London Symphonia
Charitable organization · London, Ontario · BN 797488129RR0001 · Arts
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($888,999) as filed with the CRA.
London Symphonia is a charitable organization based in London, Ontario, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $805K in revenue and $889K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 24% from donations, 23% from government, 15% from other charities. In 2024, 16 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $191K.
Compared with 724 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 34% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 91% of that peer group.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $12K in 2024, the largest being $12K to London Youth Symphony. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $397K in 2020 to $805K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
To advance the public's appreciation of the arts by providing high quality public musical performances by a symphony orchestra.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $805K | $889K | $626K | $1,164 | — | $160K |
| 2023 | $690K | $665K | $445K | $6,753 | — | $244K |
| 2022 | $1.1M | $915K | $767K | $2,151 | — | $220K |
| 2021 | $317K | $367K | $219K | $4,644 | — | $55K |
| 2020 | $397K | $399K | $234K | $19K | — | $106K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $12K to 1 qualified donee:
Received $191K from 16 charities:
- Good Foundation Inc.$50K
- London Community Foundation$48K
- BenefAction Foundation$25K
- Ontario Arts Foundation/fondation des Arts de l'Ontario$25K
- Canadahelps Canadon$9,100
- The London Jewish Community Foundation$8,520
- The Catherine and Maxwell Meighen Foundation$5,000
- The Lawson Foundation$5,000
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$4,595
- Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph in Canada$4,000
- Kiwanis Club of Forest City - London$3,000
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$1,300
- Aqueduct Foundation$1,125
- Link Charity Canada Inc$1,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$926
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$19
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Beryl Chernick (director); Janet Collins (director); Carol Marcus (treasurer); Moira Stewart (past president); Patricia Skidmore-Skuce (secretary); Mark McAuley (director); Betty Ann Younker (president); Lina Dagnino (director); Greg Yantz (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from London Symphonia’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 797488129RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.