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To not hear her voice for 7 years, and all of a sudden to hear her singing her heart away. It’s exciting.
"How You Can Help Us
“It’s not how long we live, but how well we live. Programs like music therapy speak to the quality of life.” - Jo Anne Tait, Music Therapist
Find out how you can give the gift of music.
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- Individual Giving
- Monthly Giving
- Gifts of Securities
- Planned Giving
- Tribute and In Memoriam Giving
- Corporate and Foundation Giving
Sponsorship
How Your Corporation Can Help
The Canadian Music Therapy Trust Fund has a long and successful history of fundraising through events – music therapy is, after all, about music.
There are many opportunities for your corporation to sponsor an event with the Canadian Music Therapy Trust Fund. We are confident that we can work together to find the best fit – both for your budget and your goals.
Here are some of the events on this year’s calendar:
- Poker Event – Toronto
- Weaselpalooza Prairies – Calgary
- Weaselpalooza West – Vancouver
- Music Therapy Ride
- Quarterly Open House at the Music Therapy Centre – Toronto
- Documentary Screenings – Vancouver, Calgary, Winnipeg, Toronto, Montreal and Halifax
- Tell Me More about Sponsorship Opportunities
- More information about how your corporation can get involved
Donate Now
Make a donation here.
Attend an Event
View our events calendar here.
1. Individual Giving
Make a Gift Today
A contribution to the Canadian Music Therapy Trust Fund will give the gift of music to people who need it most. You will help encourage non-speaking children to communicate, teach youngsters who are upset learn to trust, give people in hospices some relief from loneliness and pain, and help elderly men and women eagerly engage in their lives again.
Please join us today by making a financial contribution.
To make a difference now by donating online click here and quickly receive an e-receipt.
The importance of your gift:
- $70 - you will provide an hour of music therapy to a child with Autism.
- $140 - you will sustain two weeks of music therapy for a post-polio group.
- $500 - you will help provide instruments to help children with mental health challenges learn to engage with people around them.
- $1,000 – you will fund the music therapy centre in Toronto for half a week.
Thank you for your support.
If you have any questions, please email us directly.
Don't want to make your gift on-line? Simply call
2. Monthly Giving
Become a Canadian Music Therapy Trust Fund Monthly Supporter
One of the easiest ways to provide ongoing help, hope and access to music therapy for people who need it most is by becoming a Monthly Supporter.
With a small gift on the 15th of each month from your credit card or bank account, you will make a lasting difference in people’s lives. You'll also help us save on administrative costs, allowing the Canadian Music Therapy Trust Fund to ensure that even more money goes directly to providing music therapy.
A consolidated income tax receipt will be issued at the beginning of the calendar year for all contributions made during the year. At the Canadian Music Therapy Trust Fund you are always in control of your monthly contributions. You can change or cancel this arrangement at anytime by notifying us. Please email us or call us at
We invite you to become a Friend of Music today!
Don't want to make your gift on-line? Simply call
Thank you for your support.
3. Gifts of Securities
Make a Gift of Securities
Your broker or financial advisor can assist you in making a gift of publicly traded securities through a direct transfer to the Canadian Music Therapy Trust Fund.
Your gift of securities that has appreciated in value and that you have owned for more than one year may provide you with a greater tax benefit than giving cash. Your charitable income tax deduction is equal to the fair market value of the stock and you also avoid paying the capital gains tax on any increase in the current value over the original cost of the stock. You will save even more by not incurring brokerage fees because you are transferring ownership rather than selling the stock.
To make a gift of publically traded securities, please contact Elissa Beckett, Director of Funding and Development. The Canadian Music Therapy Trust Fund will issue a charitable tax receipt equal to the value of the security at close of the market on the day the gift is transferred to the Trust Fund. Please note that you will be asked to provide the following information: Donor Name and Address, Donor Contact Information, Name of Donor’s Broker with Contact Information, Name of Security, Number of Shares to be Donated, Date of Transfer.
Thank you for your support.
4. Planned Giving
Make a Gift Through Your Will
One of the most thoughtful and enduring ways you can help the Canadian Music Therapy Trust Fund is through a planned gift, such as a gift through your will, a life insurance policy gift, or an endowment. By making an informed decision, your planned gift can ensure that people who need it most will have access to music therapy through your gift now and in the future.
When you name the Canadian Music Therapy Trust Fund in your will, you create a legacy of music that endures.
Each year, the Canadian Music Therapy Trust Fund receives dozens of requests for music therapy – both at the centre in Toronto and across the country; however, we are presently unable to fund all of them. Your planned gift will enable us to fund more music therapy in Canada, giving people who need it the most the opportunity for a better quality of life.
