Address
2300 Yonge st suite 1602, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M4P-1E4
Phone Number
647.317.3127
Mission
UNITY uses arts to empower youth with the confidence and skills for success, in turn creating more productive citizens, safer schools, and healthier communities.
Programs:
UNITY Crew After School Program: An 18-week arts-based leadership and mentorship program that ends with a youth-led performances addressing issues of the community. $600 per youth.
UNITY Hub: A weekly community program that unites all elements of hip-hop that focuses on building skills through peer-to-peer mentorship and artistic performance. $438 per youth.
UNITY Leadership Groups: Youth leaders develop professional skills in their art forms, lead workshops, organize community events and become UNITY ambassadors. $416 per youth.
UNITY Drop-in: Weekly community space that teaches specific hip-hop art forms $260 per youth.
UNITY Artist Training: An intense multi-level training program for young emerging artists to develop professional, career-building and organizational skills. $563 per youth.
UNITY Festival: A nation-wide urban/hip-hop arts festival celebrating the artistic talents and stories of youth from UNITY’s program and community. $300 per youth.
Milestones:
2008: UNITY received Charitable status from Revenue Canada.
2007-2013: Reached 80 schools, 90,000 youth and trained 500 youth across Canada
2012: Social Venture Partners Toronto selected UNITY to receive 3 years of free consulting. Our organization was the sole organization chosen over fifty other groups
July 2013: The 5th annual UNITY Festival attracted 38,000 people and showcased over 300 youth at Yonge-Dundas Square and 3 other venues across the city
2013: Launched National UNITY Day in 7 cities across Canada
2013: Featured in over 50 media outlets across Canada (TV, Print, Radio, Online)
2014: Her Excellency Sharon Johnston, spouse to Governor General of Canada became UNITY Patron
2014: Annual budget reached $1 million
Media Partners:
Clear Channel Outdoor
FLOW 93.5FM
MTV
Augusta Holdings Inc.
BloombergSen
Canadian Tire Jumpstart
CIBC
Conoco Phillips Canada
Great West Life
Ira Gluskin & Maxine Granovsky
JP Morgan Chase
Joseph Ribkoff
Philip Lieberman
Price Waterhouse Coopers
Richter
Riocan
RP Investments
Ron Prosserman
Stubhub
Suncor
Tangerine
TD Bank
The Dunkley Charitable Foundation
Toronto Community Foundation
Government Funders (Federal, Provincial, Municipal):
Department of Canadian Heritage
Canada Council for the Arts
Ontario Trillium Foundation
Ontario Arts Council
Toronto Arts Council
Toronto Public Health
City of Toronto