TORONTO PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION 2014 ANNUAL REPORT Public Library and the Toronto Public Library Foundation thank the individuals, corporations, foundations and associations that generously supported the Library in 2014. Because of donors, the Library was able to further its goals of growing a city of readers, developing a city of learners and connecting a city of creators.

In 2014, donors gave a total of $3,788,289. This report highlights how these funds helped enhance exemplary collections, support groundbreaking programs and services and create innovative community spaces at Toronto Public Library. To all those who gave – thank you.

GROWING A CITY OF READERS Reading is the foundation of learning. It increases emotional intelligence and helps people navigate diverse opinions, ideas and experiences. Toronto Public Library is uniquely positioned to support readers of all ages by offering broad access to reading in a variety of formats, expertise that supports literacy and a wide range of reading programs that introduce and promote the joy of reading to all Torontonians.

The Toronto Public Library Foundation thanks the following donors for their 2014 support of childhood literacy, Mobile Library Services, enhanced collections and more.

Friends of Toronto Public Library are friends of reading The Friends of Toronto Public Library, North Chapter and South Chapter are volunteer groups that run the Library’s two used book stores: Book Ends at North York Central and Book Ends at the Toronto Reference Library. Thousands of books are donated every year and are sorted, shelved and sold by these committed volunteers.

Donated books are sold through Book Ends.

1 Friends of Toronto Public Library, North Chapter In 2014, the Friends of Toronto Public Library, North Chapter generated a record $75,000. All money raised went toward Leading to Reading, a program that helps children in Grades 1 to 6 who read below grade level. Since 1993, the Friends of North Chapter have raised a remarkable $1 million for the Library’s childhood literacy programs.

Friends of Toronto Public Library, South Chapter The Friends of Toronto Public Library, South Chapter also generated a record $75,000. Their funds supported the Library’s Grade 4 Outreach program, Storytime Outreach, Dial-A-Story, Family Literacy Day and Toronto Reference Library literary programs. Over the past 17 years, the Friends South Chapter have raised close to $800,000 in support of Toronto Public Library literacy and literary programs. When school’s out, reading is in In 2014, TD Bank Group renewed their support of the TD Summer Reading Club (TDSRC) with an unprecedented commitment of $2,600,000 for the years 2015 through 2017. The TDSRC is a key Library program that promotes and supports childhood literacy and the joy of reading.

Research shows that when reading is fun for kids, they’ll read more and make it a lifelong habit. The more kids read, the more successful they will be in school and in life. Research also shows that children who attend summer reading clubs improve their reading skills and increase their love of reading, thus returning to school in the fall without learning loss.

In 2014, more than 34,000 children participated in the TDSRC through Toronto Public Library branches. An additional 289,000 children participated in 2,005 library systems across .

“It’s not like school, it doesn’t feel like we’re reading.” “I read more this summer than over the whole year.” TD Summer Reading Club participants

There are perhaps no days of our childhood we lived so fully as those we spent with a favourite book. Marcel Proust

The TD Summer Reading Club is generously sponsored by TD Bank Group. 2 Read up on Word Out The Library is grateful to TD Bank Group for its continued support of Word Out, a virtual summer book club for teens. TD Bank Group donated $80,000 in 2014 for staffing, promotion and a series of events across Toronto.

Hosted on Toronto Public Library’s website, Word Out provides book suggestions and an online platform for teens to share their love of reading with their peers. Word Out branch events give teens the opportunity to socialize and meet authors, artists and other literary creators. Participation in 2014 was enthusiastic, with more than 21,700 visits to the website and 15 Word Out events offered at branches across the city. Many branches hosted wrap-up parties so teen readers could meet in person Word Out is an online teen and continue the conversations they started online. reading club.

“I loved how inclusive the whole program felt. I loved that no matter what your interests were, there was something on the site that you would be able to enjoy and/or relate to.” Word Out participant

If you can’t come to the Library, the Library will come to you The Library’s Mobile Services include Bookmobiles and Home Library Service that are largely funded by the ongoing, generous support of The Catherine and Maxwell Meighen Foundation. In 2014, the Foundation donated $60,000 to support these vital services.

Home Library Service More than 2,400 people receive Toronto Public Library’s Home Library Service (HLS), which provides free delivery of Library materials to people who are housebound for three months or longer due to age, illness or disability. The gift from The Catherine and Maxwell Meighen Foundation purchased talking books and large print books for the HLS collection.

“I have recently found that you deliver large print books too – what a fabulous service. Books have been my companion all my life (I am 89) for information and recreation. That they are made so accessible for Home Library Service is available me enriches my far-too-many leisurely hours.” for seniors and people who are housebound. Home Library Service user 3 Bookmobiles In 2014, the Library’s two Bookmobiles made 28 regular stops across the city and received almost 24,000 visits.

September 2014 saw the launch of the Bookmobile Outreach to Family Shelters pilot, whereby the Bookmobiles and librarians visited two family shelters weekly. Many of the families at the shelters had been displaced from their homes and communities. Children who had to leave their belongings behind loved getting access to books and other materials. In addition to providing Library materials, librarians ran storytime sessions and issued Library cards. For many families, this was their first experience with the Library.

“Bringing the Library to them meant a lot. It helped them feel less isolated and showed that we cared about their well-being.”

Librarian with the Bookmobile Outreach to Family Shelter pilot program

In 2014, the Bookmobiles began visiting family shelters.

4 Standing ovation for the Michael & Sonja Koerner Charitable Foundation Thanks to a $25,000 donation from the Michael & Sonja Koerner Charitable Foundation, musicians, actors, dance enthusiasts, set designers, writers and film historians will have access to an even more robust Performing Arts Collection. This generous gift will purchase materials in print and DVD formats with special emphasis on enhancing the Music Library Collection.

Once upon a time, a donor gave $200,000 for children’s books In 2014, a $200,000 bequest from the Estate of Wentworth Walker established the Margaret and Wentworth Walker Endowment Fund. It will support acquisitions and exhibitions for the Osborne Collection of Early Children’s Books.

