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ANNUAL REPORT2012

June 2012 - www.tcf.ca

WISEGIVINGa publication of the Toronto Community Foundation.

The Art of

CONNECTINGTHE HEAD ANDTHE HEART

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the back pages

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The Toronto Community Foundation loves Toronto. We help individuals and families lever-

age philanthropy to build the kind of city they want for generations to come – a city that is smarter, health-ier, and more inclusive, creative, prosperous. More Toronto.

For more than 30 years, we’ve been in the business of strategic philanthropy. The hundreds of Torontonians we work with build their charitable legacies by estab-lishing the equivalent of a private, family foundation with us; we provide them with a means to pool endow-ment resources to magnify impact and support the communities in which they live.

We also play a community leadership role by connect-ing our Fundholders, community organizations, government and private enterprise to create innova-tive solutions to address our city’s most pressing issues.

We are investing in the best and brightest solutions to transform lives and communities.

Each year, we publish our Toronto’s Vital Signs Report, a consolidated snapshot which examines the health of our city across 11 issue areas, including the gap between rich and poor, health and wellness, and the environment. We believe each issue is critical to qual-ity of life for residents. In response to the findings in the Report:

• We convene community leaders to discuss the Report findings and help generate made-in-Toronto solutions;

• We invest in these solutions through the endowment funds under our administration, our Vital Toronto Fund and special initiatives;

• We leverage additional resources through partnerships and develop cross-sector collaborations to sustain impact.

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

To connect philanthropy to community needs and opportunities.

Our Mission:

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.

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.

At the heart of our work, we are touching the lives of almost everyone in the city as we con-nect philanthropy to some of the best and brightest ideas, people and organizations that are improving the quality of life in Toronto.

With our donors, stakeholders and partners, we are on a journey of community leadership to help build a stronger city for all Torontonians. At the Toronto Community Foundation, we are seeing a growing spirit in the city that believes Toronto is lovable and deserving of this kind of leadership.

We have worked very hard to develop a strategic approach to community leadership that is based on our robust knowledge of Toronto. But knowing what the issues are is only the begin-ning of the journey. It’s simply the diagnostic that helps tell a very important narrative about the city as it changes. What’s key, and is core to our mission, is our ability to engage others in identifying solutions to the issues raised in our Toronto’s Vital Signs Report and connecting our donors, stakeholders and partners to those solutions. In effect, we are leveraging all of our financial, human and social capital, towards building a better city. All of these elements combined are essential to our model of strategic philanthropy, that we call the “Art of Wise Giving”. It connects the head and the heart, as true leaders do, to build a better city.

New for this year, you will see an Annual Report that is organized by, and tells stories about, community leadership and community building through the lens of the “Art of Wise Giving”. We appreciate that philanthropy is a part of our national identity and that communities are built by the people that live and work within them. We hope that you are inspired by the pages that follow and look forward to another year of serving you as Toronto’s Community Foundation.

The Art of

Wise Giving

Rahul K. Bhardwaj, President & CEO

John B. MacIntyre, Board Chair

Daniela Kortan is a Program Officer with the Community Initia-tives team, and the stew-ard behind the Commu-nity Knowledge Centre, helping community organizations tell their stories of transformation-al change. She also helps support leaders who are creating this change by administering the Vital People grant stream.

Nadien Godkewitsch engages groups across a variety of issue areas in the Toronto’s Vital Signs Report, exploring the quality of life in Toronto. Through her work as a Program Officer, she also identifies community as-sets for funding through the Vital Toronto Fund grant streams.

Rosalyn Morrison is Vice President, Community Initiatives. She is also Chair of the 2012 Ontario Summer Games Legacies Committee and the Advisory Group for Playing for Keeps, a new initiative of the Toronto Community Foundation with its many collaborative partners.

Simone P.M. Dalton is the Media Relations & Communications Man-ager Her work the gathers the many wonderful stories from all parts of the Community Foundation and shares them with our many audiences.

Toronto Community Foundation Staff From left to right: Simone P.M. Dalton, Patsy Bisson, Mini Alakkatusery, Anne L. Brayley, Nadien V. Godkewitsch, Marya Syed, Daniela Kortan, Rahul K. Bhardwaj, Carol Turner, Britt Adams-Lowe, Laura Rumble, Rosalyn J. Morrison, Ann Clark, Caroline Seto, Andrea Lockhart, Michael Salem

contributors

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Weston-Mt. Dennis, begins September 2012.

Residents mixing up a recipe for their community.

www.tcf.ca/vitalinitiatives/recipeforcommunity

Contents:

Leadership Team pg 15

Funds pg 16

Strategic Partnerspg 20 Grant Recipientspg 22

Legacy Society pg 26

Professional Advisors pg 27

Financial Informationpg 28

Over the years we’ve come to learn that a healthy and thriving not-for-profit sector requires investment in the overall ecosystem of social purpose organizations shaping our city.

Even before the 2015 Pan/Parapan American Games bid was won, Ontarians were talking about the tremendous opportunity the Games would provide for building a legacy of stronger and healthier communities.

Sue and Harvey’s story is one of many heart-warming examples of the mission of the Toronto Community Foundation at work - connecting philanthropy to community needs and opportunities.

It started with a well-publicized battle to save a beloved public institution. What happened next created a media storm and re-ignited the conversation about the use of private capital for public good.

06Insights on growing change

08Once in a lifetime chance

09Connecting the head & heart

12Transformational philanthropy

Photo Credits:Laura Brown, Tanja Tiziana, SchoolBOX, Michael Salem, Laura Berman—Green-Fuse Images, COSTI, Art Starts, Andrew Weir, Beth Hayhurst Photography, Jeffery Cato, Bryan McBurney, Katherine Fleitas

To survive, most plants need decent soil, regular watering, and some sunlight. But there’s a difference between surviving and thriving. Thriving takes commitment – and fertilizer.

In the world of philanthropy, fertil-izer is characterized as ‘capacity build-ing’. Broadly speaking, capacity building activities include such things as helping organizations document their processes, promote their impact, and plan for replica-tion. Organizations, as a result, are better equipped to improve the quality of life in the communities they serve. These activi-ties don’t often pull at our heart strings the same way as supporting youth in crisis or contributing to disaster relief. They are, however, smart, strategic and vital invest-ments that have profound impact on our community over time.

At the Toronto Community Foundation, we believe in capacity building. When

identifying opportunities for strategic investment in our city, our role is not to reinvent the wheel, but rather to support those wheels of change and community impact that already have momentum addressing key issues. By bolstering their impact, we help them carve a trail of best practices, collaboration, and results. As these organizations begin to stand out as examples to the rest, we invest in solutions that enable the whole sector to advance.

Over the years we’ve come to learn that a healthy and thriving not-for-profit sector requires investment in the overall ecosys-tem of social purpose organizations shap-ing our city. This means supporting well known established organizations, as well as smaller emerging ones with bright ideas. It means standing behind those who work on the front-lines. It means granting to umbrella organizations that provide sector-wide support, as well as those that have a deep local impact at the neighbour-hood level. As a Community Foundation, our support of grassroots organizations and leadership often provides a pivotal point in their journey. We’re proud to have been early funders behind some of today’s most innovative solutions.

How we

changeGrowOver the years we’ve come to learn that a healthy and thriving

not-for-profit sector requires investment in the overall ecosystem

of social purpose organizations shaping our city.”“

Nadien Godkewitsch & Daniela Kortan

“Finding early adopters for a new initia-tive is never easy. Thanks to the Toronto Community Foundation’s networks and financial support, we were able to step back from the daily grind and establish communications and replication strate-gies for scaling The Stop’s unique approach to food to a national level. With two pilot sites on the ground in Ontario, the recent establishment of Community Food Centres Canada, and a strong expansion plan in place, we’re well on our way. Thanks to that early support from the Foundation, we’ve brought the knowledge and capac-ity we’ve built in Toronto to other parts of the country,” said Nick Saul, President and CEO, Community Food Centres Canada and former Executive Director, The Stop Community Food Centre (Vital Ideas recipient).

Toronto as a global city is richer than most in terms of our diversity and community assets – but equally as complex in our challenges. Our annual Toronto’s Vital Signs Report keeps us well-informed of these, identifying the trends we can be proud of and the issues that most need our attention. It acts as our blueprint, as grant-makers and city-builders, when considering our investments. We’re always asking ourselves ‘what’s the magic here?’ that will help this program, organization, or idea grow, flourish, and have a greater impact for all.

Our grant-making keeps us at the cutting edge of the trends shaping the sector. This year, we’ve received proposals from not-for-profit organizations looking to set up a social enterprise, offering platform support to enable grassroots groups to sustain themselves and grow, and those that use strategies like arts or fitness to address much more complex social prob-lems like poverty and homelessness.

In our 2011/2012 year, we were able to grant $612,118 to 40 different community organizations through the Vital Toronto

Fund, our community endowment, to help them further their creative approaches to enhancing our city. Grants from the Fund are also leveraged by the generous support of Fundholders, donors and partners who come forward to invest in our grantees. For instance, an innovative partnership with KPMG, called Vital Impact: Vital Toronto, supports a Vital Ideas capacity building grant while connecting employ-ees at its downtown Toronto office to volunteer opportunities in local commu-nity organizations.

Cutting the cheque is where our support begins, not ends. We’ve heard from many organizations over the years that a stamp of approval from the Toronto Community Foundation is as helpful and meaning-ful to their organization as are the funds

that go with it. To that end our Commu-nity Knowledge Centre (CKC) showcases the stories, videos, and images of these organizations – sharing their impact with our Fundholders, Torontonians, and the media. The CKC showcases the collective community investments the Foundation is making, putting a spotlight on the innova-tive solutions in our community.

We all want to live in a smarter, better, fairer city – one that treats people with respect and dignity, and creates pathways and opportunities for all. We’re fortunate that so many in our community work daily towards this aim. Through making grants that support the capacity of these individ-uals and groups, and helping share their stories, we make progress towards that goal. The results are seen in the trajectory of organizations like The Stop Commu-nity Food Centre. Capacity granting isn’t always the sexiest thing – but it’s an impor-tant arena where the head and heart come together to create effective grantmaking, and a better city for all.

Use these criteria to evaluate if the organization you are granting to is high impact:• Is it working for social change

through education and/or ad-vocacy (not a band-aid solu-tion)?

• Does it adapt and innovate to meet ever-changing needs and conditions?

• Does it inspire program par-ticipants to become effective advocates?

• Is it nurturing networks and partnerships with other organi-zations?

• Does it have a diversified fund-ing base, for example a social enterprise?;

• Is it sharing leadership and best practices with others?

There’s no one thing over another that makes a grant more effective or have a greater impact on the community over time. When eval-uating grant proposals to our Vital Toronto Fund, Foundation staff consider the following questions:• Are these the right people with

the right idea and the right partners at the right time?

• Does the proposal use an in-novative approach to address inter-related social issues, making an impact in several aspects of participants’ quality of life?

• Will the proposal touch and have a positive impact on many lives?

• Will it have a deep transforma-tional impact on a few select participants?

What’s the Magic?

High-impact Grant-making1:

• Request to participate on one of our Vital Toronto Fund grant selection committees.

• Leverage your Donor Advised Fund grants to support some of the amazing and fully-vetted organizations we have identified as candidates to receive a Vital Toronto Fund award.

• Contribute a portion of your an-nual granting to support the Vi-tal Toronto Fund.

• Use our Community Knowl-edge Centre (http://ckc.tcf.ca/) to identify and support high impact organizations offering programs in the areas you care about the most.

• Speak to a Donor Services rep-resentative to learn more about how we can share our in-depth community knowledge with you, and help your philanthropy achieve the impact you desire while satisfying the passions in your heart.

How Fundholders Can Get Involved:

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1. Adapted from Forces for Good: The Six Practices of High-Impact Nonprofits; Leslie R. Crutchfield and Heather McLeod Grant. 2008

Even before the 2015 Pan/Parapan Ameri-can Games bid was won, Ontarians were talking about the tremendous opportu-nity the Games would provide for build-ing stronger and healthier communities. Across the province, people were imag-ining how the Games could be a catalyst for developing a legacy of positive social change.

Toronto Community Foundation’s President and CEO Rahul Bhardwaj was particularly interested in bringing community, business, and government leaders together to discuss the idea of collaborating on vision and aligning our common objectives. In June 2010, he led a special convening of 20 city-building lead-ers including representatives from Heart and Stroke Foundation, University of Toronto, YMCA, Ontario Trillium Foun-dation, United Way, CivicAction, TO2015, Toronto Sports Council among others, as well as municipal, provincial, and federal representatives to discuss the opportuni-ties presented by the Games.

From our Community Foundation’s perspective, major multi-sport events have focussed mainly on developing the physical infrastructure and deliver-ing the Games on time and on budget.

