Our Supporters

ORGANIZATIONS

The AFC is grateful to receive support from many theatres, production houses, unions, guilds, associations and other industry organizations. The list below represents companies which contributed between January 1 and December 31, 2021.

Thanks also to all of our wonderful sponsors of the 2021 Big Swing Golf Tournament.

Superheroes ($55,000+)

AFBS
Aubrey & Marla Dan Foundation
Directors Guild of Canada National Office
Directors Guild of Canada Ontario
Estate of Raymond Michael Ferris
IATSE Local 873
IATSE Local 891
Teamsters Local 155
UBCP/ACTRA

Visionaries ($10,000+)

Canadian Actors’ Equity Association
Canadian Entertainment Industry Retirement Plan
Canadian Media Producers Association
Directors Guild of Canada – Quebec District Council
Directors Guild of Canada B.C. District Council
FirstOntario Credit Union
IATSE Local 667
IATSE Local 669
Juniper Park/TBWA
MBS Equipment Company
MEH Foundation
Moss LED Inc.
NABET 700-M UNIFOR
Paul Bronfman Family Foundation
Talent Payment Services Ltd.
William F. White International Inc.

Champions ($2,500+)

ACTRA Toronto
Anonymous
Benefaction Foundation
Bimm Bros Equipment
Canada Life
Champlain Media East
Company 3
Cossette Communications
Entertainment Partners Canada Inc.
Feast Interactive
IATSE International
IATSE Local 212
IATSE Local 849
IATSE Local 856
Leo Burnett Co. Ltd.
Mayor of Kingstown Ltd
Nickle Family Foundation
Nø Fåuxs Entertainment Group
Panavision Toronto
PHC Season 2 Inc
Point Blank Creative Inc
Sugar Daisy Inc
TAXI Toronto
The Harbinger Foundation
The Norman and Margaret Jewison Charitable Foundation
The Scriptures Productions Inc.

Advocates ($1,000+)

ACTRA National
Anonymous
BC Productions Inc.
Blyth Festival
BMO Financial Group
Cinespace Film Studios
ClaimSecure
Confederation Centre for the Arts
Crow’s Theatre
Don Carmody Productions Inc.
Entertainment One
Extreme Reach Talent, Inc.
Friends of Canadian Broadcasting
Gary Goddard Agency
Greene Acre Media
IATSE Local 105
IATSE Local 58
IATSE Local 634
John Narvali Digital Photography
Kickass Karoke Inc
Maman sait mieux Productions
Miriam Aaron Roland Charitable Fund
Mistletoe Productions
Neshama Entertainment
Partners Film Inc.
Project 10 Productions
Propellus Financial
Richard & Justine Giuliani Foundation
Ruby Leaf Pictures ULC
Shaftesbury Films Inc.
Station11 Productions Canada Inc
Studio Expression
Take 5 Productions
The Karuna Fund
The NOW Group
Throw the Switch Igor! Foundation
VereQuest Incorporated
WildBrain
Yellowjackets Productions BC

Leaders ($500+)

1194142 Ontario Inc.
2333291 Ontario Inc.
709782 Ontario Inc.
Artists in Residence
Arts Club Theatre Company
Bensimon Byrne
Butler Ruston Bell
Carousel Players
Characters East
FCB Canada
IATSE Local 411
Keen Music Inc.
L. H. Somers Enterprises Inc.
Matheis Financial Group
MBS Asset Management
Oscars Abrams Zimel + Associates Inc.
Overbarrington Productions
Prairie Theatre Exchange
Pro Glo Paints
Productions Wematin Inc.
PROJECT V PICTURE LTD
Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre
Rutledge Media
Soft Revolution – The Podcast
The Stonybirch Enterprise Co. Inc.
Theatre Collingwood
Toronto Disposal Service Limited
Wunderman Thompson Canada

Supporters ($250+)

Ann Garnett (Kadrnka) Charitable Fund
Artist2Artist
Diane Kerbel Casting
Edith Lando Charitable Foundation
KB Artists Management
Sears & Switzer Studio
Skycon Building Products Ltd
Talk is Free Theatre
The Logit Group Inc.
Trio Net Solutions
Victoria Playhouse Petrolia
Watermark Theatre

UNIONS AND GUILDS

The AFC is proud to receive support from entertainment industry unions and guilds across Canada.

