Friends of YPT

Children from YPT’s Drama School program were asked to use their imaginations and give us their perceptions of donor giving levels. The results were compiled and now the level names reflect the children’s creative ideas.

Lead Donor

The Slaight Family Foundation

Unicorns: $50,000+

BMO Financial Group
Brown*** Guzman Family
The Dalglish Family Foundation
TD Bank Group

Giants: $10,000+

Aligned Capital Partners Inc.
Anonymous
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
Canada Life
Canadian Tire Corporation
The Catherine and Maxwell Meighen Foundation
CGI Information Systems and Management Consultants
CIBC Asset Management
Deloitte LLP
Shauna Emerson-O’Neill***
The Estate of Jill Ward
Christopher Jones*** & Christine Williams
J.P. Bickell Foundation
KPMG Foundation
Jenine Krause* & David Chmelnitsky
Joseph Micallef*
National Arts Centre Foundation
Chris Pitts*** & Patricia Tavares
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
RBC Foundation
Scandiffio* Family
Gary & Donna Slaight
Space Place
Tippet Foundation
Toronto Arts Foundation Resiliency Fund
Darryl & Cassandra*** White

Wizards: $5,000+

American Express
Racheal Awe*
Colin*** & Josie Bohm
Richard Boyce*
Bunzl Canada Inc.
Roger Cattell***
Carol Chiu*
Edwards Charitable Foundation
Green Shield Canada
Guild Electric Charitable Foundation
Hart-Lee Family
Hogg, Shain & Scheck Professional Corporation
The Jesslin Group
The Joan & Clifford Hatch Foundation
Mackenzie Investments
The Mary Margaret Webb Foundation
Seanna Millar*
Ortec Finance
David Sloan***
Bob Tam*
Rebecca Tascona*** & Andrew Koloschuk
TD Securities
Telus Health
Nancy Webster**

Dragons: $2,500+

Alvarez & Marsal
Canada Council on Rehabilitation and Work
CBRE Ltd.
CIBC Mellon
CI Investments
CMI IT Management Consulting
Connect Resources
Consumer Choice Awards
Corus Entertainment Inc.
Lisa Coucke
Crédit Agricole
Rod Davies***
Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO)
Christopher Enright
Kelechi Enyinna*
Evercore Partners Canada Ltd.
Flat Iron Building Group Inc.
IG Wealth Management
J.P. Morgan
Marlene Lenarduzzi*
Leo Berwick
The Leonard Foundation
The McLean Foundation
Miller Thomson LLP
Craig Morash
National Bank of Canada
The Norman and Margaret Jewison Charitable Foundation
Oxford Properties
Quantiphi
Rob Renaud***
SAS Canada
Scotiabank
Société Générale Canada
Imani Tynes
Wells Fargo

Mermaids: $1,000+

Ben Abbey
David Atkinson
Naveen Balakrishnan***
Herbie Barnes**
Black Professionals in Tech Network
Aimee Bouchard
Susan Britton Payne***
Jennifer Brown
Daryl Cukierman*
Tatiana Dacosta
Jo-Ann Davis*
John Friedrichsen
Google
Anshu Grover***
The Henry White Kinnear Foundation
Jackman Foundation
Raj Kothari
Teresa Lesyk*
McCabe Promotional Advertising Inc.
Atulan Navaratnam*
Dwain Neckles***
Nexus PM
Aine O’Flynn*** & Steven Braun
Owlware Ltd.
John Peets***
Chanrouti Ramnarine
Sean Ramnarine*
Maureen Riley
Andrea Scott
Robert Cleve Sheffield
Elizabeth Sheffield** & Timothy Wray
Karen Smiley***
Torys LLP
Nick Tracey**
Tyr LLP
Susan Witteveen***
Robert & Sylvia Wray

Genies: $500+

Derek Aasland
Carol Adams
Lois Adamson, in memory of Jill Ward
Rida Al Barazi
Anonymous (2)
Liz Brophy
Edgar Chua**
Stephen Colella** & Rebecca Harrison
Ida & Roger Gilodo
Kat Hartwell
Rose Janson
Ellen Johnson
Jennifer Lee***
Jonah Letovsky in memory of Jill Ward
Allen MacInnis
Robert Nicholson
The Paul Butler and Chris Black Foundation
Brian Quirt
Liana Sanders**
Carolyn Shilton
Singleton Urquhart Reynolds Vogel LLP
Greg Spottiswood
Heather Stevenson
Michael Trent
Michael Ward
Joan Warren***
Jean Wilson
Lois Wilson
Paula Wing

Elves: $250+

Anonymous (2)
Jennifer Arp***
Suzanne Baran
Glenda Behm
Martha Blanchard
Charles Brown
Jeff Cummings
Heinrich von Fintel
Sara Henderson
Elizabeth Ann Howson
Shawn McCarthy
Joan Noel
Romance University
Leete Stetson**
Judi Thompson, in memory of Jill Ward

Sprites: $100+

Kate Abrams
Nicholas Adamson
Anonymous (3)
Anonymous, in memory of Jill Ward
Robert Barnard
Wayne Berger
F Biggs
Maureen Boucher
Danielle Bourgon
Katherine Bowron
Susan Brand
Kelly Brownbill
Cathy Burgess
Susan Chmelnitsky
Marjie Chud**, in memory of Jill Ward
Davida Clarke, in memory of Jill Ward
Kenneth Cousineau
Andreas Csiclei
Sara Daniels
Carlo Duay
Barbara Escoto
Emmanuel Evdemon
Haddon Fortes
Samantha Foster**
Jane Gardner
Arlene Gehmacher
Karen Gilodo**
Denise Glasbeek, in memory of Daryl Taylor
Christina Gomes
Ann Gomez
Matt Gottschling
Deborah Gray
Matthew Greco
Susan Hannah
Janice Heppe
Clare Hill**
Sheryl Hilliard
Jennifer Jacobs
Vipin Jain
Denise Jenkin
Susan Karpinski
Eve Kelley
Linda Keyworth
Scott Kitcher, in memory of Jill Ward
Fran Lamey
Jill Lavine
Shannon Leddy
Amy Lee
Elle Lee
Deborah Lundmark, in memory of Jill Ward
Lauren S. Macrae, in memory of Daryl Taylor
Ruth & Harold Margles
Lori Martin
Kamika McLean***
Catherine McNally
Matthew Mendell
Jeff Moness
Liz Murphy
Nikhil Narain
Lori Overholt
Judith Patrick, in memory of Jill Ward
Mary Poapst
Sandy Reese
Steve Resnik
Mark Ross
Stella Ryan
Sherry Sartorelli
Leanne Schuessler
Marty Shapiro
William Shea
Mark Silver, in memory of Judy Silver
& Sylvia Newman
Ivor & Renee Simmons
Erin Simpson
Cindy Strohl
Melissa Titherington
Vera Turner, in memory of Jill Ward
David Ulbrych
Bill Vlaad
Denise Walker
Lynette Walton
Julie White
Carol Wisby
Don Wray

* Board Member
** Staff
*** Board Alumni

The above Donations were made from July 1, 2022 to August 1, 2023.

If we have incorrectly recognized you, please contact Samantha Foster, Senior Development Officer, at sfoster@youngpeoplestheatre.org.

YPT is a Registered Charitable Organization #11930 7254 RR0001