Toronto Blues Society
Publicly funded institution · Toronto, Ontario · BN 874877509RR0001 · Education in the Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($236,745) as filed with the CRA.
Toronto Blues Society is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under education in the arts. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $225K in revenue and $237K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 66% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $2,081.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 7% of peers. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Fostering appreciation and awareness for the blues as a musical form -holding the annual maple blues awards -launching new blues artists into the music industry
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $225K | $237K | $106K | — | — | -$6,077 |
| 2023 | $215K | $198K | $49K | — | — | $5,175 |
| 2022 | $271K | $329K | $152K | — | — | -$11K |
| 2021 | $174K | $169K | — | — | — | $46K |
| 2020 | $228K | $187K | $160K | — | — | $41K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $2,081 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$19K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Brian Blain; Ron Clarkin (treasurer); Carol Flett; John McAneney; Lori Murray (director); Ken Simms (interim vice-chair); Mike Smith (interim secretary); Jacqueline Spicer; Suzie Vinnick; Kesha Wint (chair).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Toronto Blues Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 874877509RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.