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Our Gift Planning team are at your service to help you create the impact closest to your heart. Please call or email for personalized help to make a plan that suits your goals.

Meet U of T’s Gift Planning team

We’re here to help you make an impact! Please give us a call.

We’d love to discuss your ideas and help you realize them. We can answer your questions and provide you with the information you need to make impactful decisions—from suggesting powerful ways to support the cause closest to your heart to chatting about the giving solution that best fits your financial situation and philanthropic goals.

  • Michelle Osborne

    Michelle Osborne

    Executive Director

    michelle.osborne@utoronto.ca

    416-978-3811

    Consult Michelle about any general inquiries, as well as gifts to:

    • Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering
    • University of Toronto Mississauga
  • Tammy Garcia

    Tammy Garcia

    Director, Gift Planning

    tammy.garcia@utoronto.ca

    416-978-0013

    Consult Tammy about gifts to:

    • Faculty of Arts & Science
    • Faculty of Kinesiology & Physical Education
    • Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing
    • Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy
  • Catherine Starling

    Catherine Starling

    Senior Development Officer

    catherine.starling@utoronto.ca

    416-978-5578

    Consult Catherine about gifts to:

    • Dalla Lana School of Public Health
    • Faculty of Law
    • New College
    • The Ontario Institute for Studies in Education
    • Rotman Commerce
    • The Rotman School of Management
  • Janet Kim

    Janet Kim

    Senior Development Officer

    je.kim@utoronto.ca

    416-978-1950

    Consult Janet about gifts to:

    • John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design
    • Hart House
    • Innis College
    • University of St. Michael’s College
    • Trinity College
    • University College
  • Kimberley Wright

    Kimberley Wright

    Senior Development Officer

    kimberley.wright@utoronto.ca

    416-978-5930

    Consult Kimberley about gifts to:

    • Faculty of Dentistry
    • Faculty of Medicine
    • Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work
    • Woodsworth College
    • Massey College
  • Nicole Bedard

    Nicole Bedard

    Senior Development Officer

    nicole.bedard@utoronto.ca

    416-946-8726

    Consult Nicole about gifts to:

    • Faculty of Information
    • University of Toronto Libraries
    • University of Toronto Scarborough
    • Faculty of Music
    • Victoria University
  • Geoffrey Berry

    Geoffrey Berry

    Estates and Securities Officer

    geoffrey.berry@utoronto.ca

    416-978-2214

    Consult Geoffrey about:

    • Stocks & Securities
    • Estate Administration
  • Shannon MacInnes

    Shannon MacInnes

    Program Manager, Gift Planning

    shannon.macinnes@utoronto.ca

    416-978-1215

We’re Here to Help You Bring
Your Philanthropic Vision to Life

I’m happy to discuss your ideas and help you realize them.

Michelle Osborne, Executive Director, Gift Planning:

Tel: 416-978-3811 or 1-800-463-6048
Email: michelle.osborne@utoronto.ca
Mail:J. Robert S. Prichard Alumni House, 21 King’s College Circle, Toronto, ON M5S 3J3

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Danlie Rae Acebuque, singing, closes his eyes and clenches his fist with emotion.


“Mr. Chorney was a very kind-hearted man who believed in young artists. His support lights up the fire in me.”

Danlie Rae Acebuque received an opera scholarship thanks to a bequest by Ivan Chorney

Photo by Ryan Chiu