Considering the risks we were seeing of a deeply divided city, a diminishing sense of belonging, and sedentary lifestyles lead-ing to a potentially “unhealthy” genera-tion, we wanted to lead a significant and complementary dialogue on developing social infrastructure towards and beyond the Games.

Rahul opened the meeting by observ-ing that “Social and economic prosperity are always the twin pillars used to secure major, international games hosting oppor-tunities, but these very real opportunities are seldom fully realized – the Toronto Region has an historic opportunity to raise the bar in this regard”.

The dialogue participants were keen to address how to envision the possibili-ties for social capital development; iden-tify ways to transform these possibilities into real and lasting benefits; foster the development of a working collaboration, and identify other parties who should be engaged and a clear path forward. A strong spirit of collaboration led to agreement on working together on a vision of develop-ing social capital through the games.

When Toronto won the bid for the 2012 Ontario Summer Games, we began to think about how we could test drive program ideas through 2012, towards 2015, and beyond.

Key partners got to work and with the help of The Divinsky Group, branded the initia-

tive Playing for Keeps. Activities over the last year include:

• Growing the collaboration to over 25 organizations from all sectors;

• Consulting with over 400 repre-sentatives from the private, public, not-for-profit, multi-sport and academic sectors at four commu-nity design workshops held in Ajax, Toronto and Hamilton;

• Organizing Youth Conversations in partnership with the YMCA of Greater Toronto;

• Creating the Playing for Keeps Neighbourhood Games concept;

• Celebrating the announcement of Playing for Keeps as a key legacy of the Ontario Summer Games (OSG) at 100 Days to Go event on May 9, 2012. The OSG Organizing Committee was joined by Michael Chan, Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sport; Deputy Mayor Doug Holyday; Andrew Backer, Board Member, Sport Alliance Ontario to mark the progress towards the August 16-19, 2012 Opening Cere-monies and Games.

In June, Playing for Keeps brought 200 residents together newcomers, youth and long-time residents, over two weekends with our partners George Brown College and the Institute for Canadian Citizen-ship for special training in Leadership, Community Engagement, Citizenship, and Event Organizing, at no cost to the volun-teers. These volunteers will become not only great hosts of the Ontario Summer Games, and a city they love, but they will also initiate the fun of Playing for Keeps Neighbourhood Games. Ketchum Public Relations Canada, a pro bono partner in the initiative, is helping to get the word out about all the activity.

Playing for Keeps is working to build social capital legacies by leveraging the 2012 Ontario Summer Games and the 2015 Pan/Parapan American Games to create a legacy of healthier, more active and connected communities. Along the way, we will nurture a deepened sense of belonging as we get to know our neigh-bours and our communities better.

Rosalyn Morrison

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A once in a

at developing social legacies

through the Games

lifetime chance

there’s anything you can change, you can change it by starting with young children.”

Sue Griggs and I are chatting in the library of Sheena’s Place after a guided tour with Executive Director, Lee Giles. We keep our conversation to an audible whisper out of respect for the sanctuary that Sheena’s Place provides to support those with eating disorders and related issues, and their families. Sue, once a Sheena’s volunteer counsellor, is now one of their donors.

“As a child, I remember being dragged by my mother, kicking and screaming, for regular visits to The Scott Mission. I was about 9 and didn’t have a clue what philanthropy or being philanthropic meant, but I knew we were helping people, feeding them, giving them clothes and such.”

Even though she wasn’t always the happiest camper on those trips, Sue believes they planted the seed for her wanting to spend her life improving the lives of others, especially children and women.

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Connecting the headwith the heart

Simone P.M. Dalton

By 1964, Sue had a husband, an English degree from the University of Toronto, and was in England teaching a classroom full of 11 year olds, 80% of whom could not read beyond a Grade 1 level. Her expe-riences while teaching ignited her interest in education and its impact on families.

Sue and her husband, Harvey, came to the Toronto Community Foundation in search of something more for their philan-thropy. They already had a long history of charitable giving as a family, small amounts here and there, but the sale of one of Harvey’s businesses in 2008 meant they could afford to give a bit more.

Our Donor Services Officer at the Community Foundation, Britt Adams-Lowe, has regular conversations with the Griggs about how they would like to direct their granting. She often connects them to lesser known but equally inno-

vative community programs, through guided tours, or site visits, and our online Community Knowledge Centre. Since 2008, the Griggs Family Foundation has granted locally to many registered Cana-dian charities. The Griggs are also engaged in philanthropy in Africa through their Fund (Sue is a Stephen Lewis Foundation

“grandmother” working to raise money for and awareness of HIV/AIDS and the generations of children who have lost their parents to the disease) and in Nicaragua where they support SchoolBOX, a Cana-dian non-profit working to educate young children.

“It’s fair to say that youth is a major inter-est for a lot of our Fundholders. They are particularly interested in making sure there are equal opportunities for all young people to have the best possible start to the future, no matter where they live in Toronto,” says Adams-Lowe.

Shortly after the Griggs established their Fund, the Toronto Community Founda-tion began working with the Toronto Foun-dation for Student Success and Toronto District School Board on a program called Beyond 3:30. The program provides high-quality after-school programming free of charge to middle school students in some of Toronto’s underserved neigh-bourhoods. Beyond 3:30 aims to foster a greater sense of community among the participating kids, help them build leader-ship and academic skills, and allow them an opportunity to express themselves through art, music, dance or athletics. The Griggs were among the first Fundhold-ers to be introduced to the program, and three years later, they continue to support Beyond 3:30 through their granting.

Sue and Harvey’s story is one of many successful examples of the mission of the Toronto Community Foundation at work

- connecting philanthropy to community needs and opportunities.

“Beyond 3:30 is one of our favourite programs. What’s interesting is that it targets youth at that particular age when they are making some critical life choices. Whether they are mature enough at that point to do so or not is unclear, but it’s a time when kids can sort of go one way or another,” says Sue Griggs.

Adams-Lowe knows first-hand what the support of Fundholders, such as the Griggs, means. “Beyond 3:30 has grown exponentially to serve more than 1,200 youth. In fact, Beyond 3:30 would not exist without the support of our Fundholders. Connecting them to the city’s pressing concerns through our annual Toronto’s Vital Signs Report and the solutions they can support, gives life to our vision for a better Toronto.”

“What’s interesting about Beyond 3:30 is that it targets youth at that particular age when they are making some critical life choices.”

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Pictured: Sue and Harvey Griggs, Griggs Family Foundation.

Our annual Toronto’s Vital Signs Report

presents a snapshot of how well, or unwell,

the city is doing across 11 issue areas key

to our quality of life in Toronto. It reaches over a

million people in the Greater Toronto Area through

the combined efforts of our research, community,

academic, and media partners.

The Report:

• Is a strategic guide for the hundreds of individ-

ual and family Funds under our administration

who want to direct their resources to areas of

greatest need;

• Helps to define the priorities for our commu-

nity endowment, the Vital Toronto Fund, and

its three grant streams (Vital Ideas, Vital Youth

and Vital People), investing in charitable orga-

nizations with solutions to issues raised in the

Report;

• Provides the backbone data in the creation

of our numerous city-building initiatives:

Toronto Sport Leadership Program, Beyond

3:30, Recipe for Community, Youth Micro-Loan

Initiative, Green Innovation Awards, Arts on

Track - Museum subway station, Get Active

Toronto, Playing for Keeps, and others.

The issue: Toronto’s Vital Signs reported that after

3:30 p.m. unsupervised children are more likely to

engage in gang-related or delinquent behaviour, or

become victims of crimes.

The response: Beyond 3:30 was created as an innova-

tive program providing a safe place for middle school

students in high-needs neighbourhood schools.

The free program offers students homework sup-

port, a healthy meal and the opportunity for physi-

cal fitness and specialty programming. Beyond 3:30

is a unique partnership between the Toronto Com-

munity Foundation, Toronto Foundation for Student

Success, the Toronto District School Board, George

Weston Ltd. and Wonder +, Loblaw Companies,

Indigo Love of Reading Foundation, Gildan, SAP,

George Brown College and over 30 Community

Foundation donors.

Toronto’s biggest challenge?

Overcoming the widening income

gap between its richest and poorest

residents.

The poverty rate rose 22% in oneyear in the Toronto Region; the rate ofchild poverty was up more than 43%:

• The 2009 poverty rate was 13.2%,up from 10.8% in 2008.

• The figure was 30.7% higher thanthe provincial average and 37.5%higher than the national average of9.6%.

Toronto has made no progress in a

decade in eliminating child poverty:

• 317,340 children (17 years andunder) were living in low-incomefamilies in 2009, unchanged from2008 (compared to 273,020 in2001).

The widening income gap between

Canada’s richest and poorest, is also

a growing health gap:

• Based on 10-year Statistics Cana-da health data, the difference in lifeexpectancy between the poorest 10%of the Canadian population and therichest 10% is 7.4 years for men and4.5 years for women.

The poor still pay more for food in

Ontario:

• Low-income households spend aproportionately higher percentage oftotal income, buying food with lowernutritional content (more cured meatand canned vegetables, for example),and have less access to healthy food.

Social assistance doesn’t cover the

cost of food and shelter, forcing

many to rely on food banks:

• On social assistance, a familywould need to spend 37% of itsincome on food and 69% on rent,leaving minus-$133 per month for allother basic needs.

Poverty is increasingly concentrat-

ed in Toronto’s inner suburbs:

• A 2011United Way Toronto studyhighlights the role that high-riserental housing plays in the growinggeographic polarization of povertyand wealth.

• Aging infrastructure makes lifedifficult for many high-rise resi-dents. Tenants, particularly innot-for-profit highrises, de-scribed carrying groceries upmany flights of stairs, and almost1 in 5 reported their children aresometimes late for schoolbecause of an elevator notworking.

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TORONTO REGION 5.7 million

TORONTO

Greater Toronto

Toronto CMA

City of Toronto

THE CITY - population:

2,720,024

“Toronto” or “the city” refers tothe former Regional Municipality ofMetropolitan Toronto, which con-sisted of the former cities of Toronto,Etobicoke, North York, Scarborough,York and the Borough of East York.“City of Toronto” or “City” refers tothe municipal government.

THE REGION - population:

5,741,419

The “Toronto Region” or “Re-gion” refers to the Toronto Cen-sus Metropolitan Area (CMA),an area slightly smaller than theGreater Toronto Area (GTA) andthe largest metropolitan area inCanada, stretching from Ajax andPickering on the east, to Milton on thewest and New Tecumseth and Georginaon the north.

Almost half the population of the To-

ronto Region resides in the City of Toronto.Toronto’s population is aging, as the propor-tion of youth shrinks and the proportion ofseniors climbs steadily:

• The share of youth (under 15) in the citywas 15.2% in 2010 (17.4% lower than in2001). The proportion is well below

that of the province as a whole (18%)and of the country (17.7%).

• The percentage of seniors(65 years and older) in the

city population grew to13.7% (from 13.2% in2001).

Below the 2010 na-tional average of 14.1%,the slower growth inseniors’ share of pop-ulation is likely due to

high numbers of newimmigrants.

Still, by 2031, the numberof Torontonians over 85 is

projected to grow 85%from 2001.

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Toronto’s most critical long-term

investment? Nurturing active,

healthy communities.

Only 9% of boys and 4% of girls aremeeting the new Canadian PhysicalActivity Guidelines, according to the2011CanadianHealthMea-suresSurvey:

• Canadianchildren andyouth continueto receive afailing gradefor physicalactivity. Levelshaven’tchanged significantly in five years.Guidelines state that children andyouth should be moderately to vigor-ously active for at least an hour a day.

• Elementary school students inToronto who walk to school are twiceas likely to meet physical activitylevels.

• 42% of Toronto residents reportbeing a least moderately active dur-ing leisure time (a decline from43.4% in 2009). However, surveysmay considerably underestimatesedentary lifestyles.

Obesity levels have increased 20%

in the city of Toronto since 2003:

•14.2% of Torontonians 18 yearsand older (15.4% of males and 13% offemales) are obese. The Torontoobesity rate is lower than the Ontariorate of 18% but twice the 7% rate inVancouver.

The percentage of Toronto house-

holds reporting spending to access

recreational facilities has dropped by

more than 25% since 2002:

• 36.7% of the households in theToronto Region reported spending touse recreational facilities in 2009(6.5% lower than the provincial levelof 39.1% and a 25.3% drop from2002).

The cost of providing long-term

care in the city of Toronto rose by

66% between 2000 and 2009 (ad-

justed for inflation), primarily due to

increased staffing salaries and stan-

dards:

• It cost $209 to provide one long-term bed for a day in Toronto in2009.

