Songwriters Association of Canada
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 132361759RR0001 · National Arts Service Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($353,462) as filed with the CRA.
Songwriters Association of Canada is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under national arts service organizations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $362K in revenue and $353K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 93% from donations. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $75K.
Compared with 724 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 77% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
The charity's mission is to protect and develop the creative and business environments for songwriters in canada and around the world.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $362K | $353K | $327K | — | — | $356K |
| 2023 | $339K | $367K | $343K | — | — | $348K |
| 2022 | $333K | $370K | $351K | — | — | $376K |
| 2021 | $400K | $466K | $448K | — | $460 | $412K |
| 2020 | $398K | $362K | $343K | — | $515 | $479K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $75K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$183K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Gregory Thomas Joseph Johnston (chair); Safwan Yasir Javed (director); Merna Bishouty (director); Eddie Schwartz (president emeritus); Arun Kumar Chaturvedi (president); Martine Groulx (treasurer); Frank Troy Kokol (director); Saidah Talibah Baba Matthews (director); Andrea Marie England (director); Stan Meissner (director); Hillary Kourkoutis (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Songwriters Association of Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 132361759RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.