National Youth Orchestra Association of Canada
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 107764557RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-10-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,249,786) as filed with the CRA.
National Youth Orchestra Association of Canada is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending October 31, 2024, it reported $1.9M in revenue and $2.2M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 35% from donations, 46% from government, 12% from other charities. In 2024, 25 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $491K.
Compared with 296 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 30% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 8 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $5,554 in 2024, the largest being $5,554 to Ontario Arts Foundation/fondation des Arts de l'Ontario. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 13 names.
In its own words
Funded in 1960 the organization is dedicated to the discovery & training of young musicians in advanced orchestral musicianship. Programs include national auditions of prospective students and a summer session & national/international tour.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.9M | $2.2M | $1.6M | $201K | $5,554 | $1.2M |
| 2023 | $2.2M | $2.4M | $1.7M | $162K | $107K | $1.4M |
| 2022 | $2.4M | $2.4M | $1.5M | $71K | $258K | $1.6M |
| 2021 | $1.9M | $1.8M | $762K | $130K | $462K | $1.6M |
| 2020 | $1.8M | $1.6M | $767K | $156K | $250K | $1.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $5,554 to 1 qualified donee:
Received $491K from 25 charities:
- Ontario Arts Foundation/fondation des Arts de l'Ontario$232K
- J and W Murphy Foundation$87K
- The Azrieli Foundation$75K
- The Mary-Margaret Webb Foundation$15K
- Canada Gives$10K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$7,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$6,970
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$6,835
- The Sir Ernest Macmillan Memorial Foundation$5,000
- The Siludette O'Connor Memorial Foundation$5,000
- The Winnipeg Foundation$5,000
- Allard Foundation LTD.$5,000
- Lloyd Carr-Harris Foundation$5,000
- United Way of Greater Toronto$4,516
- Deux Mille Foundation$4,500
- Aqueduct Foundation$3,000
- Audrey S. Hellyer Charitable Foundation$3,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$2,913
- The Hamber Foundation$2,500
- The Henry White Kinnear Foundation$2,000
- Vancouver Foundation$1,788
- Lohn Foundation$1,500
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$493
- United Way of the Alberta Capital Region$225
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$100
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions8
- Total compensation, all staff$768K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Christian Wray (treasurer/vice-chair); Kevin Latimer (chair); Sharman King (director); Frederick Gorbet (director); Darius Bagli (director); Laurel Malkin (director); Clare Gaudet (director/chair/secretary); Sarah Wright (director); Rita Toporowski (director); Christie Gray (president & ceo); Yeganeh Sotudehnia (director); Bruce Craig (director); Christine Marino (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from National Youth Orchestra Association of Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107764557RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.