Guelph Pipe Band
Publicly funded institution · Guelph, Ontario · BN 118949320RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($120,973) as filed with the CRA.
Guelph Pipe Band is a charitable organization based in Guelph, Ontario, classified by the CRA under teaching institutions. 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $97K in revenue and $121K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 7% from donations. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $2,048.
Compared with 673 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 39% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $29K in 2020 to $97K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
The band provides instruction for bagpipes and drums. The band competes in highland games. The band organizes a scottish festival in support of the royal canadian legion branch 234 guelph. The band performs concerts in guelph and surrounding communities. The band performs on request at civic ceremonies and functions
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $97K | $121K | — | — | $102K | $40K |
| 2023 | $78K | $48K | — | — | — | $40K |
| 2022 | $27K | $28K | — | — | — | $40K |
| 2021 | $18K | $16K | — | — | — | $40K |
| 2020 | $29K | $37K | $3,311 | — | — | $40K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $2,048 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ian Macfadden (president); Andy Mackenzie (vice president); Robert Allen (treasurer); Liam Farrell (secretary); Dylan Whittemore (band manager); Aiden Maher (webmaster); Peter Hummel (quarter master); Tyler Bridge (pipe major); Pinkney Terry (director); Heather Hager (director); Amy Litherland (director); Catherine Donnelly (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Guelph Pipe Band’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118949320RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.