C.c.m.c. Music Gallery
Publicly funded institution · Toronto, Ontario · BN 118841600RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($473,620) as filed with the CRA.
C.c.m.c. Music Gallery is a charitable organization based in Toronto, 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 August 31, 2024, it reported $435K in revenue and $474K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 76% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $12K.
Compared with 355 arts institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 33% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 93% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
The Music Gallery cultivates artistic experimentation and community through sound music and sharing in the creative process.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $435K | $474K | $333K | $204 | — | $249K |
| 2023 | $504K | $490K | $348K | — | — | $287K |
| 2022 | $437K | $433K | $303K | — | — | $273K |
| 2021 | $564K | $344K | $221K | — | — | $268K |
| 2020 | $427K | $371K | $286K | — | $50 | $48K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $12K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$199K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Shalini Hernandez (director); Monica Pearce (treasurer); Fahim Karmali (director); Byron Olivares (president/chair); Tuku Matthews (director); Samuel Bayefsky (secretary); Laura Stanley (director); Steven Tseng (director); Robert Hrehoruk (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from C.c.m.c. Music Gallery’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118841600RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.