Toronto’s aging population puts

pressure on the health-care system:

• Only 8.7% of the population aged75 or over (180,470 in 2009) haveaccess to long-term care. That’s a10% decline from 2005, asthe supply of beds lagsbehind the growth in theelderly population.

HEALTH AND

WELLNESS

ARTS AND CULTURE

Toronto’s finest attribute?

Creative capital that enriches the

city and drives prosperity.

Torontonians are making progressin understanding culture as a majordriver of prosperity:

• Almost all Ontarians polled in2010 (95%) believe that the artsenrich the quality of life; 81% approvegovernment investment in the arts;and 80% of Torontonians polled in2009 said municipal investment inarts in public spaces was likely toboost the local economy.

The city is well-positioned to be a

global leader in arts and culture:

• The arts and culture sector con-tributes $9 billion annually to theToronto Region’s GDP.

• Cultural activities attracted fourtimes as many tourists to the TorontoRegion as sports events did in 2009.

Municipal investment in the arts is

vital in leveraging other public and

private funding and the City needs to

make a sustained investment in its

artists and arts organizations:

• For every municipal dollar invest-ed in artists and arts organizations,more than $17 is leveraged in earnedrevenues, private funding and invest-ment from other levels of govern-ment.

• In 2009, individuals, foundationsand corporations contributed $91million in operating funding to City-funded arts organizations (in addi-tion to the $1billion in capital fundinggiven over the previous decade).However, in Canada, private fundingfor the arts generally depends on thelead taken by the public sector.

The Toronto Public Library had its

busiest year ever:

• The library is the heart of manyToronto neighbourhoods. Atten-dance at adult literacy programsincreased by 28% in 2010.

PUBLIC LIBRARIES

18,352,210 visitors in 2010 to

99 Toronto branches — the world's busiest urban public

library system

28,000 programs served

790,000 children, youth,adults and seniors

32.3 million items borrowed, including

books, CDs, eBooks, DVDs, eResources and magazines —

1 million more than in 2009

1 million people used free Wi-Fi services

available at all branches, an increase of 65% over 2009

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and not-for-profit sectors in the GTA,but at the current rate it will be 30years before leaders reflect the racial/ethnic diversity of the region:

• The greatest increase occurredamong elected officials, where visibleminority leadership rose to 19% after

the 2010 municipal elections.

Two-thirds of Torontonians reported

feeling a sense of belonging to their

local community in 2010:

• 65.7% of Toronto residents report-ed feeling a strong or somewhat strong

sense of belonging, at the average forcommunities across the country (and a6.3% increase over 2009 when therate was 61.8%). The Ontario rate washigher at 67.7%.

• Young adults (aged 20-34) have, on

average, a weaker sense of belongingthan older adults, although the per-centage reporting at least a somewhatstrong sense of belonging rose in thecity to 65.4% in 2010.

Participation in municipal elections is

on the rise:

than the 49% who were strugglingin late 2010).

• The percentage of tax filers re-porting charitable donations de-clined 5.5% in the Region in 2009, to22.8%.

ble — connecting people to causes.

But it is showing signs of stress:

• About 1 in 10 of the more than80,000 registered charities in Canadais located in the Toronto Region. Inmid-2011, 44% of charities were havingdifficulty fulfilling their mission (fewer

• The 2010 municipal election drewout half of Toronto’s eligible voters(50.55%) compared to a much lower39% in 2003 and 2006; 1 in 10 was afirst-time voter.

A thriving charitable sector helps to

make our city healthy, safe and equita-

What will be key to building the city

we all want? A city that leverages our

diversity and strengthens our sense

of belonging.

Leadership is becoming graduallymore diverse across the private, public

LEADERSHIP, CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND BELONGING

More visible minority

leaders are in City Hall

after the 2010 municipal

election.

LEARNING

Toronto’s strongest advantage?

A highly educated population.

The 2010 post-secondary comple-tion rate in the Toronto Region is56.1% higher than in 1990:

• In 2010, 55.4% of the populationhad completed post-secondaryeducation (above the national rate of51.8% and provincial rate of 52.7%).

• The rate of high school non-com-pletion in the Region has dropped by92% since 1990.

Children of immigrants, on average,

acquire higher education than those

with Canadian-born parents, but

attainment varies significantly

across student groups from different

ethno-linguistic backgrounds:

• Immigrant parents frequently vieweducation as key to determining theirchildren’s future. Second-generationCanadians have a university partici-pation rate of 54.3% compared to37.7% for higher generations.

The Toronto District School Board

will close eight schools beginning in

2011— the most in a decade:

• With enrolment declining by4,000 students a year, the Board has110 half-empty schools in Toronto.

•10 elementary schools will beconverted to JK-Grade 8, as middleschools (Grades 7-8) close.

• School closings generate immenseconcern in affected neighbourhoodsover the potential loss of importantcommunity hubs.

The City has licensed child-care

spots for only 1 in 5 Toronto children,

and the need for more is growing:

• There was no increase in 2010 inthe 24,000 child-care subsidies forToronto’s low-income families (morethan 20,000 children were waitingfor a subsidy in August 2011).

The Region is facing a 64% in-

crease in adults with low literacy

over the next 20 years:

• By 2031, nearly 3.2 million adults inthe Toronto Region may not have theEnglish literacy skills they need tothrive in the 21st-century workplace.That’s a small decline in the propor-tion of the population with low litera-cy (from 50% in 2001to 48%), but alarge jump in total numbers.

• Within 20 years, about 1 in 5 Cana-dian immigrants (1,033,600 people)with low English literacy will be livingin the Toronto Region — a 79% in-crease in the current number of adultimmigrants who have difficulty withwritten material in English.

HOUSING WORK ENVIRONMENT SAFETY

Toronto’s slowest area of progress?

Addressing the city’s affordable

housing crisis.

The Toronto Region remains in theranks of “severely” unaffordablehousing markets — one of six inCanada:

• The annual DemographiaInternational Housing AffordabilitySurvey ranked the Toronto Region the75th least affordable housing marketacross 325 markets in seven globalregions. Median house prices were 5.1times median household incomes in2010 (down slightly from 5.2 in2009). A ratio of 3.0 or less is consid-ered affordable.

• Montreal (5.2) edged past Toron-to in the top ranks of the severelyunaffordable, to join Victoria (7.1) andVancouver (9.5), the third least af-fordable market overall after HongKong and Sydney.

• Momentum in the housing marketin early 2011pushed new home salesin the city up 42.8% to 4,289 in May,from 3,004 in May 2010.

• The annual costs of owning abungalow or two-storey house aretypically far more than 30% ofhousehold income (the general mea-sure of affordability).

Housing starts in Toronto in 2010

increased by 12.6% over 2009:

• In 2010, there were 13,425 newhousing units being built — still wellbelow the 2008 figure of 19,710.

•1,666 housing starts in the city inMay 2011represented an increase of16.3% over the same month in 2010.But across the Region, housing startswere down 5.8% from 2010.

The more than 66,000 households

waiting for social housing reflects

the impact of the recession, un-

derscoring the need for more afford-

able housing:

• In May 2011, the number of eligiblehouseholds on the active waiting listfor social housing stood at 66,460(up 10.4% from May 2010 and a34.3% increase since 2008).

• 43.5% of the total householdswaiting for housing in Ontario are inthe city of Toronto (which representsonly 20.6% of the province’s pop-ulation).

The supply of seniors’ housing

grew in the GTA between 2010 and

2011:

• Seniors’ housing increased from37.6 spaces per 1,000 seniors (aged75 and over) in 2010, to 40 spaces in2011. The number of residents livingin seniors housing grew 8.6% be-tween 2010 and 2011(above the 8%provincial growth rate).

Toronto’s largest liability?

The inability to capitalize on a

young, diverse and highly educated

workforce.

The Toronto Region continues toearn high marks for labour attractive-ness on the Toronto Board of Trade2011Scorecard on Prosperity:

• Toronto scored fourth out of 24global metropolises, behind London,Paris and Calgary.

• The young people from acrossCanada and around the globe whoare drawn to the Toronto Region’snine post-secondary institutions, andthe highly skilled, well-educatedimmigrants who arrive every year inToronto (an estimated 80,000 in2011) help to maintain a highly attrac-tive and relatively young labour force.

• Currently 50% are between theages of 25 and 44 (compared to 27%in that age group across Canada).

Unemployment rates for youth and

immigrants remain high, and em-

ployers are losing out on what they

have to offer the city:

• In 2010, the youth (15-24 yearsold) unemployment rate in the To-ronto Region was 18.1% (22.3% abovethe national average), unchangedfrom 2009 and 7.6 percentage pointshigher than the 2000 rate.

• Immigrants were more than twiceas likely to be unemployed as Canadi-an-born workers in the Toronto Re-gion, at the end of 2010.

• Canadian-born workers mademuch larger gains in job numbersthan immigrants in the Region be-tween 2009 and 2010 (113,200 netjobs compared to 4,800).

The Toronto Region is Canada’s

high-tech hub:

• The Region’s Information andCommunications Technology (ICT)sector (representing 28.7% of Cana-da’s ICT firms), employs more thanhalf of all Ontario ICT workers or 6%of the regional workforce, and gener-ated $52.2 billion in revenue in 2009.

• ICT companies represent almost 1in 3 (31%) of the top 100 CanadianR&D investors in all sectors. TorontoRegion ranked sixth globally from2005-09 for ICT-related patents.

• The ICT workforce is young —more than a third (36.4%) are under35 — and highly educated (97% havea post-secondary credential, com-pared to 74% for the total labourforce).

• The erosion of mid-level jobs andthe traditional career ladder makesmany entry-level positions dead-endjobs, and increases Toronto’s socialand economic polarization.

GAP BETWEEN

RICH AND POORToronto’s weakest link? Traffic

congestion that prevents us from

becoming a truly great global city.

• The Toronto Region continues totrail 20 other metros included in theBoard of Trade Scorecard on Pros-perity, with an average round-tripcommute of 80 minutes. The Regioncontinued to score last on commutetimes, even with the addition ofTokyo and Paris to the study.

• Over a 40-year career, that addsup to more than 1.5 years just gettingto and from work.

• In 2010, it took transit users about20 minutes longer than car users, toget to work (average one-way com-mute by public transit: 49 minutes,by all other modes: 33 minutes).

• The annual expenditure on publictransit averages $338 per capita inthe Toronto Region, placing it atnumber 15 of 21metros behind Mon-treal ($339) and Calgary ($381).London spends $1,113 per capita, HongKong $908 and New York $703 ontheir respective public transit sys-tems.

Neighbourhoods with the highest

incomes have almost four times

better transit service than those with

the lowest incomes:

• Low-income neighbourhoods have19 local subway stops, compared tothe 40 stops locally accessible tothose neighbourhoods with higherincomes.

• Toronto’s revised transit plan doeslittle to address suburban “transitdeserts.”

Ten years after the City adopted its

bike plan, less than 25% of the

planned 495 km of bike lanes have

been created:

• By the end of 2010, there were116.8 km of bike lanes and 168 km ofbike trails in Toronto — a city with5,600 km of roads.

Toronto’s most significant change in

a decade? Our efforts to become a

more sustainable environmentally

friendly city.

In 2011, Corporate Knights rankedToronto Canada’s most sustainablelarge city for the second year in a row:

• Toronto scored 69%, 2% belowVictoria and Vancouver (winners inthe small- and medium-sized citycategories).

• In this sustainability review, Toron-to is credited for reducing green-house gas emissions, limiting house-hold waste, green transportation andlocal food production and access.

There were eight smog alert days in

Toronto in 2010, but air quality is

improving:

• Air pollution contributes to anestimated 1,700 early deaths and6,000 hospital visits each year inToronto. The city experienced twiceas many smog alert days in 2010 as in2009, but the 10-year average is 16.4smog alerts per year.

Progress is slow in the long-term

goal of reducing water consumption:

• Toronto’s total annual water con-sumption increased by 8% in 2010.The rise follows several years ofreduced demand, and is still 5.3%below 2001. Canadian households’water usage is more than twice thatof many European countries.

• In 2010, the City of Toronto beganinstalling smart water meters. InAmsterdam, where smart watermeters have been installed, waterofficials report that consumption hasdecreased by 10-15%.

Less than half the waste generated

in the city is diverted from landfills,

falling far short of a goal of 70%

diversion by 2010:

• 47% of the 813,429 tonnes ofresidential waste generated in Toron-to in 2010 was diverted from landfill— a slight improvement over the46% estimate for 2009.

Half of the population visits one of

Toronto’s 1,500 parks at least once a

week; almost 14% make daily visits:

•18.1% of the city surface is park-land and natural spaces (comparedto the 27.4% covered by roads andhighways). Most parkland is in theravines that run north-south throughthe city — the largest urban networkof ravines in the world.

