Guelph Youth Music Centre
Charitable organization · Guelph, Ontario · BN 891637985RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($544,561) as filed with the CRA.
Guelph Youth Music Centre is a charitable organization based in Guelph, Ontario, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $499K in revenue and $545K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 6% from donations, 5% from other charities. In 2024, 7 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $99K.
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 higher than 84% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $266K in 2020 to $499K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
The centre delivers various music and arts programs to children and youth in the community as well as school groups studios and performance hall are used by various community groups.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $499K | $545K | $429K | $35K | — | $24K |
| 2023 | $477K | $534K | $417K | $24K | — | $70K |
| 2022 | $380K | $344K | $260K | $22K | — | $126K |
| 2021 | $336K | $223K | $133K | $7,708 | — | $91K |
| 2020 | $266K | $260K | $163K | $14K | — | -$14K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $99K from 7 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$225K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Paule Barsalou (director); Ken Gee (secretary); Lauren McCabe (director); Liz Sandals (chair); Tracey Clarke-Rankine (director); Stella Pasion (director); Michael Kennedy (director); Shivani Mehta (treasurer); Angel Ottema (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Guelph Youth Music Centre’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 891637985RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.