INDIVIDUAL DONORS

The AFC receives a tremendous amount of support from individual donors. We would like to say a special THANK YOU to all our individual supporters who made small gifts to The AFC in 2021. Every donation is crucial, and we thank all of our donors for their generous support.

The list below represents cumulative contributions of $100 and above from individual donors made between January 1 and December 31, 2021.

DESIGNATED MAJOR GIFTS

Richard Rooney and Laura Dinner
In support of the Financial Wellness Program

The Aubrey and Marla Dan Foundation
In support of the healthcare portion of the Emergency Financial Aid Program

VISIONARIES ($10,000+)

Estate of Brent Carver
Estate of Cliff Cenerini
Corrie Coe
Estate of Mary B. Haney
Kevin McGarry
Louise Nicol MacDonald
Maribeth Solomon and Robert Schwartz

CHAMPIONS ($2,500+)

Miloslav Abel
Anonymous (2)
Pamela Chu
Valorie Curry
Peter Hawkins
Martha Henry C.C., O. Ont.
Jefferson and Sally Mappin
Christopher Marston
Greg Spottiswood
Gregory and Jennifer Thompson

ADVOCATES ($1,000+)

Mark Adkins
Paul Ainey
Anonymous (4)
Douglas Barrett
Denis Bellingham
Jim Betts
Bruce L. Blakemore
Timothy Bond
C. Derrick Chua
Antoni Cimolino, C.M.
Eugene Clark
Kerry Davidson
Bruce Dean
Sharon Forrest
Peter Fortier
Stuart Gillard
Rick Gonzalez
Hartley Gorenstein
William Hales
Kevin Hanchard
Dr. Jean Handscombe
Nona Macdonald Heaslip, C.M.
Terry Kelly
Michael Kielar
Adrian Knight
Estate of Betty Linde
Colin and Margaret MacDonald
Tim and Alexandra MacDonald
Dr. Marilyn Marshall
Peter McKinnon
Catherine Mensour
George Morrison
Marianne Muir
Laura Nhem
Pavel Patriki
Alexander Perelgut
Andrew Pike
Warren Sonoda
David Sparrow
Barbara Stevens
Janet White, CIM, CFP
Jenny Wright
Bernard Zukerman

LEADERS ($500+)

Katherine Aggett
Jason Amell
Anonymous (5)
Robert Beard
Ann Benson
John Bignell
Jeff Bloom
Christian Bobak
James F. Breithaupt
Gavin Brimer
John and Barbara Burbidge
Karen Cheah
James Cousineau
Alex Fallis
David M. Farant
Don Finlayson
Joe Fraser
Peter Freund
Emma Gehrs-Whyte
Jesse Griffiths
Deborah Grover
Pamela Halstead
Roslyn Hanchard
Gil Hardy
Kate Hennig
Deanna Horton
Noelle Jenkinson
Lucy Kayumov
Philip D. Kerr
Natasha Koechl
Brenda Koski

Doug Kuss
Kevin Lafferty
Avra Lamey
Adrian Merchant Macdonald
R. Susan MacIntyre
Albert Mansour
Craig A. McWade
William Millar
Peter Millard
Donald Mowat
Red Murphy
Miriam Newhouse
Sandie Newton
Debbie Peever
Bruce Peter
Tony Polera
Debbie Richardson
Shelley Riley
David Rumley
Susan Savage
Sean Sonhing
Richard K. Spear
Paisleygrrl Inc.
Victoria Steele
Estate of Greg Swanson
Jewel Swanson
Trent Thomas
Andrew Thomson
Bernard Van Speyk
Teri Worthington Coombs
Lenore Zann

SUPPORTERS ($250+)

Robert and Susan Allair
Anonymous (6)
Carol Baggott-Forte
Martie Barth
Cheryl A. Batulis
Heather Bennett
Shauna Black
Elspeth Bowler
Kristopher Bowman
Douglas Brenner
Robert Brown
Thomas Butler
Christopher Cantlon
Don Carmody
Lorraine Clarke
Aidan Cosgrave
Frank Crudele
Mac Day
Connie Dickson
Jane Douglas-Megill
Atom Egoyan, C.C.
Richard Epp
Estate of Edward Evanko
Tim Fort
Neil Foster
Susan Frost
Angela Fusco
Brian Gill
Sophie Giraud
Jonathan Goodwill
Barbara Gordon
Johanna Gravelle
Michiel Horn and Cornelia M. Schuh
Robin L. Hoy
A. Humber
Shirley Humphries and Gregory Lawrence
Kent James
Dason Johnson
Lorraine Jorden
Ian Joseph
Ryan Kelly
Alison Kemper
Karen LeBlanc
Ira Levine
Morgan Lewington
Debbie Lewis
Cynthia Lynch
Judith Marinoff
Tom McCamus

