderichRichard W. & Donna IveyGreg Kiessling & Pam IsaakJon & Nancy LoveJohn B. & Janet MacIntyreWilmot & Judy MatthewsSenator Michael & Kelly MeighenJ. Robert S. Prichard & Ann E. Wilson

Barbara Shum & Manos VourkoutiotisNan Shuttleworth & Bill SwitzerAda W. SlaightG. Wayne & Maureen SquibbThe Taylor FamilyKeith & Tanja ThomsonEdward Waitzer & Smadar PeretzDr. William R. & Phyllis WatersThe Hon. Hilary M. WestonAnonymous (1)

Fondly Remembered

Our Family

A Son’s LoveSheila Kirpalani was a woman of courage

who fully embraced Toronto as her new

home when she migrated from India in

1967. A gifted singer and artist, Sheila

was also a well-respected academic who

lectured at the University of Toronto and

taught biology with the Toronto District

School Board. But perhaps most impor-

tant, Sheila was a devoted mother to her

only child, a son, Anish Kirpalani.

Days before she lost her battle with pan-

creatic cancer in July 2009, the Sheila

Kirpalani Foundation was established

at the Toronto Community Foundation.

On the advice of a Professional Advisor,

Anish was determined to complete this

final act of love before his mother’s death

to honour her life.

The goal of the Sheila Kirpalani Founda-

tion is to make high-impact grants and

reward excellence through a series of

named bursaries and scholarships at

our educational institutions throughout

Canada at both the high school and post

secondary levels.

Her spirit will live on in Anish, through

her music, and in the students her

philanthropy has helped through the

Toronto Community Foundation.

New FundsThis year we welcomed 14 new Funds to the Toronto Community Foundation.

Amici Camping CharityBoys & Girls ClubCanadian Society of Painters in Water Colour Endowment FundCavelti Family FoundationEnterprising Non Profits Toronto FundThe North Rosedale Ratepayers Association FundParamount Pallets Inc. Skids for Kids FoundationSheila Kirpalani FoundationSpem In Alium FundSwim Toronto FundJack Thomas FundToronto Community Foundation Zoo Trust FundToronto Japanese Language School IJIKAI FundWaisberg/Bellwood Charitable Fund

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Altair FundFriends of Wendy Anderson FundPaolo Ardizzi FundMurray & Susan Armitage Foundation Ashbridge FundAstraZeneca Canada Inc. Endowed Research FundAugustine Family FundDr. I.L. Babb FundMarsha & Aubrey Baillie FundTorunn & David Banks FundJohn & Jocelyn Barford Family FoundationPeter Barnard FundFrancine & Robert Barrett FundSheela Basrur Centre FundBay Street Invitational FundBruce Beauchamp Memorial FundBegonia FundBrent & Lynn Belzberg FundRoy Bennett Memorial Fund Bhalla FundBirch Island FoundationBirchall Family FoundationBrown-Nusbaum Family FundBruce Blackadar Last Call FundGreg Bond Musical Theatre FundE.E.T. Briggs Family FundBronwen’s Rainbow FundWendy Buda “Help Needy Kids” FoundationKevin Burke FoundationManny Cabral Memorial FundCalamor FundCanada Company Scholarship FundDonna Cappon Memorial Breast Cancer FundDr. John Carey FundJack & Rita Catherall Scholarship FundCavelti Family FoundationCFNY Youth FundCheesbrough Family FundJonathan & Stephanie Clarke Memorial FundStewart R. Code Memorial Scholarship Fund

Glen Colborne FundColoured Development FundRaymond & Irene Collins FoundationCollombin Family FundAnthony & Elizabeth Comper FundGerald Conway FundRev. Frank P. Corless FundDan & Mary Cornacchia Charitable FundBonnie Cox FundCanada Post Literacy FundJ. Douglas Crashley FundFrank & Sheelagh Creaghan FundPeter Creaghan FundJohn & Christine Currie FoundationMartin Davies Memorial FundJanet & Douglas Davis FundPeter & Pauline Dawson FoundationColonel F. H. Deacon Memorial FundAdelle Paul Deacon Nanton FundDenham Family FundMichael & Honor de Pencier FundDistinguished Mature Artist’s FundJim & Doreen Doherty FundDOMAC FundRobert A. Donaldson Family FundHarold “Pat” Dooley Educational FundSherry & Edward Drew Family FundAlex & Carolyn Drummond FoundationDuboc Family FoundationDu Sablon-Lank Family FoundationStephen Eby Memorial FundMary Ecclestone Nutrition Scholarship FundArt Eggleton FundEmmett & Leo FundFran Endicott Equity FundCommunity Foundation Environmental FundEquinox Staff FundNorah Faye FoundationFindlay Family FoundationFitness Institute Foundation Fund in Memory of Lloyd PercivalMargaret & Gordon Fleming FundRob Ford Football FoundationJoan Roy Frankel Charity FundGartley Family Foundation

Sheila Hall Van Gijn Scholarship FundBen Globerman Memorial “Running to Daylight” FoundationMorgan Goldberg Memorial FundJames Rutley Grand Memorial FundGriggs Family FoundationSandra Fraser Gwyn FoundationDon Haig FoundationB & B Hamilton FundBarry & Jane Hayes Memorial FundElizabeth Ann Heacock (née Prince) Memorial FundJennifer Headley Fund for a Living PlanetHeal Family TrustElspeth Heyworth Bursary FundPaul & Evelyn Higgins FundPaul Higgins Jr. FundEvelyn & Cecil Hoffman Charitable FoundationLee & Patrick Howe Family FoundationErnest & Hilda Hubbard FoundationAdrian & Reta Hudson FundSteven K. Hudson FoundationRichard & Donna Ivey FundIsobel B. Jaffrey Heritage FundDr. John Jameson Memorial FundJennison FundJohnson Family FundSaul E. Joel FundDorice P. Johnston Memorial FundJo’s Snowflake FundJoubin/Selig Family FundDavid Kenny FundJohn Kenny FundK.I.D.S. FundKiessling/Isaak Family FoundationSheila Kirpalani FoundationKoehler Family FundKuttis Family FundLakhani Family Charitable FoundationLangford Family FoundationMichael La Patriello FundSusan, Sarah & Nicholas Latremoille FundRonald N. Leggett Memorial FundStacey Levitt Athletic & Educational Fund

