Three Centuries Festival
Charitable organization · Elora, Ontario · BN 119263945RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-09-30. Split of total expenditures ($695,018) as filed with the CRA.
Three Centuries Festival is a charitable organization based in Elora, Ontario, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, it reported $720K in revenue and $695K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 16% from donations, 38% from government, 15% from other charities. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $160K.
Compared with 724 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 24% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 79% of that peer group. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $283K in 2020 to $720K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
A music festival of classical and contemporary music in the village of elora.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $720K | $695K | $435K | $95K | — | $115K |
| 2023 | $640K | $608K | $385K | $89K | — | $61K |
| 2022 | $613K | $707K | $488K | $97K | $23 | $9,421 |
| 2021 | $421K | $376K | $205K | $40K | $40K | $122K |
| 2020 | $283K | $278K | $143K | $31K | — | $47K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $160K from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$112K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Peter Barr (past chair); Kenneth Frey (director); Justin Gorgi (treasurer); Brad Halls (director); Alex Miller (director); Kenneth Seiling (director); Denise Williams (director); Julie Wilson (chair); Sarah Gardiner (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Three Centuries Festival’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119263945RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.