Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra Association Inc.
Charitable organization · Thunder Bay, Ontario · BN 119264331RR0001 · Arts
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($1,814,050) as filed with the CRA.
Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra Association Inc. is a charitable organization based in Thunder Bay, Ontario, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $1.6M in revenue and $1.8M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 20% from donations, 41% from government. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $233K.
Compared with 296 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 42% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Thunder bay symphony orchestra ('tbso') is a professional symphonic orchestra incorporated by the special act of the province of ontario. It's purpose is to promote orchestral music and to present a varied repertoire of live symphonic music for the benefit of the residents of thunder bay and the communities of northwestern ontario. It performs over a twenty nine week season between october and may in the city of thunder bay. Tours are also performed each season taking the orchestra to towns to both the east and west of the city.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.6M | $1.8M | $1.4M | $53K | — | $137K |
| 2023 | $2.1M | $2.1M | $1.6M | $69K | — | $320K |
| 2022 | $1.8M | $1.8M | $1.2M | $69K | — | $315K |
| 2021 | $1.8M | $1.4M | $1M | $58K | — | $278K |
| 2020 | $2.1M | $1.9M | $1.4M | $70K | — | -$38K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $233K from 9 charities:
- Thunder Bay Community Foundation$135K
- Canadahelps Canadon$32K
- Canadahelps Canadon$32K
- RBC Foundation$10K
- Johansen-Larsen Foundation$7,500
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$5,000
- The Catherine and Maxwell Meighen Foundation$5,000
- BenefAction Foundation$5,000
- Ontario Arts Foundation/fondation des Arts de l'Ontario$2,146
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$309K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Nancy Campbell (secretary); Edwin Davis (treasurer); Shy-Anne Hovorka-Bartlett (director); Robert Perrier (vice-president); Andrea Sears (president); Carol Pollard (director); Alexandra Penko (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra Association Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119264331RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.