Orchestra Toronto
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 131037004RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($344,060) as filed with the CRA.
Orchestra Toronto is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $329K in revenue and $344K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 22% from donations, 7% from government, 12% from other charities. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $95K.
Compared with 724 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 26% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $173K in 2020 to $329K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Orchestra Toronto is a volunteer based community orchestra. The aim of the organization is to entertain and encourage the appreciation of symphonic music in the Greater Toronto Area through performances which achieve the highest musical standards possible.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $329K | $344K | $222K | $18K | — | $73K |
| 2023 | $366K | $369K | $162K | $47K | $0 | $73K |
| 2022 | $241K | $280K | $111K | $46K | $0 | $75K |
| 2021 | $156K | $135K | $27K | $6,524 | — | $125K |
| 2020 | $173K | $174K | $104K | $9,316 | — | $103K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $95K from 9 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$33K
- Canadahelps Canadon$33K
- RBC Foundation$10K
- Toronto Foundation$10K
- Ontario Arts Foundation/fondation des Arts de l'Ontario$4,834
- The George Cedric Metcalf Charitable Foundation$3,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$1,666
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$500
- McMillan Family Foundation—
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
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$67K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Melissa Cavelti (chair); Jennifer Lee (marketing comm chair); Donna Walrond (director); Trevor Fairlie (director); Alexis Eunyoung Choi Choi (director); Mykyta Zhukov (outreach chair); Alexis Paradis (treasurer); Annie Hu (director); Anna Halfpenny (marketing chair).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Orchestra Toronto’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 131037004RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.