Bandemonium Music Society
Charitable organization · Salt Spring Island, British Columbia · BN 891029571RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($27,135) as filed with the CRA.
Bandemonium Music Society is a charitable organization based in Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $49K in revenue and $27K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 13% from donations, 18% from government, 31% from other charities. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $15K.
Compared with 986 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 81% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $25K in 2020 to $49K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Bandemonium provides music instruction and opportunities for performance for members of the Salt Spring Island community through the Salt Spring concert band (Bandemonium) and the big band Swing Shift. Our community musicians range from middle school students to seasoned adults in their 80’s; beginners on their instruments to retired professional musicians. Bandemonium works closely with local school music directors to encourage youth participation in instrumental music and provide joint performance opportunities with school music groups. Bandemonium also collaborates with other on-island comm…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $49K | $27K | $27K | — | $0 | $30K |
| 2023 | $51K | $28K | $28K | — | $0 | $12K |
| 2022 | $6,500 | $4,619 | $4,218 | — | $0 | $20K |
| 2021 | $12K | $13K | $13K | — | — | $18K |
| 2020 | $25K | $27K | $22K | — | $0 | $9,895 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $15K from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
David Astill (vice president); John Moore (president); Kim Thompson (secretary); Earl Rook (treasurer); Marc Sira (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Bandemonium Music Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 891029571RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.