• Toronto has the largest number ofcertified green buildings in Canada,totaling over 3.5 million square me-tres of floor space.

Toronto’s least-recognized

achievement? A decade-long

reduction in crime rates.

Total reported crime in Torontodecreased by 9% (16,214 offenses) in2010 to 169,878 offenses:

• Total criminal code offenses (ex-cluding traffic offenses) in the city ofToronto dropped for the fourthstraight year to a rate of 5,864 per100,000 population in 2010. The ratewas 8.9% lower than in 2009 and29% lower than in 2006.

The Toronto Region’s total crime

rate is still the lowest of any of the 32

metropolitan areas in Canada:

• The Region’s overall crime ratedropped by 6% in 2010 over 2009 to3,563 offenses per 100,000 pop-ulation. The rate across the countryalso dropped by 5% to 6,145 in 2010.

A decades-long decline in crime

rates in Canada may be linked to

rising rates of high school gradua-

tion:

• A recent study suggests that highschool graduates are more than 90%less likely to have an adult offendingrecord than dropouts with similarearly life experience.

At 216 police officers per 100,000

population in 2010 (up 1.9% from 212

in 2009), the per capita policing rate

in Toronto was 8% higher than the

provincial average:

• The police service now costs closeto $1billion annually.

High-rise apartment-dwellers in

Toronto’s inner suburbs generally

view their communities and build-

ings as safe places to call home:

• Only 12.6% of tenants in a recentstudy of private-sector high rises felttheir apartment building was unsafe.Over half (54.3%) believed thatsafety levels had not changed in theprevious two years. About an equalnumber (close to 16%) said the build-ing had become safer vs. less safe.

93% of Canadians report feeling

somewhat, or very satisfied with

their personal safety:

• The percentage is unchanged from2004, although the number of verysatisfied rose from 44% to 48%.83% report not being at all worriedabout being home alone at night.

GETTING STARTED

72%

up

YOUTHUNEMPLOYMENT

in Toronto Region over 10 years

OVERALL CRIME RATE

6%down

in Toronto Region from 2009 to 2010

COMMUTING WOES

Chronic under-investment in transportation infrastructure has

been identified as the Toronto Region's greatest threat to global

competitiveness

80 minutes average round-trip commute in the Toronto Region, worse than:

Vancouver at 67 minutes, and Calgary, Boston,

San Francisco at 57 minutes

29% of full-time workers are stuck

in traffic jams every day. Over a 40-year career,

that adds up to more than

1.5 years getting to and from work

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The Toronto Region is nearthe top again this year on anumber of internationalrankings of global cities:

The Economist 2011 Liv-

ability Ranking. Tracks 140global cities on livabilityindicators such as stability,health care, culture, envi-ronment and education.

1. Melbourne, Australia2. Vienna3. Vancouver, B.C.4. Toronto5. CalgaryPricewaterhouseCoopers

(PwC) 2011 Cities of Oppor-

tunity. Tracks 26 globalcities across 10 areas.

Among the 26 PwC Citiesof Opportunity, Toronto

ranked second on “intellec-tual capital and innovation”and “health, safety andsecurity.” Researchersconclude that the world’smost globally competitivecities are not necessarilythose with the biggest eco-nomic clout, but thosewhere the city’s creatorsand innovators are able tolive safe and healthy lives.

1. New York2. Toronto3. San Francisco4. Stockholm5. SydneyAfter New York City, To-

ronto is the top destinationfor international visitors toNorth America.

HOW WE RANK ON

THE WORLD STAGE

Income trends projected to2025 predict an almostcomplete disappearance ofmiddle-income neigh-bourhoods in Toronto:

• Analysis of incometrends during the 35-yearperiod 1970-2005, by re-searchers at the CitiesCentre, University of Toron-to, reveals that Toronto’smiddle-income neigh-bourhoods are disappear-ing, as “Three Cities”emerge with markedlydifferent social and eco-nomic prospects.

• City #1 includes neigh-bourhoods where averageincomes increased 20% ormore between 1970 and

2005, compared to theaverage income for theentire Toronto Region. City#2 includes neighbour-hoods where the increase ordecrease was less than20%, and City #3 includesneighbourhoods whereincomes decreased 20% ormore from 1970 to 2005.

• More than 1,076,000people (43% of Toronto’s2006 population) lived inCity #3. Compared to all ofToronto, City #3 consists oflarger households, higherpercentages of recent im-migrant and visible minorityresidents, and a populationwith lower economic statusand educational levels.

WHO WE ARE

Canada’s urban regions playa critical role in the life ofthe country, comprising 15.3million voters (two-thirds ofall voters) and generating$910 billion annually in GDP.

GDP grew in 2010 in Toron-to for the first time since2007:

• Toronto contributes 10%of the national GDP and27.5% of the provincialtotal.

The Toronto Region led thecountry in economic activityin the first quarter of 2011:

• Toronto ranks first on theCIBC economic activityindex of 25 major Canadianmetropolises. The mo-mentum was credited to theRegion’s diverse economy,and to robust activity inlabour and housing markets.

The number of businessand consumer bankruptciesdropped sharply in 2010:

•10,996 personal bank-ruptcies in the TorontoRegion in 2010 representeda 28.7% decline from the

15,423 in 2009. (The declinemirrored an overall drop of20.4% across the country.)

• There were 714 businessbankruptcies in the TorontoRegion in 2010 (31.8% fewerthan in 2009).

• Building permits are animportant marker of eco-nomic health, and Torontohas been closing the gapbetween the city and sur-rounding “905” munici-palities in total value ofpermits issued.

• 38% of the total Cityoperating budget comesfrom property taxes ($3.579billion in 2011). The portionof the total budget support-ed by property taxes, whichare among the lowest in theprovince, was significantlyhigher (46%) in 1999.

• Toronto has an ongoingfinancial deficit (estimatedat $145 million per year forthe next 10 years). To closethat gap the City needs tofind both revenue solutionsand expenditure solutions.

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Toronto’s Vital Signs 2011INDICATORS OF ECONOMIC

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Toronto’s greatest asset?

Immigrants who make this city their

home and want to contribute skills

and experience.

The Toronto Region’s immigrationlevels rose by 11.5% in 2010, afterthree years of declining numbers:

• 92,184 new residents in the Regionrepresent half of all new immigrantsto Ontario and one third of totalimmigration to Canada in 2010. TheRegion remains the top destinationfor immigrants, receiving twice asmany as second-place Montreal(46,460) and two and half times asmany as Vancouver (37,336). The2010 increase is still 7.7% below2006 levels.

The underemployment of immi-

grants costs the Canadian economy

dearly:

• According to the 2006 census, noteven one quarter (24%) of employeduniversity-educated immigrantswere working in a profession thatmatched their field of study (com-pared to 62% of Canadian-bornworkers). Among the 76% of mis-matched immigrant workers, morethan three-quarters were working at

jobs that don’t normally requirea university degree.

• After four years inCanada, only 28% of

immigrants withforeign creden-

tials hadthose cre-dentialsrecognized;39% had

their foreignwork experi-

ence accepted. • The Conference

Board of Canadaestimates that if all

immigrants were em-ployed at the full level of their qual-ifications, it would add between $3.4billion and $5 billion to the economyeach year, with the largest share inthe Toronto Region.

Four years after landing, only 7% of

new immigrants report dissatisfac-

tion with their life in Canada; almost

half say that life is at least somewhat

better than they expected it to be:

• Almost 3 of 4 participants in asurvey of immigrants who came toCanada in the early 2000s weresatisfied with their lives. Most (87%)reported after four years in the coun-try that, faced with the same decisionagain, they would choose to im-migrate to Canada.

• Canada had the third-best im-migrant integration policies, out of 31countries, on the 2011Migrant In-tegration Policy Index.

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It started with a well-publicized battle to save a beloved public institution. What happened next created a media storm and re-ignited the conversation about the use of private capital for public good.

In April, Torontonians woke up after the Easter long weekend to news of a family foundation making a bold move to increase donations in aid of the High Park Zoo. The Zoo had been a neighbourhood treasure - free to the public since the early 1900s - but with proposed City budget cuts looming, its operating budget was on the chopping block. Plans for a permanent closure in June were announced.

That was all the motivation the Honey Family Foundation needed to step up and use their philanthropy to “put some money where their hearts were” in support of an immediate need. Although the family describes its Foundation as “quiet” (repre-sentatives of the Foundation have chosen to remain anonymous), they are passion-ate about encouraging others to take the lead in using philanthropy to support their communities.

This resulted in the family making a gener-ous three-year commitment to match dollar-for-dollar, up to a maximum, dona-tions made via the Toronto Parks and

Trees Foundation towards the High Park Zoo’s operating budget.

The Honey Family Foundation began its philanthropic journey at the Toronto Community Foundation a few years ago, working through their financial advi-sor to establish a Donor Advised Fund - essentially a “savings account” for their charitable giving. Donor Advised Funds (DAFs) have become an increasingly popular choice for Canadians who want to maintain a hands-on approach to their philanthropy. With a DAF at a Commu-nity Foundation, a donor, (referred to as a Fundholder) can enjoy all the benefits and recognition of a private foundation, while the Community Foundation takes on all the responsibilities of administra-tion, reporting, regulatory compliance and investment management of the endowed funds.

Many Fundholders come to the Toronto Community Foundation because we take care of the work… the transaction. But, increasingly, they also want to make their charitable giving more strategic. Commu-nity Foundations add a unique dimension to the Donor Advised Fund by providing philanthropic leadership to those who want to broaden their reach and granting impact.

Such was the case with the Honey Family Foundation. While news of their donation dominated the airwaves, it was the behind-the-scenes conversations between a repre-sentative of the Honey Family Foundation (also called a Donor Advisor) and staff at the Community Foundation that made all the difference. Donor Services staff have the expertise to transform a donor’s desire to “pay it forward” into real, high-impact giving that provide the maximum benefits to both the organization and the donor.

The broader value of working with the Community Foundation becomes the donor’s access to in-depth community knowledge and the Foundation’s ability to act as a strategic advisor to help the family reach its philanthropic goals.

James Vandewater established his family’s charitable foundation in 1998 with goals different from the Honey family, but also knowing that the Toronto Community Foundation was the right fit.

“My dad’s choice to use the Toronto Community Foundation over a private foundation initially was a monetary one as the costs were more reasonable, espe-cially for smaller foundations. In time, the additional services and expertise that the Community Foundation offers became

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apparent and we have worked with them to expand our understanding of where the needs are in Toronto,” said Tom Vandewa-ter, James’ son, who became the primary contact for the Foundation after his dad passed away in 2009.

The “zoo moment” for the Vandewa-ters was the Toronto Sport Leadership Program. Initiated by the Community Foundation, TSLP provides the opportu-nity for young people to gain skills and certification as sporting coaches and as instructors. It’s helping young people find the confidence, skills, and experience to obtain employment and become leaders in their communities. Knowing of their interest in helping youth, the Community Foundation introduced the program to the Vandewaters.

The young people who benefit from TSLP often live in neighbourhoods with high concentrations of poverty and lack access to opportunities. Youth selected for the program demonstrate leadership poten-tial, and have an interest and some profi-ciency in a selected sport but cannot afford the training to become certified coaches. Thanks to the Vandewaters, and many other donors and partners (YMCA of Greater Toronto, United Way Toronto,

City of Toronto Parks, Forestry & Recre-ation, Toronto Catholic District School Board, Toronto District School Board) TSLP has grown into a remarkable collab-oration and achieved tremendous impact. More than 800 youth are now certified as sport coaches and instructors and part of a roster of diverse, qualified sports staff for public and private employers.

The importance of both giving to those less fortunate and committing to volunteerism was instilled in Tom and his sister, Lisa, from a young age. “It was always a family decision,” Tom recalls, “we all had to bring our giving ideas to the dinner table.” Tom remembers thinking it was a fun experi-ence to be in charge of a $500 donation as a teenager – knowing now that these little exercises his father orchestrated have had a profound effect in shaping him and his sister’s current philanthropic practices.

“The point of change for me happened when I began leading those granting conversations with my family around the dinner table. I started to see the real opportunity we had to transform the lives of youth and families.”

That change is common when donors working with the Toronto Community Foundation become engaged in strate-

gic philanthropy by employing all of the tools and knowledge they have access to through us. The result is a Donor Advised Fund that can be used to provide grants that create transformative change.

Through the powerful tool of a Donor Advised Fund, the Honey and Vandewater families have both been able to pool their resources with hundreds of others as well as to magnify the impact of their charita-ble giving in support of the communities and causes they care about. For both, what began with the simplicity of setting up a Donor Advised Fund has become their journey to transformational philanthropy.

