Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal/montreal Symphony Orchestra
Charitable organization · Montreal, Quebec · BN 119069524RR0001 · Arts
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($38,297,938) as filed with the CRA.
Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal/montreal Symphony Orchestra is a charitable organization based in Montreal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $38.3M in revenue and $38.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 15% from donations, 40% from government, 17% from other charities. In 2024, 47 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $7M.
Compared with 39 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 38% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $350,000 and over range. The charity reported 64 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $989K in 2024, the largest being $989K to Fondation de l'Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 34 names.
In its own words
Production de concerts de musique symphonique.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $38.3M | $38.3M | $29.7M | $2.5M | $989K | -$2.1M |
| 2023 | $37.7M | $37.7M | $30.4M | $3M | $417K | $1.5M |
| 2022 | $30.2M | $30.1M | $24.4M | $1.7M | $550K | $1.5M |
| 2021 | $27.4M | $27M | $17.7M | $1.7M | $4.7M | $453K |
| 2020 | $29.7M | $29.7M | $24.2M | $2.2M | $456K | $69K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $989K to 1 qualified donee:
Received $7M from 47 charities:
- Fondation de l'Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal$6.2M
- Fondation J. A. Desève$103K
- Fondation J-Louis Lévesque$100K
- The Azrieli Foundation$75K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$72K
- Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal$64K
- Sandra and Alain Bouchard Foundation$50K
- Fondation Traçons un Chemin$45K
- Gelmont Foundation/Fondation Gelmont$40K
- Canadahelps Canadon$38K
- Canadahelps Canadon$38K
- Fondation Ariane Riou & Réal Plourde$30K
- The Foundation of Greater Montreal$20K
- Conam Charitable Foundation$18K
- Maxwell Cummings Family Foundation$15K
- WCPD Foundation$15K
- Céline & Jacques Lamarre Foundation$10K
- Aqueduct Foundation$10K
- Leo and Shirley Goldfarb Foundation/fondation Leo and Shirley Goldfarb$10K
- Sandra and Alain Bouchard Foundation$10K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$8,000
- Fondation Philantra Philantra Foundation$7,000
- Maxwell Cummings Family Foundation$5,000
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$3,755
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$3,223
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $350,000 and over1 position
- $160,000–199,9992 positions
- $120,000–159,9992 positions
- $80,000–119,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions64
- Total compensation, all staff$9.3M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2023)
Lucien Bouchard (associé principal); Hélène Desmarais (présidente et chef de la direc); Forget Leroux (présidente du conseil); Nicolas Marcoux (associé directeur national bu); Renée Loiselle (associée); Marc-André Boutin (associé); Madeleine Careau (montréal); Jean-Guy Desjardins (président du conseil et chef d); Patrick Lahaie (associé sénior); Georges Morin (administrateur de sociétés); Jonathan Tétrault (associé directeur); Louis Veronneau (directeur général initiatives); Louis Audet (président exécutif du conseil); Janie Béïque (présidente et cheffe de la dir); Isabelle Benoit Gelber (université concordia); Anne-Marie Boucher (avocate); Bita Cattelan (vice-présidente); Sandra Chartrand (présidente); Deborah Cherenfant (directrice régionale); Charles Emond (président et chef de la direct); Pierre Gagnon (vice-président principal); Marc Gold; Pierre Goulet (président); Jimmy Jean (vice-président économiste en); Patricia Lemaire (directrice générale); Charles Milliard (président-directeur général); Karine Moses (présidente direction du québec); Richard Payette; Élise Proulx (vice-présidente exécutive aff); Jean-François Séguin (directeur général et chef du s); Vincent Decitre (président); Jacques Laurent; Sylvain Murray (musicien); Robert Quesnel (président).
As listed on its 2023 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal/montreal Symphony Orchestra’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119069524RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.