Orchestras Mississauga
Charitable organization · Mississauga, Ontario · BN 119043685RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($918,838) as filed with the CRA.
Orchestras Mississauga is a charitable organization based in Mississauga, Ontario, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $779K in revenue and $919K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 11% from donations, 27% from government. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $29K.
Compared with 724 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 39% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 85% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $62K in 2020 to $779K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 15 names.
In its own words
Community symphony orchestra concerts chamber music perfromance in the peel region. Part of the orchestr's mandate is to provide musical education and outreach program in the community of mississauga.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $779K | $919K | $680K | $111K | — | $47K |
| 2023 | $805K | $715K | $516K | $101K | — | $189K |
| 2022 | $482K | $527K | $336K | $79K | — | $97K |
| 2021 | $341K | $291K | $189K | $38K | — | $142K |
| 2020 | $62K | $45K | — | — | — | $29K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $29K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$149K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Lydia Kowalyk (advocacy); Denis Mastromonaco (music director); George Brnat (legal counsel); Chris Fonseca (city councillor); Pieter Kool (fundraising); Anne Milochik (chair); Marie Carnihan (vice chair); Kevin Mann (treasurer); Kathleen Dick (book sale liason); Andreea Amarier (director); Jeffery Mason (jbsa); Sabrina Anzini (advocacy); Mafalda Avellino (director); Shalini Phillips (director at large); Priya Vir (director at large).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Orchestras Mississauga’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119043685RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.