Toronto Downtown Jazz Society
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 129690269RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,463,480) as filed with the CRA.
Toronto Downtown Jazz Society is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $2.6M in revenue and $2.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 17% from government. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $14K.
Compared with 296 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 65% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 92% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.4M in 2020 to $2.6M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
The toronto downtown jazz society o/a the td toronto jazz festival is a charitable organization that operates and produces the toronto downtown jazz festival. Commencing in 1987 and produced annually the festival features a ten day showcase of jazz music attracting in excess of 500 000 patrons more than 350 performances and over 1 500 musicians performing at approximately 40 locations and venues around toronto ontario canada.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.6M | $2.5M | $2.1M | $316K | — | $367K |
| 2023 | $2.3M | $2.8M | $2.6M | $184K | — | $259K |
| 2022 | $2.2M | $3M | $2.9M | $19K | — | $674K |
| 2021 | $1.6M | $976K | $883K | $71K | — | $1.4M |
| 2020 | $1.4M | $953K | $924K | $3,735 | — | $850K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $14K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- $1–39,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$655K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
John Caliendo (chair); Sasha Cucuz (director); Shakura S'Aida (director); Natalie Bates (director); Marie Lampropoulos (director); Dalton Higgins (director); David Taylor (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Toronto Downtown Jazz Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 129690269RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.