Hillside Community Festival of Guelph
Charitable organization · Guelph, Ontario · BN 129493292RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,716,627) as filed with the CRA.
Hillside Community Festival of Guelph is a charitable organization based in Guelph, Ontario, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $1.7M in revenue and $1.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 14% from donations, 17% from government. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $53K.
Compared with 296 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 29% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 78% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 6 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $370K in 2020 to $1.7M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
To produce performing arts festivals events and workshops for the purposes of educating and advancing the public's understanding and appreciation of performing arts and to educate artists through participation in such festivals events and workshops.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.7M | $1.7M | $1.2M | $176K | — | $586K |
| 2023 | $1.7M | $1.9M | $1.3M | $194K | — | $1.1M |
| 2022 | $1.9M | $1.7M | $1.2M | $179K | — | $846K |
| 2021 | $679K | $530K | $381K | $55K | — | $636K |
| 2020 | $370K | $463K | $335K | $48K | — | $487K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $53K from 5 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
- $1–39,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions6
- Total compensation, all staff$278K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Blackman (director); Cameron Grant (director); Erin Harvey (director); Zack Leighton (director); Joanne Raymond (director); John Leacock (director); Luke Weiler (president); Mandy Schnurr (director); Nicola Inglefield (director); Rachel Tomlinson (director); Ryan Brydges (director); Sue McGinnis (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Hillside Community Festival of Guelph’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 129493292RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.