Tafelmusik
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 119208320RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($4,600,824) as filed with the CRA.
Tafelmusik is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $4.4M in revenue and $4.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 21% from donations, 24% from government. In 2024, 18 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $547K.
Compared with 296 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 30% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 11 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 15 names.
In its own words
Taffelmusik canada's orchestra on period instruments has achieved international recognition for its concerts and recordings. Orchestra's success has taken it around the world with regular tours across north america europe south america asia and oceania. Tafelmusik performs 80 concerts each year at trinity-st. Paul's centre koerner hall and massey hall performs community outreach concerts tours extensively in canada and throughout the world and has a discography of cd's that have garned many national and international awards. Tafelmusik is active in supporting and training the next ge…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4.4M | $4.6M | $3.3M | $378K | — | $1.4M |
| 2023 | $3.3M | $3.8M | $2.5M | $229K | — | $1.6M |
| 2022 | $4M | $4.1M | $3M | $145K | — | $1.8M |
| 2021 | $3.8M | $3.5M | $2.4M | $174K | — | $1.9M |
| 2020 | $4.5M | $4.6M | $3.6M | $158K | — | $1.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $547K from 18 charities:
- Ontario Arts Foundation/fondation des Arts de l'Ontario$319K
- Canadahelps Canadon$44K
- Canadahelps Canadon$44K
- Burgundy Legacy Foundation$40K
- The Azrieli Foundation$35K
- RBC Foundation$20K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$14K
- BenefAction Foundation$11K
- The George Cedric Metcalf Charitable Foundation$5,000
- The McLean Foundation$5,000
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$3,145
- Toronto Foundation$2,500
- The Rogan Foundation$1,500
- Aqueduct Foundation$1,000
- Cidel Foundation$1,000
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$686
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$470
- United Way of Greater Toronto$166
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions11
- Total compensation, all staff$935K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Dianne Azzarello (director); Alain Bartleman (director); Peter Carver (director); Bingbin Cheng (director); Martin Chesky (director); Andrew Forde (director); Heather Howe (director); Robert Hunter (director); Diana Mackay (director); Fernando Martinez-Caro (director); Shirley Murray (director); Nirvan Nuckchedee (director); Elise Orenstein (treasurer); Christopher Paige (chair); Ron Schlumpf (vice-chair and secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Tafelmusik’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119208320RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.