Ottawa Jazz Festival Inc.
Charitable organization · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 119071637RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,745,011) as filed with the CRA.
Ottawa Jazz Festival Inc. is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $3.6M in revenue and $3.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 20% from donations, 24% from government. In 2024, 7 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $44K.
Compared with 296 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 77% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 77% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 9 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.3M in 2020 to $3.6M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 13 names.
In its own words
Jazz music festival in the ncr ongoing virtual programming- 'in the vault' virtual jazz education active workshop series taking place in post-secondary student environments
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.6M | $3.7M | $3.4M | $58K | — | $268K |
| 2023 | $3.4M | $3.5M | $3.1M | $32K | — | $451K |
| 2022 | $3.5M | $3.9M | $3.7M | $3,168 | — | $514K |
| 2021 | $1.8M | $1.4M | $1.3M | $220 | — | $943K |
| 2020 | $1.3M | $1.2M | $1M | $17K | — | $632K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $44K from 7 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- $1–39,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions9
- Total compensation, all staff$709K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ian Burgess (president); Margaret Dalziel (director); Jacqueline Dixon (co-vice president); Adam Douglas (president); Mark Fried (co-vice president); Keith Gallop (secretary); Richard Goldstein (director); Jaspreet Kalra (director); Ben Laserson (director); Alex McMahon (director); Yves Menard (director); Catherine Robidas (treasurer); Timothy Wong (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Ottawa Jazz Festival Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119071637RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.