The Toronto Mendelssohn Choir
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 119259604RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,553,712) as filed with the CRA.
The Toronto Mendelssohn Choir is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $1M in revenue and $1.6M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 15% from donations, 19% from government, 7% from other charities. In 2024, 10 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $193K.
Compared with 296 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 46% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 6 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $650K in 2020 to $1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 1 name.
In its own words
The choir operates maintains equips and directs one or more choirs for instruction in and the public performance of choral music. The choir alsopromotes interest in and the study and practice of choral music provides scholarships and other financial incentives and support to talentedcomposers and singers of choral music and provides for the holding of public concerts exhibitions and educational forums in choral music.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1M | $1.6M | $1.2M | $35K | — | $413K |
| 2023 | $1M | $1.2M | $927K | $24K | — | $942K |
| 2022 | $940K | $989K | $722K | $33K | — | $1.1M |
| 2021 | $782K | $573K | $451K | $2,721 | — | $1.1M |
| 2020 | $650K | $674K | $546K | $8,825 | — | $931K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $193K from 10 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$75K
- Canadahelps Canadon$75K
- Lamb Foundation$12K
- Ontario Arts Foundation/fondation des Arts de l'Ontario$11K
- Allen Family Foundation$10K
- The KPMG Foundation/la Fondation KPMG$5,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$2,330
- The George Cedric Metcalf Charitable Foundation$2,000
- The Henry White Kinnear Foundation$500
- Nick & Lynn Ross Charitable Foundation$300
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions6
- Total compensation, all staff$333K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Sean Musselman (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Toronto Mendelssohn Choir’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119259604RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.