Hamilton Children's Choir
Charitable organization · Hamilton, Ontario · BN 129979050RR0001 · Education in the Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($784,394) as filed with the CRA.
Hamilton Children's Choir is a charitable organization based in Hamilton, Ontario, classified by the CRA under education in the arts. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $694K in revenue and $784K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 5% from donations, 13% from government, 20% from other charities. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $512K.
Compared with 1,764 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 38% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $438K in 2020 to $694K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
The hamilton children's choir offers children & youth with exceptional choral music education training and performance opportunities that foster creativity personal development and social growth. Programs offered include: kindersing prelude choir concert choir & chamber choir. Each program offers performances workshops retreats music theory and touring locally nationally or internationally.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $694K | $784K | $602K | $1,997 | — | -$7,967 |
| 2023 | $607K | $663K | $458K | $1,673 | — | $84K |
| 2022 | $482K | $509K | $343K | $2,351 | — | $140K |
| 2021 | $464K | $398K | $238K | $1,294 | — | $168K |
| 2020 | $438K | $409K | $249K | $1,306 | — | $102K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $512K from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$355K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Emily Copps (vice-chair); Caitlin Fralick (director); Nina Geleynse (director); Tabinda Khan (treasurer); Mark Lee (secretary); Matthew Pickfield (director); Wade Poziomka (director); Katerina Simmons (director); Sara Traficante (director); Robert Wakulat (director); Ian Walker (director); Katie Weresch (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Hamilton Children's Choir’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 129979050RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.