South Simcoe Arts Council
Charitable organization · Alliston, Ontario · BN 839954559RR0001 · Education in the Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-09-30. Split of total expenditures ($218,067) as filed with the CRA.
South Simcoe Arts Council is a charitable organization based in Alliston, Ontario, classified by the CRA under education in the arts. In its fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, it reported $189K in revenue and $218K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 10% from donations, 49% from government. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $685.
Compared with 1,764 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 2% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 94% of that peer group. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $85K in 2020 to $189K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 2 names.
In its own words
To foster the cultural enrichment of south simcoe by developing widespread appreciation of support for and involvement with the arts. Workshops and seminars are offered to the community to explore and expand knowledge on the arts. An annual music festival is run in the community featuring local artists and musicians. A storefront is run on mainstreet featuring art by members of the organization for sale to the public.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $189K | $218K | $14K | $136K | — | $20K |
| 2023 | $217K | $185K | $11K | $61K | — | $49K |
| 2022 | $122K | $134K | $127K | $556 | — | $17K |
| 2021 | $112K | $120K | $103K | $297 | — | $29K |
| 2020 | $85K | $102K | $83K | — | — | $37K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $685 from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$112K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ken Burns (president); Taylor Massoussi (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from South Simcoe Arts Council’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 839954559RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.