Ontario · Registered charity
THE CORPORATION OF MASSEY HALL AND ROY THOMSON HALL
THE CORPORATION OF MASSEY HALL AND ROY THOMSON HALL (Ontario) receives grants from 81 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$23,261,601 to it, the largest being THE SLAIGHT FAMILY FOUNDATION (C$10,000,000). 48 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- C$34M
- Funders on record
- 81
- Grants received
- C$23M
- Net assets
- C$1.1M
What The Corporation of Massey Hall and Roy Thomson Hall does
Ongoing programs
The objectives of the 'Corporation' are for charitable purposes: A) To advance the knowledge and appreciation of and to stimulate interest in the arts generally and music in particular by performance and otherwise; B) to advance the development of the performing arts in Canada; C) to provide opportunities for Canadian artistic talent; and D) to provide own and operate facilities and services for the purposes referred to in the above including but not limited to the halls known as Massey Hall and Roy Thomson Hall. The Corporation owns and operates two premier concert halls in Canada - Massey Hall and Roy Thomson Hall. The halls are used to host concerts of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra as well as a vast cross-section of Canadian and international music and spoken-artists from all genres. The Corporation supports the arts through a number of special programs including free concerts Share the Music for students and the Roy Thomson Hall Award.
As stated on its FY2024 T3010.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from C$140M to C$184M (+32%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 17% · 2018 18% · 2019 42% · 2020 45% · 2021 65% · 2022 31% · 2023 2% · 2024 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
9% of THE CORPORATION OF MASSEY HALL AND ROY THOMSON HALL’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (2% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2019 and FY2020 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 19 funders to 21 funders, grant income fell C$2.7M → C$943k.
From the CRA filings of THE CORPORATION OF MASSEY HALL AND ROY THOMSON HALL’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 81 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024 is still being filed and is shown unshaded; it does not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
THE CORPORATION OF MASSEY HALL AND ROY THOMSON HALL leans on a few funders — its largest provides 43% of grant income and the top three 66%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund THE CORPORATION OF MASSEY HALL AND ROY THOMSON HALL.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 74% · 2018 50% · 2019 35% · 2020 66% · 2021 26% · 2022 62% · 2023 29% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024 is still being filed and is shown unshaded; it does not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
37% of THE CORPORATION OF MASSEY HALL AND ROY THOMSON HALL's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 59% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
98% of THE CORPORATION OF MASSEY HALL AND ROY THOMSON HALL's grant income comes from Ontario funders.
In-province vs out-of-province, by year
Funder regions come from each funder’s own filing. C$52k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 region is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024 is still being filed and is shown unshaded; it does not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
THE CORPORATION OF MASSEY HALL AND ROY THOMSON HALL is better cushioned than half of the 559 organizations relieving poverty nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 559 organizations relieving poverty nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Government revenue THE CORPORATION OF MASSEY HALL AND ROY THOMSON HALL reports
Federal, provincial and municipal funding on the organization’s own T3010 return.
- 1% of FY2024 revenue
- As filed, not traced to an award
Organizations like THE CORPORATION OF MASSEY HALL AND ROY THOMSON HALL
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every charity on the CRA register — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Ontario
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own T3010 return, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Questions and answers
- Who funds THE CORPORATION OF MASSEY HALL AND ROY THOMSON HALL?
- THE CORPORATION OF MASSEY HALL AND ROY THOMSON HALL (Ontario) receives grants from 81 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$23,261,601 to it, the largest being THE SLAIGHT FAMILY FOUNDATION (C$10,000,000). 48 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE CORPORATION OF MASSEY HALL AND ROY THOMSON HALL have?
- Canada Revenue Agency filings report 81 organizations giving C$23,261,601 in grants to THE CORPORATION OF MASSEY HALL AND ROY THOMSON HALL, 48 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE CORPORATION OF MASSEY HALL AND ROY THOMSON HALL?
- THE SLAIGHT FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with C$10,000,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE CORPORATION OF MASSEY HALL AND ROY THOMSON HALL find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ontario.
These figures are read directly from the CRA's published T3010 data: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 81 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · View the T3010 on the CRA register