Niagara Jazz Festival
Charitable organization · ST Catharines, Ontario · BN 801077033RR0001 · Arts
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-09-30. Split of total expenditures ($310,015) as filed with the CRA.
Niagara Jazz Festival is a charitable organization based in ST Catharines, Ontario, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, it reported $301K in revenue and $310K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 8% from donations, 23% from government. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $20K.
Compared with 724 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 29% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
The td niagara jazz festival is a cutting edge celebration of all types of jazz performed in intimate indoor and outdoor venues in the heart of niagara's stunning wine country. The td niagara jazz festival prsents the finest canadian and internationally-acclaimed jazz musicians by way of spectacular concerts wine craft beer and culinary packages and free performances throughout niagara-on-the-lake and select locations throughout niagara.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $301K | $310K | $206K | — | — | -$54K |
| 2023 | $413K | $436K | $320K | — | — | -$45K |
| 2022 | $338K | $373K | $213K | — | $1,100 | -$22K |
| 2021 | $283K | $305K | — | — | $1,030 | -$2,946 |
| 2020 | $222K | $170K | — | — | — | $20K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $20K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$94K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Simon Hall (chair); Randall Legallais (treasurer); Cat Bird (secretary); Jeff Hardy (director); Mike Hanson (director); Megan McCabe (director); Arlene Campbell (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Niagara Jazz Festival’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 801077033RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.