The Osborne Collection of Early Children’s Books was established in 1949 and now consists of 80,000 rare and notable children’s books, including cuneiform tablets dating from 2,000 B.C.E. and a fourteenth-century manuscript of Aesop’s fables.

In addition to the monetary gift, Brian and Peter – the sons of Margaret and Wentworth – presented the Library with a collection of books that spans a hundred years and includes many classics.

Conserving the Library’s treasures Rare and historical materials need to be properly conserved so that they can be made accessible to the public. A very welcome gift of $25,000 from The Norman and Marian Robertson Charitable Foundation enabled conservation of materials from the Osborne Collection of Early Children’s Books. Thanks to this donation, scholars, historians and researchers will have quicker access to this special collection.

5 DEVELOPING A CITY OF LEARNERS Toronto Public Library provides free and accessible opportunities for learning beyond formal education, throughout all phases of a person’s life. Without community support, the Library simply could not provide the courses, seminars, programs, lectures and collections that it does. Youth Hubs score an A+ In 2014, RBC Foundation made a gift of $50,000 that enabled Toronto Public Library to continue offering its two Youth Hubs at the Centennial and Sanderson branches. These Hubs provide youth in priority neighbourhoods with a safe space to get homework help from volunteer tutors and to take part in leadership activities. RBC Foundation’s gift also funded technology upgrades including 12 new laptop computers. These new resources support digital literacy and are helping to close the digital divide for at-risk youth.

“What I’m learning about the community is that a lot of youth lack the support and assistance that they need, so places like the Hub are like a small community where these youth can seek guidance, assistance and any other resources that they need. Also, the volunteers and tutors here are helping them to feel a sense of belonging.” Volunteer Youth Hub tutor

Youth Hubs provide homework help after school.

6 CONNECTING A CITY OF INNOVATORS, ENTREPRENEURS AND CREATORS Toronto Public Library is unique in its ability to provide free access to information resources, modern technology and spaces for collaboration. In supporting the Library, donors help Torontonians participate in today’s knowledge economy through better access to culture, ideas and business- building resources.

The Toronto Public Library Foundation thanks these generous donors for helping make the following programs, services and collections possible. Digital Innovation Hubs make leading technology available to all As part of phase one of an evolving innovation strategy, Toronto Public Library opened two Digital Innovation Hubs in Designers and inventors build prototypes 2014: one in the Toronto Reference Library using the Hub’s 3D printers. and one in the Fort York branch. The third Hub will be at the new Scarborough Civic Centre branch.

Part digital media lab, part maker space, Toronto Public Library Digital Innovation Hubs are flexible places where people can realize their creative and economic pursuits. They contain a range of digital technology that allows Torontonians to learn, create, connect and learn from one another. The Hubs provide free access to technology and training, including audio, video, web and 3D design.

7 Opening doors to the world of digital opportunities The Digital Innovation Outreach Project funded by the Metcalf Foundation and the estate of Graham Baxter Bonnell served as an important extension of the in-branch Digital Innovation Hubs by taking learning outside the Hubs and into communities with the highest needs for access to technology and economic transformation.

Three Innovators in Communities were hired to develop and deliver instructional, technology-based workshops with a focus on enhancing employability. The workshops were held at The Spot (Jane and Finch), Victoria Park Hub (Victoria Village) and the Parkdale Activity Recreation Centre. More than 200 people of all ages and backgrounds attended the workshops.

“This kind of course usually costs a lot. I am taking advantage of this opportunity.” Participant, Computer Coding and Programming 101

“All that attended are actively involved in music making and recording, and generally speaking, their life circumstances make it difficult for them to access training. So when something like this becomes available, they really value it.” Community Agency Team member commenting on the Community Audio 101 workshop

Digital Innovation Outreach workshops were held at community centres.

8 Toronto families love the Sun Life MAP program

MAP Family Saturdays bring cultural discovery to Library branches.

Since 2007, Sun Life Financial has helped make the arts more accessible to all Torontonians through its generous support of the Sun Life Museum + Arts Pass (MAP) program at Toronto Public Library. This ongoing support broadens Torontonians’ access to museums and cultural attractions across the city. Families use their Library card to borrow a free pass to experience Toronto’s cultural treasures. This is particularly appreciated by people whose access to arts and culture is restricted due to economic, social or geographic barriers. More than 547,000 MAP passes have been borrowed since 2007, and in 2014 more than 75,000 passes were borrowed across 99 Toronto Public Library branches.

In addition to the passes, Sun Life Financial also makes it possible for TPL to host MAP Family Saturdays, whereby staff from Toronto’s cultural attractions visit Library branches with interactive exhibits and activities.

“I am a single mom with very restricted means, and the MAP has allowed us to visit and enjoy places that otherwise it would have not been possible for me to bring my children to. We have gone to some of the city museums, Black Creek Pioneer Village, Bata Shoe Museum and recently the Royal Museum, where we had a fantastic time learning and playing. My kids fall in love with knowledge as these opportunities are provided.” Museum + Arts Pass user

9 Smile! The Toronto Star donates one million photographs In 2014, more than one million vintage photographs from the Toronto Star Photo Archive were generously donated to Toronto Public Library’s special collections department, giving Toronto residents access to a century of the city’s photographic history, as well as a chronicle of world events from a Canadian perspective. In addition, TorStar Corporation provided funding to digitize a portion of the collection. This archive is a remarkable resource for students, genealogists, photojournalists and researchers of 20th century Canada. The acquisition complements the The Toronto Star donated more than one Library’s existing collections of historical million photos to TPL’s special collections. manuscripts, books, posters, photographs and works of art which document the cultural heritage of Canada.

The world’s thought leaders come to the Library The Bluma Lecture is an annual lecture dedicated to the discussion of important issues by some of the world’s most thoughtful opinion-leaders. The Lecture is made possible by an extraordinary gift from the Bluma Appel Community Trust.

