Les Violons du Roy
Charitable organization · Quebec, Quebec · BN 103309431RR0001 · Arts
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($3,869,148) as filed with the CRA.
Les Violons du Roy is a charitable organization based in Quebec, Quebec, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $4.5M in revenue and $3.9M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 5% from donations, 31% from government, 28% from other charities. In 2024, 14 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $428K.
Compared with 296 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 43% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 7 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Orchestre ayant pour mission d'encourager et de promouvoir la musique le chant et l'opéra du répertoire dit ' classique ' en produisant des spectacles et concerts de musique classique au québec et à l'étranger.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4.5M | $3.9M | $3M | $45K | — | $119K |
| 2023 | $3.9M | $4.4M | $3.5M | $142K | — | -$464K |
| 2022 | $4.3M | $4.5M | $3.4M | $101K | — | $89K |
| 2021 | $3M | $2.7M | $2.1M | $69K | — | $290K |
| 2020 | $3.4M | $3.1M | $2.3M | $80K | — | $22K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $428K from 14 charities:
- Fondation des violons du Roy$306K
- Fondation Famille François et Monique Bourgeo$55K
- Virginia Parker Foundation$35K
- Fondation Lorraine et Jean Turmel$10K
- RBC Foundation$10K
- Canadahelps Canadon$2,668
- Fondation Desjardins$1,998
- Fondation Québec Philanthrope$1,838
- Fondation Québec Philanthrope$1,656
- Fondation Québec Philanthrope$1,000
- Fondation Nordiques$1,000
- Fondation Québec Philanthrope$600
- The Phyllis Lambert Foundation/la Fondation Phyllis Lambert$500
- Fondation Québec Philanthrope$450
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions7
- Total compensation, all staff$2.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Nicolas Audet-Renoux (administrateur); Mario Welsh (président); Raynald Lafrance (trésorier); Jeannot Blanchet (administrateur); Monique Richer (secrétaire); John Coleman (administrateur); Lorraine Labadie (administrateur); Lucie Guillemette (administrateur); Yannick Landry (administrateur); Frédérique Bégin-Halley (administrateur).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Les Violons du Roy’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 103309431RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.