Thirteen Strings Chamber Orchestra Inc.
Charitable organization · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 119263309RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($267,351) as filed with the CRA.
Thirteen Strings Chamber Orchestra Inc. is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $1.1M in revenue and $267K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 79% from donations, 10% from government. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $15K.
Compared with 296 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 51% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 98% of that peer group. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $293K in 2020 to $1.1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Thirteen strings presents an annual concert season of music for string orchestra including works by canadian composers playing for audiences in the greater ottawa-gatineau area. The orchestra also promotes music education with its junior thirteen strings program which allows talented high school students an opportunity to study and play with professional musicians.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.1M | $267K | $213K | $1,465 | — | $804K |
| 2023 | $312K | $308K | $241K | $6,600 | — | $11K |
| 2022 | $225K | $220K | $176K | — | — | $6,478 |
| 2021 | $175K | $136K | $94K | — | — | $1,792 |
| 2020 | $293K | $289K | $247K | $120 | — | -$37K |
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.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Christian Perry (treasurer); Robert Macdonald (president); Pierre Gratton (director); Pamela Miller (director); Charles Birchall (director); Alyssa English (director); Isabelle Tooker (director); Vincent Klassen (director); Mengjie Jasmin Hu (director); Denis Tang (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Thirteen Strings Chamber Orchestra Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119263309RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.