Donor Recognition - 2020

Our heartfelt gratitude to all the individuals, and community groups who supported our work through one of the most challenging years on record. Their thoughtful donations and involvement made a major difference in the lives of the hundreds of people who rely on The 519 each week to provide services and support. This donor list reflects donations received from January 1 to December 31, 2020. The 519 makes every effort to ensure the accuracy of our donor list. For any inquiries, please email  Giving@The519.org.

Honorary Patron

Salah Bachir, C.M., O. Ont.

Major Funding Partners

Corporate, Foundations and Community Partners

INDIVIDUALS

Visionary Circle ($25,000+)

Anonymous
Salah Bachir & Jacob Yerex
Emmanuelle Gattuso
Andrew & Valerie Pringle
Suzanne & Edward Rogers
Gary & Donna Slaight

Patrons Circle ($10,000-$24,999)

Anonymous (x 2)
Paul Austin
Shane & Linda Carter
John & Myrna Daniels
Alex Filiatrault & James Burn
Nancy Lockhart
Sylvia Mantella
Martha L.A. McCain

Leadership Council ($1,000-$9,999)

Anonymous (x 9)
Brian Amaral
Gail & George Anthony
Jason Arbuckle
Doug Arcand & Alnoor Karmali
David Arcus
Kira Ashwin
Bob Aziz
Jingyang Bai
Jacqueline Baldwin
Robert Bartlett
Paul Bent
Cecilia Berkovic
Barbara Black
Scott Bomhof
Jonathon Borland
Andrew Braithwaite & David Morris
Darren Cooney & Robert Brien
Amanda Burcul
Alexandra Calhoun
Dean Carlson
Brian Cartwright
Elaine Chin
John Clifford
Lindsey Crymble
Justin Delwo
Paul Devereaux
Mark Dilworth
Howard Dover
Mathieu Dubuc
Marg Foy
Kate Garand
Oliver & Gloria Goldman
Terry & Bernadine Goldman
Laurie Goodman
Hon. William Graham
Daniel Greenglass & Joe Brennan
Marianne Guizzetti
David Haines
Luc Hartwick
Leo Hill
Wanda Ho
Wayne Horchover
Pam Hrick
Alexander Hu
Blake Hutcheson
Phillip Ing
Ellis Jacob
Darrell Jensen
Benjamin Kaasa & Alwin Kong
Evan Kelly
Stacy G. Kelly & Mark Julien
Michael Kicis
Blair Kissack & Chris Holm
Robert Kleysen
Philip Kocev
Charles Lacroix
Rahim Ladha
Ricky Lau
Mary Ellen Lawless
Maura Lawless
Dave Lazzarato
Heather Lee
Tristan Lee
Jamie Lefkovics
Tim Leonard
Matthew Logue
Jonathan Luetkehoelter Richard Lyle
Ian Mackenzie
Craig Malloy
Kelly Mccraw
David Mccullum
Cody Mcgee
Tracey Mcgillivray
Kerry McGrath
Sean Mckenna
Ken Miner
Adrian Mitchell
Henning Moerke
Cynthia Moull
Sarah Munroe
Curtis Murphy
Natasha Negovanlis
Boris Nikic
Paul Noble
Janice O’Born
Irobeta Okojie
Adam Palmer
Stuart Payne
Trevor Pedler
Taylor Peter
Lynda Prince
Brian Provini & Ron Harris
Satish Rai
Vanessa Raponi
Daniel Rendall
Molly Reynolds
John Ribson
Brian Rieper
Louis Roberge
Sadia Rodriguez
Michael Rolland
Sheilagh Ryan
Callen Schaub
Jim Scott & Jim Robertson
Jad Shimaly
Jonathan Simmons
Stephen Stohn
Ron Struys
Andrew Szewczyk
Ah Tan
Timothy Thompson & Matthew Campbell
Rudy Ticzon & Randy Dawson
John Tovey
Elizabeth (Dori) Tunstall
Donna Turner & Lara Shewchuk
Grant Van Rensburg
Samara Walbohm
Annesley Wallace
Joseph Walton
Edward Wang
Christopher Wannamaker
Jason Ward
David Williams
David Williamson
Rodey Wing
Mike Zaranyik