William McCulloch
Ronnie McDonald
Seana McKenna, C.M, DSLitt
Roger McLeish
Janet Meldrum
Susan Milling
Courtney Mitchell
Elona Naqo
Kari Norman
Elaine Normandeau
Eleanor and Terry O’Connor
Dr. Richard W. Osborn and Nadine Kettell-Osborn
Martin Penner
Aliisa Percival
Joshua Phillips
Gregory Pinkney
Estate of Ernie Prentice
Allen Qiu
Thomas Raedler
Alex Raffé
David Rayfield
Debbie Read
Chick Reid
John C Rose
Benjamin Rossington
Estate of Margaret Ryan
Arden Ryshpan
Eric Salsberg
Kiera Sangster
Austin Schatz
Neetika Sharma
Kevin Ching Sheng
Janie Simons
Zach Smadu
Nigel Smart
Mary Spyrakis
Gwyneth Stark
Dennis Starritt
Gillian Stone
Ross Stuart
Victor Svenningson
Allan Teichman
Maria Topalovich
Yee Jee Tso
Brad Vos
Christopher Watson
Nancy Webster
Dianne Woodrow

Stephanie Kirkland
Pat Kirkwood
Jesse Kline
Jeffrey Knight
Catherine Knights
Geoff Kolomayz
Diane Konkin
Michael Kramer
Rachel Krehm
Eva Kuo
Rosa Laborde
Ron Laflamme
Bill Lake
Marielle and Will Lambert
Bruce Lambie
Reneta Lamers
Linda Lamothe
Dr. Gabor Lantos
Jani Lauzon
Shawn Lawrence
Maria Lazaro
Robin Lee
Helen Leiderman
Corinne Leon
EIleen Leversedge
Michael Levett
Brian Levy, CDC
Christine Lewis
Jay Lewis
Stephen Lewis
Cathy Lindsey
Constantina Litsios
Charlene Lockner
Amanda Lundgren
Cynthia Lynch
John Macdonald
Crystal MacDonell
Judy MacDougall
Kelly MacIntosh
Erin Mackie
Cathy MacKinnon
Carole MacNeil
Andre Malouf
Michael Mangialardo
Brian Mann
Angie Mannella
Marti Maraden
Ruth Margles
Barbara Markman
Sharon Marraccini
John Marshall
David Matheson
Jacqueline Maxwell, O. Ont.
Janet McAllister
Geoff McBride
Kelly McCarthy
Donna McCormick
Tammy McDougall
John McHenry
Debra McKay
Nicole McKay
Kandice McKee
Elaine McKenzie
Kelly McKeown
E. Peter McKinney
Bryson McLachlan
Kevin McLachlan
Ross McLachlan
Paul McLaughlin
Laurie McNair
Marc McNamara
Lynn McQueen
Rena Mendelson
Fran Messinger
John Metcalf
Richard Middleton
George Mihalka
Jason Miller
Mary Sue Miller
Nancy Miller
Branislava Milosevic
Beth Milroy
Sara Mitich
Susan Moellers
Jane Moffat
Rosalind Moore
Derek Moran
Craig Morash
Ann Morgan
Judy Morgan
Nancy Morgan
Erika Morin-Nett
Jane Morris
Lloyd Morrison
Enid Moscovitch
Stephen Mosher
Glenis Mountjoy
Eric Murphy
Andrea Muzzi
Brigitte Nazar
Phillip Nero
James Kelly Nestruck
Marlene Neufeld
Hilary Nichol
Kristina Nicoll
Tenny Nigoghossian
Beth Nobes
Jennifer Norman
JoAnne Norton
Michael P. O’Hara
Dr. John O’Keefe
Susan Oppenheim
Patricia and Alan Ormerod
Jane Osborne
Gayle Owler
Gail Packwood
Oriana Pagnotta
Murray Palmer
Cecilia Pang
Yvonne Pankrac
Paddy Parr
Cameron Paterson
Peter Payan
Lisa Payne
Matthew Payne
Janine Pearson
Krista Pedersen
Alessandro Pellerito
Louise Perrin
Monique Perro
Walter Picanco
Lisa Pickles
Tammy Pierce-Moore
Valerie Pinder
Dee Pitzel
