The Chamber Music Hamilton Inc.
Charitable organization · Hamilton, Ontario · BN 894187103RR0001 · Education in the Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($73,571) as filed with the CRA.
The Chamber Music Hamilton Inc. is a charitable organization based in Hamilton, Ontario, classified by the CRA under education in the arts. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $55K in revenue and $74K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 32% from donations, 11% from government, 36% from other charities. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $40K.
Compared with 3,624 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 63% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 89% of that peer group.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Chamber music hamilton has been a presenter for chamber music that brings groups from around the world to hamilton. Cmh has had this role since the late 1800's which makes it one of the oldest such presenters in north america. Chamber music is 'classical' or 'fine' music written for a small cast of players where each player/instrument carries its own musical line. You get a personal dialogue happening nd it can happen in smaller spaces because everybody is up close - the musical voices are next to each other as they conserve and the audience is up close to the action too. The form ex…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $55K | $74K | $71K | $412 | — | $37K |
| 2023 | $85K | $53K | $50K | $461 | — | $51K |
| 2022 | $33K | $27K | $27K | — | $0 | $17K |
| 2021 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2020 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $40K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$22K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Yvonne Patch (president); Carolyn Kinsley (secretary); Susan Kozak (director); Elizabeth Philips (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Chamber Music Hamilton Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 894187103RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.