The Sylva M. Gelber Music Foundation
Private foundation · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 119258556RR0001 · Foundations Advancing Education
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($252,725) as filed with the CRA.
The Sylva M. Gelber Music Foundation is a private foundation based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations advancing education. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $477K in revenue and $253K in expenditures.
In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $2,036.
Compared with 1,764 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 22% 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 7 names.
In its own words
Funds provided to assist students of music to further education and training
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $477K | $253K | $161K | — | — | $5M |
| 2023 | $381K | $248K | $170K | — | — | $4.7M |
| 2022 | $182K | $809K | $226K | — | — | $4.6M |
| 2021 | $624K | $289K | $212K | — | — | $5.3M |
| 2020 | $383K | $305K | $231K | — | — | $4.9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $2,036 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Tim Plumptre (chair); Ian Warren (secretary); Rosemarie Landry (director); Stephane Lemelin (director); Peter Becke (treasurer); Barry Shiffman (director); James Campbell (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Sylva M. Gelber Music Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119258556RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.