Canadian Country Music Association
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 100762590RR0001 · National Arts Service Organizations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($4,799,149) as filed with the CRA.
Canadian Country Music Association is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under national arts service organizations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $4.8M in revenue and $4.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 21% from government. In 2023, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $183.
Compared with 296 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 92% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $250,000–299,999 range. The charity reported 10 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.8M in 2020 to $4.8M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 18 names.
In its own words
Canadian country music association is a national organization that promotes the growth of canadian country music industry in canada by hosting annual award shows throughout canada.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4.8M | $4.8M | $4.6M | — | — | -$1.6M |
| 2023 | $3.9M | $4.6M | $4.3M | — | — | -$1.5M |
| 2022 | $3.6M | $3.9M | $3.5M | — | $20K | -$833K |
| 2021 | $3.5M | $3.5M | $3M | — | $1,000 | -$579K |
| 2020 | $1.8M | $1.9M | $1.4M | — | $221K | -$615K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2023
Received $183 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $250,000–299,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions10
- Total compensation, all staff$1.2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Melissa Cameron-Passley (director); Carmen Choney (director); Warren Copnick (director); Jennifer Dalen (director); Jackie Dean (chair); Anjelika Heim (director); Sharon Hinds (director); Madelaine Napoleone (director); Casadie Pederson (director); Joelle Proulz (director); Julia Rambeau Smith (director); Charlotte Thompson (director); Loel Baskin (director); Lindsay Hyslop (director); Morgan James (director); Jeremy Johnson (director); Kerry Martin (director); Jane Anne Stirk (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Canadian Country Music Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 100762590RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.