Donors

Lead Supporters and Honorary Patrons — $250,000+

Presenting Sponsor


Honorary Patrons

$100,000+

Margaret Atwood
The Flanagan Foundation
Nancy McCain and Bill Morneau
Gifts in memory of the late Derek Weiler

$75,000+

Gail Asper, O.C., O.M., LLD
Linda Haynes, C.M.
Phyllis Yaffe

$50,000 to $74,999

Cindy Blakely
Julia Foster, C.M.
Anne Giardini O.C., O.B.C., K.C.
Taanta Gupta
Colin and Helen Harris
The Kingfisher Foundation

James Harper and Donald Oravec
Shelley Peterson
The Gerald Schwartz & Heather Reisman Foundation
Sonja Smits (McLean Smits Family Foundation)
Yosef Wosk Family Foundation


Honorary Mentors — $25,000 to $49,999

Bennett Raccah Charitable Fund
Barbara Moses
Jim Polk, in support of the Jim Polk/Carol Shields Prize Foundation Scholarship in Creative Writing at the University of Toronto
Power Corporation of Canada


Friends — $10,000 to $24,999

M.A. Faris Foundation
Karen Prentice


Advocates and Allies — $1,000 to $9,999

Anonymous (2)

Amica Senior Lifestyles 

Helen Burstyn, C.M 

Emma Eisendrath

Robin Fowler 

Donna Freemont 

Patti and Gordon Giffin 

Andre and Kimberley Goode 

Charlotte Gray and George Anderson 

Erin Heximer 

Vicki Heyman 

Rosamond Ivey 

Julie and David Jacobson

Gerri and David Kahnweiler

Linda Loving 

The McGrane - Pearson Endowment Fund, held at Vancouver Foundation 

Susan Manilow

Sari Morrison and Derek Weiler 

Susan A. Payne 

Sheila Roche

Rockwood Custom Homes

The Honourable Harriet Sachs

Frank Seglenieks 

Anne Skoczylas 

Noreen Tomassi 


Supporters — $100 to $999

Margaret Laurens, V-P, Director, International Div. Penguin Putnam, Inc, Ret.

Frank Lipsman and Janet Mark

Patrick Manley and Ann Lomax

Karen Molloy

Manuel Munoz

Susan Polos

Wendy Pitblado

Michelle Purchase  

Jamie Raab

Sandy Sedacca in honor of Pat Eisemann

Donna and Chris Sutarno

Alexandra Skoczylas and Shaun Little

Nick & Nora Weir

Mindy Werner

Anonymous (1)

Katherine Ashenburg

Shauna Singh Baldwin in memory of David J. Baldwin

Roberta Beiser

Marilyn Biderman

Leslie Bond

Janet Burroway

Brandon Carter

Myriam J.A. Chancy

Kate Coleman

The Betty Jo L and O Anderson Currie Charitable Fund

Kim Echlin

Gary Foster

Leigh Haber

Fay Hartog-Levin 

Talia Kolluri

Donors listed as of May 14, 2025.

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