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Ways To Give

There are many ways you can support Sistema Toronto. Whether you would like to make a one-time donation, join our monthly giving program, or throw a fundraising event, your donation will make an important impact on children and families in need.

Make a One-Time or Monthly Donation

Your gift will provide an underprivileged child and their family with a life-changing opportunity. Thank you for your support!

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Corporate Partnerships

By partnering with Sistema Toronto, your company can show its commitment to building stronger communities and visibly align itself with a movement that helps kids reach their full potential.

Let's Partner Together

By partnering with Sistema Toronto, your company can show its commitment to building stronger communities and align with a movement that helps kids reach their full potential. If your company is interested in sponsoring a student, classroom, ensemble, or project, we would love to hear from you.

Corporate Sponsorship

Sistema Toronto is committed to creating opportunities for companies and brands to demonstrate their commitment to community building. When you partner with Sistema Toronto, you will be able to share with your network the work that you are doing to provide musical and intellectual opportunities to 300 children from marginalized communities across the GTA. 

Employee Matching

Many employers support their employee's fundraising efforts and donations through Employee Matching Programs. By inquiring about corporate gift matching, your gift could make a larger impact on families in need.

Talk to your employer or human resources department to find out if they have a gift matching policy in place. Your workplace will provide you with the necessary forms to enroll in the program and, when they do, please indicate that you would like to donate to Sistema Toronto.

There are other ways your company can support Sistema Toronto:

  • Sponsor the Sistema Spirit Gala

  • Host a Fundraising Event

  • Advocate for Sistema Toronto on social media

If you have questions about Corporate Partnerships, please contact Jordana de Bloeme, Director of Development at [email protected] or contact the Sistema Toronto office at 416-545-0200.

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Gifts In-Kind

Non-monetary gifts can make a huge difference to Sistema Toronto. Donating musical instruments, classroom supplies, or warm clothes help us provide the best possible learning experience to students.

Gift Giving

Non-monetary gifts can make a huge difference to Sistema Toronto. Donating musical instruments, classroom supplies, or warm clothes help us provide the best possible learning experience to our students.

Musical Instruments

We provide all of our students with musical instruments to learn on. A new violin or viola costs $500 and a new cello costs $1000. To help us reduce these costs, donate your unused or outgrown instruments. We need string instruments, bows, strings, and percussion instruments (hand drums, djembes, drum sticks, and mallets).

Not sure if your instrument is usable? Often times, it is more affordable to repair an instrument than it is to purchase a new one. We would still like to hear from you! 

If you have an instrument you would like to donate, please fill in the form here. The completed form should be returned to [email protected].

Classroom Supplies

Visit Sistema Toronto's Amazon Wish List to purchase classroom supplies for the 2022-23 academic year .

If you have any questions about making a Gift-In-Kind contribution, please contact Jordana de Bloeme, Director of Development at [email protected] or contact the Sistema Toronto office at 416-545-0200.

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Host An Event

Hosting an event is a fun way to get involved in your community! Use your next concert, special event, party, or garage sale as a way to fundraise for Sistema Toronto and raise awareness about our program.

How To Host An Event

Looking to throw a celebration or event? Make your next concert, special event, or party a fundraiser and you and your guests will help transform the lives of at-risk children. By choosing to support Sistema Toronto with your event, you are helping provide after-school care, music education, and a community of support to marginalized families in our shared community.

Get started by downloading our Third Party Event Information Package, which will provide you with tips and tools to help you plan your event and raise funds to support Sistema Toronto.

If you are ready to plan your event, please fill out and return the Event Registration Form to us. We can send you resources, information about the program, pledge forms, and provide donors with official tax receipts.

If you have questions about planning a fundraising event, please contact Jordana de Bloeme, Director of Development at [email protected] or contact the Sistema Toronto office at 416-545-0200.

Host An Event

Volunteer With Sistema

You can support Sistema Toronto by volunteering your services. 

Volunteer

You can support Sistema Toronto by volunteering your services. 

We are currently looking for volunteer Teaching Assistants to help at our Scarborough and Yorkwoods locations.

If you have a skill that you would like to offer, but it isn't listed above, please also get in touch to discuss it further. Tell us a bit about yourself and why you would like to get involved by writing to [email protected] or calling the Sistema Toronto office at 416-545-0200.

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Honour Someone Special

Celebrate an occasion, milestone, friends or family by donating to Sistema Toronto! Your gift is a life-changing gesture for a family living on the margins. 