This year’s lecture featured Irshad Manji, a best-selling Canadian author and founder of the Moral Courage Project at New York University, in conversation with TVO’s Steve Paikin, addressing the topic Is Multiculturalism Bad for Women? Five hundred people attended the lecture with an additional audience watching via the web.

“WOW!!! What a wonderful, intellectually stimulating evening. Thank you to all the organizers at the TO Library for this great event. This was a very special evening. It is such a treat to listen to an exceptional human being; such an intelligent, articulate woman!” Bluma Lecture participant

Irshad Manji in conversation with Steve Paikin at The Bluma Lecture. 10 Investing in the future Norman G. Hinton’s 2013 bequest of $1,000,000 for financial and investment resources at Toronto Public Library continues to benefit entrepreneurs, investors and those who want to manage their finances better. During his life Mr. Hinton used the Library extensively to manage his finances and investments and was thankful for what it had meant to him and what it could mean to others.

One of the programs the donation supports is Business Inc., an eight-week program that teaches entrepreneurs the skills they need to successfully start their own businesses. This program targets marginalized communities, youth, women and new . In 2014, 131 people participated in the course, which culminates in writing a business plan.

“I will recommend joining the program to everyone who has the wish and commitment to be a successful entrepreneur.” Business Inc. participant Let’s talk about Bell Libraries are safe havens for people who struggle with mental illness, addiction and homelessness. Thanks to a donation of $20,000 from Bell Let’s Talk Community Fund, Library staff at the Yorkville branch and Toronto Reference Library received training on how they can help improve the mental, physical and social outcomes of marginalized people.

The training is part of a larger mental health outreach program that has a nurse visit the Yorkville and Toronto Reference Library for two half-days each week, directly engaging people with mental and other health problems.

11 BRANCHES AND COMMUNITY SPACES Unveiling the revitalized Toronto Reference Library Toronto Reference Library celebrated its completed revitalization on September 19, 2014. Thanks to 256 very special donors and the passion of many esteemed visionaries, the Toronto Reference Library fundraising campaign raised $10.6 million, surpassing its $10 million goal.

Highlights of the renovated landmark include: The Bram & Bluma Appel Salon, the Marilyn & Charles Baillie Special Collections Centre, the Norman G. Hinton Learning Theatre, study pods, the Meet-Up Space, the glass cube entrance and the first of the Library’s Digital Innovation Hubs.

“Thanks to donors, the Toronto Reference Library has been transformed into an open, inviting and dynamic place where extraordinary discoveries and experiences happen.” Linda MacKenzie, director of research and reference

For more details about the Toronto Reference Library, read the 2014 re:vitalize Report at www.tplfoundation.ca/publications.

The new Marilyn & Charles Baillie Collections Centre at the Toronto Reference Library. 12 OTHER WAYS DONORS MAKE A DIFFERENCE Donors remember the Library in their wills In 2014, the Toronto Public Library Foundation received almost $340,000 in bequests from forward-thinking donors who included the Library in their wills. Supporters who include Toronto Public Library in their wills are patrons of the Heritage Society. This group of donors grew from 70 in 2013 to 88 in 2014. An indispensable circle of support In 2014, Literary Circle patrons donated $250,000 to the Toronto Public Library Foundation. These 135 donors represent an exceptionally generous group of supporters who demonstrate their commitment to Toronto Public Library by making annual contributions of $1,000 or more.

This vital support enables the Foundation to achieve more for the Library and the people who visit its 99 branches. As part of a community of Library champions, Literary Circle patrons enjoy exclusive author receptions and behind-the-scenes tours, an annual donor celebration event and a special Literary Circle patron Library card.

In 2014, Literary Circle patrons had the opportunity to meet David Mirvish, Ann-Marie MacDonald and Conrad Black.

Literary Circle patrons receive invitations to exclusive events. 13 New Collectioners are in the know New Collection is a membership program for young Torontonians (ages 19-45) who believe in the importance of the Library and appreciate the city’s vibrant literary scene. The program launched in 2012 and had 81 members at the end of 2014. Membership fees help create exemplary collections, ground- breaking programs and services and innovative community spaces.

Highlights of the New Collection 2014 calendar included cocktails and conversation with authors Kevin Kwan and Jeanne Beker, a literary field trip to PEN Picks and a “meet + New Collection members meet notable authors. greet” with . Meet Canada’s literati at The Book Lover’s Ball The 500 guests who attended the ninth annual Book Lover’s Ball had the rare opportunity to mingle with 55 celebrated authors and generated $500,000 in support of Toronto Public Library. Notable author guests included former politician Michael Ignatieff (Fire and Ashes), former CEO and president of Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment Richard Peddie (Dream Job), international bestselling novelist Steven Galloway (The Cellist of Sarajevo) and member of parliament Olivia Chow (My Journey). As host, TV personality Tracy Moore kept the festivities moving. The evening’s highlight was a show that brought five books to life through fashion, music, slam poetry and dance.

The Foundation is grateful to presenting sponsor Sun Life Financial and Adopt-a- Branch sponsor TD Bank Group. Thanks also to all the other sponsors: Whitehots Inc., OSSTF, Harlequin, Connor, Clark & Lunn, Friesens, Toronto Star, City, Balzacs and Social Catalyst.

The Book Lover’s Ball is the Foundation’s major fundraising event.

14 Partiers put on their ‘glad rags’ for 1920s style fund-raiser The second annual Hush Hush party-in-the-stacks, held at the Bloor-Gladstone branch, drew a crowd of 400 people and raised $75,000 for the Library. This year’s theme was Prohibition, which came to life through décor, music, a secret bar and guests who got into the swing of it.