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In the pages that follow, we report on our financial performance for the fiscal year, April 1, 2011 – March 31, 2012. We also celebrate those who partnered with us to make a differ-ence in our city. Our Fundholder base remains strong and unique – a true reflection of the diverse city we operate in.

We continue to invest in organizations providing city-building solutions. Twelve high-impact community leaders received one of our Vital People grants of up to $5,000; 12 community organizations were each awarded up to $30,000 for their Vital Ideas; and 16 programs increasing access to recreation and leadership opportunities for youth were supported with Vital Youth grants of up to $15,000.

In addition to granting to their chosen charities, some of our Fundholders expanded the Vital Toronto Fund grants with additional donations from their Funds that enabled us to invest in more not-for-profit leaders, build the capacity of more organizations and support more youth-focused recreational programs. We specially thank the Griggs Family Foundation, Peter & Elizabeth Morgan Fund, Helen McCrea Peacock Foundation, Bhalla Fund, Ada W. Slaight Fund, Lucille Pratt Music Award, Adrian & Reta Hudson Fund, Peter & Elizabeth Morgan Fund. We also wish to thank the Andy & Beth Burgess Family Foundation for its gift.

In total, more than 500 of the city’s best and brightest organizations received grants through us and from our Fundholders totalling over $7.1 million.

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The Toronto Community Foundation Board of Directors is made up of a cross-section of leaders, each bringing their spe-cific skills and insights to the table as the Commu-nity Foundation charts its path forward.

The Funds at the Toronto Community Founda-tion are an integral part of how we respond to the community needs in Toronto. Our family of Funds forms the basis of a strong philanthropic movement in Toronto.

The hundreds of com-munity organizations we grant to annually are the ones on the ground providing solutions to the issues highlighted in the Toronto’s Vital Signs Report.

A summary of the Toronto Community Foundation’s financial information.

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2011/2012 Committees

Community InitiativesRandy McLean (Chair)John BarfordMartin ConnellNathan GilbertSiamak HaririJennifer KossNancy LoveJohn B. MacIntyreLola RasminskyNatalie TownsendRahul K. Bhardwaj (ex-officio)Rosalyn Morrison (staff)Anne Brayley (staff)Mini Alakkatusery (staff)Nadien Godkewitsch (staff)Daniela Kortan (staff)

Finance & AuditRichard Ivey (Chair)John BarfordIan L. T. ClarkeNathan GilbertElizabeth GitajnDan GolbergJohn B. MacIntyreBill MacKinnonRandy McLeanRobert Bertram (ex-officio)Rahul K. Bhardwaj (ex-officio)Carol Turner (staff)

GovernanceEdward J. Waitzer (Chair)Martin ConnellRichard IveyNancy LoveJohn B. MacIntyreRandy McLeanJ. Robert S. PrichardAndré Perey (Corporate Secretary)Rahul K. Bhardwaj (ex-officio) InvestmentRobert Bertram (Chair)Mohammad Al ZaibakMartin ConnellDavid F. DenisonSusan LatremoilleJohn B. MacIntyreRobert MacLellanAmy TongGeorge VeselyRichard Ivey (ex-officio)Rahul K. Bhardwaj (ex-officio)Carol Turner (staff)

2011/2012 board of direCtors

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John B. MacIntyreChair, Toronto Community FoundationPartner, Birch Hill Equity Partners Mohammad Al Zaibak*President & CEO,CDM Information Inc. John Barford President, Valleydene CorporationRobert Bertram*Corporate DirectorIan L. T. ClarkeExecutive Vice-President and ChiefFinancial Officer, Business DevelopmentMaple Leaf Sports & Entertainment Ltd. Martin ConnellPast Chair, Toronto Community FoundationJon Dellandrea*International Advancement Consultant Nathan Gilbert Executive Director, Laidlaw Foundation Rick GoldsmithPartner, National Risk Management, Advisory Services, KPMG Management Services, LLP Siamak Hariri*Partner, Hariri Pontarini ArchitectsRichard IveyChairman, Ivest Properties LimitedJennifer KossSenior Investment Associate,Teachers’ Private Capital

Alison LoatExecutive Director, SamaraNancy Love*Community VolunteerBill MacKinnonVice-Chair,Canadian Institute of Chartered AccountantsRandy McLean Acting Director,Strategic Growth and Sector Development,Economic Development and Culture, City of TorontoJ. Robert S. Prichard* Chair, Torys LLP

Lola RasminskyFounding Director, Avenue Road Arts SchoolNatalie TownsendManaging Partner, NorthRock CapitalEdward J. Waitzer*Senior Partner, Stikeman Elliott LLP

Greg WilkinsonThird Oak Associates,Strategy, Communication and Advocacy

André Perey (Corporate Secretary)Partner, Blake, Cassels & Graydon, LLP

Rahul K. BhardwajPresident & CEO (Ex-officio)

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New FundsAndrea Miller FundVan Biesen-Zimakas Family FundBrayley Family FundClarke Family FoundationCoady Nyman Family FundMartin Connell & Linda Haynes FundCommon Ground Co-Operative Endowment FundMichael B. Decter FoundationGoring Family FoundationJoan McCalla FundDon and Shirley Martin FundNational Theatre School (NTS) Theatre & Community Engagement FundPamensky Family FundPrincess Alexandra Bursary FundGlenn Tompkins Memorial FundTownsend Family FoundationEdward I. Unger FundVulpe & Pelenyi Charitable FundShelagh and David Wilson FundAnonymous (1) Bond With Toronto contributor

FundsAltair FundAndrea Miller FundAnne Y. Lindsey FundPaolo Ardizzi FundMurray & Susan Armitage FoundationTony and Anne Arrell FundAshbridge FundAstraZeneca Canada Inc. Endowed Research FundAugustine Family FundDr. I.L. Babb FundMarsha & Aubrey Baillie FundTorunn and David Banks FundJohn and Jocelyn Barford Family FoundationKaren and Bill Barnett FundPeter Barnard FundFrancine & Robert Barrett FundBay Street Invitational FundBruce Beauchamp Memorial FundBegonia FundBrent & Lynn Belzberg FundRoy Bennett Memorial FundBhalla FundBirch Island FoundationVan Biesen-Zimakas Family FundBruce Blackadar Last Call FundGreg Bond Musical Theatre FundBrayley Family FundE.E.T. Briggs Family FundBronwen’s Rainbow FundWendy Buda “Help Needy Kids” FoundationKevin Burke FoundationManny Cabral Memorial FundCalamor FundMiller-Cammidge FundDonna Cappon Memorial Breast Cancer FundDr. John Carey FundCarruthers Family FundJack and Rita Catherall Scholarship FundCavelti Family FoundationCFNY Youth FundCheesbrough Family FundJonathan and Stephanie Clarke Memorial FundClarke Family Foundation

Coady Nyman Family FundStewart R. Code Memorial Scholarship FundMartin Connell and Linda Haynes FundGlen Colborne FundColoured Development FundRaymond and Irene Collins FoundationCollombin Family FundAnthony & Elizabeth Comper FundCommunity Foundation Environmental FundGerald Conway FundElizabeth Cooke Endowment FundRev. Frank P. Corless FundDan & Mary Cornacchia Charitable FundBonnie Cox FundCanada Post Literacy FundJ. Douglas Crashley FundFrank and Sheelagh Creaghan FundPeter Creaghan FundToronto CREW FoundationJohn and Christine Currie FoundationJanet and Douglas Davis FundMartin Davies Memorial FundPeter and Pauline Dawson FoundationColonel F. H. Deacon - Memorial FundAdelle and Paul Deacon Nanton FundMichael B. Decter FoundationDenham Family FundMichael and Honor de Pencier FundDistinguished Mature Artist’s FundJim and Doreen Doherty FundDOMAC FundRobert A. Donaldson Family FundHarold “Pat” Dooley Educational FundSherry and Edward Drew Family FundAlex and Carolyn Drummond FoundationDuboc Family FoundationDu Sablon-Lank Family FoundationStephen Eby Memorial FundMary Ecclestone Nutrition Scholarship FundArt Eggleton FundEmmett & Leo FundFran Endicott Equity FundNorah Faye FoundationFindlay Family FoundationFitness Institute Foundation Fund in Memory of Lloyd PercivalMargaret and Gordon Fleming FundRob Ford Football Foundation FundFoundation for Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society EndowmentJoan and Roy Frankel Charity FundGartley Family FoundationSheila Hall Van Gijn Scholarship FundBen Globerman Memorial “Running to Daylight” FoundationMorgan Goldberg Memorial FundGoring Family FoundationJames Rutley Grand Memorial FundDouglas and Ruth Grant FundGriggs Family FoundationSandra Fraser Gwyn FoundationDon Haig FoundationB & B Hamilton FundDuncan and Lesley Hawthorne FundBarry and Jane Hayes Memorial FundElizabeth Ann Heacock (nee Prince) Memorial FundJennifer Headley Fund for a Living PlanetHeal Family TrustElspeth Heyworth Bursary FundPaul and Evelyn Higgins Fund

Connecting Philanthropy

A Fund at the Toronto Community Foundation gives Fundholders all the flexibility, involvement and recogni-tion of a private charitable foundation without the “back office” and financial stewardship responsibilities. Individu-als and families can choose to estab-lish a Donor Advised Fund, a named Vital Toronto Fund, Field of Interest Fund or Designated Fund. Each option is an endowment that can be created through gifts of marketable securities, cash, life insurance policies, RRSP/RRIF designations and bequests.

Our total assets include the Agency Funds established by other charities. For many charitable organizations, an endowment fund is a way of build-ing capacity and ensuring longevity for their organization. The Toronto Community Foundation has the mission, charitable tax structure and specialized staff to support registered charities in building and sustaining endowments. Total assets also include Consolidated Funds.

All of the Funds under our admin-istration benefit from our profes-sional investment management, donor administration and grantmaking expertise. Responsibility for managing the Toronto Community Foundation’s investment portfolio is vested in the Board of Directors with the guidance of the Investment Committee.

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Paul Higgins Jr. FundEvelyn and Cecil Hoffman Charitable FoundationHoney Family FoundationLee and Patrick Howe Family FoundationErnest and Hilda Hubbard FoundationAdrian and Reta Hudson FundSteven K. Hudson FoundationImagine FundInvestment Properties International Limited FundRichard and Donna Ivey FundIsobel B. Jaffrey Heritage FundDr. John Jameson Memorial FundJennison FundJohnson Family FundJoan McCalla FundSaul E. Joel FundDorice P. Johnston Memorial FundJo’s Snowflake FundJoubin/Selig Family FundDavid Kenny FundJohn Kenny FundKideckel Robbins Family FoundationK.I.D.S. FundKiessling/Isaak Family FoundationSheila Kirpalani FoundationKoehler Family FundKuttis Family FundLakhani Family Charitable FoundationLangford Family FoundationMichael La Patriello FundThe Susan, Sarah and Nicholas Latremoille FundRonald N. Leggett Memorial FundStacey Levitt Athletic and Educational FundLind Family FundJames Lindala Family FoundationFrances Lindenfield FundPeggy C. Linton FundA. J. & Margaret Little Charitable Fund

Duane Livingstone Family FundCatherine Logan FundAngela Longo Leadership FundJon and Nancy Love FoundationLove Family FundJohn A. and Margaret K. Lowden Memorial FundLinda and Steve Lowden FundLycklama Family FundNeil and Shirley Macdougall FundFrances MacDonald FundMacFeeters Family FundStuart and Patricia MacKay Family FundMargaret’s Joy FundMain FamilyMarsh Memorial FundPaul Martineau/Yamaha Canada Music Charitable FundDon and Shirley Martin FundCoral and Bill Martin Family FoundationH. Matheson Family FoundationPauline and Dipak Mazumdar FundDavid R. McCamus Endowment FundMcConnell FundEleanor McDougall FundMcKerroll Family FundRobert McKinney FundMcLaughlin/Costigan FundDon McQuaig FoundationMcSherry Family FundJohn & Dorothy McSherry FundGerry Meinzer FundMelman Childhood Cancer FundNorman Allan Middleton FundMrs. Joan H. Miller Scholarship FundJitendra & Anita Mistry FoundationClaire and Marty McConnell Family FundMoir Family FoundationGordon Mollenhauer Family FoundationJack and Anne Mollenhauer Family Foundation

Peter and Elizabeth Morgan FundFlora Morrison Choral FundFlora Morrison Research FundMoynes Family FundEdna & Paul Munger FundJohn Thomas Murphy Memorial FundNAE FundNatchiket Children’s Literacy FoundationNational Club FundNeighbourhood Innovations FundNew York Fries Kids FundNigE Gough Shine On FoundationBrown-Nusbaum Family FundO’Neil Leger Family FoundationLady Ophelia FundOuellette Family FoundationPacifica FundPamensky Family FundPanda Family FundJames and Alfreda Parlee FundPayne Family FundIva and Garfield Payne FundJean V. and Rodney C. Payne Memorial FundHelen D. Phelan FundLucile Pratt Music AwardPrichard-Wilson Family FoundationCharles and Joyce Ramsay FundMario Reale FundTawny Richard FundJohn S. and Joan P. Ridout FundMichelle Risi Dance Angel Scholarship FundDorothy and Oscar Rogers FoundationRose Family FundConstance and David Roseman FundJeffrey B. Rubinoff FundRoy Russell Memorial FundSadler FundSandala Emery Family FundSAP Canada FundSavoy Pitfield FoundationElvino and Linda Sauro Fund

Cancer took Angela Longo away from her family, friends and colleagues much too soon.

