Hamilton Music Collective
Charitable organization · Hamilton, Ontario · BN 809975618RR0001 · Education in the Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($876,660) as filed with the CRA.
Hamilton Music Collective is a charitable organization based in Hamilton, Ontario, classified by the CRA under education in the arts. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $799K in revenue and $877K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 54% from donations, 28% from government. In 2024, 15 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $323K.
Compared with 1,764 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 51% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 76% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $294K in 2020 to $799K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
Music education providing instruments and teaching to local elementary schools
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $799K | $877K | $732K | $16K | — | $31K |
| 2023 | $748K | $801K | $614K | $63K | — | $108K |
| 2022 | $527K | $516K | $409K | $3,036 | — | $161K |
| 2021 | $387K | $369K | $279K | $6,535 | — | $150K |
| 2020 | $294K | $346K | $258K | $7,614 | — | $132K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $323K from 15 charities:
- Incite Foundation for the Arts$180K
- The John & Ellie Voortman Charitable Foundation$40K
- Hamilton Community Foundation$40K
- Hamilton Golf and Country Club Foundation$30K
- Canadahelps Canadon$9,246
- TELUS Friendly Future Foundation$7,281
- United Way Golden Horseshoe$5,000
- Canada Gives$5,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$2,500
- Bob and Peggy Savage Foundation$2,000
- Bulldogs Foundation Inc.$1,000
- The Sam Sorbara Charitable Foundation$500
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$324
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$280
- Hillfield Strathallan College$150
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$125K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Theodore Charuk (treasurer); Bill Curran (director); Astrid Hepner (president); Darcy Hepner (director); Phil King (director); John Lewis (director); Paul Lloyd (director); Judy Marsales (director); Rosemary Miller (director); Terry Miosi (chair); Marie Phillips (director); Anna Ventresca (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Hamilton Music Collective’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 809975618RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.