Thanks go to the New Collection committee members who organized the event. We are also grateful to sponsors TD Bank Group, Delaney Capital, Penguin Random House, M S Lamont & Associates, Bousfields Inc., Pizza Pizza, Aimia, Petra and Lionel Newton, fgf brands, The Blidner Hush Hush is a party-in- Family Foundation, Rock Lobster, Category 5, CBC and the-stacks at the Bloor- Kronenbourg. Gladstone branch. Walk, shop or celebrate for TPL The Toronto Public Library Foundation is grateful to community-minded companies, organizations and individuals who raise funds on the Library’s behalf. In 2014, these initiatives included the following:

• The Toronto Challenge is an annual charity walk/run that aims to improve the quality of life for seniors in our community. In 2014, Library and Foundation participants raised $10,000 in support of Toronto Public Library’s Home Library Service.

• Whole Foods Market celebrated the opening of its new store at Yonge and Sheppard by donating 1% of store sales on September 25 to support children’s programming at North York Central Library.

• Close to $2,000 was generated through ECHOage birthday parties. At these parties, children who love the Library ask their guests to donate to the Toronto Public Library Foundation.

“I want the Library to have lots of books so that children can have lots of fun reading. I borrow books from the Library all the time.” Alex, who supported Toronto Public Library Foundation through his ECHOage birthday party

• The City of Toronto’s legal department held its 11th annual book sale in June 2014 at Metro Hall. Participants raised more than $1,000 in support of Leading to Reading.

• Fashionable Torontonians love the distinctive TPL t-shirt sold through the Drake General Store. Ten per cent of each t-shirt sale is donated to the Foundation.

To the right, champion kayaker Adam van Koeverden wearing his TPL t-shirt. 15 THANK YOU We would like to recognize the following individuals, corporations, foundations, associations and community groups that generously gave to Toronto Public Library Foundation between January 1, 2014 and December 31, 2014. We also thank those donors who have chosen to remain anonymous. Corporations, Foundations and Associations The Foundation gratefully acknowledges the generous support of the following organizations that made financial gifts in support of Toronto Public Library in 2014.

Founders ($100,000+) Leaders ($5,000 - $9,999) Friends ($250 - $999) TD Bank Group The Birks Family Foundation Bamburgh Gardens Properties Inc. Friends of Toronto Public Library, North & Sir Joseph Flavelle Foundation Chartered Accountants of Ontario South Chapters McCarthy Tétrault Diamond and Schmitt Architects Inc. Toronto Public Library Dunlis Mechanical Services Ltd. Patrons ($25,000 - $99,000) The Geoffrey H. Wood Foundation Du Sablon-Lank Family Foundation at the The Michael and Sonja Koerner Toronto Foundation Charitable Foundation Partners ($1,000 - $4,999) Full Serve Productions Inc. The Catherine and Maxwell Meighen Canadagives King Church Limited Partnership Foundation D & A Designer Woodworking Inc. Trina Grover George Cedric Metcalf Charitable Enterprise Holdings Raymond James Canada Foundation Foundation Nona Macdonald Heaslip RBC Foundation RBC Foundation The Josephine Henderson Foundation Dianne & Stewart Saxe Non-Endowed Norman and Marian Robertson K.M. Hunter Charitable Foundation Fund at the Jewish Foundation of Charitable Foundation IBM Canada Ltd. Greater Toronto Toronto Star IBM International Foundation Fund Kraft Canada Inc. Matching Grants Program of Tides Manulife Financial Midas Touch Foundation Benefactors ($10,000 - $24,999) Canada Foundation Bell Imperial Oil Charitable Foundation George and Mary Turnbull Family BMO Financial Group Lions Club of Weston Foundation at the Toronto Foundation The Chawkers Foundation Nansil Inc. Pat Salloum Charity Fund at the Strategic Connor, Clark & Lunn Financial Group Ontario Genealogical Society Charitable Giving Foundation Deloitte Pitblado Family Foundation St. Michael’s Hospital Mental Health The Murray Frum Foundation Urban Strategies Inc. Services Hal Jackman Foundation Ward Funeral Home Stricker Books TD Friends of the Environment Anonymous(1) Struct-Con Construction Ltd. Foundation Anonymous (1)

Individual Donors – the Literary Circle Patrons of our Literary Circle program are a very special group of donors who demonstrate their commitment to Toronto Public Library by making a yearly contribution of $1,000 or more in support of the Toronto Public Library Foundation. The Foundation gratefully acknowledges and celebrates the exceptional generosity of the following donors who made gifts in 2014.

Philanthropist’s Circle ($100,000+) Conservator’s Circle The Estate of John Alan Lee Charles & Marilyn Baillie ($10,000 - $24,999) Ann Leese & Irwin Rotenberg Estate of Wentworth Walker The Doris Anderson Fund Diane Loeb Richard & Joan Boxer Janet & Bruce McKelvey Reserve List Circle George A. Fierheller June McLean Karyn E. O’Neill & Fred Dean ($25,000 to $99,999) Dan McCaw Estate of Ruth Osler Estate of Baxter Graham Bonnell James & Karen Griffith Sowell in memory Richard Rooney & Laura Dinner The Daniels brothers in honour of their of Grayce Margaret Griffith Anonymous (2) mother Norine Rose Judith R. Wilder Estate of Thomas Taylor Anonymous (2) Estate of Audrey Vadgama Avid Reader’s Circle Collector’s Circle ($5,000 - $9,999) ($2,500 - $4,999) Gail Rose Appel & Mark Appel Anne Bailey Alicia Edaño Barbara Church