Our Family

Funds

Lind Family FundJames Lindala Family FoundationAnne Y. Lindsey FundPeggy C. Linton FundA. J. & Margaret Little Charitable FundCatherine Logan FundJon & Nancy Love FoundationLove Family FundJohn A. & Margaret K. Lowden Memorial FundLinda & Steve Lowden FundLycklama Family FundNeil & Shirley Macdougall FundFrances MacDonald FundMacFeeters Family FundStuart & Patricia MacKay Family FundMargaret’s Joy FundMain Family FundMarsh Memorial FundPaul Martineau/Yamaha Canada Music Charitable FundCoral & Bill Martin Family FoundationH. Matheson Family FoundationPauline & Dipak Mazumdar FundDavid R. McCamus Endowment FundMcConnell FundDr. Elgin McCutcheon Fund in Support of FreeSchools World Literacy FundEleanor McDougall FundMcKerroll Family FundRobert McKinney FundMcLaughlin/Costigan FundDon McQuaig FoundationMcSherry Family FundJohn & Dorothy McSherry FundGerry Meinzer FundMelman Childhood Cancer FundNorman Allan Middleton FundJoan Miller Scholarship FundMiller-Cammidge FundJitendra & Anita Mistry FoundationClaire & Marty McConnell Family FundGordon Mollenhauer Family Foundation Jack & Anne Mollenhauer Family Foundation

Peter & Elizabeth Morgan FundFlora Morrison Choral FundFlora Morrison Research FundMoynes Family FundEdna & Paul Munger FundGraham Munro Charitable FoundationJohn Thomas Murphy Memorial FundNAE FundNatchiket Children’s Literacy FoundationNational Club FundNational Theatre School of Canada FundNeighbourhood Innovations FundNew York Fries Kids FundO’Neil Leger Family FoundationLady Ophelia FundPacifica FundPanda Family FundCarolynn Parke Memorial FundJames & Alfreda Parlee FundPayne Family FundIva and Garfield Payne FundJean V. & Rodney C. Payne Memorial FundHelen D. Phelan FundLucile Pratt Music AwardPrichard-Wilson Family FoundationCharles & Joyce Ramsay FundMario Reale FundTawny Richard FundJohn S. & Joan P. Ridout FundMichelle Risi Dance Angel Scholarship FundDorothy & Oscar Rogers FoundationRose Family FundConstance & David Roseman FundJeffrey B. Rubinoff FundRoy Russell Memorial FundSadler FundSandala Emery Family FundSAP Canada FundSavoy Pitfield FundElvino & Linda Sauro FundSchachter Family FundRussell & Sharon Schmidt Fund

Geoffrey B. Scott Memorial FundScott Family FundMichael & Christine Selim FoundationEleanor & Francis Shen Family FundMichael & Jackie Shulman Family FundShum Vourkoutiotis FundSimon Family FundDouglas Maurice Simmonds Charitable FundParamount Pallet, Inc. Skids for Kids FoundationAda W. Slaight FundGerry & Anita Smith Family FoundationSo Family FoundationLola Somers Foundation for AnimalsW. W. (Peter) Southam FundSpem In Alium FundG. W. Squibb Family Endowment FundStacey Family “Aurora” FundStarcan FundWally Stefoff Art Scholarship FundLola Steiner FundWilliam Ida Leon Dolrine Steinberg FundStratton FundAlbert C. Strickler, M.D. Scholarship FundN. James Swan Memorial Scholarship FundMichelle Tanenbaum FundJanet & Herb Tanzer Charitable FundHoward & Diane Taylor Family FundTaylor Irwin Family FundJohn & Marian Taylor Family FundTony & Caley Taylor Family FundTeow Family FoundationRobert Tetley FundJack Thomas FundKeith, Tanja & Kiera Thomson FundTom Thomas Music Scholarship FundTimothy FundPhillip & Maureen Tingley FundS. Chum Torno FundToronto CREW FoundationToronto Life FundToronto Friends of the Visual Arts Fund

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Edward A. Tory FundRavindranjali Trivedi Charitable FoundationGeorge & Mary Turnbull Family FoundationUnwin Family FundWilliam M. Vaisey Arts FoundationVandewater Charitable FoundationVas Family Fund (Canada)Viva Vitalita Gala FundWaddington Family FundWaisberg/Bellwood Charitable FundWaitzer Family FundS. Marguerite Walker Memorial FundBetty & Chris Wansbrough Family FoundationWaters Family FundOrly Watkin FundKen & Ann Watts FoundationDr. William A. Weir & Dorothy Elliott Weir Memorial FundRichard Wernham & Julia West Family FundSteven & Alberta Williams Memorial FundWindswept Farms FundWomen’s FundJane & Donald Wright FundYano-Shuttleworth FundWomen’s Habitat Endowment FundAnonymous (3)

Vital Toronto Funds

ACE Bakery Ltd. FundTony & Anne Arrell FundBrent & Lynn Belzberg FundBirchall Family FoundationBMO Financial Group FundCalamor FundMartin Connell FundSue Corlett FundSusan Crocker & John Hunkin FundDominion of Canada General Insurance FundDuboc Family Foundation

Evans Family FundDouglas & Ruth Grant FundJohn Honderich FundRichard & Donna Ivey FundMary Rowell Jackman FundCarol Oliver FundOuellette Family FoundationPita Break FundMarjorie J. Sharpe FundAda W. Slaight FundAnne Swarbrick FundTaylor Family FundKeith, Tanja & Kiera Thomson FundWaters Family Fund The Hon. Hilary M. Weston FundAnonymous (1)

Vital Toronto Fund Initiatives

Arts on Track FundBeyond 3:30 FundEnterprising Non Profits Toronto FundGreen Innovation Awards FundGet Active Toronto FundRecipe for Community FundToronto Sport Leadership Program FundVital Youth Fund

