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1 BECAUSE
NO ONE
SHOULD
GO
HUNGRY.
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2 The State
of Hunger
in Ventura
County
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3 1 IN 4 PEOPLE IN VENTURA COUNTY
NEEDED FOOD ASSISTANCE LAST YEAR.
200 23.1M $67M
254K
19.2M 4,301 VOLUNTEERS DONATED
47,538 HOURS
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4 Food Share’s Partner Pantries
Thousand Oaks & Conejo Valley
Lighthouse Church
Newbury Park First Christian
Church
MANNA
Conejo Valley Food Bank
Safe Passage Youth
Foundation
Calvary Community Church
Adelante
Comunidad
Conejo
Christian
Church of
Thousand Oaks
Many Mansions
Boys & Girls Club Thousand
Oaks
St. Paschal
Baylon
United
Methodist
Church
Westminster
Free Clinic
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5 Hunger
Relief in
Action
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6 College Park Drive-Thru Dist.
WEEKLY: 1,000 CARS/1,400 BOXES/5500 INDIVIDUALS
Serving our Unhoused
70,000 KITCHEN FREE BAGS
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7 Serving our Farmworkers
EST. 45,000 FARMWORKERS IN VENTURA COUNTY
Feeding our Seniors
3,500 SENIOR BOXES MONTHLY
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8 Kids Programs
KIDS FARMERS MARKETS & KIDS KITCHEN
The Need Continues
Photo by: Juan Carlo/The Star
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9 All Under One Roof
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12 Thank
You!
23 Item No. 12.A.
1 TOArts Annual Report
Jonathan Serret, Cultural and Community Services Director Niki Chopra Richardson, TOArts Executive Director
Al Lowe, TOArts Board Chair
• How TOArts came to be
• Public-Private Partnership and
collaboration
• FY 2025-26 highlights
• Arts Education
• Workforce Development • Community Engagement
TOArts Annual Report 2 Looking Back
• MOU Approval • FY 2026-27
• 10 years of TOArts
• Development • Arts Education
• Programming
Looking Forward
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2 • 2016 Council action consenting to merger • Inaugural TOArts Board meeting – May 2017 • Collaborative, mutually-beneficial relationship
• Preservation of public-private partnership
• Financial stability and protection of endowments
• Growth and recognition
• Community
TOArts Annual Report 3
Operations and Programming Update
For the period of July 1, 2025, to June 30, 2026
Presented by Al Lowe, Board Chair, and Niki Chopra Richardson, Executive Director 3 4
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3 Governance & Finance
Strong governance keeps TOArts accountable to our community and the City.
BOARD MEMBERSHIP
■Three new community members to the Board of Directors:
Aerin LeDucGummeson
Michael Hart Victor Fakrogha
MOU WITH THE CITY
■Updated MOU: removed 2017 merger language, clarified
roles, added City ex-officio seat
AUDIT
■The Board accepted the annual independent audit report for FY2024–25.
Development
Philanthropy fuels our programs and the future of the arts here.
SPARKING JOY!
CAMPAIGN GOAL
CAMPAIGN PROGRESS
■Advancing toward the $5 million Sparking Joy! goal
■Target close: June 30, 2028, our 10th year
FEB 2023
Launch
Campaign begins
JUNE 2025
$3M
Raised
TODAY
$3.5M
Raised
JUNE 30, 2028
$5M
Goal · 10th year
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4 Work Force Development
Business and life skills for high school, collegiate, and working artists.
ARTIST INCUBATOR
Business training that helps working artists build sustainable careers. ■Inaugural cohort: 10 months of training
■$8,000+ in art sold at showcase
CREATORS CLUB
Hands-on art experiences led by Incubator artists.
■Artist-led Paint and Sip & journaling before Nat Geo
events
Work Force Development
YALA (YOUTH ARTS LEADERSHIP ACADEMY)
Year-long life skills training in budgeting, project management, leadership, and teamwork.
■24-student cohort
■YALA Film Festival: 11 filmmakers, 250+ guests
■Youth in Philanthropy Award, AFP
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5 Arts Education
Bringing students to arts and arts to students from PreK through High School.
ACCESSARTS
Grants that bring arts programs into local elementary schools. ■$19,000 provided to Conejo Valley elementary schools, funding arts programming for over 1,300 students.
KIDS AND THE ARTS
Field trips to live, curriculum-connected performances. ■6,623 PreK–8 students and teachers at 9 live performances
TRAILBLAZERS ED
Inspiring talks for high schoolers from National Geographic Explorers. ■Nearly 1,000 students across four Conejo Valley high schools
ARTS ODYSSEY
Arts woven into everyday classroom learning.