16 Georgia & Stephen Gerring Tim & Carol Pinnington Ann Foster John A. Honderich Jane Pyper Shaun Francis Pamela Laycock David Reid Lawrence Freedman & Joy Rosen Ellen Pekilis & Family Jeff & Beth Richmond Janet G Carla A. Rogers Marisa Gambin Reader’s Circle ($1,000 - $2,499) Ellen Roseman Steve Garmaise & Sue Rebick Gamal Abdel-Shehid & Anjula Gogia Harry & Evelyn Rosen Donal Gilroy Michael Adelson Heather Rumball Christine Giraldi Ken Allen Mary Ann San Juan Maxine & George Goldberg Yveline Audemars & Humberto Rivero Denise Schon & Carl Davis Clifford & Doris Goldfarb Catherine AuYeung Mark Schrutt, Ellen Pekilis & Lily Schrutt Carolyn Grant Alex Bain & Janet Rossant Carol Sellers Yola Grant Walter M. & Lisa Balfour Bowen Donna Shea Ann Gray Sylvia Bashevkin Gillian Smith Penny Griffin Lawrence Bennett Walter Stewart Stella Guenther Paul Bennett Daniel Weinzweig in memory of Helen Krishna Gulati Joe Berridge Weinzweig Reetu Gupta Paul Carney & Mary Frances Ellison Brenda & Scott White Maureen Hall Tim & Sheila Casgrain Margaret Whitfield & Gordon Crowe Bill Hamade & Celine Marcoux Hamade Brenda Clark John C. Williams John Hancock Rita Cox Alfred Wirth Siobhan Harrop-Scott Honor & Michael de Pencier Patricia Wood Garth & Betty Hazlett Jane Dobell In memory of Mrs. Lana Young Linda Hazzan Ronald Dyck Anonymous (15) Catharine Heddle & Terry Lee Luke Earl James N. Hepburn Thor & Nicole Eaton Friends ($250 - $999) Christopher Homer The Estate of Betty Engel The Abraham Family Helen Hook Emelita Ervin & Chloe Kotsonas Margaret Agar Kim Huntley John & Gay Evans Johan L. Aitken Robert Hutchison John Ewing Vera Aldersley Mary Ito John R. Farrell Marion & Lorne Andrews Victoria Jackman Shari & Anthony Fell Marielle Armstrong Frances Johnson Christopher Fernandes Wendy Atkinson Robert & Judith Kanee Susan Flynn David Bailey Dixie Kee Hugh Furneaux Patricia Beal Brian Keith Mary Gibbons Jillian Beaulieu Elinor Kelly Rick Goldsmith John Bedford Sandy Kemsley John & Judith Grant Robert Behra Carolyn Keystone & Jim Meekison Chester & Camilla Gryski Penelope J. Bell Tom Kierans & Mary Janigan Velvet Haney Joanna Beyersbergen Cindy S. Kliaman Jocelyn G. Hidi Subrata Bhattacharjee & Erin Iles James Knoop Gordon Hinch in memory of Pauline Hinch Sheila Bourke Rachel Koopmans Andrea Horton William Broadhurst Leslie Koster Larry Hughsam Douglas & Patricia Bull Yoko Kutney Donald K. Johnson Mary & James Carey-Hill Francois Lachance Miriam Kagan David Carr Sylvia Lassam Dan Keon E. Carruthers Jean & Kenneth Laundry Carol D. Kirsh Luigi Casella Geraldine Leder Judy Kirsh & Robin Riddihough Mark & Soo Christensen Richard B. Lee Rob & Sandra Knowles Sarah Climenhaga Victoria Lee Clara Lahmer Bob Collins Carolyn Lemon Spencer Lanthier & Diana Bennett Paul Connelly David Leslie Marcia Lipson Susan Cooper P. Levay Daniel Ludwin Anne Crisell Peter Lewis Rory MacDonald & Nancy Harbour Pat Crowe Maureen Lukie J. Malkin & E. Jacobson Hilary D’Aguilar Nancy MacArthur Sandra Martin Dean D’Mello Marie MacDonald William Martin J. A. d’Oliveira Laurie MacIsaac Gillian Mason Pooja Dayanand P.E. MacKay Beth McLean Patricia Demers Linda Mackenzie Marjorie McLeod Jane Doherty Peggy Martin Ken R. Meader Margaret Dougherty Heather Mathis Barbara C. Michasiw Xavier DSouza Mary Maude Kerry Mitchell Joan M. Eakin Kim Maxwell Andrew Moor William Edwards Bob McArthur Raymond & Sachiko Moriyama Gunes Ege Donna McCraw Pam Mountain Margaret Emmerson Jodee McCaw Heather Mummery Marco Fedele Maureen McFarland Andre Nowakowski & Katherine Gurney Shawn Fields Carl McGee Jean Orpwood in memory of Russell C. Finch Leslie McGrath Margaret Canning Michael Flux Donald McKenzie Charles K. Overland James Forster Vesta McKinnon

17 Lori P. McLeod Antionette Raponi Dagmar & Vaclav Taborsky Larry McMorran Carol Rapp Barbara Tallis Estate of Leon Mintsberg Nora Jane Regan Dennie Theodore Maxine Munroe Joan Ridout Rochelle Thompson Julia Mustard Chris Robinson Janos Tischler Lynda Newmarch Philip Rouser Allison Towse Geraldine Nightingale Pearl Rudin Wanda Trimble Sandra Nishikawa & Vincent de Grandpré Tatjana Rumjantseva Mary Usher-Jones Dennis O’Connell Barbara Rusch & Donald Zaldin Eric Vellend Kaz Ogina Allen Russell Elizabeth C. Vonalt Catherine Oliver Lori Russell Galan Wako James Orr Nigel Russell Cynthia Walker Andrea Parker Simhon Patti Ryan Marilyn Walsh & Marsha Pine Kenneth Pearce James Saloman Lenore Walters Adam Peer J. Glenn Scott Edith Wasson Tim Pellew Barbara Scotto Joyce N. Watson Carol Percy Lois Scouten Peter Webb John & Maire Percy Pablo Seto Michael Wheeler Peggy Perdue Mary Rae Shantz James Wigmore & Penelope Connor Shane Perng Barry Short Joan Williams Isabelle J Perry Fiona Sillars Bill Wilson Paul Petras Julian Sleath Gordon Wong Mike Pezzack Rosemary Smith Joan Wood Stephen Phillips Leslie Smyth Donald Wright Susan Phillips Peter Somerville Tiffany Wry Arthur F. Pigott Myra Sourkes Benjamin Wulffhart Mary Pitts Maureen Spencer Eve Wyatt Willian Ponke Han Spoel Ian Young Claudine Pope David Stephenson Wayne J. Young Nicholas & Janis Poppenk Nancy Strader Tamara Zielony Anna & Julian Porter Richard Stromberg Anonymous (69) Michelle Primus Rosslyn Swanson

New Collection The Foundation gratefully acknowledges the following New Collection members for their support of Toronto Public Library in 2014.

