Bach-Elgar Choral Society
Charitable organization · Hamilton, Ontario · BN 118798081RR0001 · Education in the Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($150,305) as filed with the CRA.
Bach-Elgar Choral Society is a charitable organization based in Hamilton, Ontario, classified by the CRA under education in the arts. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $148K in revenue and $150K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 15% from donations, 15% from government. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $13K.
Compared with 1,764 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 17% of peers. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $94K in 2020 to $148K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
The bach elgar choral society is a community based amateur symphonic choir with a mission to achieve a high level of artistic quality while presenting the major choral repertoires of past eras and actively advancing the canadian choral traditions. It provides a performing venue for community singers from a wide range of backgrounds and experience instilling in its members a life long appreciation of choral music. It offers community access to a variety of musical performances. It performs 3-4 concerts annually for which professional soloists and musicians are hired to accompany the choir and …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $148K | $150K | $85K | $9,643 | — | $78K |
| 2023 | $139K | $130K | $79K | $11K | — | $34K |
| 2022 | $109K | $92K | $83K | — | — | $72K |
| 2021 | $86K | $27K | $21K | — | — | $55K |
| 2020 | $94K | $98K | $79K | — | — | $29K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $13K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$39K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Cheryl Oudyk (director); Franca Hoda (director); Jane Savage (secretary); Daniel Gammage (chair); Edward McMahon (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Bach-Elgar Choral Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118798081RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.