2009 Director Initiated Grants Awarded
Directors of the Foundation are each able to direct a specified amount annually
to registered charities of their choosing. In 2009 the following grants were
approved:
Art Gallery of Ontario
$5,000
General program support.
Casey House
$5,000
General program support.
Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, CIFAR
$20,000
General program support.
Canadian Opera Company
$10,000
General program support.
Daily Bread Food Bank
$5,000
In support of Team Paliare Roland Rosenberg Rothstein LLP for the 2009 Daily Food Bank Holiday Challenge.
Ecology Action Centre
$20,000
In support of the Public Lands Program.
Friends of Noah Canada (Nurturing Orphans of AIDS for Humanity)
$2,000
In support its annual fundraising event.
George R. Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art, The
$3,500
General program support.
Law Society Foundation, The
$3,000
In support of Toronto Lawyers Feed the Hungry Program.
Peacebuilders International (Canada)
$5,000
General program support.
S.H.A.R.E. Agriculture Foundation
$5,000
In support of a project in Guatemala.
Soulpepper Theatre
$5,000
General program support.
Stratford Chefs School
$10,000
General program support.
Stratford Shakespeare Festival
$20,000
In support of the Michael Langham Director Training Program.
Theatre Centre
$20,000
In support of its capital campaign.
Toronto Public Library Foundation
$20,000
In support of the Literary Circle program.
Western Canada Wilderness Committee
$20,000
General program support.