The Guelph Jazz Festival
Publicly funded institution · Guelph, Ontario · BN 898180294RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-11-30. Split of total expenditures ($306,508) as filed with the CRA.
The Guelph Jazz Festival is a charitable organization based in Guelph, Ontario, classified by the CRA under arts. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending November 30, 2024, it reported $311K in revenue and $307K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 28% from donations, 61% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $2,731.
Compared with 355 arts institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 85% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $199K in 2020 to $311K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
The guelph jazz festival is an award-winning and diverse arts organization famouse for its adventurous annual festival and public academic colloquium. It partners with the improvisation community and social practice project running at the university of guelph to implement year-round outreach programs that place musicians in meaningful contact with the community.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $311K | $307K | $286K | — | — | $65K |
| 2023 | $402K | $412K | $370K | — | — | $61K |
| 2022 | $384K | $406K | $364K | — | — | $70K |
| 2021 | $309K | $384K | $348K | — | — | $92K |
| 2020 | $199K | $105K | $77K | — | — | $167K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $2,731 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$74K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Brian Lefresne (president); Christopher Worden (treasurer); Robert Stuart (secretary); Nathan Lawr (director); Alan Stanbridge (director); Shara Thomas (director); Amadeo Ventura (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Guelph Jazz Festival’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 898180294RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.