Aeolian Hall Musical Arts Association
Charitable organization · London, Ontario · BN 866178916RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,130,872) as filed with the CRA.
Aeolian Hall Musical Arts Association is a charitable organization based in London, Ontario, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.1M in revenue and $1.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 25% from donations, 11% from government. In 2024, 14 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $181K.
Compared with 296 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 59% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (5 positions in that band).
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Our Mission is 'Spreading music changing lives'. We believe that the Arts can enlighten inspire and transform. We believe in Universal Access to Music Art Culture Education and Community. And we believe that volunteerism is the highest form of giving back to the community. The anchor of our organization is our Heritage-site 300-seat theatre. Widely regarded as one of Canada’s best live venues for its size the Hall is a community hub for entertainment sought after by performers and loved by its clientele. To our state-of-the-art sound and lighting we added audio/video recording faci…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.1M | $1.1M | $948K | $33K | — | $24K |
| 2023 | $1.2M | $1.3M | $887K | $86K | $0 | $96K |
| 2022 | $1.3M | $1.3M | $1.1M | $67K | — | $152K |
| 2021 | $874K | $785K | $530K | $83K | — | $151K |
| 2020 | $740K | $640K | $428K | $61K | — | $61K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $181K from 14 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$66K
- Canadahelps Canadon$66K
- Good Foundation Inc.$10K
- London Community Foundation$7,500
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$5,248
- The London Jewish Community Foundation$5,000
- Woco Foundation$5,000
- Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph in Canada$5,000
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$4,595
- Canada Gives$4,000
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$1,000
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$361
- WCPD Foundation$318
- First Baptist Church$300
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Total compensation, all staff$455K
Schedule 3 of its 2022 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Paul Cooper (chair); Sue Soney (vice-chair); Sandi Caplan (member); Jacob Malkin (member); Harry Vimla (secretary); Hanson Mike (member); Aileen Wittstein (member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Aeolian Hall Musical Arts Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 866178916RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.