Special thanks to our volunteer photographer, Alan Dunlop, whose work is featured here and on both front and back covers. DAREarts DAREarts empowers children “ to be leaders by using has given the arts to ignite change. me a second OUR MISSION DAREarts empowers Canadian chance children who are challenged by at life. life circumstances to unlock their ”—Liz, 15 potential using the arts. Armed with confi dence, courage and leadership skills, they ignite change in their lives and in their communities. DAREarts Foundation Inc. DAREarts is a non-profi t charity that works 1-888-540-2787 with identifi ed children ages 9 to 18 in high 905-729-0097 priority communities across Canada. 3042 Concession 3 Adjala RR1 Palgrave, Ontario Canada L0N 1P0 DAREarts’ out-of-school programs use creative Canadian Charitable thinking and interaction with arts professionals to Registration Number inspire personal discovery, insights and values. 88691 7764 RR0002 As the children gain confi dence and courage to tackle their life challenges, they see a wider world of opportunities and hope. www.darearts.com twitter.com/dare_arts By peer teaching in their schools, the youtube.com/darearts children build leadership skills and infl uence facebook.com/darearts over 10,000 Canadian children yearly. letter to stakeholders 2013 After 18 years of providing hands-on learning opportunities in the DAREarts Extension Programs arts, DAREarts has empowered over 180,000 Canadian children The youth have requested further programs to build on their and youth with self-confi dence, courage and leadership skills to DAREarts experiences and values: DARE2act, DARE2drama, face real-life challenges. We focus on children in underserved DARE2dance, DARE2draw. More details are available on page 4. and challenging environments: 76% in urban communities, 21% in rural, and 3% in remote northern communities. Research from children, parents, schools and artists have DAREarts Nee-Tum-Ochi-Bek measured a signifi cant positive impact on the children’s ‘First Roots’ Aboriginal Program development through the model pioneered by DAREarts. DAREarts’ artist-teachers work together with elders, artists and Our partnerships are key to DAREarts’ success. From school teachers of remote Aboriginal communities to empower youth boards, arts organizations, local artists and teachers, corporations, with the arts as tools to combat their unique challenges that result individual donors and volunteers to alumni: all play a critical role from isolation. Communities across Canada are on a waiting list in helping us deliver innovative programs that DARE our young pending funding. people to re-imagine themselves as leaders. By igniting change This year, 210 Aboriginal youth incorporated their heritage into in their own lives, they are creating a stronger future for us all. their dances, songs, videos and artwork. Notably, in Webequie FN, 30 teens designed and sewed their own design of traditional DAREarts All-The-Arts Program footware, infused with beading and fur. Others created their own song and B-dance and paintings for their community showcase. This year, we reached over 13,000 children aged 9 to 19 from over In Mar ten Falls, 30 students created a multi-ar ts ‘black light’ show 75 schools in priority communities across Canada through 188 for their community. daylong workshops. They gathered outside of their school environments to explore all of the arts: music, dance, drama, visual art, architecture, literature, photography, videography, DAREarts Leadership Program fashion and culinary arts. Empowered by their own self-discovery, DAREarts supports graduates through their teen years via they took on the values of DARE (Discipline, Action, Responsibility after-school workshops as well as social media. Many return as and Excellence) as tools for success. volunteers to help the younger children in DAREar ts programs. In the GTA , DAREar ts cer tifi ed teachers and 60 ar ts professionals Last year’s goal to expand our volunteer base was met by empowered 475 children and, through peer teaching, another formalizing the volunteer application, tracking and recognition 9,180 children. Last year’s goal of developing our existing process, funded by the Ontario Trillium Foundation. Our partnerships was accomplished with the expanded partnerships corporate supporters, including TELUS, BMO, McCague Borlack with the Royal Ontario Museum, the Vancouver Opera, the LLP and Northbridge Insurance, embraced opportunities to Canadian Opera Company and NTDTV; Noront’s Mining Movie- become further engaged as volunteers. Making summer camps; and Northbridge Insurance’s special Last year’s goal of building a diverse funding base was met by activities for the children. broadening government and private community support. Two Last year’s goal of exploring