In a public service career span-ning three decades, it is no exag-geration to say that Angela left a profound and lasting impression on nearly every person she encoun-tered. Though she was known for a tenacity that made her a thor-

oughly effective public servant, it was her prodigious strength of character, generosity, joie de vivre and compassion that turned many a professional colleague into a personal friend. Upon news of her cancer diagnosis, Angela was flooded with cards from these many friends and well-wishers. After she passed away, it was her family who received the influx of sympathy and condolences.

While this sentiment was greatly appreciated, the most striking emotion expressed came as little surprise to those who knew Angela — gratitude.

To celebrate Angela’s remarkable life is to remember her for the friend and mentor she was. As one friend and former colleague said so succinctly, “She cared, and for that, she is missed.”

It’s a life that will continue to be celebrated through the Angela Longo Leadership Fund at the Toronto Community Foundation. The Donor Advised Fund was estab-lished primarily to support the Vital People grant program supporting the development of leaders who are making outstanding contri-butions working at not-for-profit organizations.

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Schachter Family FundRussell & Sharon Schmidt FundCharles Schwab Corporation Foundation Advised FundGeoffrey B. Scott Memorial FundScott Family FundMichael & Christine Selim FoundationMarjorie J. Sharpe FundGerald Sheff FundEleanor & Francis Shen Family FundMichael and Jackie Shulman Family FundShum Vourkoutiotis FundSimon Family FundDouglas Maurice Simmonds Charitable FundParamount Pallet, Inc. Skids for Kids FoundationAda W. Slaight FundGerry and 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 and Diane Taylor Family FundTaylor Irwin Family FundJohn & Marian Taylor Family FundTony and Caley Taylor Family FundTeow Family FoundationRobert Tetley FundJack Thomas FundKeith, Tanja and Kiera Thomson FundTom Thomas Music Scholarship FundTimothy FundPhillip & Maureen Tingley FundGlenn Tompkins Memorial FundS. Chum Torno FundToronto Life FundToronto Friends of the Visual Arts FundEdward A. Tory FundTownsend Family FoundationRavindranjali Trivedi Charitable FoundationGeorge and Mary Turnbull Family FoundationEdward I. Unger FundUnwin Family FundWilliam M. Vaisey Arts FoundationVandewater Charitable FoundationVas Family Fund (Canada)Viva Vitalita Gala FundVulpe & Pelenyi Charitable FundWaddington Family FundWaisberg/Bellwood Charitable FundWaitzer Family FundS. Marguerite Walker Memorial FundBetty and Chris Wansbrough Family FoundationOrly Watkin FundKen & Ann Watts FoundationDr. William A. Weir & Dorothy Elliott Weir Memorial FundRichard Wernham and Julia West Family FundWilkinson Family Fund

Steven & Alberta Williams Memorial FundShelagh and David Wilson FundWindswept Farms FundWomen’s FundWomen’s Habitat Endowment FundJane & Donald Wright FundYano-Shuttleworth FundAnonymous (8)

Agency & Consolidated FundsAbbeyfield 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 Foundation Campbellford/Seymour Community FoundationCampbellford/Seymour Municipal FoundationCanada Company Scholarship FundCanadian Lyford Cay FoundationCanadian Society of Painters in Water Colour• Doris McCarthy Award Fund• Ethel Raicus AwardCommon Ground Co-Operative Endowment Fund• Veronica Peake Memorial FundCommunity Foundation of Durham Region FundCommunity Foundation of MississaugaDownsview Community Renaissance FundDr. Elgin McCutcheon Fund in Support of FreeSchools World Literacy FundElizabeth Cooke Endowment FundFatal Light Awareness Program (FLAP) Endowment FundFoundation for Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society EndowmentFriends of CAMH Archives FundGeorge Brown College FoundationHaynes-Connell FoundationHelen McCrea Peacock FoundationHope for Children FoundationHuronia Community FoundationImagine Canada - Margery Warren Bequest -John Hodgson Library FundJoseph W. Atkinson Scholarship Fund

Junior League of Toronto FundMetropolitan Community Church of Toronto FundMuskoka Community FoundationNapanee District Community Foundation FundNational Theatre School (NTS) Theatre and Community Engagement FundNational Theatre School of Canada FundNiagara Community FoundationOntario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to AnimalsRed Barn Theatre Endowment FundRoots of Empathy Endowment FundRosedale Park Playground Renewal FundSheela Basrur Centre FundSwim Toronto FundThe Queen’s Own Rifles of Canada Princess Alexandra Bursary FundToronto Community Foundation Zoo Trust Fund• Canavan Family Endowment Fund• Coca-Cola Wildlife Research Fellowship Fund• Conservation & Research Endowment Fund• Gus Harris Zoo Share Fund• Ralph Kirk Endowment Fund• Reproductive Physiology Fund• Veterinary Residency Fund• Volunteer Fund• Window to the Wild Capital Projects FundToronto Japanese Language School (IJIKAI) FundToronto Symphony Volunteer Committee Endowment FundUnison Health & Community ServicesUnited Way of St. Catharine’s and DistrictUnited Way TorontoWomen’s Habitat Endowment Fund

“The Toronto Community Foundation gives us the opportunity to connect with a like-minded community of people dedicated to building a better future.”

Ping and Kha Sin Teow, Teow Family Foundation

Named Vital Toronto FundsACE Bakery FundTony and Anne Arrell Fund Brent & Lynn Belzberg FundBirchall Family Foundation BMO Financial Group FundCalamor FundMartin Connell FundSue Corlett FundSusan Crocker & John Hunkin FundDominion of Canada General Insurance FundDuboc Family FoundationEvans Family FundJohn Honderich FundRichard & Donna Ivey FundMary Rowell Jackman FundCarol Oliver FundPita Break FundAda W. Slaight FundAnne Swarbrick FundTaylor Family FundKeith, Tanja & Kiera Thomson FundWaters Family FundThe Hon. Hilary M. Weston FundAnonymous (2)

Vital Toronto Fund DonorsCatherine Thomas & Fraser BaillieAnne L. BrayleyRobert BuchananNicole d’OmbrainAntony d’OmbrainSusan DittaCouto FortunatoThomas & Annemarie PalomboPatricia Ann KadrnkaColin LaceyNancy Smith LeaRuth MandelBob McArthur Rosalyn J. MorrisonCharles Novogrodsky R. Jackie Rumyee

Archana SridharNan ShuttleworthCarol TurnerJason WagarLawrence Crawford & Andrea WalkerOntario Trillium Foundation

Community Builders*Anthony & Anne ArrellJohn & Jocelyn BarfordBrent & Lynn BelzbergSuresh P. & Nutan BhallaWilliam & Catharina BirchallGrant & Alice BurtonMartin Connell & Linda HaynesSue Corlett §

Susan Crocker & John Hunkin Michael C. & Honor de PencierSamuel & Claire DubocDr. John & Gay EvansDouglas & Ruth Grant John 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. SlaightNatalie & Geoff Townsend G. Wayne & Maureen SquibbThe Taylor FamilyKeith & Tanja ThomsonEdward Waitzer & Smadar PeretzDr. William R. & Phyllis WatersThe Hon. Hilary M. WestonAnonymous (2)

The VitalToronto Fund

The Vital Toronto Fund is where the mission of the Toronto Community Foundation – connecting philanthropy to community needs and opportunities – is brought to life.

It is a community endowment supported by our Fundholders, city builders, individual donors, and the public and corporate sectors. The Fund supports our Toronto’s Vital Signs Report, our strategic grant programs (Vital Ideas, Vital Youth, and Vital People), our collaborative initiatives, and our Community Knowledge Centre.

The individuals, families and corporate partners listed here all contribute to the cumulative progress toward building a city that is smarter, healthier, more inclusive, more creative and more prosperous.

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

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StrategicPartnersThe Toronto Community Foundation is pleased to have worked with many partners this year in a collaborative effort to connect philanthropy to community needs to improve the quality of life in Toronto. We acknowledge and thank all of our strategic partners as our work would not be possible without their support.

Our partnership projects include:• Beyond 3:30• Recipe for Community• Playing for Keeps• Get Active Toronto• Toronto Sport Leadership

Program• Vital Toronto celebration• Toronto’s Vital Signs Report

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About Face Access Alliance - Multicultural Community Health & Community ServicesACCESS Community Capital FundAdult Disabled Downhill Skiing African Medical & Research Foundation Aga Khan Foundation Canada Agincourt Community Services Association Agricola Finnish Lutheran Congregation AIDS Committee of Toronto Aim for Seva Alberta Aviation Museum Association Alberta Theatre Projects Society Albion Neighbourhood ServicesAlgoma University All Saints Church Community Centre Alli’s Journey Alpine Canada Alzheimer Society of Canada Alzheimer Society of Ontario Alzheimer Society of Toronto Amadeus Choir of Greater Toronto Amnesty International Canadian Section Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Society of Canada Armour Heights Presbyterian Church Art Gallery of Ontario Art Starts Neighbourhood Cultural Centre Arthritis & Autoimmunity Research Centre FoundationArthritis Research Foundation Arthritis Society Arts for Children & Youth (AFCY) Arts Manitoba Publications Inc. Ashoka Canada Athabasca University Atlantic Salmon Federation (Canada) Ballet Jorgen Canada Barbra Schlifer Commemorative Clinic Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care Baycrest Centre Foundation Baycrest Hospital BC Cancer Foundation Beit Halochem Canada/Aid to Disabled Veterans of Israel (Canada)Benjamin Foundation Big Brothers & Big Sisters of Toronto Big Sisters of B.C. Lower Mainland Billings Township Bishop Strachan School Black Business & Professional Association Blessed Sacrament Roman Catholic Church B’nai Brith Canada Senior Citizen’s Residential ProgramBoost Child Abuse Prevention & Intervention Boundless Adventures Association Branksome Hall Bridgepoint Health Foundation Brigantine Inc. British Columbia’s Children’s Hospital Foundation Bruce Trail Conservancy Buddies in Bad Times Theatre Cabbagetown Youth Centre Inc.Camp Cucumber Camp Oochigeas Canada Company: Many Ways to Serve Canada-Israel Children’s Centres Canada’s National Ballet School

Canada’s National History Society Canadian Art Foundation Canadian Associates of the Ben Gurion University of the Negev Inc.Canadian Association for Participatory Development Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation - Ontario Chapter Canadian Cancer Society Canadian Cancer Society - Ontario Division Canadian Catholic Organization for Development & Peace Canadian Civil Liberties Education Trust Canadian Council of Provincial & Territorial Sports Federations Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Canadian Feed the Children Canadian Foundation for Children, Youth & The Law Canadian Foundation for the Prevention of Family ViolenceCanadian Friends of Meir Panim Canadian Friends of Tel Aviv University, Inc. Canadian Friends of the Israel Guide Dog Center for the BlindCanadian Friends of Yad Eliezer Canadian Friends of Yad Sarah Canadian Friends of Yeshivat Aish Hatorah Canadian Institute For Advanced Research Canadian Lyford Cay Foundation Canadian Magen David Adom for Israel Canadian Mental Health Association - Ontario DivisionCanadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB)Canadian Opera Company Canadian Parks & Wilderness Society Canadian Public Health Association Canadian Red Cross Society - Ontario Zone Canadian Red Cross - Toronto Region Canadian Society For The Weizmann Institute of ScienceCanadian Stage Company Canadian Technion Society Canadian UNICEF Committee Canadian WildLife Federation Inc.Canadian Women’s Foundation Canadian Yachting Association Cancer Research Society Canuck Place Children’s Hospice CARE Canada Carleton University - Awards Office Centennial College - Office of Development & AdvancementCentennial Infant & Child Centre Central United Church Centre for Addiction & Mental Health FoundationCentre For Community Learning & Development Centre for Spanish-Speaking Peoples Chalice (Canada) Chartwell Baptist Church CHATS-Community Home Assistance to Seniors Child Development Institute Child Haven International Children’s Aid Foundation

CommunityOpportunities

Every year, millions of dollars in grants from our Fundholders and our Vital Toronto Fund fuel the work of hundreds of organizations. Grants from Funds at the Toronto Community Foundation may be directed to any Canada Revenue Agency registered charity operating locally, nationally or internationally.