Agency, Private & Public Foundation Funds

Abbeyfield Houses Society of Canada Endowment FundAIDS Committee of Toronto Endowment FundAmici Camping CharityArden Preston Caregiver Respite FundBBPA Harry Jerome Scholarship FundBoys and Girls Clubs of Canada FoundationCampbellford/Seymour Community Municipal FoundationCampbellford/Seymour Municipal FoundationCanadian Lyford Cay Foundation

Foundation for Canadian Parks & Wilderness Society EndowmentCanadian Society of Painters in Water ColourCommunity Foundation of Durham Region FundCommunity Foundation of MississaugaElizabeth Cooke Endowment FundDownsview Community Renaissance FundFatal Light Awareness Program (FLAP) Endowment FundFriends of CAMH Archives FundGeorge Brown College FoundationGreen Toronto Awards FundHaynes-Connell FoundationHeritage Project - Reflets du Patrimoine FoundationHope for Children FoundationHuronia Communities FoundationJunior League of Toronto FundMuskoka Community FoundationNapanee District Community Foundation New Heights Community Health CentresNiagara Community FoundationOntario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals FundHelen McCrea Peacock FoundationRed Barn Theatre Endowment FundRoots of Empathy Endowment FundRosedale Park Playground Renewal FundSwim Toronto FundToronto Community Foundation Zoo Trust FundToronto Japanese Language School IJIKAI FundToronto Symphony Volunteer Committee Endowment FundUnited Way of Greater Toronto – General FundUnited Way of Greater Toronto – The Tomorrow FundUnited Way of St. Catharines and District

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Council of 100

The Council of 100 are leading Toronto citizens who serve as ambassadors to the Toronto Community Foundation and support its important work through leadership and financial contributions.

Michael AdamsZanana Akande *Elyse AllanDon AllanTony ArrellAnne ArrellAubrey W. BaillieMarsha BaillieChristopher BarnardRobert BarnardDeborah A. BeattyDavid R. BeattyKaye BeestonPaul BeestonPaul BedfordEugenia BedfordBrent BelzbergAvie J. BennettPhyllis BerckSuresh Bhalla *Nutan BhallaBill BoyleRoel BramerAnne L. BrayleyPatricia BregmanAlan BroadbentJudy BroadbentHelen BurstynAlice BurtonGrant BurtonGeorge ButterfieldMartha ButterfieldBrendan CalderMary CalderVickie CalverleyPete CalverleyJoanne CampbellPaul C. CarderL. Robin Cardozo

John CartwrightYvonne CastelloGordon CheesbroughKim CheesbroughYvonne ChiuDr. John ChiuD.N. (Dev) ChopraMalvika ChopraMartin Connell *Gordon CooperJoanne CooperTim CostiganGordon CressySusan CrockerThe Hon. David Crombie, pC

Shirley CrombieDonna DaskoFrances DeaconLouise DennysMichael C. de PencierHonor de PencierDr. Alice DongOrville EndicottDr. John EvansGay EvansDawn EwingMark FreemanTony GaglianoDavid GallowayKevin GarlandRoger GarlandNathan Gilbert *Amy GoAvvy GoDaniel S. GolbergAnja GolbergJay GouldJanet GouldPamela GrantPam IsaakJohn HaagPiers HandlingSiamak Hariri *Linda HaynesJasmine M. HerltShira HerzogSteven K. Hudson

John HunkinSid IkedaRichard W. Ivey *Donna IveyPatricia JacobsPatrick JohnstonChristina KayaAlison KemperBruce KiddGreg KiesslingKevin KingRudy KoehlerRita KoehlerJohann Olav KossNancy L. LangFrances LankinDavid LepofskyDr. Alan LiAnne Y. LindseyNancy LockhartNancy Love *Jon LoveStephens B. LowdenLinda LowdenJohn MacfarlaneJohn MacIntyre *Janet MacIntyreJacqueline MacNeilBahadur MadhaniPolly MadhaniSylvia MaracleRoberto MartellaRoger L. MartinSabi MarwahBruce MauJill H. McAlpine, fCA

Margaret McCainWallace McCainMarcia McClungMark McEwanRoss McGregorKathleen McLaughlin *Randy McLean *James R. McSherryGloria McSherryKelly MeighenSenator Michael MeighenGerry E. Meinzer

Amanuel MellesRon MenchettiRatna OmidvarMichael OndaatjeAlon OzeryGuy OzeryCharles PascalAnnamie PaulDavid Pecaut Smadar PeretzSusan J. PerrenThe Hon. David Peterson, pC

Shelley PetersonRod PhillipsLydia PhillipsSusan PigottTony PigottJames PitbladoSandra PitbladoJ. Robert S. Prichard *Raymond J. ProttiSheila ProttiArlene Perly RaeThe Hon. Robert K. Rae, pC

Rahul RajRadhika RajArif RazaCarole RibackLoly RicoFrancisco Rico MartinezJohn E. RichardsonPamela RichardsonSandi RossJoseph RotmanSandra RotmanMary B. ScottMichael SelimChristine SelimUzma ShakirMarjorie J. SharpeSharon SheltonAntoni SheltonBarbara ShumNan ShuttleworthHaroon SiddiquiSusan Slattery

Irene SoPeter SoG. Wayne SquibbMaureen M. SquibbDouglas E. SteinerNalini StewartTim StewartMary Alice StuartAlexander StuartMichael SullivanAnne SwarbrickLarry TanenbaumJudy TanenbaumKeith N. ThomsonTanja ThomsonJames M. ToryThe Rt. Hon. John N. Turner, pC

Geills TurnerTimothy N. UnwinAnne UnwinTom VandewaterLisa VandewaterManos VourkoutiotisEdward Waitzer *Kevin WarkSandra WarkW. Galen WestonThe Hon. Hilary M. WestonJulie WhiteAnn E. WilsonBisi WilliamsMargie WilsonThe Hon. Michael Wilson, pC

Dr. Joseph WongKeith WongRobert C. WongBill YoungDavid YoungJanet YoungRic Young * Board Members Fondly Remembered

