Bank of Montreal Financial Group
BMO Financial Group, since 1817, has believed in community reinvestment and corporate and social responsibility to the communities it serves. BMO Financial Group is one of Canada’s top corporate donors and remains steadfast in the belief that arts and culture enrich all our lives. Beyond financial support, the people of BMO Financial Group actively participate on committees and as members of the Board of Directors of the organizations they invest in. BMO is being recognized for its long-standing commitment to mid-sized Toronto theatre organizations, as it continues to support companies who take profound artistic risks, forge new producing and presenting models and push ideas of what theatre might be. Their consistent and stable support enables companies to focus on what is really important – the art.
BMO Financial Group has been recognized by this award for its long-standing commitment to mid-sized Toronto theatre organizations. BMO invests in companies which take profound artistic risks, forge new producing and presenting models and push the boundaries of theatre creativity.
BMO Financial Group supports the following Toronto arts organizations:
Art Gallery of Ontario, Art of Time Ensemble, Bata Shoe Museum, Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, Canadian Children’s Opera Chorus, Canadian Opera Company, Canadian Stage Company, Centre for Indigenous Theatre, Corporation of Massey Hall & Roy Thomson Hall, Dancer Transition Resource Centre, DareArts Foundation, Dora Mavor Moore Awards/Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts, Factory Theatre, Gardiner Museum, Harbourfront centre, Lorraine Kimsa Theatre for Young People, MOCCA (Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art), Nathaniel Dett Chorale, National Ballet of Canada, National Ballet School, National Youth Orchestra, Necessary Angel Theatre, Nightwood Theatre, Opera Atelier, Opera Canada – “The Rubies”, Opera.ca, Pleiades Theatre, Pro Arte Danza, Queen of Puddings Musical Theatre, Royal Conservatory of Music, Royal Ontario Museum, Smile Theatre, Soulpepper Theatre Company, Studio 180 Theatre, Tafelmusik, Tapestry New Opera Works, Tarragon Theatre, The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, Théatre français de Toronto, Theatre Passe Muraille, Toronto Children’s Chorus, Toronto International Film Festival, Toronto Summer Music Academy & Festival, Toronto Mendelssohn Choir Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Video Cabaret