London Fanshawe Symphonic Chorus
Publicly funded institution · London, Ontario · BN 119023786RR0001 · Education in the Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2023-07-31. Split of total expenditures ($92,524) as filed with the CRA.
London Fanshawe Symphonic Chorus is a charitable organization based in London, Ontario, classified by the CRA under education in the arts. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending July 31, 2023, it reported $64K in revenue and $93K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 11% from donations, 58% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $36K.
Compared with 740 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 57% of peers.
Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $106K in 2020 to $64K in 2023. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
London fanshawe symphonic chorus has a 48 year history of providing symphonic choral music to our community and internationally. The chorus is an auditioned mixed voice adult choir that performs a diverse repertoire with an emphasis on rarely performed classical choral music. Our mandate includes; providing vocal development for individual singers offering a platform for talented emerging solo vocalists collaboration with children’s choirs from local school boards collaboration with other adult choirs the commission of new works of canadian music and many hours of contract employment fo…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2023
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $64K | $93K | $87K | — | — | $22K |
| 2022 | $82K | $42K | $36K | — | — | $71K |
| 2021 | $25K | $14K | $11K | — | — | $30K |
| 2020 | $106K | $84K | $60K | $1,541 | — | $20K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $36K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2023)
Mary Ellen Zabehaylo (co-chair); Dave Condirston (co-chair); Sean Quigley (president); Aleena Needham (treasurer); Joanne Ford (secretary); Maureen Sguigna (board member); Renny Thomson (board member).
As listed on its 2023 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from London Fanshawe Symphonic Chorus’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119023786RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.