Canadian Bureau for the Advancement of Music
Charitable organization · Ridgetown, Ontario · BN 118829720RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($16,387) as filed with the CRA.
Canadian Bureau for the Advancement of Music is a charitable organization based in Ridgetown, Ontario, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $21K in revenue and $16K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 48% from donations. In 2022, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $192.
Compared with 986 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 11% of peers.
Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $53K in 2020 to $21K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Provides music education in elementary schools-both public and catholic school boards. -students are taught in small groups and attend classes at lunch hour and after school -christmas and year end recitals are offered. Also participate in music festivals. -cbam has its own eight level curriculum in piano performance and written music theory. -annual practical and theory exams are offered to the students. -cbam trains qulified music teachers in the 'art of group instruction'
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $21K | $16K | $6,249 | — | — | $23K |
| 2023 | $11K | $9,255 | $5,597 | — | — | $19K |
| 2022 | $4,359 | $6,805 | $174 | — | — | $17K |
| 2021 | $1,269 | $7,755 | $20 | — | — | $19K |
| 2020 | $53K | $44K | $16K | — | — | $25K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2022
Received $192 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$15K
Schedule 3 of its 2020 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Samuel Cole (director); Doreen Hutt (vice-president); Rita Wood (director); Ann Willoughby (director); Vera Lenvebers (director); Barton Graff (president).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Canadian Bureau for the Advancement of Music’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118829720RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.