Guelph Youth Singers
Charitable organization · Guelph, Ontario · BN 135120376RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-15. Split of total expenditures ($159,506) as filed with the CRA.
Guelph Youth Singers is a charitable organization based in Guelph, Ontario, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending June 15, 2024, it reported $129K in revenue and $160K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 23% from donations, 32% from government. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $28K.
Compared with 724 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 18% of peers. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
The vision statement of Guelph Youth Singers (GYS) is to build choral excellence in our community by developing the artistic soul and musical skills of children and youth through exposure to professional instructors diverse repertoire and performance experiences; to instill young singers a love of choral music and a joy of singing and performing together; and to provide the general public with enjoyable choral performances of the higher caliber. Weekly in-person rehearsals include instructions in vocal techniques in sight singing using peer mentors for teaching and testing in theory progres…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $129K | $160K | $92K | $4,108 | — | $50K |
| 2023 | $137K | $142K | $74K | $15K | — | $81K |
| 2022 | $118K | $131K | $57K | $5,617 | — | $85K |
| 2021 | $119K | $69K | $20K | $3,390 | — | $99K |
| 2020 | $165K | $161K | $98K | $20K | — | $36K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $28K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$94K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ben Hatfield (treasurer); Karie Bilger (chair); Tim LeBlanc (director at large); Mary-Margaret Annab (director at large); Kyle Hellewell (director at large); Andrew White (director at large); Renee Bowler-Avdoulos (secretary); Markus King (director at large).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Guelph Youth Singers’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 135120376RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.