The Hammer Band-From Violence to Violins
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 817470628RR0001 · Education in the Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($182,928) as filed with the CRA.
The Hammer Band-From Violence to Violins is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under education in the arts. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $162K in revenue and $183K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 21% from donations, 75% from other charities. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $87K.
Compared with 1,764 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 31% of peers.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $250 in 2024, the largest being $250 to The Maestro Foundation for Music & Arts Advancement. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Providing violin lessons to less fortunate children as a means of preventing them from resorting to violence on the streets
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $162K | $183K | $130K | $12K | — | $181K |
| 2023 | $196K | $201K | $126K | $24K | — | $200K |
| 2022 | $172K | $186K | $136K | $5,000 | — | $204K |
| 2021 | $191K | $203K | $142K | $12K | — | $232K |
| 2020 | $179K | $179K | $127K | $12K | — | $245K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $250 to 1 qualified donee:
Received $87K from 9 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$24K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Mavis Himes (chair); Mika Nonoyama (vice chair); Heather Situm (director); Catherine Morrow (director); Alsha Sanchez (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Hammer Band-From Violence to Violins’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 817470628RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.