Last year, more than 500 organizations were supported by our Vital Toronto Fund and grants from our Donor Advised Funds.

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Children’s Book Bank & Literacy Foundation Children’s Cottage Society of Calgary Children’s Wish Foundation of Canada - Ontario ChapterChoirs Ontario Christian Horizons (Canada) City of Burlington - Burlington Performing Arts CentreCity of Toronto Cloverleaf Foundation CODE Coleman Lemieux & Compagnie Colin B Glassco Charitable Foundation For ChildrenCollingwood General & Marine Hospital FoundationColumbus House (Pembroke) Inc. Community Association for Riding for the DisabledCommunity Foundations of Canada Community Living Ontario/Integration Communautaire OntarioCommunity Living Toronto Community Matters Toronto Community Social Planning Council of Toronto Concrete Hoops Confederation College of Applied Arts & Technology - Awards, Bursary, & ScholarshipConrad Grebel University College Conseil scolaire de district catholique Centre - SudCo-operative Housing Federation of Toronto (CHFT)COSTI Immigrant Services Covenant House Toronto Crescent School CSJ Research & Education CultureLink Settlement Services CUSO-VSO

Daily Bread Food Bank Foundation of Toronto Dalhousie University Dancer Transition Resource Centre David Suzuki Foundation Developing Countries Farm Radio Network Dignitas International Disabled Sailing Association of Ontario Distress Centres of Toronto Division Scolaire Franco-Manitobaine Dixon Hall Doctors Without Borders Canada Dorothy Ley Hospice Dress for Success Ottawa National Capital RegionDufferin County Museum & Archives Dying with Dignity Earthroots Fund East Toronto Family Community Centre Ecologos Environmental Organization Ecology Action Centre Elizabeth Fry Society Toronto Branch Environmental Defence Canada Inc. ERDO Evangel Hall Eva’s Initiatives For Homeless Youth Evergreen EYA Environmental Youth Alliance Society F.A.S.T. Family Adolescent Straight Talk Inc. Faith Baptist Church Family Day Care Services Family Service Thames Valley Family Services of Greater Vancouver Fatal Light Awareness Program Inc. First Three Years - Parenting Resources & TrainingFloyd Honey Foundation FoodShare Toronto For Youth Initiative Framework Foundation Fraser Institute

Fred Victor Centre Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust StudiesFriends of the CAMH Archives (Museum of Mental Health Services)Frontier College Frontiers Foundation Inc. Gates of Mercy George R. Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art Georgian Bay Forever Georgian Bay Trust Foundation GiveMeaning Foundation Good Shepherd Ministries Greater Vancouver Food Bank Society Greenest City Environmental Organization Greenwood College School Habitat for Humanity Toronto Inc. Haliburton Highlands Health Services FoundationHarbourfront Corporation Havergal College Foundation Headwaters Health Care Foundation Heart & Stroke Foundation of British Columbia Heart & Stroke Foundation of Ontario HelpAge Canada Helping with Furniture Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital FoundationHope Air Hospice Toronto Hospital for Sick Children Foundation Hot Docs Human Rights Watch Humane Society of Canada for the Protection of Animals & the EnvironmentHumanitas Foundation Humber Institute of Technology & Advanced LearningHumber River Regional Hospital

Vital Ideas - Capacity building grants for organizations with great ideas.

Access Community Capital Fund, Amadeusz, CUE, East Scarborough Storefront, FoodShare Toronto, Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants, Small Change Fund, St. Stephen’s Community House, The 519 Church Street Community Centre, Toronto Centre for Community Learning & Development, Living City Foundation, Not Far From the Tree

Vital People - Professional develop-ment grants for not-for-profit leaders.

Tamara BalanSarah BlackstockCarmen Brown HarperMichelle CoombsLiz ForsbergAmanda Grainger-MundayDave HarveyFarrah KhanErin LutherDena MauleOlalekan OlawoyeRoberta Wong

Vital Youth - Program grants to in-crease access to recreation for youth.

Agincourt Community Services Association, De-Railed Theatre Collective, Arts 4 All, Arts for Children and Youth, Toronto Lords Community Association, Greenest City, Art Gallery of York University, Centre for Spanish Speaking Peoples, Coleman Lemieux & Compagnie, Hospice Toronto, COSTI Immigrant Services, Lost Lyrics, The Massey Centre for Women, We Help Youth, Psychology Foundation of Canada, ParaSport Ontario

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Vital toronto fund grant reCiPients

Humber Valley United Church Humbercrest United Church Huntsman Marine Science Centre Images Festival Immaculate Conception Church Incarnation Ministries Inn from the Cold Society Inter Pares Intercordia Canada Interval House Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship Israel Cancer Research Fund Jane/Finch Community & Family Centre JAZZ.FM91 Jewish Family & Child Service of Greater TorontoJewish Women International Foundation of CanadaJews for Judaism John Howard Society of Toronto Jumblies Theatre June Callwood Centre for Families & Women Junior Achievement of Central Ontario Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Ken & Ann Watts Memorial Scholarship FoundationKidney Foundation of Canada Kids Can Free the Children Kids’ Health Links Foundation Kids4Peace (Canada) Kohai Educational Centre Ladies of the Lake Conservation Association Lake Ontario Waterkeeper Lake Simcoe Arts Foundation Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Foundation Lakefield College School Foundation L’Arche Canada Foundation Lawrence Park Community Church LEAF Local Enhancement & Appreciation of ForestLearning Enrichment Foundation Leaside Presbyterian Church Les Jeunes Entreprises du Québec Inc. Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of Canada Licensed to Learn Lions Foundation of Canada Little Voice Foundation Living City FoundationLoads of Love Humanitarian Aid & Mission SocietyLOFT Community Services Macaulay Child Development Centre Madonna House Incorporated Maharashtra Seva Samiti Organization Maison chance Canada Majengo Canada Make A Wish Foundation of Toronto & Central OntarioMaRS Discovery District Massey Centre for Women Massey College Master & Fellows of Massey College Maytree FoundationMcMaster University - Office of Student ScholarshipsMedical Mercy Canada Society Military Family Resource Centre of the Nation Mon Sheong Foundation Moorelands Community Services

Mosaic Institute for Harnessing Diversity Mount Allison University Mount Sinai Hospital Mount Sinai Hospital Foundation of Toronto Movember Canada Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada Multiple Sclerosis Society of Ottawa Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art (MOCCA) Musicians in Ordinary Muskoka Heritage Foundation National Ballet of Canada National Service Dog Training Centre Inc. National Ski Academy / Collingwood National Theatre School of Canada

Native Child & Family Services of Toronto Nature Canada Nature Conservancy of Canada Nature Conservancy of Canada - Ontario Region New Circles Community Services New Haven Learning Centre for Children Newfoundland & Labrador Arts Council North York General Hospital North York General Hospital Foundation Northern Secondary School Foundation Oakville Hospital Foundation OCAD University Ontario Clean Air Alliance Research Inc. Ontario College of Teachers Ontario Council of Agencies Serving ImmigrantsOntario Forestry Association Ontario Headwaters Institute Ontario Heritage Trust Ontario Society for Crippled ChildrenOntario Special Olympics Inc. Oolagen Community Services Open Studio Operation Springboard Opportunity International Canada ORT Canada Osteoporosis Canada Over the Rainbow Foundation Owen Sound Family YMCA Pacific Parkinson’s Research Institute Pancreatic Cancer Canada Foundation Parkdale Community Food Bank

Parkinson Society Canada Parkway Bible Church Pathways to Education Canada Peacebuilders International PEACH (Promoting Education & Community Health)Pediatric Oncology Group of Ontario Pembina Foundation for Environmental Research People for Education Pickering College Pink Tulip Foundation Plan International Canada Inc. Planned Parenthood of Toronto Pollution Probe Foundation Polycystic Kidney Disease Foundation of CanadaPower To Be Adventure Therapy Society Presbyterian Church in Canada Princess Margaret Hospital Foundation Project Chance Africa Psychology Foundation of Canada Pueblito Canada Inc. Queen’s University Rainbow Songs Foundation Redwood Shelter for Abused Women Reena Reena Foundation Regent Park School of Music Regina’s Adult Learning Centre Rehabilitation Foundation for Disabled - Ontario March of DimesRenascent Foundation Inc. Ronald McDonald House (Toronto Children’s Care Inc.)Ronald McDonald House Central Alberta Roots of Empathy - National Office Rossbrook House Inc. Royal Conservatory of Music Royal Institution for the Advancement of LearningRoyal Ontario Museum Foundation Royal Victoria Hospital Royal York Road United Church Ryerson University - Office of University Advancement - Student Financial ServicesSaint Elizabeth Health Care Foundation Salvation Army Territorial Headquarters Sanctuary Ministries of Toronto Save A Child’s Heart Foundation Save the Children Canada Scarboro Foreign Mission Society SchoolBOX Schools Without Borders Scott Mission Second Harvest Food Support Committee SEDI - Social & Enterprise Development InnovationsSelwyn House School - Veritas Fund Seneca College of Applied Arts & Technology Senior Peoples’ Resources in North Toronto Incorporated (SPRINT)Serve Canada Youth Service Organization Shaw Festival Theatre Foundation Canada Sheena’s Place (Hospice for Eating Disorders of Toronto)Shepherds’ Trust Sherbourne Health Centre

“Toronto would not be the vibrant global destination it is today without the arts - they’ve introduced our city to the world and the world to us; but most importantly they have introduced us to each other.”

Chris McDonald, Executive Director, Hot Docs

Sheridan College of Applied Arts & Technology Silent Voice Canada Sistema Toronto Academy Sistering - A Women’s Place Sketch Working Arts for Street Involved & Homeless YouthSkills for Change of Metro Toronto Skyworks Charitable Foundation Small Change FundSmoking & Health Action Foundation Social Planning Toronto Sopar-Limbour Soulpepper Theatre Company South East Asian Services Centre Southern Alberta Pediatric Hostel Society (Ronald McDonald House of Southern Alberta) St. Andrew’s College Foundation St. Christopher House St. John’s Rehabilitation Hospital St. Jude’s Anglican Church St. Luke’s Anglican Church St. Matthew’s United Church St. Michael’s Hospital Foundation St. Paul’s L’Amoreaux Centre St. Peter’s Church St. Stephen’s Community House Starlight Children’s Foundation Canada Step by Step Organ Transplant Association Stephen Lewis Foundation Stevenson Memorial Hospital Foundation Stratford Shakespeare Festival of Canada Street Haven at the Crossroads Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Foundation Sunshine Centres for Seniors Tapestry New Opera Temple Emanu-El The 519 Church Street Community CentreThe Angel Foundation for Learning The Board of Education of School Distict No. 63The Board of Education of School District No. 39 (Vancouver)The Board Of Management Of The Toronto Zoo The Bob Rumball Foundation for the Deaf The Centennial Infant & Child Centre FoundationThe East York Foundation The Elizabeth House Foundation/ La Fondation Maison ElizabethThe Kathleen Kavanagh Salmond Women’s ScholarshipThe Kensington Foundation The Kidsafe Project Society The Military & Hospitaller Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem in CanadaThe Milton District Hospital Foundation The Ottawa Hospital Foundation The Peel Museum of Ontario’s History The Prince’s Charities Foundation in Canada The Robert Land Community Association The Salvation Army Ottawa Booth Centre The Smile Train Canada The Southdown Institute The Speech & Stuttering Institute

The Stop Community Food Centre The Toronto French School Foundation The Upper Canada College Foundation The Vancouver Out On Screen Film & Video SocietyThe Vancouver Volunteer Centre/ Vantage PointTheatre Passe MurailleTheatre Smith-Gilmour Tides Canada Foundation Tides Canada Initiatives Tim Horton Children’s Foundation Timothy Eaton Memorial Church Tori’s Buddies Research Fund Incorporated Toronto Centre for Community Learning & DevelopmentToronto Atmospheric Fund Toronto District School Board Toronto Foundation for Student Success Toronto General & Western Hospital Foundation Toronto Humane Society Toronto International Film Festival Inc. (TIFF)Toronto Japanese Language School Toronto Jewish Film Foundation Toronto Lords Community Association Toronto Parks & Trees Foundation Toronto People With AIDS Foundation Toronto Public Library Foundation Toronto Summer Music Foundation Toronto Suzuki (Music) Association Toronto Symphony Orchestra Toronto Wildlife Centre Toronto Youth Development Toronto Youth For Christ (Youth Unlimited) Toskan Casale Foundation Town of the Blue Mountains Trails Youth Initiatives Inc. Trans Canada Trail Trent University Trinity College Trinity College School Tropicana Community Services True Patriot Love Foundation for Support of Military FamiliesTrue Sport Foundation United Jewish Appeal of Metropolitan Toronto United Way Toronto United Way of Oakville United Way of York Region United Way Toronto University of Western Ontario University of British Columbia, Faculty of Applied ScienceUniversity of Guelph - Awards Office, Student Financial ServicesUniversity of Manitoba - Financial Aid & AwardsUniversity of New Brunswick University of Ottawa University of Saskatchewan - Awards Office University of Toronto - Awards & Admissions Office- Faculty of Physical Education & Health- Faculty of Social Work - Glomerulonephritis