Benefactors ($500 - $999)

Ashley Abbott
Elamin Abdelmahmoud
Angele Abromaitis
Erminia Agueci
Donald Ainslie
Colleen Alcorn
Donald Altman
Core An-Tine
Raphael Arens
Alex Arsenych
Odunayo Ayeni
Daniel L. Bain
Jorge Barillas Monge
Justine Becker
Eric Belanger
Jean-Paul Bevilacqua
Anne-Emanuelle Birn
Linda Booker
Tim Boychuk
Jason Boyd
Kelly Braendel
Nancy Bramm
Elizabeth Brandt
Darcy Bruce
Renee Brunton
Cameron Bryant
Daniel Buchanan
Mitchell Buchanan
Craig Burgess
Kim Bursey
Stuart Bustard
Andrew Butcher
Roy Cain
Iain Campbell
Cathy Carlin
Susan Cavan
Elena Cesaroni
Rosina Cesaroni
David Chan
Mark Chemij
J Clark
Andrew Clumpus
Andrew Coimbra
Don Colbourn
Kevin Conway
Kevin Cormier
Brad Crafton
Anne Creighton
Logan Crowell
Josephine Cruz
Chelsea Cruzada
Anderson De Paula Cassimiro
Marina De Shane
Jonathan Dewald
Aman Dhesi
Adam Di Pardo
Philip Doiron
David Doucette
James Douglas
Mat Dubuc
Jeff Duford
Eva Dusome
Natalie Edwards
Margot Fabre
Daniel Faria
Dylan Feist
Steven Francis
John Galbraith
Jake Tobin Garrett
Miguel Gauthier
Zale Geller
Olusegun George
Mat Glessing
Glenn Goddard
Paul Goldberg
Noreen Goraya
Robert Green
Sheila Gregory
Frances Griffin
Jennifer Guerard
Neil Guthrie
Katherine Hamara
Jeff Hanemaayer
Ron Harris
Josh Hass
Ray Hepditch
Rodney Hill
Gillian Hnatiw
Zaid Hoosain
Lynne Howarth
Bicheng Huang
Brianna Hudon
Jason Hudson
David Hughes
Andrew Hui
Geoff Hunnisett
Peter Intini
Richard Isaac
Abraham Jacob
Fiona James-D’Ambrosio
Natasha Jansen
Heidi Janson
Connor Jessup
Ian Johnstone
John Jordan
Philip Junek
Charlie Keil
Douglas A Kerr
Hugh Kidd
Matthew Klar
Douglas Knight
Jeffrey Knowles
Samrat Kochhar
Lane Krainyk
Geoffrey Kulawick
Rahul Kulkarni
Russell Laishley
Jesse Langille
Randy Langlois
Igor Lazarevski
Orlena Lee
Rachele Levin
Greg Lichti & Garth Norbraten
Sara Liden
Jennifer Lillie
Julia Lo
Suzanne & Ted Luck
Kristina Luu
Rodney Macdonald
Jason Macintyre
Graham Mackay
Daniel Maeda
Peggy Mak
Patricia Malain & Jeanne Van Bronkhorst
Daniel Malen
Paul Maranger
Naomi Mares
Kelly Marshall
Graham Mcleod
Karen Mcnally
Mark Medland
Luiz Fernando Meirelles De Aro
Connor Mellegers
Dan Menchions
David Metcalfe
Anil Mohabir
John Montague
Kieran Mulroy
Andrew Murphy
Michelle Nash
Daniel Navarro
Patricia Olasker & Brett Ledger
Jordan O’Reilly
Shannon O’Reilly
Zack Osborne
Oyeyinka Oyeyiola
David Palumbo
Catalina Parada
Brandon Pedro
Adam Peer
Luke Pettigrew
Miss Pippa
Linda Plumpton
Kerry Pond
Tom Powers
Brendan Primeau
Lesley Pysklywec
Dartanhan Ramos
Guy Ridgway
Kristin Ritchie
Brian Rosborough
David Ross
Millard Roth
Emily Rowe
Lisa Rubini-Laforest
Eli Sagner
Dylan Schoenmakers
David Schroh
Justin Schurman
Richard Schwartz
Julie Scott
Carol Scurfield
Betty Seldon-MacFarlane
David Shaw
Erik Smith
Samita Smith
Stephen Smith
Lee Sneddon & Kris Fortomaris
Karen Somerville
Byron Sonberg
Tom Spence
Adam Stikuts
Andrew Stikuts
Daryl Stilson
Jeff Straw
Richard Sutton
Ammar Taimuri
Robert Taylor
Brian Terry
Patty Anne Valenti
Michael Viveros
Greg Voisin
Chloe Von Dersch
Gordana Vrbanc Duquet
Kai Wang
Tom Warner
Jaime Watt
Brooke Wayne
Lee Weissling
Hanna Wheeler
Alex Wierzbicki
Brian Wilding & Brian Mckeen
David W. Williams
Geoff Wilton
Evan Young
Justin Zelasko

