South Georgian Bay Music Foundation
Charitable organization · Collingwood, Ontario · BN 758927727RR0001 · Education in the Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($41,997) as filed with the CRA.
South Georgian Bay Music Foundation is a charitable organization based in Collingwood, Ontario, classified by the CRA under education in the arts. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $37K in revenue and $42K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from donations. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $2,444.
Compared with 3,624 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 28% of peers.
It reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $6,000 in 2024, the largest being $4,000 to Catholic Education Trust Fund of Simcoe County/muskoka. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $19K in 2020 to $37K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
We provide financial assistance to music students in area secondary schools. - we operate music performances with secondary school musicians. - we operate a fee to the public summer music series at the collingwood museum the station park. - we also provide music instructors to area elementary schools for grade 6 7 and 8 choir programs.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $37K | $42K | $25K | — | $6,000 | $655 |
| 2023 | $33K | $47K | $23K | — | $14K | $5,814 |
| 2022 | $53K | $51K | $22K | — | $15K | $20K |
| 2021 | $7,367 | $19K | $3,979 | — | $5,000 | $18K |
| 2020 | $19K | $18K | $3,979 | — | $5,000 | $30K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $6,000 to 2 qualified donees:
Received $2,444 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Charles Gudaitis (director/president); Lorne Kenney (director/treasurer); Frank Tilley (director); Aaron Bell (director); Linda Cantle (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from South Georgian Bay Music Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 758927727RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.