Aris Andrulakis Victoria Everett Kowthar Omar Tessa Bain John Ewing Christina Palassio Elise Bayle Liza Fernandes Jenna Parrett Greg Beach & Indira Stewart Julia Ferrabee Kristi Pearce Simon Beer Jacob Field-Marsham Jennifer C. Pritchard Benjamin Berger Maja Filipov Tatiana Read Laura Berger Julie Flynn Still Megan Reid Tricia Black Michael Foderick Hadiya Roderique Alyssa Bourdeau Jon Fuller & Alexandra Saginur Marc Rodrigue Erin F. Brand Andrea Hall Gillian Savingny Amy Burstyn-Fritz Elizabeth Heggie David Sax & Lauren Malach Joe Callaghan Mimosa Kabir Jennifer Schein Liam Callahan Emily Karas Sonya Singh Christopher Charron & Fiona Lim Tung Moez Kassam Helena Skrinjar Henrietta Cheng Laura Klein Carolyn Slon Pavane Chow Nil Koksal Jessica Stern Danielle Cohen Alev Koksal Ruthie Wahl Lindsay Colley Ron Kugan Sarah Weingarter Anna Cooper Noor Ladhani Jason Wong Erin Dann Michelle MacArthur Teri Worthington Coombs David Delaney Kirsten Melville-Gray Carmen Xiao Eric Demore & Katie Saunoris Rachel Metalin Rebecca Zamon Grace Diaz Darcy Morris Coralie D’Souza Priya Mosur Leyla Emory Royal Nasager

18 Gifts in Kind The Foundation gratefully acknowledges the generous support of the following individuals and organizations who made gifts in kind to Toronto’s Library in 2014.

$25,000 to $99,999 Martha Mann Southgate Toronto Star

$5,000 to $9,999 David Blewett

$1,000 to $4,999 Gerald Bentley, Jr. Pat Cleary David Fader The Allan and Yvonne Knight Joint Partner Trust Harold Medjuck Christopher Redmond Talin Vartanian

Heritage Society Members The Heritage Society honours individuals who have included the Foundation in their estate plans, ensuring that Toronto Public Library has the resources to provide quality programs and services for future generations. The following people have included the Toronto Public Library Foundation in their wills or as the beneficiary of insurance policies or other planned giving vehicles.

Mary Agoston Barbara Heggie Margaret Pilley Carole Bell Gordon Hinch in memory of Pauline Hinch Tim & Carol Pinnington Alan Brown Joseph Kaposi Alexander Puskas Margaret Bryce Ann Keller Mary Puskas Sylvia Chan Janet Kim Neil Rankin Vera & John Chau Carol D. Kirsh Heather Rumball John H. C. Clarry Judy Kirsh Margaret Sinopoli Morley Coviensky Mark Krakowski Susan Spier Pearl Dacks Martha Krol Dagmar & Vaclav Taborsky Ann Davidson Dale Layton Robert L. Tracy Bud Dilling Francelise Le Blanc Virginia Van Vliet Shelley L. Dolan Teza Layos Lwin Manda Vranic Emelita Ervin & Chloe Kotsonas Sally MacRae Enid Walker Carol Esbin McKelvey Family Glen Warner Liza Fernandes Sylvia M. McPhee Daniel Weinzweig in memory of Helen Mrs. Gale Meredith Meads Weinzweig Margaret Gillespie Marsha Melnik Maryann Weston Marianne Paul Nazareth Terrance Wilds Maxine & George Goldberg Lynda Newmarch Deana Wong Pat Graham Karyn E. O’Neill Susan Zelikovitz John & Judith Grant Rita O’Neill Anonymous (12) Karen Gregory Raymond Peak

19 In Honour/In Memory The Foundation gratefully acknowledges the support of donors who made gifts totalling $250 or more in memory of, or in tribute to, the following people in 2014.

In honour of Mary Armstrong In memory of Pauline Hinch In honour of Ping’s 9th Birthday In memory of Ruth Colucci In honour of Pamela Laycock In honour of Jane Pyper In honour of Julie Comay In honour of Lexi’s 6th Birthday In honour of Mr. Sankaran In honour of Rita Cox In honour of Peggy Martins In memory of Helen Weinzweig With thanks to the Deer Park Library In memory of Jean McFall In memory of Mrs. Lana Young In honour of Diego’s 8th Birthday In memory of Anne Mills In honour of Rena Zimmerman In honour of Ian Haider In memory of Raymond Muller

Third Party Donations ($250+) Thank you to the individuals, corporations and community groups that raised $250 or more in 2013 on behalf of Toronto Public Library Foundation.

L’Association des auteures et auteurs de Hydro One Inc. Employee Giving Program l’Ontario français Ontario Power Generation Employee Employee Giving Program Giving Program City Legal Services Toronto Challenge The Drake General Store TypeFace EchoAge Whole Foods Market Yonge & Sheppard

Endowments The Foundation gratefully acknowledges the donors who have established endowments whose proceeds will support Toronto Public Library in perpetuity.

The Marguerite G. Bagshaw Memorial The Norman G. Hinton Endowment Fund The Rob Mummery Endowment Fund Endowment Fund M.A. Isaac Fund Osborne & Lillian H. Smith Fund The June Callwood Endowment Fund Harry Keillor & Muriel McKay Endowment Osborne Royalties Fund The Rita Cox Endowment Fund Fund Charles Graham Sanderson Memorial Jane Dobell Endowment Fund in memory The Rose & Milton Kirsh Endowment Fund Endowment Fund of Sybille Pantazzi The Michael & Chloe Kotsonas Charles R. Sanderson Memorial Catherine Fine Fund Endowment Fund Endowment Fund Norman Blaine Gash Memorial Senator John M. Lewis Memorial Sophie’s Studio Endowment Fund Endowment Fund Stanley Tobin Fund The Grayce Margaret Griffith The Gwen & Peter Liu Endowment Fund Margaret & Wentworth Walker Endowment Fund Norman Jennings McLean Fund Endowment Fund D. J. Hayes Fund The Muller Scholastic Endowment Fund The Helen Weinzweig Endowment Fund The Pauline Hinch Endowment Fund for Canadian Children’s Literature

20 Special Events The Foundation gratefully acknowledges the attendees and sponsors of The Book Lover’s Ball and Hush Hush.

