Toronto Symphony Volunteer Committee
Public foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 119259687RR0001 · Arts
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-05-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,139,478) as filed with the CRA.
Toronto Symphony Volunteer Committee is a public foundation based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending May 31, 2024, it reported $436K in revenue and $1.1M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 17% from donations. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $2,000.
Compared with 724 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 74% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 83% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $181K in 2024, the largest being $102K to The Toronto Symphony Foundation. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $1.2M in 2020 to $436K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 22 names.
In its own words
The charity contributed financial support to the toronto symphony orchestra. The charity assisted with education and community engagement programs and supported the tuition-free tsyo program.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $436K | $1.1M | $855K | $90K | $181K | $99K |
| 2023 | $520K | $895K | $556K | $76K | $250K | $139K |
| 2022 | $871K | $799K | $522K | $64K | $200K | $124K |
| 2021 | $1.2M | $1.1M | $791K | $54K | $250K | $98K |
| 2020 | $1.2M | $1.1M | $835K | $75K | $210K | $79K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $181K to 2 qualified donees:
Received $2,000 from 2 charities:
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
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$92K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Andrea Alexander (past president); Cindy Bellman (vice-president chair educati); Kathleen Birks (vice-president); Eleanor Cleary (vice-president chair interlu); Joanne Colbourne (advisor); Susan Davies (treasurer); Judy Dunn (secretary); Joyce Egberts (vice-president chair communi); Olga Fershaloff (advisor chair fine wine auct); Sandra Gopaul (chair meetings & hospitality); Roberta Innes (past president); Nour Kasir (chair toronto waterfront mara); Simone Katz (secretary); Alexa Kinney (chair nominations - confirmed); Shirley Mitchell (co-chair bridge); Heather Oda (co-chair bridge); Judy Rathburn (advisor chair orchestra lias); John Robertson (chair new projects); Marcia Skilling (advisor chair letter writing); Maggy Stepanian (chair membership); Barb Trull (advisor); Debra Walker (president chair day at the r).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Toronto Symphony Volunteer Committee’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119259687RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.