Applause! Musicals Society
Charitable organization · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 851286633RR0001 · Education in the Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($35,741) as filed with the CRA.
Applause! Musicals Society is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under education in the arts. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $32K in revenue and $36K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 27% from donations. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $533.
Compared with 3,624 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 41% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $11K in 2020 to $32K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Musicals in concert & annual community awards
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $32K | $36K | $31K | $1,950 | — | $6,457 |
| 2023 | $16K | $8,063 | $6,824 | $423 | — | $8,360 |
| 2022 | $2,172 | $3,645 | $2,472 | $43 | — | $2,927 |
| 2021 | $3,857 | $5,084 | $4,162 | $76 | — | $4,200 |
| 2020 | $11K | $11K | $9,758 | — | — | $539 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $533 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Robert Bennett (director); Katherine (kate) Dahlstrom (director); Barbara Densmore (director); Scott Sawn (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Applause! Musicals Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 851286633RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.