Advocates ($250- $499)

Anonymous (x 5)
Souvik Adhya
Tawakalitu Ajibola
Liliana Alexander
Michelle Amenta
Ruth & Annie Anderson Mejia
Fay Antoniou
Rodrigo Arias
Brendan Bailey
Thea Barber
Lisa Barclay
Victoria Bautista-Hodgson
Silvana Bazet
Nicholas Beale
Samantha Beiko
Donna Berry
Mark Bette
Tim Bettino
Alexander Bishop
Eric Blais
Robert Israel Blanshay
Giselle Bloch
Janet Bodley
Nathaniel Boersma
Dary Bojorge Delgado
Vicki Borenstein
Adrian Borrmann
Michèle Breton
Linda Brett
Richard Brien
Thomas Brown
Kathryn Bryce
Eric Buan
Gina Bucci
Christopher Bunting
Ross Burnett
Ashley Burns
Sara Anne Campbell
Jolie & Dave Carey
Fiorentino Caruso
Steven Casey
Caryn Cathcart
Ari Caylakyan
Mackenzie Chapin
Megan Charlish
Sally Chen
Michael Cherny
Kevin Cherry
Anselina Chia
Andrea Chiu
Lina Cimarrusti
Julia Cistera
Don Cole
Edward Cole
Meri Collier
Alex Cooling
Tanner Cormier
Dave Cox
Robert Cripps
Jason Crowder
Sarah Cunningham
Alaina Cyr
Cherie Daitchman
Mike Dalla-Giustina
David Darby
Michael Darcy
Samir De Oliveira
Patrick Dean
Andrea DeBruijn
Caitlin Decarie
Karen Decker
Pascal Dessureault
Jordan Di Pelino
Carolyn Dimaria
Xudong Ding
Luise Docherty
Matthew Doggart
Michelle Dowling
Madison Downey
Ashwin Duggi
Brian Dunphy
John & Kathryn Durdan
J. Charles Durette
Leigh Dutemple
Atom Egoyan & Arsinée Khanjian
Ralph Escamillan
Kenneth Evans
Jane Farrow
Jacqueline Feeney
Sara Fegelman
Marnie Ferguson
Dennis Findlay
Joan Flood
James Forrester
Katherine Fry
Scott Galbraith
Sandra Gandola
Greg Garbacki
Andrew Garde
Ian Gibb
Timothy Giguere
Cyndi Gilbert
Andrew Gillespie
Catherine Gillespie
David Gillespie
Genna Gingerich
Claire Girvin
Lisa Goodlet
Brandon Gowe
John Greyson
Rachel Guloien
Barbara Hall
Beth Hamersma
Or Har-Gil
Kathleen Harquail
Sarah Harris
Scott Harrison
Norman Hatton
Emma Haydon
Charles Hayter
Lynsey Culpan Hayton
William Henbest
Scott Henderson
Ann Hildreth
Kameron Hilroy
Michael Hines
Kate Hixson
Lauren Hodgson
Omar Holder
Claire Horsnell
Kathleen Hughes
Ruud Huyskamp
Laura Iliescu
Karina Iskandarsjah
Claire Janik
John Jansen
Lauren Jelicic
Evan Jensen
Greg Johns
Keith Joseph
Christopher Killam
Montana Kimel
Deborah Kimmett
Kris Kinsey
Lisa Kisber
Rachel Knox
Dror Koltin
Brian Komonko
Joshua Korngut
Johanna Kozak
Debra Kriger
Taylor Kristan
Marc Lafleur
Danial Lam
Nicholas Landry
Alison Lang
Bronwen Lathrop
Sherry Lee
Lorna Lennox
Lexy Leung
