As arts organizations seek to manage the financial challenges they face during the current pandemic, the place an endowment holds in their financial picture is gaining attention. Long-Term AssetFoundations are being called upon to use endowments ‘more actively’, and provide much needed cash flow and income to their beneficiary organizations. It has long been
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Toronto – May 26, 2020 – The Ontario Arts Foundation is pleased to confirm that it has made a special distribution of $1.0 million to over 200 arts organizations across the Province of Ontario from funds established under the Arts Endowment Fund program. “We recognize the extraordinary stresses arts organizations are facing in the current COVID-19 environment, where performances,
I’ve observed recently that Ontario arts organizations are now moving to an environment where they are trying new ways to communicate their arts mission, how best to respond to the current COVID-19 world we live in. Plans for the futureTRG Arts has produced a helpful report that may be useful as arts managers and Boards make plans
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During this morning’s address to the country, Prime Minister Trudeau offered more important details on the Government of Canada’s Emergency Wage Subsidy that was first announced on Friday of last week. The following eligibility parameters and details were announced: Businesses that can show that their revenues have decreased at least 30% since the start of
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Toronto – March 26, 2020 – The Ontario Arts Foundation is pleased to confirm that $ 3.3 million in endowment income payments have been disbursed to 261 arts organizations across the Province of Ontario earlier this month. The annual payout represents income earned on endowments created by arts organizations and funded jointly by the private sector and the government
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Toronto – March 10, 2020 – The Gina Wilkinson Prize Committee is pleased to announce that Jasmine Chen is the recipient of the ninth annual Gina Wilkinson Prize for an Emerging Female Director. This annual prize of $ 5,000 honours female theatre artists transitioning to directing. About Jasmine ChenJasmine is a Chinese-Canadian multidisciplinary artist based in Toronto/Vancouver. She is the
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Toronto, ON, March 4, 2020 – The Ellen Ross Stuart Awards Committee is pleased to announce the 2019/2020 winners of the Ellen Ross Stuart Opening Doors Awards. 2019/2020 Award Recipients Madeleine BrownMadeleine Brown is a playwright and actor from Peterborough, Ontario now based in Toronto. Her last three comedies debuted at the Toronto Fringe
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Toronto, February 26, 2020 – Shelley Niro is this year’s recipient of the Paul de Hueck and Norman Walford Career Achievement Award. This year’s award recognizes outstanding achievement in the field of art photography. Niro will be presented this $30,000 award at the Robert Langen Art Gallery on March 5th where she will be giving a lecture for her exhibition, “Something Cold
Toronto, February 24, 2020 – A new annual award celebrating young comediennes at the beginning of their careers is being launched this spring. The Deborah Jarvis Award for Emerging Comediennes, sponsored by the Second City Training Centre in Toronto, will identify and award talented young comediennes at the beginning of their careers. The award is in honour of the
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Toronto, February 19, 2020 – Zvondai Muchenje is the recipient of the $10,000 Ontario Arts Foundation Artist Educator Award. The award is given annually to an Ontario resident who exemplifies excellence in arts education. About Zvondai Muchenje Ottawa Baha’i musician Zvondai Muchenje has been sharing his love for music, teaching African hand drums and marimbas to students for over ten
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