Alberta Symphony Orchestra Society
Publicly funded institution · Edmonton, Alberta · BN 800592271RR0001 · Arts
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($94,776) as filed with the CRA.
Alberta Symphony Orchestra Society is a charitable organization based in Edmonton, Alberta, classified by the CRA under arts. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $63K in revenue and $95K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 79% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $15.
Compared with 89 arts institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 86% of peers.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
The alberta symphony orchestra is a touring orchestra with the main goal to increase public awareness to classical music culture by bringing the beauty of classical music to them.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $63K | $95K | $93K | — | — | $2,580 |
| 2023 | $41K | $55K | — | — | $995 | $35K |
| 2022 | $43K | $36K | $36K | — | — | $47K |
| 2021 | $27K | $17K | $17K | — | — | $39K |
| 2020 | $48K | $27K | $27K | — | — | $29K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $15 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Emilio De Mercato (chair); Martina Smazal (secretary); Andrew Crittall (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Alberta Symphony Orchestra Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 800592271RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.