The Niagara Symphony Association
Charitable organization · ST Catharines, Ontario · BN 119247328RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-07-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,392,621) as filed with the CRA.
The Niagara Symphony Association is a charitable organization based in ST Catharines, Ontario, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending July 31, 2024, it reported $1.4M in revenue and $1.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 18% from donations, 19% from government, 25% from other charities. In 2024, 13 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $342K.
Compared with 296 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 57% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 6 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 13 names.
In its own words
Orchestra concerts summer music camp for multiple students trio and quartet performances in schools and the community outdoor concert performances
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.4M | $1.4M | $1.2M | $135K | — | -$257K |
| 2023 | $1.2M | $1.2M | $886K | $172K | — | -$230K |
| 2022 | $1.1M | $1.3M | $1M | $58K | — | -$249K |
| 2021 | $799K | $782K | $520K | $56K | — | -$38K |
| 2020 | $1.1M | $865K | $648K | $69K | — | -$70K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $342K from 13 charities:
- Burgundy Legacy Foundation$75K
- BenefAction Foundation$70K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$58K
- Niagara Community Foundation Fondation Communautaire de Niagara$37K
- Niagara Community Foundation Fondation Communautaire de Niagara$26K
- Canadahelps Canadon$23K
- Canadahelps Canadon$23K
- Ontario Arts Foundation/fondation des Arts de l'Ontario$12K
- Erwin Taylor Charitable Foundation$10K
- Niagara Community Foundation Fondation Communautaire de Niagara$5,072
- Niagara Community Foundation Fondation Communautaire de Niagara$3,276
- Canadian Medical Foundation$500
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$50
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- $1–39,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions6
- Total compensation, all staff$256K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Patrick Little (member); Jodey Porter (member); George Davie (member); Sheryl Johnson (member); Bill Phillips (member); Bonnie Rose (vice chair); Teresa Quinlin-Murphy (treasurer); Ginny Medland-Green (member); Michele Darling (chair); Elizabeth Grimmond (secretary); Ruth Aspinall (member); Lauren Goettler (member); Thomas Bourk (past chair).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Niagara Symphony Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119247328RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.