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Grant Recipients

Abbeyfield Houses Society of CanadaAdult Disabled Downhill SkiingAfrican Medical & Research FoundationAgincourt Community Services AssociationAIDS Committee of TorontoAlberta Theatre Projects SocietyAll Saints Church-Community CentreAlliance for Canadian New Music ProjectsAlli’s JourneyAlzheimer Society of OntarioAlzheimer Society of PEI Ltd.Amadeus Choir of Greater TorontoAMICI Camping CharityAmnesty International Canadian SectionAmyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Society of CanadaAnba Abraam’s Coptic CharityThe Angel Foundation for LearningArmour Heights Presbyterian ChurchArt Gallery of OntarioArtHeart Community Art Centre Arthritis & Autoimmunity Research Centre FoundationArthritis SocietyArts for Children & YouthArtscape FoundationAshoka CanadaAsia Mission Center InternationalAtlantic Salmon Federation (Canada)Barbra Schlifer Commemorative ClinicBarrie YMCABaycrest Centre FoundationThe Bellwood FoundationBig Brothers and Big Sisters of TorontoBig Sisters of B.C. Lower MainlandBishop Strachan SchoolBlack Business and Professional AssociationBlessed Sacrament Roman Catholic ChurchBloorview Kids FoundationThe Board of Education of School District No. 39 (Vancouver)Boundless Adventures AssociationBoys and Girls Clubs of CanadaBranksome HallBridgepoint Health FoundationBridletowne Park ChurchBrigantine Incorporated

Broad Reach Foundation for Youth LeadersBurlington Civic ChoraleThe Calgary Science Network: An Alberta SocietyCamp Awakening IncorporatedCamp OochigeasCanada Company: Many Ways to ServeCanada’s National History SocietyCanadian Art FoundationCanadian Associates of the Ben Gurion University of the Negev IncCanadian Breast Cancer Foundation - Ontario ChapterCanadian Cancer SocietyCanadian Canoe MuseumCanadian Centre for DiversityCanadian Civil Liberties AssociationCanadian Cystic Fibrosis FoundationCanadian Feed the ChildrenCanadian Fellowship FoundationCanadian Foundation for AIDS ResearchCanadian Foundation for Chinese Heritage Preservation Canadian Foundation for the Prevention of Family ViolenceCanadian Friends of Finland Education FoundationCanadian Friends of Yeshivat Aish HatorahCanadian Hearing SocietyCanadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network Inc.Canadian Institute For Advanced ResearchCanadian Landmine FoundationCanadian Lyford Cay FoundationCanadian Mental Health Association Ontario DivisionCanadian Merit Scholarship FoundationCanadian Museum of Carpets & TextilesCanadian Music CentreCanadian National Institute for the BlindCanadian Occupational Therapy FoundationCanadian Opera CompanyCanadian Paralympic FoundationCanadian Parks & Wilderness SocietyCanadian Red Cross, Ontario ZoneCanadian Red Cross, Toronto Region

Canadian Society for the Weizmann Institute of ScienceCanadian Stage CompanyCanadian Technion SocietyCanadian Tire Jumpstart CharitiesCanadian UNICEF CommitteeCanadian WildLife Federation Inc.Canadian Women’s FoundationCanuck Place Children’s HospiceThe Canwest Global FoundationCARE CanadaCarefirst FoundationCarleton UniversityCathedral Church of St. JamesCatholic Charities of the Archdiocese of TorontoCatholic Family Counselling CentreCentennial Infant & Child CentreCentraide of Greater MontrealCentre for Addiction & Mental Health FoundationCentre For Community Learning & DevelopmentCHATS-Community Home Assistance for SeniorsChild Development InstituteChild Haven InternationalChildren’s Aid FoundationChildren’s Book BankChildren’s Cottage Society of CalgaryChildren’s Wish Foundation of Canada - Ontario ChapterChoirs OntarioChristian Blind Mission InternationalChristian Direction Inc.City of Burlington - Burlington Performing Arts CentreClean Air PartnershipCloverleaf FoundationCODEColin B. Glassco Foundation for ChildrenCollingwood General & Marine Hospital FoundationColon Cancer CanadaColorectal Cancer Association of CanadaColumbus House (Pembroke Inc.)Community Living Ontario/Integration Communautaire OntarioCommunity Social Planning Council of Toronto

Concrete HoopsConseil scolaire de district catholique Centre-SudCo-operative Housing Federation of TorontoCorporation of Massey Hall & Roy Thomson HallCottage Dreams Recovery Initiative Inc.Covenant House TorontoCrescent SchoolCrohn’s & Colitis Foundation of CanadaCultureLink Settlement ServicesCUSODaily Bread Food Bank Foundation of TorontoDancer Transition Resource CentreDavid Suzuki FoundationDeveloping Countries Farm Radio NetworkDiaspora Dialogues Charitable SocietyDistress Centres of TorontoDixon HallDoctors Without Borders CanadaThe Dr. Bob Kemp Hospice Foundation Inc.Dress Your BestDufferin County Museum and ArchivesEarth Rangers FoundationEarthroots FundEcoJusticeEcologos Environmental OrganizationElisabeth Bruyere Research InstituteElizabeth Fry Society of Mainland Nova ScotiaElizabeth Fry Society, Toronto BranchEnvironmental Defence Canada Inc.Etobicoke Children’s CentreEva’s Initiatives For Homeless YouthEvergreenFaith Baptist ChurchFamily Day Care ServicesFamily Service TorontoFatal Light Awareness Program Inc.First Three Years - Parenting Resources & TrainingFloyd Honey FoundationFondation le Grand CheminFoodShare TorontoForestEthicsFoundation WesternFraser InstituteFred Victor CentreFreeSchools World LiteracyFriends of Killarney Park

Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust StudiesFriends of the CAMH Archives (Museum of Mental Health Services)Friends of the Learning Disabled, Camp KirkFriends of the School of Liberal Arts, Inc.Friends of Wye Marsh Wildlife CentreFrontier CollegeFrontiers Foundation Inc.FrontlinesGatehouse Child Abuse Investigation & Support SiteGeorge Brown College FoundationGeorge Brown College of Applied Arts & TechnologyGeorge R. Gardiner Museum of Ceramic ArtGeorgian Bay Trust FoundationGiant Steps Toronto IncGilda’s Club Greater TorontoGlassco FoundationGlen Lyon Norfolk School FoundationGood Neighbours’ ClubGood Shepherd Refuge Social MinistriesGreenest CityGreenwood College SchoolHabitat for Humanity Greater VancouverHabitat for Humanity MuskokaHabitat for Humanity TorontoHalton Food for ThoughtHalton Learning FoundationHamilton Health Sciences FoundationHarbourfront CorporationHarmony Education FoundationHavergal College FoundationHeadwaters Health Care FoundationHeart & Stroke Foundation of British Columbia & YukonHeart & Stroke Foundation of OntarioHelp the Aged (Canada)Henri Nouwen SocietyHockey Ministries InternationalHomes First FoundationHomes First SocietyHope AirHorizons of FriendshipHospice for Eating Disorders of Toronto (Sheena’s Place)Hospice TorontoThe Hospital for Sick Children Foundation

Hot DocsHuman Rights WatchHumber River Regional HospitalHumbercrest United ChurchImmaculate Conception ChurchIncarnation MinistriesInter ParesInterim PlaceInterLink Community Cancer NursesInterval HouseInter-Varsity Christian FellowshipInvest in KidsIsrael Cancer Research FundJames Bay Health & Community Services SocietyJane/Finch Community & Family CentreJane’s WalkJapanese Canadian Cultural CentreJewish Family & Child Service of Greater TorontoJewish Literacy Foundation of CanadaJewish National Fund TorontoJohn Howard Society of TorontoJumblies TheatreJune Callwood Centre for Families and WomenJunior Achievement of British ColumbiaJunior Achievement of Central OntarioJunior League of TorontoJuvenile Diabetes Research FoundationKen & Ann Watts Memorial Scholarship FoundationKidney Foundation of CanadaKids Can Free the ChildrenThe Kidsafe Project SocietyKingsway - Lambton United ChurchKingsway College SchoolKingsway Etobicoke School CorporationKohai Educational CentreLake Ontario WaterkeeperLake Simcoe Arts FoundationLake Simcoe Region Conservation FoundationLakefield College School FoundationLand Food People FoundationL’Arche Canada FoundationL’Arche LondonLawrence Park Community ChurchLearning Enrichment FoundationLeaside Presbyterian ChurchLeprosy Mission CanadaLester B. Pearson College of Pacific & United World Colleges (Canada)

Grant Recipients

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Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of CanadaLicensed to LearnThe Linden SchoolLiterature for LifeLOFT Community ServicesMalvern Family Resource CentreMarkham Stouffville Hospital FoundationMaRS Discovery DistrictMassey Centre for WomenMcMaster UniversityMedical Mercy Canada SocietyMichael Cuccione FoundationMiziwe Biik Aboriginal Employment and TrainingMontcrest SchoolMoorelands Community ServicesMothers Against Drunk Driving Mount Sinai Hospital Foundation of TorontoMultiple Sclerosis Society of CanadaMuscular Dystrophy Association of CanadaMuseum of Contemporary Canadian ArtMuskoka Heritage FoundationNathaniel Dett ChoraleNational Arts Centre FoundationNational Ballet of CanadaNational Ballet of Canada Endowment FoundationNational Broadcast Reading Service Inc.National Service Dog Training Centre Inc.National Ski Academy / CollingwoodNational Theatre School of CanadaNative Child and Family Services of TorontoNative Earth Performing ArtsNature Conservancy of CanadaNepal School ProjectsNew Circles Community ServicesNew Haven Learning Centre for ChildrenNew Heights Community Health CentresNewfoundland and Labrador Arts CouncilNextwave FoundationNorth Hamilton Community Health CentreNorth York General Hospital FoundationNorthern Secondary School FoundationNot Far From the TreeOlive Branch Community ChurchONE DROP FoundationOntario Clean Air Alliance Research Inc.Ontario College of Art & DesignOntario Crafts CouncilOntario Forestry AssociationOntario Heritage TrustOntario March of Dimes

Ontario NatureOntario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to AnimalsOntario Special Olympics IncOolagen Community ServicesOperation Eyesight UniversalOpportunity International CanadaORT CanadaOsteoporosis CanadaOver the Rainbow FoundationOwen Sound Family YMCAOwl FoundationPacific Community Resources SocietyParkinson Society CanadaParkway Bible ChurchPathways to Education CanadaPEACH (Promoting Economic Action & Community Health)Pediatric Oncology Group of OntarioPembina Foundation for Environmental Research and EducationPEN Canada (Canadian Centre of International PEN)People Players Inc.Philanthropic Foundations CanadaPickering CollegePinecrest-Queensway Community Health CentrePink Tulip FoundationPlan International Canada Inc.Pollution Probe FoundationPower PlantPower To Be Adventure Therapy SocietyPresbyterian Church in CanadaThe Presbytery of Eastern CanadaPrincess Margaret Hospital FoundationPROCUREProject Chance FoundationPsychology Foundation of CanadaThe Public Policy Forum TrustPueblito Canada Inc.Queen’s University Quetico FoundationRedwood Shelter for Abused WomenRegeneration Housing Inc.Regent Park School of MusicRegina’s Adult Learning CentreRenascent Foundation IncRescue Lake Simcoe Charitable FoundationRexdale Community Health CentreRichard Ivey School of BusinessRichmond Youth Service Agency SocietyRidley College Foundation