Bequests can be of any size and may be of cash, securities, real estate or other property.
Contact the Canadian Music Therapy Trust Fund
If you have designated the Canadian Music Therapy Trust Fund as a beneficiary using any of the above planned giving options, please let us know. We would like to thank you! For more information or to contact the Canadian Music Therapy Trust Fund with your intentions for planned giving, please contact Elissa Beckett, Director of Funding and Development or write to us at:
Canadian Music Therapy Trust Fund
1175 Bloor Street West
Toronto, ON M5H 1M9
Please be advised that these types of gifts are somewhat technical. If you decide you want to support the Canadian Music Therapy Trust Fund through a planned gift, we encourage you to consult your lawyer or financial advisor first. They are in the best position to assess your personal situation and provide guidance.
Make a Gift of Life Insurance
Many people own some form of life insurance because of its unique ability to meet a variety of needs for financial protection. You can name the Canadian Music Therapy Trust Fund as a beneficiary of a life insurance policy.
When the Canadian Music Therapy Trust Fund receives the proceeds, your estate will be allowed an estate tax deduction. Or, you may wish to give us a policy you no longer need and receive an immediate income tax deduction for the value of that policy.
Your life insurance company or financial advisor can provide you with details about the various tax benefits to donating a new or existing policy to the Canadian Music Therapy Trust Fund. There are also tax benefits that depend on your decision to outright give your policy to the Canadian Music Therapy Trust Fund, or your decision to make the Canadian Music Therapy Trust Fund a beneficiary.
Other Planned Giving Options
There are several other options available to make a planned gift to the Canadian Music Therapy Trust Fund, each of which can be tailored to your personal situation. Different options can also provide various tax benefits which can be customized to suit your needs.
- Charitable Gift Annuities
- Gifts of Residual Interest
- Flexible Endowment Gifts
- Charitable Remainder Trusts
- Gifts of Business Interests
Please be advised that these types of gifts are somewhat technical. If you decide you want to support the Canadian Music Therapy Trust Fund through a planned gift, we encourage you to consult your lawyer or financial advisor first. They are in the best position to assess your personal situation and provide guidance.
Thank you for your support.
5. Tribute and In Memoriam Giving
Make a Gift in Honour of Someone
What to give the person who has everything?
Celebrate a milestone in the life of someone you care about by making a special, commemorative gift to the Canadian Music Therapy Trust Fund today.
Or perhaps it's your special day... your birthday, your wedding, your anniversary.
Celebrate your day by encouraging your friends and family to support something you feel passionate about. Contact the Canadian Music Therapy Trust Fund to find out more about how we can help you arrange it tastefully.
Make a Gift in Memory of Someone
When a loved one passes away, it is heartening to know that their memory can live on. A gift in their memory can make a difference by giving the gift of music to someone who can really benefit from it. We will acknowledge your gift by sending a personalized written note to the family in whose name the gift is being made.
- Make A Gift In Honour or Memory of Someone Today. Note that at the bottom of this linked, secure donation page, you have the option of dedicating your donation in honour or memory of someone – please use this to let us know who you would like to acknowledge with your gift and who you like us to inform. You will also note on this page that several tribute and memorial funds are currently receiving donations – you may also give to any of these funds.
- Tell Me More
Don't want to make your gift on-line? Simply call
Thank you for your support.
6. Corporate and Foundation Giving
How Your Corporation or Foundation Can Help
Music Therapy can empower those with special needs and make a real difference in their lives.
Yet for the many Canadians who could really benefit from music therapy, only a fraction of them have access to it. There are several reasons for this stemming from the fact that although many physicians would agree that music therapy is an incredibly valuable component to treatment of many patients, health care coverage does not include music therapy.
But the support of Canada's corporate and foundation sectors can ensure that we can close the gap and add music therapy into the basket of therapies for more and more patients each year.
And there are numerous ways you, as a corporate or foundation representative, can make a difference.
The Canadian Music Therapy Trust Fund has a number of opportunities for your company or foundation to become involved. Whether it's becoming a sponsor at the Therapy Ride in British Columbia or supporting one of our many individual music therapy projects, we are pleased to work with you to ensure a mutually beneficial relationship.
To date, the Canadian Music Therapy Trust Fund has been fortunate to have generous corporate and foundation partners. These partners, many from Canada’s incredible music industry, play an important role by sponsoring events, funding individual programs and supporting our goal to ensure that music therapy is available to everyone who needs it.
Thank you for your support.
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