■Classroom arts, field trips, and a 30-student sound engineering pathway
Community Support
Helping artists and arts organizations share their work.
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
Visiting artists lead workshops and masterclasses in local schools. ■JazzReach workshop at Royal High School; Lenny Bruce
playwriting masterclass at Moorpark College
OLSON PERFORMANCE GRANTS
Theatre rental support for local nonprofit arts groups. ■$143,000 in theatre credits to 12 nonprofit arts groups
IN THEATRE CREDITS NONPROFIT GROUPS
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6 Community Involvement
Showing up for our community beyond the theatre walls.
SPONSORSHIP
TOArts sponsored a wide range of community events and
organizations throughout the year. Highlights include:
Pop-Up Arts
& Music
Festival
CLU Center
for Nonprofit
Leadership
Chamber of
Commerce
initiatives
+
Many more
local events
LEADERSHIP
■Staff serve on boards and committees across Ventura
County
Community Involvement — continued
Partnering across Ventura County to grow the arts ecosystem.
REFRAME VENTURA COUNTY — 3RD ANNUAL ARTS SUMMIT
■Co-presented with the County of Ventura
■125+ artists, arts workers, and culture bearers
■Supported by Studio Channel Islands, Oxnard Performing Arts Center Foundation, and Five07
YOUNG ARTISTS ENSEMBLE
■TOArts continues to serve as fiscal receiver for the
program.
THRIVE VC
■Community photography with Vibe Well, exhibited
countywide
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7 Civic Partnership
Working hand in hand with the City of Thousand Oaks.
THE DOWNTOWN PROJECT
Supporting the Downtown
Project as the City’s nonprofit
arts partner
Performances
World-class entertainment for every age and budget.
PERFORMANCES PATRONS
TOARTS PRESENTS
Our season of touring artists at the Kavli, the Scherr and GRB Library.
TOARTS AFTER DARK AT STAGECOACH
■Outdoor concert series: 3 shows, 1,200+
attendees
FAMILYPAC
Affordable tickets so families can enjoy live shows together. ■395 attendees across 12 shows
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8 The Year Ahead
Building on a strong year with steady leadership.
LEADERSHIP
■First full year under Executive Director
Niki Chopra Richardson
■Guided by a dedicated & engaged Board of Directors
PROGRAMS CONTINUING INTO 2026-27
Kids and the Arts AccessArts Arts Odyssey Nat Geo Ed
YALA Artist Incubator Creators Club FamilyPAC
Olson Performance Grants TOArts Presents
10th Anniversary Celebration
Kicking off TOArts’ 10th year, May 2027 – June 2028.
YEAR OF
TOARTS
SAVE THE DATE
■April 9, 2027, in the Scherr Forum
STUDENT-RUN FUNDRAISER & FILM FESTIVAL
■Led by TOArts students to launch our 10th year
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9 2026-27 Season Performances So Far
01 Happy Together
July 24, 2026
Kavli Theatre
1,432 attendees
02 The Australian
Pink Floyd Show
August 12, 2026
Kavli Theatre
1,100 attendees
03 Phat Cat Swinger
September 25, 2026
Scherr Forum
266 attendees
04 Amy Grant
September 26, 2026
Kavli Theatre
1,608 attendees
Upcoming Performances
■Dorrance Dance
■UB40
■Stewart Copeland
■Be Like Blippi
■Don McLean
■Leonid and Friends
■Kathy Griffin
■Alton Brown
■National Geographic
■Amjad Ali Khan
■Mannheim Steamroller
Christmas
■Five for Fighting
■Bad Co Legacy
■Viva Brasil
■Angelique Kidjo
■The Very Hungry
Caterpillar
■Rapunzel's Holiday Wish
in partnership with 5-Star
Theatricals
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10 Program Growth and Impact
A year of growth, strong leadership, and City partnership Inaugural
Artist
Incubator
cohort
Progress
toward the
capital
campaign goal
Deepened
civic
partnership
through the
Downtown
Project
Strengthening the Conejo Valley’s creative economy
and quality of life
Recommendations
1 Receive and file TOArts operations and
programming update for FY 2025-26.
2 Approve successor MOU between TOArts and
City of Thousand Oaks
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11 Questions?
Thank you for your time and commitment to the arts in our community.
1. Receive and file Thousand Oaks Alliance for the Arts (TOArts) annual operations and programming report for FY 2025-26.
2. Approve Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between
TOArts and the City, to become effective upon full
execution and replace the existing MOU.
3. Find that this action is not a project as defined under the California Environmental Quality Act.
Recommendations
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12 Thank you!
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