Honour Someone Special

Celebrate an occasion, milestone, friends or family by donating to Sistema Toronto! Your gift is a life-changing gesture for a family living on the margins. 

Holidays

Celebrate the Seasonal Holidays by honouring your loved ones with a donation in their name. Donate Now!

Celebrations

Celebrate birthdays, weddings, anniversaries or graduations by supporting Sistema Toronto. You can honour can honour someone in your life by donating in their name or, if you're hosting a celebration, encourage your friends and family to make a donation to Sistema Toronto in your name instead of buying you a gift. Donate Now!

Give in Memory

Celebrate the life of a loved one by making a donation in their name. Donate Now!

For all gifts in honour or memory, Sistema Toronto will mail a card on your behalf to the honouree or their family to let them know that you made a gift. A charitable tax receipt will be issued directly to you.

For more information, contact Jordana de Bloeme, Director of Development at [email protected] or contact the Sistema Toronto office 416-545-0200.

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Stocks & Securities

A donation of publicly traded securities is one of the easiest and most effective ways to support Sistema Toronto.

Stocks & Securities

A donation of publicly traded securities is one of the easiest and most effective ways to support Sistema Toronto.

You may give stocks, bonds, futures and options, as well as shares in mutual funds and you will pay no tax on the capital gain.To make the gift of stocks & securities, fill out our Securities Transfer Form. 

If you have questions about donating stocks and securities, please contact Jordana de Bloeme, Director of Development, at [email protected] or call the Sistema Toronto office at 416-545-0200.

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Build A Legacy

Create long-lasting change in your community with a legacy gift to Sistema Toronto.

Build A Legacy

Create long-lasting change in your community with a legacy gift to Sistema Toronto.

You can support Sistema Toronto with stocks or securities, bequest of cash, RRSPs, Life Insurance, gifts of residual interest, charitable remainder trusts, or annuities. To include a donation in your financial and estate plans, speak to your financial planner and/or attorney.

Please let us know if you have made a legacy gift so that we can thank you and ensure your gift is recognized according to your wishes.

If you have questions about donating stocks and securities, please contact Jordana de Bloeme, Director of Development at [email protected] or call the Sistema Toronto office at 416-545-0200.

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Donor Hall Of Fame

Sistema Toronto depends wholly on the generosity of our donors. Our supporters are corporations, foundations, and individuals that share our belief in the importance of building strong communities. We appreciate the generosity of all our donors. The work that our students do each day would not be possible without their shared commitment to our vision. The following list celebrates our donors and lists them by their total giving since our founding in 2011.

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$50,000 - $99,999 Donors

  • Audrey & David Mirvish
  • Beanfield Technologies Inc
  • Bluma Appel Community Trust
  • Estate Of Victor Feldbrill
  • Government of Canada
  • Jordan Family Foundation
  • Kiwanis Foundation
  • Linda and Bob Goldberger
  • Marianne Oundjian
  • Slaight Family Foundation
  • Shum Vourkoutiotis Fund
  • W. Garfield Weston Foundation
  • Wrohan Holding Company
  • Yamaha Canada Music Ltd.

 

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$25,000 - $49,999 Donors

  • Bell Media
  • CIBC Children’s Foundation
  • City Of Toronto
  • D’Addario Foundation
  • Galin Foundation
  • Gerry Egan Children’s Charity
  • Geoff and Christine Olsen
  • Hal Jackman Foundation
  • Halsall Family Foundation
  • Jillian & Danny Eisenberg & Roth
  • JTC Heersink Foundation
  • Lay Family Foundation
  • Lewitt Family Foundation
  • Middlefield Charitable Foundation
  • Merle Kriss
  • Michelle Carroll
  • Morningstar Research Inc
  • Philip Doyle
  • Power Corporation of Canada
  • RBC Foundation
  • Robert S. Williams
  • Scotiabank
  • TELUS Community Board
  • The Kenneth G. Mills Foundation
  • The Lang Family Foundation
  • Thomas Schwartz
  • Tippet Foundation
  • Waghmare Family Foundation
  • Zita And Mark Bernstein Family Foundation
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$10,000 - $24,999 Donors

