Canadian Chamber Academy
Charitable organization · Niagara-ON-The-Lake, Ontario · BN 892391160RR0001 · Arts
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-10-31. Split of total expenditures ($270,456) as filed with the CRA.
Canadian Chamber Academy is a charitable organization based in Niagara-ON-The-Lake, Ontario, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending October 31, 2024, it reported $277K in revenue and $270K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 34% from donations, 46% from government. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $39K.
Compared with 724 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 48% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 91% of that peer group.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Create and maintain a canadian chamber orchestra composed of professional musicians to perform in canada; provide a forum for canadian soloists; provide cultural enrichment through the playing of orchestral and chamber music at a professional level in canada; provide education to children and public; and present the annual 'music niagara' summer festival.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $277K | $270K | $213K | $554 | — | $22K |
| 2023 | $259K | $297K | $245K | $1,160 | — | $16K |
| 2022 | $318K | $334K | $250K | $21K | — | $54K |
| 2021 | $320K | $333K | $246K | $15K | $10K | $50K |
| 2020 | $299K | $307K | $235K | $1,801 | — | $63K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $39K from 9 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$15K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$5,000
- Temerty Foundation$5,000
- Niagara Community Foundation Fondation Communautaire de Niagara$5,000
- Niagara Community Foundation Fondation Communautaire de Niagara$5,000
- Niagara Community Foundation Fondation Communautaire de Niagara$2,600
- Canadian Medical Foundation$500
- Niagara Community Foundation Fondation Communautaire de Niagara$392
- Niagara Community Foundation Fondation Communautaire de Niagara$392
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$71K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Edward Barisa (vice-chair); James Hall (secretary); Cynthia Loforti Lepp (director); Elaine Mayo (director); Stacey Mulholland (director); Daniel Rafii (treasurer); Paul Shelestowsky (chair); Tom Smith (director); Richard Liu (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Canadian Chamber Academy’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 892391160RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.