$100,000+ Peter & Elly Daniels Gerhard Hauck TD Bank Group Equity Financial Holdings Inc. Linda Hazzan FGF Brands Katherine Hilton $25,000 - $99,999 Michael Flux David Holland Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Leon Frazer & Associates Larry Hughsam Federation GE Capital Canada Kim Huntley Sun Life Financial Kirsten Hanson Michael Ignatieff Whitehots Inc. Homedics Group Canada Christina Jennings M S Lamont & Associates Ronald Kanter $10,000 - $24,999 Ralph Mackenzie Guy Kay Allstream Inc. Leo Makrimichalos Karolyn Kennedy Bell Petra Newton Dan Keon Connor, Clark & Lunn Private Capital Ltd. Ross Parry Mark & Stacey Krembil Delaney Capital Tim & Carol Pinnington Brittney Kuczynski Friesens Corporation Pizza Pizza Diana Kuprel Harlequin Enterprises Ltd. Marlon Reid Pamela Laycock Hon. Margaret McCain Jeffrey Sack Philip Lieberman Miller Thomson LLP Peter Scott Eugenia Lista Bruce Shewfelt Peter Lockie $5,000 - $9,999 Gillian Smith Heather Mathis Barrick Gold Corporation Torcom Construction Inc. Clare McCurley Blidner Family Foundation Robert Weller James McKay Richard & Joan Boxer Paul Zed Hamilton-Mehta Productions, Inc. Cisco David Millar Event Spectrum Inc. $250 - $999 Philip Moore HarperCollins Canada Paul Ainslie Susan Morrissey Herzig Eye Institute Gary Bates Scott Mullin KPMG Tom Best Trefor Munn-Venn Library Bound Inc. Karen Boersma Linda O’Leary Lissom Investment Management Inc. Lawrence Boland Jeannie O’Regan Mackenzie Financial Stephen Brunt Steve Paikin Janet & Bruce McKelvey Scott Burk Richard Peddie Penguin Random House Nancye Bush Jane Pyper Random House of Canada Scott Carter Tatiana Read RBC Capital Markets Simon Cheesman Holly Reid Scotiabank Alastair Cheng Jeff & Beth Richmond Simon & Schuster Canada Olivia Chow Glenda Rissman The Sam Sorbara Charitable Foundation Scott Connolly Anthony Romano Wilderboer Dellelce LLP Kieran Conroy Ellen Roseman Russ Culver Jeffrey Schwartz $1,000 - $4,999 Consiglio Dinino George Semeczko Aimia Brian Donlan Julie Flynn Still & Ian Still Anne Bailey Amy Douglas Craig Swinwood Rita Bates David Ellins Tanya Taggart Bousfields Inc. Derek Finkle Kathryn Tinckam Helen Burstyn Michael Foderick Beverly Topping Phillip H. Carter Cathy Furlong Christine Turkewych Gordon Cheung Elizabeth Gabriele James Wallace Abdullah Choksi Elizabeth Glass Jodi Weber Citco (Canada) Inc. Margaret Wilkie Janice Copeland Peter Graham Andrew Wright David & Kate Daniels Tim & Darka Griffin Anonymous (1) Jennifer Guerard

21 The Carnegie Society The Carnegie Society honours the Foundation’s most generous donors whose cumulative financial support since 1997 begins at $25,000. The following donors are recognized as permanent members of the Carnegie Society in gratitude for their extraordinary support for Toronto Public Library.

