Canmore Folk Music Festival Society
Charitable organization · Canmore, Alberta · BN 131513913RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,191,320) as filed with the CRA.
Canmore Folk Music Festival Society is a charitable organization based in Canmore, Alberta, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.2M in revenue and $1.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 8% from government. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $218K.
Compared with 296 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 41% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $271K in 2020 to $1.2M in 2024.
In its own words
Annual music festival: we put on our annual festival august 5-7 2023. We had a free event on the friday (aug 4) then the main festival with 4 stages august long weekend. For the free friday concert the evening featured local and indigenous performers as well as a main act we also gave out scholarships to high school students who are pursing music for their careers.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.2M | $1.2M | $910K | $19K | $0 | $424K |
| 2023 | $625K | $855K | $675K | $27K | $0 | $450K |
| 2022 | $636K | $782K | $315K | — | — | $578K |
| 2021 | $277K | $262K | $201K | — | — | $603K |
| 2020 | $271K | $215K | — | — | — | $589K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $218K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$207K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Canmore Folk Music Festival Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 131513913RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.