  • Air Miles
  • Arthur And Audrey Cutten Foundation
  • Bodyworks Inc
  • Cadillac Fairview
  • David & Judith Goodings
  • David Mirvish
  • Edith De Souza
  • Eric De Souza
  • Glenn Gould Foundation
  • Gemini Waghmare
  • George Ehring
  • George Eisenberg
  • George Weston Ltd.
  • Hugh Furneaux
  • Instacart
  • J.W. McConnell Family Foundation
  • Joyce Weinman and Mark Arnold Foundation
  • Karim Kanji
  • Marcia Lipson
  • McLean Foundation
  • Milos Vranesevic
  • Ontario Provincial Government
  • PC Children’s Charity
  • Pace Family Foundation
  • Pluralism Fund
  • Retrofit
  • Richard & Colleen Peddie Foundation
  • Scott Mackenzie
  • SIMON Family Fund at Toronto Foundation
  • SOCAN Foundation
  • Sony Music Entertainment Canada
  • Sterling Beckwith
  • The Cooperators
  • The Grocery Foundation
  • Toronto Arts Council
  • United Way
  • Wendy Eisenberg
  • Dukes of Harmony Scarborough
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$5,000 - $9,999 Donors

  • Beatrice & Arthur Minden Foundation
  • Ben Virgilio
  • Burgundy Asset Management Ltd.
  • Clayton Gyotoku Fund
  • Community One Foundation
  • Dena Warman
  • Delphine Roussel
  • Directors Guild Of Canada – Ontario
  • Florence Minz
  • Goldie Feldman Fund
  • Hanna Wilmer
  • Jane Zeidler
  • J.P. Bickell Foundation
  • John & Sally Goodings
  • Joy Levine
  • Joyce Foundation
  • Joseph Paterson
  • Kahanoff Foundation
  • Kuttis Family Fund
  • Laura Langmaid
  • Leslie Daiter
  • Linda McCain
  • Luke Jackson
  • Lukas Robinson
  • Margaret Zeidler
  • Margaret’s Joy Fund
  • Marcia Lewis Brown
  • Miriam Kagan
  • Morton Greenberg
  • Muriel Smith
  • Peter Gilgan Foundation
  • PlusOnePlusOne Canada
  • Raines Investments Inc.
  • Richardson Wealth Limited
  • Roy Linden
  • Russell Westkirk
  • Sally Chatfield
  • Sandra Ciganic-McKinney
  • Sobeys
  • TDSB
  • The Ira Gluskin And Maxine Granovsky Gluskin Charitable Foundation
  • The Lumira Foundation
  • Townsend Family Foundation
  • Varqa Mirzaagha
  • William (Bill) Rickard
  • William R. Waters
  • Jody Stocks
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Current Donors

The following foundations and corporations have made a commitment to supporting Sistema Toronto students and families for the 2023-24 year. Please note that this list does not include the generous individuals who donate to Sistema Toronto, though we do recognize them in our Donor Hall of Fame. We would like to sincerely thank all of our donors for their support, as none of our work would be possible without them.

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FAQ

Our charitable registration number is 81925 6603 RR0001.

Yes, Sistema Toronto will issue charitable tax receipts in accordance with CRA guidelines. If you give online through our website, your tax receipt will be issued electronically and sent to you via email from Canada Helps. If you donate by cheque, then our team will issue you a tax receipt and send to you via Canada Post within 10 business days.

If you have any questions about your tax receipt, please contact Andres Tucci-Clarke, Operations Manager, at [email protected] or call the Sistema Toronto office at 416-545-0200.

Yes, you may make a donation in honour or in memory of someone. Let us know who you would like to honour in the online donation form and we will send a card to the honouree or their family. We will not include the amount of the gift in the card to the honouree. The charitable tax receipt for the gift will be sent to you.

We are always looking for volunteers interested in making a difference in the community. Please visit our Volunteer page to learn more about how you can help out.

Please note that volunteers that work directly with students or in our centres must complete a Vulnerable Sector Screening. 

We’re still hosting our annual fundraiser and ‘casual gala’, but we’re now calling it something different. Please consider attending the event in April 2019 and join our mailing list so you are notified when it’s time to save the date. For more information, visit our gala page.

We are currently looking for violins, violas, cellos, and percussion instruments. Unfortunately, we are not able to accept piano donations. Please visit our Gift-In-Kind page for more information.

If you have an unused brass instrument (trumpet, trombone, tuba), please consider making a donation to the Jordan Family Foundation.

You are always welcome to check with us if you have an instrument you would like to donate. Please contact the Sistema Toronto office at [email protected] or 416-545-0200.

Do you have a question that we haven’t answered here? Please write to us at [email protected] or contact the Sistema Toronto office at 416-545-0200.