Luc Levasseur
Kyle Lima
Jane Liu
Julian Liurette
Stanley Livingstone
Aj Lockhard
Paul Lockhart
Wai Mun Loke
Michelle Longo
Grant Lopatriello
Chris Lorway
Gaelan Love
Jennifer Lukas
Allie Lum
Jacob Macarthur-Stevens
Brenda Macdonald
Gilles Marchildon
Kimberley Markle
Brianna Marshall
Patrick Martin
Brian Martins
Jeremy Maunder
Eric May
Danielle Mcbride
Nancy Mcconnell
Robert Mccullough
Terry Mcgurrin
Jim Mckenna
Shane Mcmackin
James Mcmahon
Kathleen Mcmillan
Jason Mcmurtrie
Patrick McNeill & Raymond Vong
Skylar Media
Chris Mejaski
Alexis Melchiorre
Mike Minicucci
Nicki Monahan
John Moore
Lee Moore
Aidan Morishita-Miki
Jacob Morris
Bryan Morrison
Chris Morro & Jonah Strub
James Morrow
Jonathan Moscardini
Alex Murphy
Elizabeth Murphy
Liam Musgrave
John Narvali
Mustafa Nazarali
Jason Neill
Katharine Neufeld
Reena Newman
Eric Ng
Hieu Nguyen
David Nichols
Charlotte Nurse
Flora Nwakobi
Jessica Oddi
Jeremy Opolsky
Adrienne Pacht
Evan Pacht
Steven Paisley
Philip Parker
Hannah Pashkovsky
Michael Pawliuk
Antonio Perez
Jennifer Phang
Darryl Pieber
Elizabeth Pierre
Leah Pinsent
Thomas Pobojewski
Samantha Polidoro
Ken Popert
Alex Privitera
Catherine Prowse
Jennifer Pryde
Arlene Puliyodil
Andy Radhakant
Prasanna Ranganathan
Marc Ranger
Lauri Reesor
Will Reid
Juan Camilo Rendon Ocampo
John Ricco
John Rider
Allison Ridgway
Kimberly Robertson
John Roeleveld
Crystal Roth
Christos Rousakos
Martin Roy
Thomas Sadowski
Brian Sambourne
Mark Samuel
Raphael Sanchez
Laura Sandler
Marc-Antoine Saumier
Dany Savard
David Scandiffio
Erik Schannen
Brian Schmidt
Tanya Schuh
Elizabeth Seldon
Max Shapiro
Mandira Sharma
Laura Shea-Hrebeniuk
Thea Silver
Matt Simas
Tika Simone
Karl Siu
Judith Skinner
Danny Smith
Michael Smith
Nicole Smith
Elaine Sonberg
Jason Sordi
Dale-Andre Spence
Matthew Stanley
Marina Stavropoulos
Justin Stayshyn
David Steinberg
Jordan Stewart
Gord Tanner
Connor Taras
Andrea Taylor
David Taylor
Gary Taylor
William Thoms
Ihor Tomkiw
Marc Trimbee
Daniel Turko
Julia Tyios
Philippe Van De Maele Martin
Josh Vandezande
Sandra Vaughan
Paul Verschuren
Sinduja Vivekananthan Jeremy Walker
Joshua Walsh
Arlene Wang
Nicholas Ward
Ian Watson
Alfred Whitehead
David Whitney
Timothy Wichert
Ryan Wilson
Melanie Wood
Shauna Woods
Alysha Zawaduk
Ethan Zmenak

Supporters ($20 - $249)

A huge thank-you to the 3,097 Supporter-level donors who collectively donated $266,134 to  The 519!

