Muskoka Chautauqua
Publicly funded institution · Port Carling, Ontario · BN 889542593RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-09-30. Split of total expenditures ($312,606) as filed with the CRA.
Muskoka Chautauqua is a charitable organization based in Port Carling, Ontario, classified by the CRA under 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 September 30, 2024, it reported $319K in revenue and $313K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 24% from donations, 69% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $118K.
Compared with 355 arts institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 42% of peers.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Presentation of musical and artistic performances
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $319K | $313K | $234K | — | — | $73K |
| 2023 | $301K | $308K | $236K | — | — | $67K |
| 2022 | $368K | $352K | $293K | — | — | $74K |
| 2021 | $368K | $332K | $290K | — | — | $59K |
| 2020 | $235K | $223K | $192K | — | — | $23K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $118K from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$57K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Glad Bryce (chair); Beverlie Robertson (secretary); Susan Hindle (director); Bernie Gosevitz (director); Jen Morgan-Anderson (director); Leah Lesley (director); Cheryl Hollows (treasurer); Bonnie Newell (director); Maureen Cubberley (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Muskoka Chautauqua’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 889542593RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.