Debbie Pivnick
Michael Plunkett
Kitty Podolsky
Robert Polko
Patti Pon
Vanessa Porteous
April Postnikoff
Miles Potter
Jonathan Potts
Dale Power
Jean-Guy Proulx
Sheila Pruden
Suniel Puri
Margaret Quinn
Rehana Rahman
Julie Rahmer
Janelle Rainville
Mark Ranson
Laird Rayner
Nita Reed
Edward Rice
Nicholas Rice
Stephen Richards
Bonnie Richardson
Julian Richings
Randi Richmond
Safiya Ricketts
Jennifer Riedle
Catherine Riggall
John Riley
Karen Ritson
Michel Roberts
Peter Roberts
Linda Robertson
Stuart Robertson
David Robinson
Elaine Robinson
Sandra Robinson
John Roeleveld
Cécile Rolland
Sue Ropchan
Alan Rose
Sally Rose
Mary Rosebrugh
Dawn Rosen
Glenna Ross
Joanna Ross
Jana Roth
Marsha Rothstein
Stephen Rothstein
Jo Rucinski
Evon Rudder
Dana Rutledge
Nadine Sandercock
Jane Sanders
Jim Sankey
Josette Sassoon
Jason Saulay
Mary Saunders
Robert and Kathleen Saunders
Robert Savan
Alan J. Scarfe
Phillip Scarfo
Shawnee Scatliff
Adelaide D. Schaaf
Beatrix Schalk
Robert Schwartz
George Scott
Robert Scott
Don and Joyce Scruton
Janet Sellery
Chuck Shamata
Jonathan Shaboo
George and Patricia Shand
Angela Shantz
Mary-Deanne Shears
Melinda Shiers
Lillian Shin
Karen Shinn
Sherry Shrives
Risa L. Shuman
Joysanne Sidimus, M.S.M.
Crystal Silden
Phillip Silver
Jeffrey Simlett
Nicole Simone
Bart and Janette Singh
Vijay Sundar Singh
Michelle Sit
Karen Skidmore
Ken Smith
Miriam Smith
Ruby Smith
Paul Snider
Judy Snyder
Danielle Sobot
Robert Spadoni
Steven Sparling
Paula Sperdakos
Scott Spidell
Paul Sportelli
Christine St. Lawrence
Marion Steele
Dr. Robyn Stephens
Ann Stevens
Grace Stickings
Jill Stocker
Timothy Storey
L. Anthony Street
Ann Stuart
Jennifer Suddard
Neil Suddard
Beverly Suderman
Susan Summers
Tom Supra
Joanna Syrokomla
Margaret Szczepkowski
April Taggart
William Talbot
Susan Tallett
Derek Tam
Karen Tanaka
Elaine Tee
Donnie Tejani
Debbie Tench
Amanda Tetlock
Leonie Thelwell
Kim Thompson
Margaret Thompson
Neville Thompson
Pam Tillis
Deborah Timmins
Douglas Tindal
Catharina Tocchio
Gail Tolley
Robert Tsonos
Alicja Turner
Jay Turvey
Mike Twamley
Terry Tweed
Mark Umphrey
Barb van der Veen
Justin van Thijn-Kelly
Theresa Vanhaverbeke
Philip Veenstra
Walter Venafro
Annemieke Wade
Janis Wade
Benjamin Wagner
Susan Wagner
Mark Waintman
Lisa Wakelam
Adrian Waldner
Leila Wallenius
Nicholas Waterfield
Jamie Watson
David Watts
Irene N. Watts
Frederick Webber
Lee Weissling
Elizabeth Wharnsby
Bob White, C.M.
Jill Whitmarsh
Lisa P. Whitten
Martin Wiener
Doug Wilkinson
philip williams
Carol Wilson
Chris Winney
Nan and Jack Wiseman
Mimi Wolch
Kathryn Wong
Jan Wood
Melissa B. Woods
Rachel Wormsbecher
Daisy Wu
Wayne Wylie
Katherine Yacht
Wendy Yarlett
Melanie Yeats
Barbara Young
Ian Young
Shelene Yung
Jane Zorn
Jocelyne Zucco

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