Summer Music Society
Charitable organization · Southampton, Ontario · BN 710981523RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-10-31. Split of total expenditures ($62,893) as filed with the CRA.
Summer Music Society is a charitable organization based in Southampton, Ontario, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending October 31, 2024, it reported $80K in revenue and $63K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 9% from donations. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $2,381.
Compared with 986 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 45% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $8,744 in 2020 to $80K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
We held a 5 day music day camp in july with an unpresedented 285 registrants a 33% increase over 2023. We donated bursaries of $340 and presented 21 full scholarships totalling $6790. Volunteers help with moving instruments + music stands lunch hour duty photocopying + directing
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $80K | $63K | $55K | — | — | $50K |
| 2023 | $55K | $50K | $43K | — | — | $32K |
| 2022 | $39K | $44K | $40K | — | — | $27K |
| 2021 | $937 | $3,659 | — | — | — | $33K |
| 2020 | $8,744 | $6,002 | $1,763 | — | — | $36K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $2,381 from 1 charity:
- Canadahelps Canadon$2,381
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Donald Burns (president); Robert Burns (vice-president); Steven Wolfe (vice-president); Deborah Campbell (treasurer); Kenneth Johnson (secretary); Meryl Gillmore (director); Joanne McDonald (director); Cameron Porter (director); John Stewart (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Summer Music Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 710981523RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.