CORPORATE, FOUNDATIONS, AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS

Luminaries ($50,000+)

BMO Financial Group
Daily Bread Food Bank
Greenrock Real Estate Advisors
Medavie Health Foundation
P&G Canada
Rogers Communications
Scotiabank
TD Bank Group
The McConnell Foundation
Toronto Foundation

Trendsetters ($25,000-$49,999)

Canadian Women’s Foundation
Canopy Growth
Donnelly Foundation
Labatt Brewing Company
Tangerine Bank

Champions ($10,000-$24,999)

Anonymous
Bell Media
Better Toronto Coalition
CIBC
Community Food Centres Canada
General Mills Foundation
Google Canada
Innisfree Canada
JTI-Macdonald Corp.
KORPSCON
McCarthy Tétrault
Pride and Remembrance Foundation
Reitmans
Taxi
The Law Foundation of Ontario
The Sabourin Family Foundation
TikTok Canada
TELUS Communications

Leaders ($1,000-$9,999)

Anonymous
Aaron Waxman and Associates
Bearded Villains Toronto
BenefAction Foundation
Bounteous Canada Inc
Cadillac Fairview
CaleyWray Lawyers
Canada Helps
CGI Inc.
Charities Aid Foundation of Canada
CN Employees’ and Pensioners’ Community Fund
Coors Light Canada
Craig’s Cookies
Edit Audio Inc.
Ever New
Fiera Capital Foundation
Forsman & Bodenfors
Framar International
Full Heart Strategy Consulting
Global Public Affairs
Gore Mutual Foundation
Grant Thornton LLP
Graywood Developments
IATSE Local 873
INVIVO Communications
Iron Lion Training
Klick Inc
Leaside United Church
Lori Kennedy Inc.
Lorraine MacDonald Fund
Marilyn Denis Show
Mathers McHenry & Company
McCall MacBain Foundation
MediSystem Pharmacy
Microsoft
Mint Media Group
Moody’s Analytics Foundation
Bill Morneau & Nancym McCain Foundation
Narayansingh Medicine Professional Corporation
Pride at OMERS ERG
Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants
Outpost Coffee Roasters
Oxford Properties Group
Paris & Company
Paul Bronfman Family Foundation
Pop Music
Private Giving Foundation
Proof Strategies
R&M Lang Foundation
RBC Capital Markets
Rebels Refinery
Robert D Howe Professional Corporation
Roselle Desserts
SGGG Fund Services Inc.
Shoppers Drug Mart
SingingOut!
Society of United Professionals
Sour Puss
St. Eloi Jewellery
St. Stephens Community House
Starlight Investments
TD Securities
The 519 Board of Management
The Hunny Pot
The McLean Foundation
The Starbucks Foundation
Toronto Education Workers
Toronto Public Library Workers Union
Yohomo

Supporters (up to $999)

