The Royal Canadian College of Organists/le College Royal Canadien des Organistes
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 136969730RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($390,605) as filed with the CRA.
The Royal Canadian College of Organists/le College Royal Canadien des Organistes is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $343K in revenue and $391K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 15% from donations, 13% from government, 12% from other charities. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $15K.
Compared with 724 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 52% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
Learning opportunities examinations leading to certification publication of Canadian organ and choral music scholarships and prizes honorary awards national festival national organ competition educational resources and communications.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $343K | $391K | $319K | — | — | $1.1M |
| 2023 | $890K | $880K | $767K | $2,197 | — | $1.1M |
| 2022 | $431K | $460K | $357K | — | — | $1.1M |
| 2021 | $461K | $275K | $203K | — | — | $1.1M |
| 2020 | $350K | $376K | $238K | — | — | $918K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $15K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$125K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Peter Nikiforuk (past president); Thomas Leslie (president); Chellan Hoffman (president elect); E. Lary Grossman (treasurer); Patrick Carter (secretary); Simon Irving (chair of trustees); Peter West (director-at-large); Angelique Po (director-at-large); Katy Sweet (director-at-large); Sean Simpson (director-at-large); John Paul Farahat (director-at-large); Janet Weaver (representative of regional cou).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Royal Canadian College of Organists/le College Royal Canadien des Organistes’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 136969730RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.