Georgian Bay Symphony
Charitable organization · Owen Sound, Ontario · BN 118937275RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($209,344) as filed with the CRA.
Georgian Bay Symphony is a charitable organization based in Owen Sound, Ontario, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $179K in revenue and $209K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 26% from donations, 11% from government. In 2024, 8 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $26K.
Compared with 724 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 17% of peers. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
The georgian bay symphony is a community based orchestra with over 40 volunteer musicians. It presents concerts of orchestral work for audiences within its region.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $179K | $209K | $118K | $13K | — | $95K |
| 2023 | $187K | $189K | $98K | $13K | — | $204K |
| 2022 | $124K | $157K | $92K | $7,669 | — | $207K |
| 2021 | $164K | $138K | $66K | $6,512 | — | $246K |
| 2020 | $137K | $151K | $90K | $4,239 | — | $140K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $26K from 8 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$7,401
- Community Foundation Grey Bruce$5,952
- The Eva Leflar Foundation$5,000
- Ontario Arts Foundation/fondation des Arts de l'Ontario$3,554
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$1,500
- BenefAction Foundation$1,000
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$622
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$43K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Nancy Macdonald (chair); Deidre Orr (vice chair); Sandy Stevenson (secretary); Greg Biokland (treasurer); Scott Irvine; Vince Van Alphen; Alisa Van Alphen.
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Georgian Bay Symphony’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118937275RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.