Ronald McDonald House of• British Columbia• Eastern Ontario• Southern Alberta• TorontoRosedale United ChurchRoyal Conservatory of MusicRoyal Institution for the Advancement of Learning McGill UniversityRoyal Ontario Museum FoundationRoyal Victoria HospitalRoyal York Road United ChurchRyan’s Well FoundationRyerson UniversitySaint Elizabeth Health Care FoundationSalvation Army Territorial HeadquartersSan Romanoway Revitalization AssociationSanfilippo Children’s Research FoundationSave A Child’s Heart FoundationSave the Children CanadaSawa GlobalScadding Court Community Centre IncorporatedSchools Without BordersScott MissionSecond Base (Scarborough) Youth ShelterSecond HarvestSedbergh School AssociationSeeds of Hope FoundationSeneca College of Applied Arts & TechnologySenior Peoples’ Resources in North Toronto IncorporatedServe Canada Youth Service OrganizationSharelife TrustShaw Festival Theatre Foundation CanadaShepherds’ TrustSheridan College of Applied Arts & TechnologySimon Fraser UniversitySistering - A Women’s PlaceSketch Working Arts for Street Involved & Homeless YouthSkills for Change of Metro TorontoSkyworks Charitable FoundationSmile Company Theatrical ProductionsSmoking and Health Action FoundationSoulpepper Theatre CompanySouth Muskoka Hospital FoundationSpecial Olympics OntarioSt. Andrew’s College FoundationSt. Christopher HouseSt. John’s Rehabilitation HospitalSt. Jude’s Anglican Church

Grant Recipients

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St. Luke’s Anglican ChurchSt. Michael’s Hospital FoundationSt. Michael’s University School FoundationSt. Peter’s ChurchSt. Stephen’s Community HouseStephen Leacock Foundation for ChildrenStephen Lewis FoundationStevenson Memorial Hospital FoundationThe Stop Community Food CentreStratford Shakespeare Festival of CanadaStreet Kids InternationalSunnybrook Health Sciences Centre FoundationSunshine Centres for SeniorsTemple Emanu-ElTerry Fox FoundationThe Think First Foundation of CanadaTides Canada FoundationTides Canada InitiativesTimothy Eaton Memorial ChurchTLC: The Land Conservancy of British ColumbiaToronto Central Community Care Access CentreToronto Children’s ChorusToronto City Summit AllianceToronto Cyclists UnionToronto District School BoardToronto Festival of Arts & CreativityToronto Foundation for Student SuccessToronto General & Western Hospital FoundationToronto Humane SocietyToronto International Film Festival IncToronto Japanese Language SchoolToronto Jewish Film FestivalToronto Public Library FoundationToronto Refugee Community Non-Profit Homes and ServicesToronto Rehabilitation Institute FoundationToronto Star Children’s CharitiesToronto Suzuki (Music) AssociationToronto Symphony OrchestraToronto Symphony Volunteer CommitteeToronto Windfall Clothing Support Service

Toronto Youth DevelopmentToronto Youth for Christ (Youth Unlimited)Toronto ZooToskan Casale FoundationTouchstone Ministries Inc.Toujours Ensemble Inc.Town of the Blue MountainsTownship of ClearviewTrails Youth Initiatives Inc.Trent UniversityTrinity College SchoolTrue North Insight Meditation Centre, Inc.True Patriot Love Foundation for Support of Military FamiliesTrue Sport FoundationTurtle S.H.E.L.L. TortueUnited Church of Canada FoundationUnited Jewish Appeal of Metropolitan TorontoUnited Way TorontoUnited Way of OakvilleUnited Way of Peel RegionUnited Way of York RegionUniversity of British Columbia • Faculty of Applied ScienceUniversity of GuelphUniversity of ManitobaUniversity of New BrunswickUniversity of Ontario Institute of TechnologyUniversity of OttawaUniversity of Saskatchewan University of Sherbrooke • Faculty of Medicine & Health ScienceUniversity of Toronto • Faculty of Medicine • Faculty of Physical Education & Health • Faculty of Social Work • Massey College • Trinity College • University College • Victoria University • Wycliffe CollegeUniversity of Toronto at MississaugaUniversity of Toronto Schools FoundationUniversity of WaterlooUniversity of Western Ontario University of Windsor

Upper Canada CollegeUrban Non-Violent Initiatives Through Youth Urban Spirit FoundationUrban Youth Riding ProjectUrbanArts Community Arts CouncilUSC CanadaVancity Community FoundationVancouver Aquarium Marine Science CentreVancouver Art Gallery AssociationVancouver FoundationVermont Square Parent - Child Mother Goose ProgramVolunteer CanadaWalrus FoundationWater Ski & Wakeboard CanadaWellspring Cancer Support FoundationWest Coast Environmental Education SocietyWest Hill United ChurchWest Park Healthcare Centre FoundationWestend Food Co-opWestern Canada Aviation Museum Inc.Weston Park Baptist ChurchWilfrid Laurier UniversityWomen’s College Hospital Foundation Women’s Habitat of EtobicokeWorld Society for the Protection of AnimalsWorld Vision CanadaWorld Wildlife Fund Canada FoundationWorldwide Orphans Foundation CanadaWriters’ Trust of CanadaYMCA of Greater TorontoYMCA of Simcoe / MuskokaYonge Street MissionYork Central Hospital FoundationYork UniversityYoung Women’s Christian AssociationYouth Employment ServiceYOUTHLINKYWCA December 6 Fund of Toronto

Grant Recipients

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CommunityPartners

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Corporate and Media Partners

Recipe for Community: Alexandra Park

Beyond 3:30 Partners

Toronto Sport Leadership Program

Special thanks to the many Toronto Community

Foundation Fundholders, whose support makes all of

our programs possible.

