Barking Sphinx Performance Society
Publicly funded institution · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 887891323RR0001 · Education in the Arts
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2022-04-30. Split of total expenditures ($21,177) as filed with the CRA.
Barking Sphinx Performance Society is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under education in the 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 April 30, 2022, it reported $21K in revenue and $21K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 99% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2021, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $124.
Compared with 839 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 6% of peers.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Berking sphinx performances society supports the creation development and public presentation of improvised music and original composition featuring trumpet guitar cello and drums often in collaboration with guest artists from various disciplines in self-presented public concerts.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2022
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $21K | $21K | $3,163 | — | — | $4,923 |
| 2021 | $31K | $31K | $27K | — | — | $4,903 |
| 2020 | $31K | $31K | $27K | — | — | $4,617 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2021
Received $124 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2022)
Steve Bagnell (president); Patti Wotherspoon (treasurer); Jane Ellison (secretary); Mina Shum (director).
As listed on its 2022 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Barking Sphinx Performance Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 887891323RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.