6IX Cycle + Duet Dance Co
AA Toronto South Central District 10
Access Planning Ltd.
Active Media Services Canada
Adobe Inc Canada
All Day Fit
AMAPCEO
AMD Inc.
Apple Inc
Architech
Astrologyal
Avanade Inc.
Aviva Canada
Baby’s Basement & House of Drool
Bandit Brewery
Bereskin & Parr LLP
Best Buy Canada
Bishop Reding Secondary
Blue Sky Learning
Blush and Bloom
Book*hug Press
Brampton Multicultural Centre
Brisbin Entertainment Inc
Brittany G Photography
Bryn Gray Professional Corporation
Burberry HR Yorkdale
BYUS BOX
Canada Life Assurance Company
Canadian Chinese Youth Athletic Association
Charitable Impact Foundation Canada
Charities Aid Foundation America
CHG Bloor Holdings Inc.
Chi Junky Yoga Studio
Chosen Vintage
Church Wellesley Neighbourhood Association
CITIZN Inc.
Cjartcanada
Critical Mass Agency
CUPE 2485
Curiosa Inc.
CW Health Pharmacy
Debtors Anonymous
Deloitte Canada
Dieter’s Metal Fabricating Ltd.
Distribution Learning – The Cooperators
Dundas Fruit Market
Earl of March Secondary School Staff
Elite Digital
EP Canada ULC
Etobicoke School of the Arts
Euclid Farms
Fair Trade Jewellery Company Ltd
Fidelity Investments
Flavelle Family Foundation
Fresh City Farms
Fruit Market
Gender Reveal podcast
Give Foundation
Glendon Women’s
Education and Referral Centre
Green Circle Food Hub
Handmade Revolution
Hillrom Canada
Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd.
HOME Salon
Hot Shot Chocolate
Humanist Association of Toronto
Hundo P Games
Hunter Handmade Knits
IATSE Local 822
Impact Cleaning Services
Indeed
Indigodragonfly Design & Consulting
Innis College, University of Toronto
INSIGHT Wealth Management
Insurance Brokers Association of Ontario
Intact Financial Corporation
Integrate.ai
Intuit Canada
Kijiji
Kings of the World
Kinky Salon Toronto
Lasagna Does Lasagna
Leezou LGBTQ+
Less Than Boutique
LinkedIn Canada
LODE Store
Major Tom Agency
Manulife Financial
Mark Barrera Consulting Inc.
Marsh & McLennan Companies
Mbiotech
McCann Worldgroup Canada
McKesson Foundation
McMaster Students Union
Medtronic Foundation
Michel’s Bespoke
MK Disability Lawyers
Modern Niagara Group Inc.
Modes Identity International
Mudanca Clothing
Munk School, University of Toronto
Myplanet
Narcotics Anonymous
Naughty Florals
Nordstrom US
Northgrave Architect Inc.
Not Even Coffee Roasters
Octopus Garden Queer and Trans Yoga
One Academy
Onex Corporation
Ontario Risk and Insurance Management Society
Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation
ON-TEK Electric Services Limited
Overeaters Anonymous
PAK Toronto Inc.
Passionknit
Patricia J. Fleming (FBG) Fund at Toronto Foundation
PCMA Canada East
Penguin Random House Canada
PepsiCo Canada
Pierre Elliott Trudeau High School
Pigeon Coop
PLANTA Queen Plastic
Havas Playground Inc
Prairie Girl Bakery
Presidential Gourmet
Pride Toronto Staff
Prime Timers Toronto
Project Xposed
Proof Inc
Pureblink Inc
Rad Plant Shop
Rainbow AA Friday Group
Recover from Debting DA Toronto
Redwood Strategic Inc
Roadmunk
Roaming Focus
Rotaract GTA Connect
Royal Street Pride Parade
Salesforce Foundation
Sausage Party Toronto
ServiceNow
Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous
Sexual Compulsives Anonymous
Shaw Communications
Sheer Simple Laboratories Inc.
Sid Lee Toronto
Sirius XM Canada Inc.
Skin and Bones Film Company
Skywalk Immigration Inc
SMART Recovery
Soft Landings
Psychotherapy
Soulpepper Theatre Company
Spruce Court Co-Operative Inc.
Spun Fibre Arts Inc.
Starbucks (North York Centre)
Sun Life Financial
Suncor Energy
Supernova Sites
Sweet Jones
Swingin’ Out Club
TakingITGlobal
TalentMinded
Ten Thousand Coffees
The Bone and Biscuit Vaughan East
The Church Street Group AA
The Clorox Company
The Emmet Ray
The Globe and Mail
The Good Bar
The Home Depot Foundation
The Imperial Court of Toronto
The Promises Group
The Sustainable Florist
The UPS Store 1
Tips Nail Bar
Total Cleanse
Trauma Education Essentials
Triangle Squares
Two Gays Shoegaze
Umbrella Mental Health Network
UnObscured Open Mic
Upper Canada College
Venture Out
Wave Financial Inc.
Wildeboer Dellelce LLP
Women & the Law
Workday Inc Canada
Xerox
Xpand Inc.
Yas Petit Poulet
Yoga Tree
Your Healthy Best

CONTACT US

If you would like to learn more about giving to The 519, including making bequests, gifts of securities, or other directed gifts, or to get your organization involved, please contact Giving@The519.org.