Peterborough Singers
Charitable organization · Peterborough, Ontario · BN 137323853RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($242,642) as filed with the CRA.
Peterborough Singers is a charitable organization based in Peterborough, Ontario, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $221K in revenue and $243K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 20% from donations. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $11K.
Compared with 724 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 24% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 77% of that peer group. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Each season the choir presents four or five concerts incorporating a blend of repertoire from gospel to sacred to pop to oratorio. The peterborough singers presents an annual eduction outreach event that focuses on enhancing the music curriculum. The singers also participate in many other goodwill community events as they arise.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $221K | $243K | $154K | $35K | — | $81K |
| 2023 | $180K | $213K | $134K | $30K | — | $103K |
| 2022 | $249K | $225K | $152K | $25K | — | $136K |
| 2021 | $176K | $114K | $65K | $10K | — | $109K |
| 2020 | $168K | $157K | $103K | $9,177 | — | $46K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $11K from 3 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$6,799
- Lloyd Carr-Harris Foundation$3,000
- Toronto Foundation$1,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$145K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Carey Gibson (chair); Johanna Bousfield (fundraising); Sarah McGuire Sherritt (vice chair); Sarah Martens (social media); Victoria Bruce (secretary); Marvyn Hall (treasurer); Erinn Burke (membership); Erica Jaarsma (finance); Charlene Press (director); Thomas McLean.
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Peterborough Singers’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 137323853RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.