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Choose How You Would Like to Make an Impact
As the only organization in Canada dedicated to supporting professional dancers through career development and transitions, the DTRC is a trusted resource for dancers as they navigate change, explore new possibilities and build what comes next.
DONATIONS
Make a one-time or monthly gift and help provide
essential programs and services to professional dancers across Canada.
Your generosity makes our work possible.
Whether you make a donation today, explore another way to give, or include the DTRC in your future plans, your support helps ensure dancers across Canada have access to counselling, retraining, career development and a community that understands their journey.
Other Ways to Give
Generosity comes in many forms.
In addition to making a traditional donation, there are other ways you can support the DTRC while choosing the giving option that works best for you.
GIFTS OF SECURITITES
Dancer: Emily Honegger
Donating publicly traded securities, stocks or mutual funds can be a tax-effective way to make a meaningful contribution in support of professional dancers across Canada.
By donating securities directly through CanadaHelps to the DTRC, as opposed to selling them and donating the proceeds, the capital gains tax can be eliminated. This means more of your donation goes directly to dance artists and a greater charitable tax credit for you.
A gift of securities helps the DTRC provide vital career development and exploration, counselling, skills and study grants, financial literacy and resources to dancers across Canada as they navigate change and build sustainable futures.
DONOR-ADVISED FUNDS
Dancer: Shana Wolfe
If you have a Donor-Advised Fund (DAF), you can recommend a gift to the DTRC through your fund. Your contribution will support professional dancers across Canada.
Donor-Advised Fund (DAF) is one of the fastest-growing and most flexible ways to support charitable causes in Canada. Through a DAF, you can make a charitable contribution, receive an immediate tax receipt, and then recommend grants to registered charities like the DTRC over time. DAFs are administered by public foundations and charitable organizations that help donors manage their philanthropy while supporting the causes they care about most.
When you recommend a grant to DTRC through your DAF, you are helping professional dancers across Canada access career development and transition services, counselling, learning programs, mentorship, and resources that improve wellbeing, resilience, and long-term success.
LEGACY GIVING
Dancer: Janelle Hacault
A Legacy Gift is the ultimate expression of the values and beliefs you hold in life. As you consider the distribution of assets to your loved ones as part of your estate planning, why not also consider leaving a legacy for a charitable cause that is important to you – supporting Canadian dancers.
When you leave a gift to charity in your will, also known as a ‘bequest’, your generosity can be extended beyond your lifetime to leave a lasting legacy to support the causes you care about. A gift in a will can be a dollar amount, a percentage, a specific asset, or the residual amount of your estate.
NAMED AWARD
Dancer: Natasha Korney
Establish an award in your own name or honour a colleague, mentor, family member, friend or someone whose connection to dance deserves to be remembered.
BANK OR ELECTRONIC TRANSFER
Dancer: Heidi Strauss
Bank or Electronic Transfers secure bank-to-bank options reduce transaction costs and help ensure more of your contribution supports our mission.
One of the most cost-effective ways to support our work is by donating through Interac eTransfer or Pre-Authorized Deposit (PAD) directly from your bank account. These payment methods help ensure that more of your gift goes directly to our programs and services by reducing processing fees. In Canada, eTransfers typically carry little to no percentage-based fees for donors and often cost organizations only a small flat transaction fee, while PAD donations generally incur processing fees of about 1% or less, compared to credit card fees that commonly range from 2% to 3%+. By choosing a direct bank-to-bank donation, you maximize the impact of your generosity and help us direct more resources toward serving our community.
EMPLOYEE & WORKPLACE GIVING
Dancer: Elena Dobrowney
Many employers offer Workplace Giving and Matching Gift Programs, making it easy to increase the impact of your donation at no additional cost. Through these programs, employees can make one-time or recurring charitable contributions directly through payroll deductions, and many companies will match all or a portion of the donation, effectively doubling or even tripling its value.
If your employer offers a matching gift program, we encourage you to submit a matching request after making your donation. It’s one of the simplest ways to maximize your support and help us create an even greater impact in our community.
Ask your employer whether your donation to the DTRC is eligible for a corporate match.
GIFTS OF SECURITIES
Donating publicly traded securities, stocks or mutual funds can be a tax-effective way to make a meaningful contribution in support of professional dancers across Canada.
Dancer: Emily Honegger
DONOR-ADVISED FUND
If you have a Donor-Advised Fund (DAF), you can recommend a gift to the DTRC through your fund. Your contribution will support professional dancers across Canada.
Dancer: Shana Wolfe
LEGACY GIVING
Create an impact that reaches beyond your lifetime. A legacy gift can help ensure future generations of dancers have somewhere to turn when their careers change direction.
Dancer: Janelle Hacault
NAMED AWARD
Establish an award in your own name or honour a colleague, mentor, family member, friend or someone whose connection to dance deserves to be remembered.
Dancer: Natasha Korney
BANK OR ELECTRONIC TRANSFER
Want your donation to go even further?
Consider giving by Interac eTransfer or setting up a monthly Pre-Authorized Deposit.
Dancer: Heidi Strauss
EMPLOYEE & WORKPLACE GIVING
Did you know your employer may be able to multiply your donation? Many companies match charitable contributions made by employees and retirees.
Dancer: Elena Dobrowney
Not Sure Which Option Is Right for You?
We are happy to help you explore the possibilities.
Contact Carola Jaque, Development & Fundraising Director
416-595-5655
Dancer Transition Resource Centre (DTRC)
The Lynda Hamilton Centre
303 – 1000 Yonge Street
Toronto, ON M4W 2K2
Charitable Registration number: 101258077RR0001
Your Gift Moves Dancers Forward
Every contribution — and every way of giving — helps the DTRC continue to stand alongside and uplift professional dancers as they enter the community, prepare for change, pursue new opportunities and imagine what comes next.
