Silence: Guelph's Portal for Adventurous New Sound Events
Charitable organization · Guelph, Ontario · BN 802719831RR0001 · Education in the Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-04-30. Split of total expenditures ($102,969) as filed with the CRA.
Silence: Guelph's Portal for Adventurous New Sound Events is a charitable organization based in Guelph, Ontario, classified by the CRA under education in the arts. In its fiscal year ending April 30, 2024, it reported $110K in revenue and $103K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 19% from donations, 45% from government. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $9,634.
Compared with 1,764 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 6% of peers. 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 9 names.
In its own words
Renting space in building Resumed 'Silence Presents' - ongoing concert series for experimental music (unable to carry on in prior year due to pandemic restrictions) Resumed 'Pipedown Presents' - ongoing concert series for young emerging artists (unable to carry on in prior year due to pandemic restrictions)
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2021–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $110K | $103K | $32K | — | $390 | $439 |
| 2023 | $121K | $139K | $42K | — | $136 | -$6,273 |
| 2022 | $84K | $114K | $4,173 | $6,356 | $692 | $12K |
| 2021 | $142K | $120K | $56K | $0 | $0 | $42K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $0 to 1 qualified donee:
Received $9,634 from 3 charities:
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$38K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Daniel Fischlin (director); Robert Harris (president/treasurer/director); Crista Renner (director); Scarlett Raczycki (executive director); Joe Sorbara (chairman); Cathy Nosati (director); Gerard Yun (director); Alyssa Woods (director); Jemma Lewellyn (secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Silence: Guelph's Portal for Adventurous New Sound Events’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 802719831RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.