- University College - Victoria University - Wycliffe CollegeUniversity of Toronto Schools Foundation University of Waterloo - Student Awards & Financial AidUniversity of Western Ontario - Student Financial ServicesUSC Canada Vancouver Orphan Kitten Rescue Association (VOKRA)Ve’ahavta: The Canadian Jewish Humanitarian & Relief CommitteeVermont Square Parent - Child Mother Goose ProgramVIDEA - Victoria International Development Education AssociationVolunteer Canada Volunteer Centre of Calgary Volunteer Centre of Toronto Volunteer Ottawa Walrus Foundation War Child Canada Wellspring Cancer Support Foundation West Coast Environmental Education Society West Hill United Church West Park Healthcare Centre Foundation Wilfrid Laurier University Willing Hearts International Society - Canada Windfall Women’s Habitat of Etobicoke Women’s Hostels Incorporated World Society for the Protection of Animals World Vision Canada World Wildlife Fund Canada Foundation Yeshivas Nefesh Dovid YMCA of Greater Toronto Yonge Street Mission York Central Hospital Foundation York University - Division of Advancement - Student Financial Services York University FoundationYoung Women’s Christian Association Youth Assisting Youth YWCA December 6 Fund of Toronto YWCA of Greater Toronto Zareinu Educational Centre

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Matthew & Phyllis Airhart Joan Anderson Robert & Margaret Anglin Elinor Beauchamp Mary Bieniewski § W. Donald Black § Ruth Bradshaw Anne Brayley Al Brown Dorothy Bullen § Beverley Burke Gordon § & Kim Cheesbrough Winnifred Bruton § John Carey § Una Coghlan Dr. Sue Corlett § Rev. Frank Corless § Dan Cornacchia Bonnie Cox § J. Douglas Crashley § Jeffrey Dawson & Janice James Gregory & Oksana Deacon Adelle Deacon Frances Deacon Walter Donovan Alexander & Carolyn Drummond Patricia Dunham Frederick Dunn § Ross & Marilyn Durant Margaret Fleming Gabrielle Fong Roy H. Frankel § Angela Fusco Janet Gadeski & Gary Fisher Ann Garnett Diana Gillespie § Kenneth Goldberg

William & June Gooch Alison Gordon James R. Grand § Elizabeth (Betty) Hamilton § Cecil Hoffman § Allison Hough Mary Rowell Jackman § Isobel Jaffrey § Franc Joubin §

Dr. Anish Kirpalani Mark Krakowski Merle Kriss Christe-Maria Kujus-Fuhrmann Michael La Patriello § Jim LawsonSusan Latremoille Anne Lindsey Catherine Logan Jon & Nancy Love Frances Anne MacDonald §

Neil & Shirley Macdougall Soren & Sheila Madsen Irene Magill Marcia McClung Eleanor McDougall §

Florence McEachren § Norman Middleton Jack Mollenhauer Peter & Bette Morgan Flora Morrison §

Dr. Saroja Narasimhan Douglas Neal Eva Neumayer Hoanh & Nina Ngo Dr. Mary L. Northway § Daryl Novak & Brian Harrison Steve O’Neil & Colette Leger

Alfreda Parlee § Michael Pearl § Helen Phelan § Lucile Pratt § Robert Ramsay John & Pamela Richardson Oscar Rogers § Dr. Charles Roy §

John & Judy Rumble William Schultz Brian & Annabel Slaight W.W. Southam § William & Jean Stager Joseph Stauffer § Anne Swarbrick Max Tanenbaum § Dr. Gaétan Tardif Catherine Thomas & Fraser Baillie Gertrude Thomas § Keith Thomson Barbara Tolson Jean Tompkins § Timothy & Anne Unwin William Vaisey Kevin Vance Joan VanDuzer Joanne Waddington Shannon Waller Ken Watts § Steven Williams § John & Peggy Withrow § Anonymous (20)

Legacy Society

§Fondly remembered

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.

Malcolm Archibald , Weir Foulds LLP (Retired) Nino Ardizzi , Dundee Wealth Management Anthony Arrell , Burgundy Asset Management Ltd. Rick Claydon , Stonegate Private Counsel, LP Frank Creaghan , Creaghan McConnell Group Ltd. Sheila Crummey, McMillan LLP Douglas Davis , Davis-Rea Ltd. Jeffrey Dawson , Jeffrey Dawson Insurance Agencies Ltd. Gregory Deacon , Gregory P. Deacon & Associates Kiki Delaney , C.A. Delaney Capital Management Ltd. Joanne Dereta , Stonegate Private Counsel LP Michael Ellis, BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc. Heather Evans, Deloitte Margaret Franklin, Kinsale Private Wealth Inc. John Fuke , Cedarmint Consulting Inc. Jamie Golombek, CIBC Private Wealth Management Geoffrey Gouinlock , Nexus Investment Management Inc. Scott Gibson, E.E.S. Financial Services Ltd.

Gwen Harvey, BridgeWater Family Wealth Services Elena Hoffstein, Fasken Martineau LLP Jamie Johnson , Signal Hill Equity Partners Ltd. Michael Lakhani , Assante Financial Management Ltd. Susan Latremoille , Richardson GMP Limited Duane Ledgister, Goodman Private Wealth Management Ian Lord , Weir Foulds LLP William Martin , William D. Martin Barrister & Solicitor Robert Matthews , Longview Asset Management Jill McAlpine, Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants Tom McCullough , Northwood Family Office Maureen Monaghan, Monaghan, Barristers and Solicitors Chris Molloy, Assante Financial Management Ltd. James Myers , Myers Tsiofas Norheim LLP Mark Opashinov , McMillan LLP Margaret O’Sullivan, O’Sullivan Estate Lawyers Nino Pannozzo , Assante Capital Management Sara Plant, BMO Harris Private Banking

Marvi Ricker , BMO Harris Private Banking Mike Saron, CIBC Wood Gundy Russell Schmidt , Informoney Financial Planning Michael Shulman , Birchwood Group Leslie Slater, Chartered Accountant Irene So , RBC Dominion Securities Inc. John Stacey , NexGen Financial LP Keith Thomson , Stonegate Private Counsel LP Meta Tory Tim Unwin , Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP Tom Vandewater , ScotiaMcLeod Inc. Ed Waitzer , Stikeman Elliot LLP Shelley Williams, BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc. Karen Windischmann, BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc.

Professional Advisors

Fundholder Legacy Society

Professional Advisors play a vital role in helping a broad range of individuals to develop a strategy for fulfilling their long-term philanthropic goals. The Toronto Community Foundation is here to help them achieve those goals.

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($000’s)

Funds held for United Way Toronto

Funds held on behalf of other parties

Donations received

Grants made

as a % of investments under management

Operating expenses (including investment management fees)

6,510

12,747

59,049

55,280

2,916

1.3%

7,509

15,197

61,836

62,043

3,452

1.3%

7,147

8,897

63,021

63,383

3,381

1.3%

Operating Funds

Restricted Funds

Endowed Funds

Fund Balances

115,011

560

8,899

105,552

130,864

1,379

17,378

113,107

124,318

1,348

16,191

106,779

Investments under management

Investments returns (gross of fees)

Ten years

Five years

One year

5.4%

2.7%

19.5%

5.2%

2.6%

11.1%

4.8%

1.7%

2.5%

2010

229,340

2011

255,743

2012

257,152

Financial Information

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The Toronto Community Foundation’s (the “Community Foundation”) most recent fiscal year ended on March 31, 2012. The following pages provide a summary of the Community Foundation’s financial results for the year, beginning with a description of our different types of Funds.

Endowed Funds are endowed either permanently or for a specified period of time (generally 10 years), and their granting is restricted to levels determined annually by the Community Foundation’s Board of Directors, in compliance with Canada Revenue Agency requirements. The principal of (“Restricted Flowthrough”) Funds may be granted at any time. Operating Funds represent the amounts of unre-stricted gifts or income which are available to the Community Foundation for its operations.

In addition to Endowed and Flowthrough Funds, which are assets of the Community Foundation, to-tal assets under management also include assets of other charities which are pooled with the Communi-ty Foundation’s own assets for investment purposes (“Consolidated Funds”).

The number of individual and corporate fundhold-ers with named Endowment and/or Flowthrough Funds continues to grow steadily, from 289 in 2008 to 343 in 2012, a 19% increase. In 2012, the Com-munity Foundation opened 20 new Funds, of which 17 were Endowed and 3 were Flowthrough. In total, the Community Foundation now has 340 Endowed Funds, 98 Flowthrough Funds, and 20 Consolidated Funds for a total of 458 active Funds.

Fund Balances and Fundholders

Fund

Val

ue

Fund Balances by Type

250

200

150

100

50

0

201220112008 2009 2010

Endowed Funds

Consolidated FundsFlowthrough Funds

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

Operating Funds

$MM

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Total assets under management, including United Way Toronto funds of $63MM, grew from $221MM in 2008 to $257MM at March 31, 2012, an increase of 16%.

Growth was generated by donations, which totalled $63MM over the past five years, and by Consolidat-ed Funds which increased approximately 13% from $111MM to $126MM over the period.

Assets under Management $MM

2011201020092008 2012

300

250

200

150

100

50

0

257

221

189

229

256

14

12

10

8

6

4

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1500

1300

1100

900

700

50020122011201020092008

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Don

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Num

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of

Don

atio

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$MM Donors may contribute to named Endowed or Flowthrough Funds at the Community Foundation or to the Community Foundation’s own endowment for the community, the Vital Toronto Fund. Annual donation amounts received over the past five years have been relatively steady despite economic down-turns.

Although the number of donors declined in 2012 relative to previous years, the amount of total dona-tions remained largely the same. This was partly due to the receipt of a $6MM fund in 2012, the assets of which are to be held in trust by the Community Foundation until 2021.

Donations Received

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25%

20%

15%

10%

5%

0%

-25%

-20%

-15%

-10%

-5%

2007 20112010200920082001 20062005200420032002 2012

All Endowed Funds and Consolidated Funds are invested in pooled funds managed by different investment management firms. Pooled fund investments returned 2.5% in 2012, compared to a benchmark return of 2.7%. The return over the ten-year period was 4.8%, compared to a benchmark of 4.7%. The Community Foundation’s Investment Committee monitors the performance of the investment managers and the as-set mix against targets, with the goal of earning sufficient income to allow granting in accordance with the requirements of the Canada Revenue Agency and funding the Community Foundation’s operations, while maintaining the real value of the Endowed and Consolidated Funds.

Flowthrough Funds are invested in short-term investments, and any income earned on these funds is applied by the Community Foundation to its operating expenses.

Investment Returns

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Total grants made by the Community Foundation from Endowed and Flowthrough Funds have de-clined in value over the last four years from their highs in 2008. This is due to the effect of the mar-ket declines in 2009 contributing to lower Fund bal-ances, and to a corresponding decline in amounts made available to grant. In 2012, grants totalled $7.1MM, compared to $8.2 MM in 2008.

Grants Made

$MM

10

8

6

4

2

-

1,200

1,000

800

600

400

200

2008 2009 2010 2011

Tota

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Num

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2012

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012484 454 546 520 539

The table below shows the number of organiza-tions who have received grants from the Community Foundation in recent years.

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2011201020092008

3,000

2,500

2,000

1,500

1,000

500

0

3,500

2012

$ 000

Operating Expenses

2862

31003282

27952691

Operations

The Community Foundation is managed by a team of 17 staff under the direction of the President & CEO. In addition to managing the assets and the grants of the Foundation, as well as providing philanthropic ser-vices to Fundholders, staff are actively engaged in initiating and managing community initiatives including Toronto’s Vital Signs Report and the Vital People, Vital Youth, and Vital Ideas grant streams, as well as numer-ous city-building initiatives with various collaborative partner organizations.

Total operating expenses for the fiscal year ending March 31 were $3.1 MM, which includes $0.6MM in fees paid to external investment managers. These costs were funded in large part by philanthropic services fees and fees levied on invested assets. The Community Foundation also receives specific grants from Endowed and Flowthrough Funds to offset operating expenses, as well as donations from external sources.

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