The Toronto Consort
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 105255152RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($529,589) as filed with the CRA.
The Toronto Consort is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $522K in revenue and $530K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 33% from donations, 18% from government, 7% from other charities. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $76K.
Compared with 724 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 75% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 87% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
The toronto consort is a registered charitable organization under the canadian income tax act and is thus exempt from income taxes under section 149(1)(1) of the act. Its purpose is to promote and encourage the study and performance of medieval and renaissance music. While the consort’s core repertoire dates from medieval renaissance and baroque europe the consort is also well-known for its commitment to modern canadian works within its mandate as well as many modern works written specifically for the ensemble.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $522K | $530K | $486K | $2,682 | — | -$123K |
| 2023 | $581K | $765K | $694K | $3,162 | — | -$116K |
| 2022 | $509K | $593K | $556K | $1,297 | — | $68K |
| 2021 | $500K | $532K | $457K | $49K | — | $154K |
| 2020 | $543K | $496K | $452K | $14K | — | $186K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $76K from 9 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$32K
- Canadahelps Canadon$32K
- Ontario Credit Union Foundation$3,512
- Ontario Arts Foundation/fondation des Arts de l'Ontario$2,342
- BenefAction Foundation$2,000
- Toronto Foundation$1,971
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$686
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$250
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$242
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$173K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Heather Turnbull (president); Judy Skinner (treasurer); Dominic Chow (director); Andrea Horton (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Toronto Consort’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 105255152RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.