Sing! The Toronto Vocal Arts Festival
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 834078883RR0001 · Arts
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($205,256) as filed with the CRA.
Sing! The Toronto Vocal Arts Festival is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $194K in revenue and $205K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 36% from donations, 44% from government. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $35K.
Compared with 724 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 33% of peers.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 18 names.
In its own words
Sing! The toronto vocal arts festival in canada's premier a cappella festival (singing withouth instruments). Held every year in may/june sing! Presents 10 days of outstanding concerts featuring the human voice. We bring together thousands of professional singers (canadian and international) students teachers divas and in-the-shower belters. We: create a safe space for learning illustrate that the voice has no limits-knows no constraints of genre languages or cultural backgrounds. Ask participatants to step outside their comfort zones and try something new educate and inspire …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $194K | $205K | $144K | $21K | — | $97K |
| 2023 | $347K | $408K | $285K | $41K | — | $109K |
| 2022 | $366K | $447K | $416K | $16K | — | $139K |
| 2021 | $345K | $175K | $165K | — | — | $269K |
| 2020 | $164K | $139K | $70K | $1,294 | — | $109K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $35K from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
John-Michael Erlendson (president/manager); Patricia Silver (vice-president/co-manager); Patti Jannetta Baker (director); David Baker (director); Paul Ryan (director); Craig Hartley (director); Sarmite Bulte (director); Heather Bambrick (director); Robert Sniderman (secretary); Jennifer Kirner (director); Paula Letang (director); Rudy Blair (director); Kerry Lee Crawford (director); Caroline Horcher (director); Michael Latsky (director); Stephanie Lam (director); Leigh Smout (director); Bavani Subramanian (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Sing! The Toronto Vocal Arts Festival’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 834078883RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.