Académie de musique Fortissimo inc./Music Academy FortissimoInc.
Charitable organization · Laval, Quebec · BN 851483057RR0001 · Education in the Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($131,252) as filed with the CRA.
Académie de musique Fortissimo inc./Music Academy FortissimoInc. is a charitable organization based in Laval, Quebec, classified by the CRA under education in the arts. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $110K in revenue and $131K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 17% from donations. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $7,500.
Compared with 1,764 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 80% of peers.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
We offer music and art instructions for youth from instructors that are highly recognized in the universities. We offer a sliding scale scholarship program for those students who are unable to pay the full price of instructor fees.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $110K | $131K | $126K | — | — | -$4,854 |
| 2023 | $151K | $155K | $150K | — | — | $16K |
| 2022 | $116K | $135K | $128K | — | — | $21K |
| 2021 | $128K | $100K | $87K | $283 | — | $40K |
| 2020 | $151K | $126K | $103K | $555 | — | $15K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $7,500 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$13K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Svetlana Klempner (president); Marina Lanis (member); Igor Tsenman (director); Mark Lakirovich (director); Pierre Jasmin (director); Margarita Weber (director); Lucine Balikian (director); Vitaly Sygal (director); Igor Perlitch (vice-president).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Académie de musique Fortissimo inc./Music Academy FortissimoInc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 851483057RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.