Burnaby Lyric Opera Society
Publicly funded institution · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 119062222RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($60,999) as filed with the CRA.
Burnaby Lyric Opera Society is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, 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 June 30, 2024, it reported $78K in revenue and $61K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 8% from donations, 57% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $269.
Compared with 89 arts institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 90% of peers.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Each year burnaby lyric opera produces one full-staged costumed opera and concert series entitled 'opera for a sunday afternoon'. There are four concerts which present highlights from a specific opera. These shows present young operatic singers from british columbia on the threshold of their careers.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $78K | $61K | $61K | — | — | $31K |
| 2023 | $16K | $52K | $52K | — | — | $14K |
| 2022 | $7,676 | $13K | $12K | — | — | $48K |
| 2021 | $49K | $6,165 | $6,165 | — | — | $55K |
| 2020 | $63K | $55K | $55K | — | — | $12K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $269 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Linda-Marie James (president); Jan Manson (treasurer); Christine Anton (secretary); Wayne Line (vice-president); Nicole Blom (member-at-large); Trudy Chalmer (member-at-large).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Burnaby Lyric Opera Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119062222RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.