The Bel Canto Foundation for the Advancement of Italian-Canadian Heritage and Opera
Public foundation · Vaughan, Ontario · BN 849812581RR0001 · Foundations Advancing Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($13,023) as filed with the CRA.
The Bel Canto Foundation for the Advancement of Italian-Canadian Heritage and Opera is a public foundation based in Vaughan, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations advancing education. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $475 in revenue and $13K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Compared with 3,624 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 30% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $10K in 2024, the largest being $10K to Elpida Autism Foundation.
In its own words
Raise funds to promote italian-canadian heritage and opera. Provide funds raised to charitable organizations such as university of toronto to fund education programs promoting the organization's mandate.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $475 | $13K | — | — | $10K | $7,899 |
| 2023 | $803 | $1,451 | — | — | — | $20K |
| 2022 | $257 | $11K | — | — | $10K | $26K |
| 2021 | $122 | $5,967 | — | — | $5,000 | $37K |
| 2020 | $692 | $6,141 | — | — | $5,000 | $43K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $10K to 1 qualified donee:
Received -$24 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Bel Canto Foundation for the Advancement of Italian-Canadian Heritage and Opera’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 849812581RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.