Nine Sparrows Arts Foundation
Public foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 135929552RR0001 · Education in the Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($21,400) as filed with the CRA.
Nine Sparrows Arts Foundation is a public foundation based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under education in the arts. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $23K in revenue and $21K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 97% from donations. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $2,057.
Compared with 3,624 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 6% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1,942 in 2020 to $23K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Lunchtime chamber music concerts - tuesdays at 12:10 good friday concert - music and readings a concert of remembrance - music and readings city carol concert - in cooperation with daily food bank (produced by cp24 and chum radio
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $23K | $21K | $3,769 | — | — | — |
| 2023 | $18K | $16K | $16K | — | — | $27K |
| 2022 | $7,069 | $9,746 | — | — | — | — |
| 2021 | $942 | — | — | — | — | $29K |
| 2020 | $1,942 | — | — | — | — | $26K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $2,057 from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Elizabeth Burns (president); Isabel Struik (secretary); Frank Nakashima (treasurer); Karen Degroot (assistant treasurer); William Cairns (director); Lorraine Kirshmann (past-president); Evadne Wilkinson (publicity director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Nine Sparrows Arts Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 135929552RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.