MELOS MUSIC SOCIETY INC.
Charitable organizationArts·103 SEAFORTH RD · KINGSTON, ON · K7M 1E1·BN 847416310RR0002·website ↗
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-06-30
Cents to cause T1
92¢
of each dollar spent, to programs
Operating overhead T1
8%
typical range 5–35%
Reserves T1
0.6 yr
of program spending, in cash and investments
Revenue T1
$116K
not reviewed by an analyst (Charity Intelligence)
— means the filing doesn't include the lines needed; details and sources below.·How to read these figures
Common questions
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Is Melos Music Society Inc. a registered charity?
Per CRA records, it filed a F2024 T3010 return under charity number 847416310RR0002. Registration status can change, so check the CRA charities listing for its current status. Only a currently registered charity can issue an official donation receipt.
Where is Melos Music Society Inc. located?
Per its F2024 T3010, its address on file is 103 SEAFORTH RD, KINGSTON, ON, K7M 1E1. Source.
What does Melos Music Society Inc. do?
In its own words, from its F2024 T3010 filing: "Melos Music Society Inc. (also known as Melos Choir and Period Instruments) is a Kingston-based community choir that employs local musicians and offers community-based workshops and other educational outreach to aspiring singers and players. Melos’ mission is twofold: to perform music from the 12th to the 18th…" Full program description.
How much of Melos Music Society Inc.'s spending goes to programs?T1
Per its F2024 T3010, 92¢ of each dollar it spent went to programs (self-reported, not independently verified). Full figures.
How big is Melos Music Society Inc.?T1
Its last-reported revenue was $116K (F2024), which places it in Charity Compass's under $1M revenue band, alongside 27,629 other operating charities.
What it does — in its own words
Ongoing programs
Melos Music Society Inc. (also known as Melos Choir and Period Instruments) is a Kingston-based community choir that employs local musicians and offers community-based workshops and other educational outreach to aspiring singers and players. Melos’ mission is twofold: to perform music from the 12th to the 18th centuries using historically informed period practices and to develop skilled voices and instrumentalists by providing educational development resources in the Kingston area. We performed two concerts with many of our local early music instrumentalists playing in both concerts. Music… Show more
Melos Music Society Inc. (also known as Melos Choir and Period Instruments) is a Kingston-based community choir that employs local musicians and offers community-based workshops and other educational outreach to aspiring singers and players. Melos’ mission is twofold: to perform music from the 12th to the 18th centuries using historically informed period practices and to develop skilled voices and instrumentalists by providing educational development resources in the Kingston area. We performed two concerts with many of our local early music instrumentalists playing in both concerts. Musicians from the Syrian and Iranians communities continue to join Melos in its concerts. Our musical director ran a weekly chant workshop for the month of January which was open to the community. Melos' CD titled Voces Feminarum was produced in FY24 and we returned to doing our annual February fundraiser.
Program descriptions from its F2024 T3010 filing, verbatim · self-reported · this is also the text our semantic search matches against. source ↗
Tier 1 — what we computed (open data)
From the charity's own F2024 T3010 filing. Self-reported; not independently verified. You can recompute every figure. New to these terms? Read what cents to the cause, overhead and reserves mean.
92¢
Per its F2024 T3010, 92¢ of each dollar spent went to programs. The rest ran the organization and raised money; higher is not automatically better.
Sector median: 89¢ across 55,155 computed charities; 89¢ among those its size (under $1M).
this charity 92¢ · sector median 89¢ · all 55,155 computed charities
T3010 line 5000 ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
8%
Management, administration, and fundraising as a share of total spending. We treat 5–35% as the typical range; we state the figure, you judge.
T3010 line (5010 + 5020) ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
0.6 yr
Years that cash, bank balances and investments on hand could cover program spending; liabilities and restricted funds are not netted out.
Charities its size (under $1M, 27,629): median 1 yr; 14% hold under half a year. All operating charities: median 0.8 yr.
T3010 line (4100 + 4140) ÷ 5000 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
Total revenue
T1 · computed (open data)$116K
Last-reported total revenue.
T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Donor-funded
T1 · computed (open data)29%
Share of revenue from receipted donations.
T3010 line 4500 ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
10%
Share of revenue from federal, provincial, and municipal sources.
T3010 line 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
Where the money comes from
Shares of last-reported revenue, per its F2024 T3010. Self-reported; not independently verified.
Receipted donationsT1
29%
T3010 4500 ÷ 4700
GovernmentT1
10%
T3010 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700
Other revenueT1
61%
T3010 remainder ÷ 4700
Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Over the years
Every figure as filed at each fiscal period end, 2019–2024.
| Period end | Revenue | Cents to cause | Overhead | Reserves |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-06-30 | $94K | 92¢ | 8% | — |
| 2020-06-30 | $86K | 91¢ | 9% | — |
| 2021-06-30 | $54K | 56¢ | 42% | — |
| 2022-06-30 | $96K | 79¢ | 21% | — |
| 2023-06-30 | $67K | 82¢ | 10% | — |
| 2024-06-30 | $116K | 92¢ | 8% | 0.6 yr |
| trend |
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From its T3010 filings (CRA annual releases) · self-reported, not audited by us · when a period is restated in a later release, the newest figures are shown · ✱ = cents-to-cause outside the valid 0–100% range (filing error; not used in rankings). source ↗
★ Tier 2 — Charity Intelligence (analyst-reviewed)
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Board of directors
10 directors reported · 10 of 10at arm's length
- Jaatinen, TarjaTreasurerarm's length
- Malo, PaulChairarm's length
- Frick, JillDirectorarm's length
- Gwynne-Timothy, HollyArtistic Directorarm's length
- Rogers, PhillipDirectorarm's length
- Halfpenny, MikeDirectorarm's length
- Oliver, RuthSecretaryarm's length
- McCarthy, JamesDirectorarm's length
- DiCola Mills, GildaDirectorarm's length
- Gluska, BrendaDirectorarm's length
From its F2024T3010 filing (public CRA record), as filed. “Arm's length” means not related to other officials by family or business ties. source ↗
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