Family gives $50 million to Toronto Symphony

The estate of H. Thomas and Mary Beck has given $14.7 million to the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, bringing the family’s total gift to more than $50 million over 60 years. Canadian dollars, but still a fortune.

The orchestra is now in surplus and looking to expand under CEO Mark Williams (pictured). He says: ‘I am honoured that, as a part of this legacy, I will be the inaugural Beck Family Chief Executive Officer of the TSO. The Beck Family has been incredibly generous in every conceivable way — our dearest friend and truest ally — and I deeply value the confidence that they have placed in the TSO to be a home for every Torontonian, for generations to come.’