Alberta International Band Festival Association
Charitable organization · Calgary, Alberta · BN 871189619RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-07-31. Split of total expenditures ($139,041) as filed with the CRA.
Alberta International Band Festival Association is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending July 31, 2024, it reported $174K in revenue and $139K in expenditures.
In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $6,260.
Compared with 724 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 77% of peers.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
In 1971 Mr. John Nikel had a vision for a band festival that would provide an opportunity for young Albertans to perform and learn in a positive educational environment. This vision resulting in the first Alberta International band Festival (then the Alberta Stage Band Festival) with 8 jazz bands performing in the first year. Now some 54 years later the Festival annually host more than 300 school and community-based concert and jazz bands in both Edmonton and Calgary. The Alberta International Band Festivals is recognized for its commitment to education by bringing in world-class adjudica…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $174K | $139K | $129K | — | — | $92K |
| 2023 | $116K | $142K | $128K | $2,000 | — | $0 |
| 2022 | $66K | $36K | $27K | — | — | $0 |
| 2021 | $13K | $12K | $7,000 | — | — | $0 |
| 2020 | $141K | $144K | $131K | $2,050 | — | $0 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $6,260 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Mike Jewitt (vice president); Jim Woods (secretary); Lyle Bennett (president); Rob Speers (vice president); Suzanne Gleadall (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Alberta International Band Festival Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 871189619RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.