new relationships was accomplished hundred young corporate leaders held their own fundraising with new education partners including the Junior Economic Club event called DAREaffair. BMO generously hosted an evening of Canada, Ballet Jorgen, the Governor General’s Aboriginal for DAREarts patrons to honour the book launch of Champion Forum, Canada Blooms and Aeroplan. In Montreal, plans for Mentor William Stevenson’s memoirs. a program launch were initiated through conversations with Five hundred corporate and community leaders supported the organizations, including the Martin Education Initiative. DAREarts Leadership Awards Gala, our fl agship fundraiser in In Vancouver, professional teachers and arts professionals engaged Toronto. Six teen graduates told their life stories and were awarded over 60 children from fi ve downtown eastside schools in 16 days of scholarships. Canada’s 21st Prime Minister, the Right Honourable arts workshops, partnering with the Vancouver Opera Company. Paul Mar tin, received the 2013 DAREar ts Cultural Award. Teen alumni from last year’s program came back as volunteer mentors-in-training. In the Atlantic region, DAREarts built upon its program launch in Indian Brook FN, Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia, in which 100 elementary school children worked with local artists and musicians to create their own song video that was distributed on Nation Talk. 02 Revenue Sources in 2013 Chairman & CEO of Windrush Energy, as Vice-Chairmen; Yanzhi Chen, Vice President, Financial Institutions – Americas For the year ended July 31, 2013, total revenues increased 9.8% & Caribbean – Scotiabank, as Treasurer and Paul Semple, Chief to $768,764. While individual donations were down 18% and Operating Offi cer of Noront Resources, as Vice-President. foundations support decreased to $102,486, corporate donations were higher at $387,592; and government support rose 26% to Last year, our goal was to build effective communications $120,026. to promote the positive impact of DAREarts. This was accomplished when we continued to implement our Critical to DAREarts success annually is the many hours donated comprehensive communications plan through both outsourcing by our volunteers valued at over $70,000. and inhouse staff. Find us on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Net assets rose slightly to $68,724 with cash & receivables at LinkedIn, Pinterest and www.darearts.com. $67,489. Management maintained its goal of ‘breakeven’ operations with a surplus of $9,239. More detailed results are on page 13. Igniting Change Together More parents, schools and communities across Canada are corporate 50% requesting DAREar ts programs for more children. With gangs, $387,592 drugs and violence still prevalent in our communities, we remain { individuals 16% driven to provide positive risk-taking activities in the arts for $120,906 vulnerable children while building their leadership skills to ignite { foundations 13% positive change. $102,486 { government 16% The Year Ahead $120,026 DAREarts will continue to learn from research and practice { registrations, other 5% $37,745 to build long-term sustainability which will enable us to reach more children by: 1) nurturing existing partnerships; 2) exploring new relationships; 3) continuing to build awareness by effective communication on the effi cacy of the DAREarts program; Operating Costs 4) expanding our volunteers from the strength of our current base; 5) diversifying our funding base. Planned expenses were held to a 5.2% increase to $759,525 We are deeply grateful to our funders, donors, directors, staff, as DAREarts continued its national expansion of education artists and teachers whose continued support enables the programs, while carefully managing costs in line with revenues. children to build their courage and self-respect so that they can Administration costs were held at 11% of revenues enabling ignite the change that moves them and our country forward. DAREarts to focus funding on programming that impacted the lives of over 13,000 children. Expenditures in 2013 education expense $ 599,628 fundraising $ 76,472 administration $ 83,425 Marilyn Field, M.S.M. Frank Hennessey Founder & President Chair Management In 2013, the Board continued its appointment of Founder, Marilyn Field, M.S.M., as President; Frank Hennessey, President & CEO of DAREarts Foundation Inc. Bento Nouveau, as Chairman of the Board ; Fabian Richenberger, www.darearts.com | t. 1-888-540-2787 | 905-729-0097 President and CEO of Northbridge Insurance, and J.C.Pennie, 3042 Con. 3 Adjala, RR1, Palgrave, ON Canada L0N 1P0 03 = all the arts education DAREarts provides out-of-school arts programs that ‘dare’ children to fi nd their own voice as they engage in music, dance, drama, visual arts, architecture,