The Maestro Foundation for Music & Arts Advancement
Public foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 874458029RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-09-30. Split of total expenditures ($247,198) as filed with the CRA.
The Maestro Foundation for Music & Arts Advancement is a public foundation based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, it reported $256K in revenue and $247K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 85% from donations. In 2024, 16 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $75K.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 27% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $170K in 2020 to $256K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
To provide grants to registered charities which provide music programs to toronto's inner city youth. Types of organizations supported include dixon hall music school university settlement house royal conservatory of music. To provide scholarships to students of inner city music programs to further their music and arts postsecondary education at university or conservatory.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $256K | $247K | $180K | $53K | — | $768K |
| 2023 | $262K | $260K | $245K | — | — | $759K |
| 2022 | $159K | $177K | $162K | $2,486 | — | $757K |
| 2021 | $296K | $148K | $131K | $3,448 | — | $775K |
| 2020 | $170K | $137K | $89K | $32K | — | $627K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $75K from 16 charities:
- United Way of Greater Toronto$17K
- The William and Nona Heaslip Foundation$15K
- Canadahelps Canadon$14K
- The Slaight Family Foundation$10K
- BenefAction Foundation$5,000
- Aqueduct Foundation$4,000
- The Peter and Melanie Munk Charitable Foundation$2,500
- Shah Family Foundation$1,500
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$1,485
- Buchan International Fund$1,000
- Anne McGrath Memorial Foundation Inc.$1,000
- Ruby Family Foundation$550
- Nick & Lynn Ross Charitable Foundation$500
- The Jagelber Fund$300
- The Hammer Band-From Violence to Violins$250
- Caron Thorburn Institute$100
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Michael Bauer (treasurer); Brenda Berge (director); Christina Blair (director); Frances Carmichael (director); Susan Collins (president); Matthew Dorff (director); Jennifer Hardy (director); Tammy Hermant (director); Margaret Mays (director); Anne Miatello (secretary); Dennis Van Dine (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Maestro Foundation for Music & Arts Advancement’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 874458029RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.