Brookside Music Association
Publicly funded institution · Mount Forest, Ontario · BN 837063916RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($148,308) as filed with the CRA.
Brookside Music Association is a charitable organization based in Mount Forest, Ontario, classified by the CRA under arts. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $153K in revenue and $148K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 8% from donations, 61% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $3,943.
Compared with 355 arts institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 69% of peers.
In its own words
We promote present and produce classical music events in the town of midland and surrounding areas. We educate and entertain the public with respect to classical music through master classes wrskshops and music appreciation seminars.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2022–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $153K | $148K | $128K | — | — | $0 |
| 2023 | $127K | $148K | $125K | — | — | $0 |
| 2022 | $159K | $146K | $100K | — | — | $0 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $3,943 from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Brookside Music Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 837063916RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.