Performing Arts Lodges, Toronto (Pal Toronto)

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About Performing Arts Lodges, Toronto (Pal Toronto)

Overview

Performing Arts Lodges, Toronto (PAL Toronto) is a charity that provides residential accommodation and assistance to those who have rendered services in or to the performing arts in Canada. Their program focuses on supporting individuals who have dedicated their lives to the performing arts by offering them a safe and supportive living environment. Through their services, PAL Toronto aims to ensure that artists and performers have access to affordable housing and the resources they need to thrive in their careers. By addressing the unique challenges faced by those in the performing arts industry, PAL Toronto plays a crucial role in supporting the well-being and success of Canadian artists.

Mission

PAL Toronto's mission is to provide affordable housing and wraparound support services to aging, disabled, and financially vulnerable members of the performing arts and allied industries. The organization ensures that those who have dedicated their careers to Canada's professional performing arts โ€” including actors, musicians, technicians, directors, designers, and producers โ€” have access to stable, dignified housing and the health and social services needed to live independently.

Vision

PAL Toronto envisions a city where performing arts professionals โ€” regardless of income or career stage โ€” can age with dignity, remain connected to their creative community, and continue to contribute to Canada's cultural life. The organization works toward a future in which the artists and arts workers who enrich public life are not displaced by economic precarity, but are supported to live and thrive in the communities they have served.

Unique value proposition

PAL Toronto is Canada's first and founding purpose-built residential community for performing arts professionals, and serves as the flagship of a national network that now includes lodges in Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Winnipeg, Ottawa, Stratford, and Halifax. Its model is distinctive in combining affordable and market-rate housing under one roof โ€” creating a mixed-income, collegial community where residents are treated equally regardless of financial means or public prominence. PAL Toronto goes beyond housing to cultivate a vibrant artists' community, offering health supports, cultural programming, and advocacy for expanded affordable housing, making it uniquely positioned at the intersection of arts, aging, and social services in Canada.

Financial overview

Revenue (2024)
$3,865,635
Expenses (2024)
$3,935,342
Total assets
$9,738,837
Liabilities
$7,852,872
Year Revenue Expenses Program Admin Fundraising
2024 $3,865,635 $3,935,342 $3,584,766 $350,576 $0
2023 $3,436,356 $3,546,255 $2,084,297 $276,238 $0
2022 $3,083,736 $3,193,455 $64,131 $197,088 $0
2021 $3,312,268 $3,242,733 $64,726 $191,574 $0
2020 $3,263,951 $3,280,733 $80,501 $211,005 $0

Financial data sourced from the Canada Revenue Agency.

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Leadership team

DP

David Plant

Executive Director

RH

Rex Hagon

Chair of the Board of Directors

JM

Jean-Marc MacKenzie

Treasurer, Board of Directors

TV

Talin Vartanian

Secretary, Board of Directors

EH

Elva Mai Hoover

Board Director

JR

Jocelyn Reneuve

Board Director; Chair, Residents' Admissions Committee

PY

Patrick Young

Board Director

SR

Sheldon Rosen

Board Director

EH

Elizabeth Hanna

Board Director

PP

Patty Peaker

Board Director

LM

Latisha Macgregor

Manager, Residential Property

RF

Rose Figtree

Health Services Coordinator

JB

Jennifer Barnes

Administrative Assistant

SL

Shirley Lewis

Librarian

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