Alyson Arbus BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc.Malcolm Archibald Weir Foulds LLP (Retired)Nino Ardizzi • Dundee Wealth Management Anthony Arrell • Burgundy Asset Management Ltd.Risa Awerbuck Torkin Manes LLP, Barristers and SolicitorsTerrance Carter Carters Professional CorporationRick Claydon • Stonegate Private Counsel, LPMichael Cooksey BMO Harris Private BankingGordon Cooper Miller Thomson LLPFrank Creaghan • Creaghan McConnell Group Ltd.Sheila Crummey McMillan LLPDouglas Davis • Davis-Rea Ltd.Jeffrey Dawson • Jeffrey Dawson Insurance Agencies Ltd.Gregory Deacon Gregory P. Deacon & AssociatesKiki Delaney, C.A. • Delaney Capital Management Ltd.Joanne Dereta • Stonegate Private Counsel LPMary Louise Dickson Dickson MacGregor Appell LLPJaime Dunlop BMO Harris Private BankingMargaret Franklin Kinsale Private Wealth Inc.John Fuke • Cedarmint Consulting Inc.Angela Galer-Grist BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc.Geoffrey Gouinlock • Nexus Investment Management Inc.Gwen Harvey BridgeWater Family Wealth Services

Elena Hoffstein Fasken Martineau LLPJames Houston Davis-Rea Ltd.Jamie Johnson • Herb Katzman Orbach Katzman & HerschornGena Katz Ernst & Young LLPTomasz Krzyaznowski BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc.Michael Lakhani • Assante Financial Management Ltd.Susan Latremoille • Richardson GMP LimitedIan Lord • Weir Foulds LLPWilliam Martin • William D. Martin Barrister & Solicitor

Robert Matthews • Manitou Investment Management Ltd.Carol A. MacLean Canada Colors and Chemicals LimitedJill McAlpine, F.C.A. Chartered AccountantTom McCullough • Northwood Family Office LLPMaureen Monaghan Monaghan, Barristers and SolicitorsChris Molloy Assante Financial Management Ltd.Kevin Muir BMO Harris Private BankingJames Myers • Myers Tsiofas Norheim LLPMark Opashinov • McMillan LLPMararet O’Sullivan O’Sullivan Estate Lawyers Professional Corporation

Bernardine Perreira BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc.Nino Pannozzo • Assante Capital Management Ltd.Aron Pervin Pervin Family Business Advisors Inc.Sara Plant BMO Harris Private BankingMike Reynolds BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc.Marvi Ricker • BMO Harris Private BankingChris Rugel BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc.Mike Saron CIBC Wood GundyRussell Schmidt • Informoney Financial PlanningMichael Shulman • Birchwood GroupLeslie Slater Chartered AccountantEric Slavens, F.C.A. Chartered AccountantIrene So • RBC Dominion Securities Inc.Crawford Spratt Blaney McMurtry LLPJohn Stacey • NexGen Financial LPKeith Thomson • Stonegate Private Counsel LPMeta Tory •Sylvia Tseng Paterson MacDougall LLPLaura Tyrrell Barrister & SolicitorTim Unwin • Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLPTom Vandewater • ScotiaMcLeod Inc.Ed Waitzer • Stikeman Elliot LLPJanet E. White BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc.Karen Windischmann BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc.

• Fundholder Legacy Society

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We would like to thank all theprofessional advisors who wereambassadors of the TorontoCommunity Foundation last year.

Professional Advisors

“Professional Advisors play a vital role in helping diverse individuals develop a strategy for fulfilling their long-term philanthropic goals. The Community Foundation is here to help them do just that.”

Anne Brayley Vice President, Professional Advisory Services

Leadership

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Martin Connell Chair, Toronto Community FoundationZanana Akande Education ConsultantJohn Barford President, Valleydene Corp.Suresh Bhalla Co-Chair, Human Rights WatchCatharina Birchall President, Elletoille LimitedJon Dellandrea International Advancement ConsultantSteven Ferencie Partner, IBM Global Business Services Canada Strategy & Change LeaderNathan Gilbert Executive Director, Laidlaw FoundationSiamak Hariri Partner, Hariri Pontarini ArchitectsRichard Ivey Chairman, Ivest Properties LimitedJennifer Koss Investment Associate, Teachers’ Private CapitalNancy Love Community VolunteerJohn B. MacIntyre Partner, Birch Hill Equity PartnersBill MacKinnon Vice-Chair, Canadian Institute of Chartered AccountantsKathleen McLaughlin Director, McKinsey & CompanyRandy McLean Manager, Economic Policy, City of Toronto Economic Development, Culture and TourismJ. Robert S. Prichard President & CEO, MetrolinxYang Fung (Ping) Teow Community VolunteerEdward Waitzer Senior Partner, Stikeman Elliott, LLPAndré Perey (Corporate Secretary) Blake, Cassels & Graydon, LLPRahul K. Bhardwaj LL.B (President & CEO, ex-officio)

GovernanceEdward Waitzer (Chair)Zanana AkandeMartin ConnellKathleen McLaughlinRandy McLeanAndré Perey (Corporate Secretary)Robert PrichardYang Fung (Ping) TeowRahul K. Bhardwaj (ex-officio)

Community InitiativesRandy McLean (Chair)Zanana AkandeJohn BarfordSuresh BhallaMartin ConnellNathan GilbertSiamak HaririRichard IveyJennifer KossNancy LoveYang Fung (Ping) TeowRahul K. Bhardwaj (ex-officio) Rosalyn Morrison (Staff)Mini Alakkatusery (Staff)Nadien Godkewitsch (Staff)Carole Boivin (Staff)

Finance & AuditRichard Ivey (Chair)John BarfordMartin ConnellNathan GilbertElizabeth GitajnDan GolbergJohn MacIntyre (ex-officio)Bill MacKinnonRandy McLeanRahul K. Bhardwaj (ex-officio)Carol Turner (Staff)

InvestmentJohn MacIntyre (Chair)Bob BertramMartin ConnellDavid DenisonRichard Ivey (Ex-officio)Susan LatremoilleRobert MacLellanKathleen McLaughlinAmy TongGeorge VeselyRahul K. Bhardwaj (ex-officio)Carol Turner (Staff)

Committees2009/2010 Board of Directors

The Toronto Community Foundation would like to acknowledge the generous use of photos for this report provided by the following organizations and individuals: Arts for Children & Youth, Glenn Brown, Katherine Childs, Concrete Hoops, CultureLink, Diaspora Dialogues, Katherine Fleitas / Jumblies Theatre, Greenest City, Hot Docs, Anish Kirpalani, Local Food Plus, Kim Lowes, Greg Majster, Bryan McBurney, Michael Salem, San Romanoway Revitalization Association, The Stop Community Food Centre, Dr. Albert Strickler, Toronto CREW Foundation / Habitat for Humanity, Jason Wagar

