Calgary Opera Association
Charitable organization · Calgary, Alberta · BN 118823830RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($5,632,459) as filed with the CRA.
Calgary Opera Association is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $5.3M in revenue and $5.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 30% from donations, 35% from government, 5% from other charities. In 2024, 15 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $519K.
Compared with 296 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 14% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $120,000–159,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 28 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 13 names.
In its own words
In FY24 Calgary Opera produced three main stage productions (including a Calgary premiere) a holiday production and a virtual School Tour viewed by more than 47 500 students. The organization’s McPhee Artist Development Program returned for its 17th year providing extensive training and exceptional performance opportunities for eight young singers. Calgary Opera also continued to offer impactful education and community engagement programming through the programs Let’s Create an Opera Community Ambassadors Opera 212 Students Only Dress Rehearsal and Masterclasses. 230 volunteers (includ…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $5.3M | $5.6M | $3.4M | $441K | — | -$226K |
| 2023 | $4.8M | $6M | $3.6M | $452K | — | $104K |
| 2022 | $4.6M | $4.6M | $2.7M | $247K | — | $1.3M |
| 2021 | $3.8M | $3.1M | $1.7M | $331K | — | $1.3M |
| 2020 | $5M | $4.7M | $3.2M | $320K | — | $723K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $519K from 15 charities:
- The Calgary Foundation$319K
- Jewish Community Foundation of Calgary$61K
- S.a. Opera Development Foundation$50K
- Canada Gives$25K
- RBC Foundation$20K
- Rozsa Foundation$14K
- United Way of Calgary and Area$7,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$5,253
- The Edmonton Community Foundation Priv Act$5,000
- BenefAction Foundation$3,000
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$3,000
- The Calgary Rotary Clubs Foundation$2,600
- Abundance Canada$2,500
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$1,500
- Canadahelps Canadon$610
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9992 positions
- $80,000–119,9994 positions
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions28
- Total compensation, all staff$1.8M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jacqueline Pyke; Tina Antony; Lachlin McKinnon (chair); Craig Golinowski (treasurer chair finance commi); Margaret Raymond; Jerilyn Wright; Sharie Hunter; Nureen Sumar; Mirela Hiti; Amanda Hall; Kimberly Westman; Michael Loughlean; Young Ariane.
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Calgary Opera Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118823830RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.