The Yorkville Society ($1,000,000+) Peter Lemiski George A. Fierheller Bluma Appel Community Trust Bill Linton & Marilynne Day-Linton Friends of the Arthur Conan Doyle Charles & Marilyn Baillie Peter Liu in honour of Gwen Liu Collection James Davidson Bain Manulife Financial Friesens Corporation Canada Trust Janet & Bruce McKelvey Gale – Part of Cengage Learning Jane Dobell The McLean Foundation George Gibbons The Bennett Family Foundation Microsoft Corporation Celia Godkin Friends of the Toronto Public Library, Robin Muller Clifford & Doris Goldfarb North & South Chapters Morris Norman Rick Goldsmith Estate of Norman G. Hinton Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ The Walter and Duncan Gordon Estate of Sophia Lucyk Federation Foundation Sun Life Financial The Paloma Foundation Linda Granfield TD Bank Group Random House of Canada George Grant Toronto Star RBC Foundation Barbara Green Paul Silverstein Barbara Greenwood The Annette Society Arthur Slade The Scott Griffin Foundation ($250,000 to $999,999) Edward & Marisa Sorbara Joanna Hagar Richard & Joan Boxer Robert & Brian St. John in memory of HarperCollins Canada Estate of Catherine Fine Judith St. John The Josephine Henderson Foundation Friends of the Osborne and Lillian H. TD Friends of the Environment Gordon Hinch in memory of Pauline Hinch Smith Collections Foundation John A. Honderich Anne Alycin Hayes & Elliott Hayes in Mark Thurman Estate of Margaret Isaac memory of John Sullivan Hayes & Jo Estate of Wentworth Walker The Ivey Foundation Ann Elliott Hayes Whitehots Inc. Hon. Henry N.R. Jackman Estate of Leida Jurman Judith R. Wilder Kingsway Kiwanis Club The Catherine and Maxwell Meighen Anonymous (1) The Kiwanis Club of Casa Loma Foundation The Michael and Sonja Koerner Charitable George Cedric Metcalf Charitable The Weston Society Foundation Foundation ($25,000 to $99,999) KPMG Foundation Metcalf Family in honour of Justice Robert Patricia Aldana Clara Lahmer F. Reid Thomas Allen & Son Ltd. Frank & Juanita Lechowick F.C. Larry Muller & Scholastic Canada Allstream Inc. Library Bound Inc. RBC Foundation Hugh & Elizabeth Anne Anson-Cartwright Jeannine Locke Reilly Norman and Marian Robertson Charitable Gail Rose Appel & Mark Appel The Samuel Lunenfeld Charitable Foundation Mercedes A. Azárraga in honour of Foundation Estate of Thomas Taylor Eduardo A. Azárraga Jr. MAC Cosmetics Anne Bailey Mackenzie Financial The Riverdale Society Mary Baldwin in honour of John Robert Martha Mann ($100,000 to $249,999) Baldwin David Mason Fine & Rare Books Dr. David Amies, Gillian M. Brown & Estate Barrick Gold Corporation G. Wallace McCain of Jocelyn Davison Bicklette Limited Hon. Margaret McCain Atomic Energy of Canada Limited The Birks Family Foundation Estate of Douglas Hugh McCreath Bell BMO Capital Markets Duncan McGregor Avie Bennett BMO Financial Group Ned McKeown Beth Budd Bentley Estate of Joan Bodger Metrus Development Inc. J. P. Bickell Foundation Estate of Baxter Graham Bonnell Miller Thomson LLP Alan & Judy Broadbent Stephen Brown MintoUrban Communities Inc. The Daniels brothers in honour of their Canada Post Community Foundation Glen Miranker mother Norine Rose Canadian Tire Corporation Vernon Mould Peter Elendt CBC Television Muriel Mummery for the Rob Mummery Murray Frum & Family Wendy M. Cecil Endowment Fund Laszlo Gal The Chawkers Foundation National Bank Financial Group Marie-Louise Gay CIBC Hilary Nicholls Sheldon & Judy Godfrey Heather Collins Karyn E. O’Neill & Fred Dean Great-West Life, London Life and Canada Connor, Clark & Lunn Financial Group Kenneth Oppel Life Heather Conway Jean Orpwood in memory of Margaret Harlequin Enterprises Ltd. Susan Cooper Cronyn Canning District 7 Kiwanis Clubs – Casa Loma, Elizabeth A. & Richard J. Currie Penguin Group (Canada) Humber Valley, Islington, Kingsway, Marie Day Eric Platt Lakeshore, Sunnylea Deloitte The Printing House Ltd Estate of John Korhonen The Donner Canadian Foundation Procter & Gamble Inc. Maryann Kovalski Brian Doyle William Prusin 22 Quad/Graphics RBC Capital Markets Barbara Reid-Crysler Rogers Communication Inc. The Sam and Ida Ross Foundation The Rotary Club of Toronto The Rotary Club of Toronto – Leaside Saunders Book Company Scotiabank David & Emily Sheldon Simon & Schuster Canada Dorothy Sinclair in memory of David Sinclair SirsiDynix Estate of Helen Marie Smibert Frank Sommers Martha Mann Southgate James & Karen Griffith Sowell in memory of Grayce Margaret Griffith Mary Suddon Ann Sullivan TD Friends of the Environment Foundation Estate of Patricia Thorsley Estate of Pearl Tomey Maria Trzeciakiewicz United Way of Greater Toronto Estate of Audrey Vadgama WCPD Foundation The W. Garfield Weston Foundation John C. Williams Burle & Louise Yolles Anonymous (3)

23 Toronto Public Library Foundation Statement of Operations and Changes in Fund Balances

Year ended December 31, 2014, excerpted from audited Financial Statements

2014 2013 $ $ REVENUE Donations and sponsorships 3,602,921 3,960,140 Donations-in-kind 185,368 182,121 Investment income 32,823 32,015 3,821 ,1 1 2 4,174,276

EXPENSES Professional fees 19,043 11,635 Development office 2,044,763 1,601,363 Grants and donations to Toronto Public Library Board 2,802,157 7,229,053 Grants to others 154,869 193,914 Other 86,607 35,345 5,107,439 9,071,310

Excess of (expenses over revenue) for the year -1,286,327 -4,897,034 Fair value changes in investments 590,773 965,714 Excess of (expenses over revenue) -695,554 -3,931,320 Fund balances, beginning of year 10,581,055 14,512,375 Fund balances, end of year 9,885,501 10,581,055

2014 2013

Gifts to other Gifts to other registered charities registered charities and qualified donees. and qualified donees. (58%) (82%)

Fundraising Charitable Charitable (29%) programs programs (3%) Fundraising (1%) (14%) Management and Management and administration administration (10%) (4%)

24 Statement of Financial Position As at December 31, 2014, excerpted from audited Financial Statements

2014 2013 $ $ ASSETS Current Cash and cash equivalents 3,561,196 3,423,234 Short-term investments 0 781,272 Accounts receivable 35,457 17,007 Prepaid expenses 114,371 114,147 Inventory 40,174 38,313 Due from the Toronto Public Library Board 0 3,002 Due from the American Foundation for 0 1,946 Toronto Public Library

Total Current Assets 3,751,198 4,378,921

Tangible and intangible assets 138,756 0

Investments, at market 6,334,436 6,562,758

10,224,390 10,941,679

LIABILITIES AND FUND BALANCES Liabilities Accounts payable and accrued liabilities 171,129 128,424 Due to the Toronto Public Library Board 10,752 0 Due to American Foundation for 2,858 0 Toronto Public Library Deferred revenue 154,150 232,200 Total Liabilities 338,889 360,624

Fund Balances General Fund 718,754 1 ,1 69,244 Restricted Fund 3,608,769 4,092,31 7 Endowment Fund 5,557,978 5,319,494

9,885,501 10,581,055

Total Fund Balances 10,224,390 10,941,679

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