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The Ontario Arts Foundation is a non-governmental[1] not for profit organization[2] established in 1991[1] under the Ontario Corporations Act[2] to encourage and facilitate private giving to the arts in Ontario, Canada. The group is distinct from the Ontario Arts Council,[1] which administers public funding for Ontario Artists and arts organizations.[2]
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| Formation | 1991 |
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| Website | oafdn |
Operation
editThe Foundation assists the Ontario Arts Council by assisting with private funding of the arts and oversees 360 endowments[1] established by individuals, foundations, corporations and arts organizations.
In 2023, it had $100 million in assets[3] and disbursements of over $5.8 million[3] using a staff of two and a board of 15.[1]
Programs
editThe Foundation manages three programs, the Arts Endowment Fund Program, the Canada Cultural Investment Fund, Endowment Incentives Component, and the Private Funds, Awards, Scholarships.[4]
List of private funds, awards and scholarships administered by the Ontario Arts Foundation:[5]
- Louis Applebaum Composers Award
- Laura Ciruls Painting Fund
- Virginia and Myrtle Cooper Award in Costume Design
- William and Mary Corcoran Craft Awards
- K.M. Hunter Artist Awards
- Douglas James Dales Fund
- Christopher Dedrick Fund
- Paul de Hueck and Norman Walford Career Achievement Awards
- Hal Jackman Fund
- Mary Jolliffe Award for Senior Arts Administrators
- Hugh D. McKellar Fund
- Kathleen McMorrow Music Award
- Ontario Arts Foundation Artist Educator Award
- Orford String Quartet Fund
- Philip Akin – Black Shoulders Legacy Award
- Christina and Louis Quilico Awards
- Ruth & Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book Awards
- Ellen Ross Stuart Opening Doors Awards
- Tafelmusik, Horst Dantz and Don Quick Endowed Fund
- Tim Sims Encouragement Fund Award
- Le Fonds Héritage Richard – Vaillancourt Legacy Fund
- Gina Wilkinson Prize for an Emerging Female Director
- Wuchien Michael Than Fund
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d e "About the Ontario Arts Foundation". Ontario Arts Foundation. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
- ^ a b c "Funding & Sponsorship". Ontario Performing Arts Presenting Network. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
- ^ a b "Financial statements of Ontario Arts FOundation" (PDF). Ontario Arts Foundation. 31 March 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
- ^ "Ontario Arts Foundation / Fondation des Arts l'Ontario". ontarioartsfoundation.on.ca. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
- ^ "Private funds, awards and scholarships administered by the Ontario Arts Foundation". www.oafdn.ca. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
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