Brooks Music Festival Association
Charitable organization · Brooks, Alberta · BN 885435164RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-15. Split of total expenditures ($12,199) as filed with the CRA.
Brooks Music Festival Association is a charitable organization based in Brooks, Alberta, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending June 15, 2024, it reported $9,056 in revenue and $12K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 78% from donations. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $15.
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.
It reported gifts to 3 qualified donees totalling $1,290 in 2024, the largest being $540 to Trinity Lutheran Church Brooks Alberta. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Our volunteer board meets from September to June to organize a music festival for local amateur performing artists. Our goal is to promote the advancement and appreciation of the Arts in Brooks and area. Performing artists of all ages including school groups have the opportunity to share their talent and receive positive feedback from the highly qualified adjudicators that we bring into the community. All sessions are open to the public free of charge including a final concert that showcases some of the best performances. At our 2024 festival in March we were happy to have 107 entries with…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $9,056 | $12K | $11K | — | $1,290 | $25K |
| 2023 | $7,486 | $9,572 | $8,512 | — | $1,060 | $28K |
| 2022 | $1,980 | $5,653 | $5,097 | — | $550 | $30K |
| 2021 | $2,000 | $4,210 | $3,432 | — | $750 | $34K |
| 2020 | $11K | $6,078 | $4,317 | — | $1,060 | $36K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1,290 to 3 qualified donees:
Received $15 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Colleen Davidson (president); Bette Van Pypen (secretary); Joanne Dyck (vice president); Kristi Mitchell (treasurer); Kimberly Penner (director); Tiffany Karpinsky (director); Sara Driedger (director); Robyn Jorgensen (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Brooks Music Festival Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 885435164RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.