Financial Highlights

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($000’s) 2010 2009 2008

Investments under management

Investments returns (gross of fees)

Funds held for the United Way Toronto

Funds on behalf of other parties

Operating Funds

Restricted Funds

Endowed Funds

Fund Balances

Ten years

Five years

One year

Donations received

Grants

as a % of investments under management

Operating expenses (including investment management fees)

6,510

12,747

59,049

55,280

115,011

560

8,899

105,552

5.4%

2.7%

19.5%

229,293

2,916

8,250

14,833

49,874

45,121

93,933

618

8,739

84,576

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1.2%

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188,640

2,778

9,354

11,683

60,401

51,117

109,288

445

9,142

99,701

6.1%

9.8%

-2.7%

221,269

2,951

1.3% 1.5% 1.3%

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Toronto Community Foundation’s (the “Community Foundation”) total assets under management include assets of other charities which are pooled with the Community Foundation’s own assets for investment purposes (“Consoli-dated Funds”). Total assets under management, including United Way of Greater Toronto funds of $59MM, grew from $125MM in 2005 to $229MM as March 31, 2010, an increase of over 80%. This was partially due to large donations received in fiscal 2006, combined with strong investment returns in 2005-2006, and again in 2009. Con-solidated Funds also contributed to the growth, increasing approximately 120% from $52MM to $114MM over the period.

Assets

Discussion of Financial Results

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Investments returned 19.5% in 2010, compared to a benchmark return of 21.1%. The return over the ten-year pe-riod, which includes two market downturns, was 5.4%, compared to a benchmark of 2.8%. The Community Foun-dation’s Investment Committee continually monitors the investment performance and asset mix against targets, and puts in place strategies with the goal of maintaining the real value of investment capital while earning suffi-cient income to allow granting in accordance with the requirements of the Canada Revenue Agency.

Investment Returns

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The number of Fundholders with named Endowment and/or Flowthrough Funds continues to grow steadily, from 284 in 2005 to 460 in 2010, a 62% increase. In 2010, the Community Foundation opened 19 new Funds, of which 17 were Endowed or Flowthrough and 2 were Consolidated Funds. The value of Endowed Funds grew 55% during the period, ending at $114MM.

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Funds and Fundholders

Donations to the Community Foundation come primarily from individuals, but also from companies, other charitable organizations, and governments. Donors may contribute to named Endowment and Flowthrough Funds at the Community Foundation or to its own community initiatives. Annual donation amounts received over the past six years have been relatively steady with the exception of fiscal 2007, where several large donations combined to bring the total to over $40MM in that year.

Donations Received

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Endowed Funds are endowed either permanently or for a specified period of time, generally 10 years. Flowthrough Funds are held for granting within a two-year period. Operating Funds are the Community Foundation’s own funds, available for operations.

In 2008, United Way of Greater Toronto’s funds, which were consolidated for investment purposes, were moved into a separate pool, and from 2008 on, are not shown in the Community Foundation’s Fund balances.

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The Community Foundation is managed by a team of 16 staff under the direction of the President & CEO, who in turn reports to an independent Board of Directors. In addition to managing the assets and the grants of the Community Foundation, staff are actively engaged in initiating and managing community initiatives including Toronto’s Vital Signs and the Vital People, Vital Youth, and Vital Ideas grant streams.

Total operating expenses incurred for the fiscal year ending March 31 were $2.7MM, which includes $0.6MM in fees paid to external investment managers. These costs were funded in large part by fees levied on assets under management. The Community Foundation also receives specific grants from Endowed and Restricted Funds, as well as donations from external sources.

Operations

Grants made by the Community Foundation from Endowed Funds and Flowthrough Funds have generally increased over the six year period with the exception of 2010. This was due to (1) asset balances declining following the market reversals in 2009, with a corresponding decline in the amount available to grant; and (2) the percentage used for the granting calculation, which decreased from 4% to 3.5%. In 2010, grants totalled $6.5MM, compared to $4.3 MM in 2005 – an increase of over 50%. In 2010 over 525 organizations received grants from the Toronto Community Foundation.

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What Makes UsDifferent

The power of community foundations is in the diversity of their base. Our Fundholders come from all sec-tors of society to form a community philanthropic foundation that is strong and deep beyond measure. Last year we surveyed you to find out why you selected us as the home of your philanthropy.

1. We’re Local

Toronto Community Foundation was established by

Torontonians for our city. We have deep roots in the

community because we are an integral part of it.

2. For Toronto - For Now and For Always

As a community foundation, we keep our focus on shaping

our city’s future. We facilitate strategic philanthropy and

create permanent endowments that will respond to the

needs of Toronto for many generations.

7. Our Grants Have Impact

Our Toronto’s Vital Signs® Report, an eleven issue area

indicator study on the health of our city, guides our Vital To-

ronto Fund grantmaking for the greatest impact on Toronto.

9. We Work with the Best

Professional advisors of every type partner with us to

provide their clients with the best possible charitable op-

tions. We complement your current advisor’s expertise.

5. Service

We provide highly personalized service tailored to your indi-

vidual charitable and financial interests. Whether you want to

give now or in the future, locally or nationally, we customize

a philanthropic plan that meets your objectives.

6. Money or Objects

You can establish your Fund with gifts of cash,

appreciated stock, real estate, or other assets and receive

maximum charitable and tax benefits. You can also plan

future gifts through bequests and life insurance.

3. The Power of Many

By pooling the charitable endowments of our family of

Fundholders, we are able to develop strong, long-term

growth plans with the help of the best investment

professionals.

8. Fund Flexibility

We offer a variety of types of Funds to suit our Fundholders’

desired level of involvement. We provide the option for

Fundholders to be recognized for their generosity or remain

completely anonymous.

4. Remembered Forever

We help create a legacy for our Fundholders by continuing

to support the causes they care about long after they are

gone. When desired, we also work with your children and

grandchildren to ensure your wishes are fulfilled.

10. Lead Change

Our family of Fundholders give us the strength to lead

change in Toronto and convene the political, social, and

corporate partners necessary to respond to our city’s most

important needs.

Why our Fundholders chose us:

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